Romantic Story: Sugar Bits Dates With Scarlett Johansson Scarlett Johansson is auctioning two tickets to the red carpet premiere of He’s Just Not That Into You on eBay to benefit Oxfam. — eBay Despite taking in only $15.3 million, Semi-Pro scored the top spot at the weekend box office, followed by Vantage Point and The [...]

          ’Semi-Pro’ Dribbles To Top New Line Cinema, which got word last week that it is being absorbed into Warner Bros., would like to have gone out with a slam-dunk. But its new Will Ferrell comedy “Semi-Pro,” though it claimed the top spot, scored just an estimated $15.3 million. The newly crowned best picture Oscar winner [...]

                      Johansson Auctions Date Hollywood actress Scarlett Johansson is raising money for charity by offering members of the public the chance to go on a date with her The lucky winner will accompany the star to the premiere of her forthcoming movie He’s Just Not That Into You in Los Angeles in June next year. [...]

‘Other Boleyn Girl’ Bores As Poor Adaptation The presence of Scarlett Johansson and Natalie Portman could not save “The Other Boleyn Girl,” directed by Justin Chadwick, from its boring and squished story line. The all-star cast faltered in the movie that is based, if “based” means “not being anything like it,” on the novel by [...]

Ferrell Sports Comedy Misses Mark At U.S. Box Office Will Ferrell’s latest sports comedy ran afoul of moviegoers and is on track to become one of his worst performing movies, according to preliminary sales data issued on Saturday. “Semi-Pro”, in which the comedian plays the flamboyant owner of an underdog team in the now-defunct American [...]

Will Ferrell’s ‘Semi-Pro’ Tops Weekend Box Office In second place with an earning of 13 million USD was ‘Vantage Point’ starring Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox, Forest Whitaker, Sigourney Weaver and William Hurt. Third highest grosser for the weekend, as per estimates compiled by Exhibitor Relations was ‘The Spiderwick Chronicles’ that raked in 8.8 million USD, [...]

A night with Scarlett Johansson up for sale on eBay SCARLETT Johansson is offering one lucky man the chance to spend a night with her. The date of a lifetime is being auctioned on eBay with money raised going to UK charity Oxfam, The Sunday Mirror reports. The highest bidder will get up close and [...]

           March 3: A ‘Semi’-disappointment “Semi-Pro,” the latest Will Ferrell Ironic Sports Movie (trademarked), was far from a slam dunk at the box office this weekend, taking in an estimated $15.2 million. It had been expected to take in twice that much. Perhaps time to move on from sports, Will? The Hells Angels weren’t big [...]

‘Semi-Pro’ Nabs Top Box Office Spot, but $15.3 Million Gross Falls Short of Expectations Is Will Ferrell’s basketball comedy “Semi-Pro” a swish or an airball? That was the question Monday after the movie claimed the top weekend box office spot, but didn’t perform as well as expected. ADVERTISEMENT     “Semi-Pro,” which stars Ferrell as [...]

Review: For Leibovitz, image is everything If history were to wipe out all the images of the George W. Bush administration except for one color photograph that Annie Leibovitz took in the White House Cabinet Room during the president’s first term, we’d still have an uncannily rich view of that period. The shot, on view [...]