Elysium debuted in first place this weekend with a disappointing $30.4 million. We're the Millers opened in second with $26.6 million.
Matt Damon Can Save Humanity, But He Can't Save Elysium
Elysium, the titular utopia of District 9 writer-director Neill Blomkamp’s second film, looks like the ritziest parts of Los Angeles. Maybe it will remind you of the Hamptons or St. Tropez (does St. Tropez look like that?), but it was an L.A. ringer to me. It is home to sprawling McMansions, intensely green yards,…
Barbara Walters Announces Her Plan to Retire to Heaven
On Monday, 83-year-old Barbara Walters officially announced her retirement from television (“special occasions” aside) on The View, a show about yelling she created in 1997 at the age of 68. She’s not officially planning to retire until the summer of 2014, she’s just giving everyone a year’s notice so that they can…
The French Are as Dumb as Us
Judging by their taste in TV, this is true. Also today: Jodie Foster embarks on a sci-fi adventure, J.B. Smoove is hitting the big time, so is Olivia Wilde, and another medical show thrills us.
