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What to Netflix: New DVD Tuesday
All of the new DVD releases hit stores (and Netflix) on Tuesdays. So each week in What to Netflix: New DVD Tuesday, I sort through the best of the batch and tell you what to add to your queue. In addition to my selections below you can take home The Day the Earth Stood Still, The Tale of Despereaux, and Beverly Hills, 90210: Season 7.
Sugar Bits — It's a Girl for Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck!
- Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck have welcomed "a healthy baby girl", as confirmed by Jennifer's rep. The baby was born on Tuesday in Los Angeles, but there's no news on the name yet. Congrats!
Box Office: Audiences Still Lovin' Marley
After breaking Christmastime records last week, audiences once again put the adorably naughty pup in the top spot at the box office over the weekend. Marley & Me, starring Jennifer Aniston and Owen Wilson, earned an estimated $24 million "for a cume of $106.5 million in only 11 days."
In second place came Adam Sandler's Bedtime Stories followed by The Curious Case of Benjamin Button in third, Valkyrie in fourth and Yes Man in fifth.
Lil Links: Adam Sandler Riles His Lil Sadie Up With His Bedtime Stories
- Sadie Sandler goes crazy over Adam's bedtime stories — Celebrity Baby Blog
- Working from home isn't always easy for moms — Cool Mom
- Historical babies kick in the new year — Fit Pregnancy
- New Year's traditions — The Poop
- Kingston Rossdale rocks and rolls — Celebrity Baby Scoop
- Bristol Palin sells her son Tripp's first baby photos — Parent Dish
- How to painlessly save $100 a month — Alpha Mom
- In 2009... — CafeMom
Sugar Bits: Celeb BB Producers Anxious To Avoid Race Row
- Stars going into the Celebrity Big Brother house have been coached to avoid a race row similar to the one that embroiled Jade Goody, Jo O'Meara and Danielle Lloyd during the last series. — Guardian
- Yes Man, starring Jim Carrey and Zooey Deschanel, is number one in the UK box office. The film is based on the book by Danny Wallace.
lil Big Screen: Bedtime Stories
I've been a sucker for Adam Sandler since Saturday Night Live, and even more so after he chatted up his daughters on Letterman, but it was my 4-year-old who practically dragged me to his latest flick, Bedtime Stories, after she saw it rained gumballs in the trailer.
Once we settled into our seats to watch the story of Skeeter Bronson (Adam Sandler), a hotel handy man who collaboratively tells imaginative tales with his niece and nephew that come true, I was enjoying the movie as much as my daughter. The four bedtime fantasies — Medieval, old West, ancient Greece, and outer space — are brought to life with the cast members playing roles in each tale.
Box Office: Marley Chews Up the Competition
Oh, Marley, that insanely profitable little scamp! The cute dog movie had the best Christmas Day opening ever and grossed a total of $51.7 million over the four-day weekend. According to Variety, Marley & Me "played more to females, as well as to older moviegoers.
Compliments Keep on Coming for "Sweet Kid" Russell Brand
Russell Brand dressed in his usual all-black outfit and those Sass & Bide's Rat Leggings that he loves as he returned to his Hampstead home carrying a signed West Ham football and a copy of the Big Issue yesterday. It's been a tough few months for Russell, what with the Manuelgate scandal, but his pals across the pond have been publicly supporting him. Having been called an "angel" by Bedtime Stories director Adam Shankman, Russell's now been called "a sweet kid" by his costar Adam Sandler, who's been chatting with Radio One Newsbeat.
The Bedtime Stories Cast Brings Magic to LA
Keri Russell and Courteney Cox matched their black sashes but weren't accompanied by their husbands at the Bedtime Stories premiere in LA last night. Adam Sandler brought his wife, Jackie, who Keri recently thanked for helping cast her in the movie. Russell Brand stayed away from his costar and ex, Teresa Palmer, but did mention that he's hoping to share a New Year's kiss with a Jonas Brother.
Keri Russell Limits Her Son's Gifts, Do You?
Keri Russell makes sure her lil guy River Deary knows the true meaning of Christmas. When asked about their plans, the Bedtime Stories star said:
We’re having all the parents at my house this Christmas and we told the grandparents, “No one go crazy. One gift for the kid,” which translates to like five.
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