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March 8th, 2010

Whether it was the inclusion of younger presenters like Zac Efron, Miley Cyrus, Taylor Lautner and Kristen Stewart or the comical teaming of Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin or the fact that there was a real race between "The Hurt Locker" and "Avatar," directed by ex-spouses (winner) Kathryn Bigelow and James Cameron, the ratings for last night's Oscar telecast were up from last year's. What do you think was the reason for the bigger ratings? Read more...

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March 6th, 2010

Sunday night, of course, will be the 82nd Annual Academy Awards, hosted by Alec Baldwin and Steve Martin. It should be a very interesting year, with an expanded field of ten Best Picture nominees, ex-spouses James Cameron and Kathryn Bigelow battling for Best Director honors, and hype for newcomers like Carey Mulligan and Gabourey Sidibe. Gossip Cop wants to know who YOU think should go home with Oscar in ten of the biggest categories. Read more...

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February 3rd, 2010

There's a new #1 at the all-time domestic box office. Avatar has now made more than $601 million in North America, edging past director James Cameron's own Titanic, whose $600.8 million total occupied the top spot for twelve years. Read more...

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January 31st, 2010

UPDATE - 1/31/10 The numbers are in, and they're staggering. Not only did Avatar win a seventh consecutive weekend - as projected - but its $95.1 million international take across 120 global markets pushes the blockbuster past $2 billion overall, even earlier than expected. With $594.5 million (domestic) and $1.45 billion (overseas), the film has registered an astonishing $2.045 billion at the box office. Read more...

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January 26th, 2010

It's official. This morning Avatar passed Titanic to become the all-time box office champion. The sci-fi spectacular has just surpassed $1.8 billion worldwide, the total Titanic grossed back in 1997-98. Read more...

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January 24th, 2010

As we approach final box office tallies for the weekend, it looks like early estimates will hold. Avatar is set to take a sixth consecutive weekend, fending off Legion and others, and becoming the highest-grossing film in North American history after director James Cameron's own Titanic. Projections give Avatar a $35 million weekend and a cumulative domestic box office north of $550 million. Read more...

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January 23rd, 2010

The victories keep piling up for James Cameron and Avatar. The director's sci-fi epic is poised to win a sixth consecutive weekend at the box office, according to estimates, and its cumulative domestic grosses will overtake The Dark Knight for the second-best total in North American history. Read more...

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January 19th, 2010

The final numbers are in, and "Avatar" raked in $54.4 million over the four-day Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend, bringing its domestic total to $504.9 million. Whoa! Read more...