CARS sped to first place at the box office over the weekend, earning $62.8 million. X-MEN: THE LAST STAND was third with $15.6 million. The superhero sequel is the first film of the year to reach the $200-million mark. THE OMEN was fourth with $15.5 million.
Carrie Fisher is heading to the stage in an autobiographical one-woman show called WISHFUL DRINKING. The show, in which she’ll discuss Star Wars, begins in October in Los Angeles.
The Muppets will be chatting with human celebs on their upcoming TBS talk show, LATE NIGHT BUFFET.
A computer-animated comedy called HAPPILY N’EVER AFTER, a Cinderella satire, is in the works. It will feature the voices of Sarah Michelle Gellar, Freddie Prinze Junior, Sigourney Weaver, George Carlin, and Andy Dick.
The comic book TALENT, about a college professor who survives a plane crash, is heading to the big screen.
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