Bieber
- JB turned 17 on Tuesday! You guys all had parties too, right? Right?? He celebrated with his "totally-not-girlfriend" Selena Gomez, hanging out and shopping and stuff. (JJJ)
- As a birthday present, Bieber asked fans to donate $17 to Charity: Water, a non-profit that provides clean drinking water to communities in developing nations. His fundraising goal was $17,000 and at last count, he'd raised nearly $30k. (Cambio)
- Here are 17 random facts about the Bieb. (AOL Music)
- Remember how Bieber gave those chopped-off locks of his hair to charities so they could auction them? Well one of those locks of hair just went for $40,668. Ellen DeGeneres set up the eBay auction, and the funds will go to The Gentle Barn, an animal rescue center here in California. (JSYK)
TV
- Miley Cyrus is hosting SNL this weekend. Brace yourselves. And now would be a good time to make sure your earthquake kit is fully stocked. (JSYK)
- Charlie Sheen has tiger blood and Adonis DNA, and is also on a drug called Charlie Sheen. True story.
Movies
- Ohyeah the Oscars happened last weekend! Seems like longer ago than that. Full list of winners here. (imdb)
- Warner Bros and Legendary Pictures decided to cast Diane Lane as the dowdy Martha Kent, AKA Superman's adopted mom. Seems like an odd fit. (Cambio)
- But WB also made a very good decision - they bought Leavesden Studios, the stages where the Harry Potter movies were filmed, and are turning them into a tourist attraction! Starting in 2012, muggles will be able to take a 3-hour tour (a 3-hour tour) and see sets from the films. You can pre-book your tour later this year. (JSYK)
- "Blade Runner" is getting remade and will become a franchise, with who knows how many sequels to follow. By my count there are now only 7 movies left from the 80s that have not been remade. (Cambio)
- Of course they're making a sequel to Avatar. Of course they are. And how are they going to go a step beyond the original's visuals? By going under water. Of course they are. (Cambio)
Music
- 10-year-old Maria Aragon (of YouTube fame) sang "Born This Way" with Lady Gaga at her Toronto concert on Thursday, and reportedly stole the show. The Mounties are now investigating the theft. (CNN)
- The wait is over: Kim Kardashian's first single, "Jam" has finally been released into the wild. The song premiered on Ryan Seacrest's radio show. Here's hoping Seacrest survived. (JSYK)
- Palate cleanser! New Willow Smith, called "21st Century Girl." (JSYK)
- And if you haven't seen the new Gaga video, "Born This Way," well then you're just behind the times, aren't you. (Cambio)
- Taylor Swift rebounds like a pro! She was seen out at a Kings game with none other thanChord Overstreet last week. Can't wait to hear the song she'll inevitably write about him! (Cambio)
Technology
- Watson has been defeated! Long live humans! Congressman Rush Holt from New Jersey beat Watson on Monday's Jeopardy. This sets the robot revolution back at least a year. (Tween Tribune)
- The iPad 2 will be in stores March 11, thereby rendering the original iPad totally obsolete, mere months after it was first introduced. (JSYK)
Broken Records
- At a spelling bee in Flagstaff, AZ, last weekend, two 8th graders battled for three hours and95 rounds of the bee, before one of them finally spelled "affidavits" incorrectly, and the other spelled "accolade" and "taciturn" correctly for the win. The previous record (also held by these two students) was only 39 rounds. (TweenTribune)
- Charlie Sheen joined Twitter this week and got over 1,000,000 followers so fast he landed a Guinness World Record. (CNN)
Doing Good
- Confusing the hell out of anyone who's been following the news, Miley Cyrus traveled to Haitiwith the Starkey Hearing Foundation, where she helped deliver custom-built hearing aids to hearing-impaired children. (JSYK)
- Did you notice that Angelina Jolie wasn't at the Oscars? Me neither. But it turns out she wasn't there because she was in Afghanistan, checking up on the girls' school she founded, and talking with refugees who were displaced by war and the Taliban. Probably a better use of her time and resources, all things considered. (Cambio)
Movies Opening This Weekend
Rango
The Adjustment Bureau
Take Me Home Tonight
Beastly
Red State (NYC)
Happythankyoumoreplease (limited)
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall Past Lives (LA/SF)
I Saw the Devil (LA/NY)
Abel (limited)
Top 10 in the Box Office Last Weekend
1. Hall Pass
2. Gnomeo & Juliet
3. Unknown
4. I Am Number Four (finally at the correct number)
5. Just Go With It
6. Justin Bieber: Never Say Never
7. Big Mommas
8. The King's Speech
9. Drive Angry 3D
10. True Grit
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