Les News, 080408
- Batman: The Dark Knight was the #1 movie at the box office for the third weekend in a row; pulling in more than $43 million dollars and bringing its total haul very close to $400 million bucks.
- Mary-Kate Olsen refuses to cooperate with the further investigation into Heath Ledger’s death unless she gets full immunity.
- Is Madonna planning a Detroit stop on her upcoming Sticky & Sweet World Tour?
- I guess you really can’t stop the beat … especially when it comes from Hairspray’s Nikki Blonsky.
- Breaking Dawn, the final chapter of the Twilight series, sells more than 1 million copies in its first day of sales.
- Björk to collaborate again.
- Nine Inch Nails closes out the Lollapalooza festival this year in front of 75,000 folks.
- Did People magazine shoot itself in the foot?
- Peace the Spork Out goes to Playgirl magazine :(
- Neil Patrick Harris gets all manly on the cover and in the pages of the new issue of Out magazine.
- Marc Jacobs and his new man Lorenzo Martone play with Kate Moss in Spain.
- Where do all THESE semi-nekkid Miley Cyrus pics keep coming from? They’re certainly racier than that Vanity Fair pic.
- Cindy Crawford hits the high seas.
- Britney Spears nabs another nomination, for Best Pop Video, for this year’s MTV Video Music Awards.
- Kate Hudson never seems to want for male companionship.
- Dylan & Cole Sprouse are 16, Andy Hallett (Angel) is 33, Yo-Yo (Miss Rap Supreme) is 37 and Daniel Dae Kim (Lost) is 40 years old today. Click HERE to see who else is celebrating a birthday today.
- JetBlue to charge $7 for a new pillow/blanket comfort pack.
- The US government is trying to make some extra cash on the side.
- Just how many Jacksons will reunite at the Urban Awards this September?


August 4th, 2008 at 11:04 am
It’s 75 000 people who watched NIN at Lolla. Not 750 000!
August 4th, 2008 at 11:14 am
Ha, I just came here to leave the same comment, T. I don’t think it’s possible to get three quarters of a million people within view of a single stage.
August 4th, 2008 at 11:17 am
I was there! I was up close and MAN was Trent HAWT HAWT HAWT! He is amazing live and last night was no exception. The sound was amazing, the set incredible and the energy from the band was electric.
Keep on keepin on!
August 4th, 2008 at 11:39 am
UGH, Breaking Dawn does NOT deserve to even be on your news links. Really, I’m just telling you now, if you decide to read the books STOP WITH ECLIPSE. End it there and consider that the end of the series. Breaking Dawn was the biggest let down, and fans are NOT happy. If you check out fansites (specifically lion_lamb at livejournal) you will see how angry people are with what she wrote. It’s like she completely disreguarded everything every Twilight fan every knew when she wrote this book. EPIC FAIL.
So please save yourself the money. Imagine it doesn’t exist.
August 4th, 2008 at 11:50 am
Yeah sure, Breaking Dawn sold that many copies, but just look at reviews online. If the book is shit and you have no talent, it doesn’t really count. Especially since most people I’ve talked to plan on trying to return/exchange it. Can’t wait for those numbers. More than a million copies returned.
August 4th, 2008 at 11:53 am
Nikki Blonsky will take you down, bitches! WTF!?!?
the next big spoof movie should have Naomi Campbell and Nikki Blonsky fighting in an airport lounge with BLonsky saying -you can’t stop the beat.- ridiculous.
August 4th, 2008 at 11:57 am
I’d love to see that skank troll MK Olsen busted for some illegal shizz pertaining to HL’s untimely and unfortunate death. She’s such a sorry-ass piece of work I can not imagine someone of his calibur even talking to a low-life ex child actress like her. She needs to slither back from under the rock she crawled out of. Snatch!
August 4th, 2008 at 11:59 am
I’m still very confused as to how Mary Kate Olsen is in any way connected to Heath Ledger’s death.
August 4th, 2008 at 3:57 pm
Well, I know the two (MK and Ledger) were involved at some point. I can’t believe that she had a hand in his death; I’m hoping she’s asking for immunity because she doesn’t want to serve time on drug possession charges or something similar.
August 4th, 2008 at 5:18 pm
I don’t understand…..if MKO has nothing to be guilty about, why ask for immunity? She obviously knows something and that something might just get her into trouble eh?
August 5th, 2008 at 6:59 am
I agree debho, she def has something up that track-marked sleeve of hers. I can’t stand her and hope they bust her for something. Or maybe she’ll end up dead herself. She’s already on several celeb death watch lists.
August 5th, 2008 at 4:13 pm
Yeah, I’d love to know what MK is hiding. I generally like her, but I think Ashley is better at keeping out of trouble.