"Twilight" Cleans Up At the MTV Movie Awards
It was a good night for "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1" at the MTV Movie awards in L.A. The film won Best Movie, while Kristin Stewart and Robert Pattinson shared the award for Best Kiss once again. "The Hunger Games" also picked up some awards including Best Male and Best Female performances and Best Fight. Emma Stone picked up the Trailblazer award, and Johnny Depp won the Generation Award.
"Snow White" Wins at Box Office
The rework of the classic fairytale managed a big win at the box office over the weekend. "Snow White and the Huntsman" pulled in $56.3-million pushing "Men In Black 3" to number two with $29.3-million. "The Avengers" falls to number three on the list with $20.3-million.
Two Celebrity Deaths Over the Weekend
Longtime "Family Feud" host, Richard Dawson, as died at the age of 79 due to complications related to esophageal cancer. The Brit hosted the show from 1976-1985 and was known as "The Kissing Bandit" for kissing the female contestants on the show.
And in an example of life imitating art, actress Kathryn Joosten has died. The Emmy Award-winning actress played grumpy neighbor Mrs. McCluskey on "Desperate Housewives." Her character died on the show's season finale last month, also from cancer. She was 72.
Drew Barrymore Marries....Again
The guest list was star studded as actress Drew Barrymore married her fiance of five months. Barrymore and Will Kopelman wed at her home in Montecito, California on Saturday. Barrymore's previous two marriages lasted less than six months, so here's hoping this one makes it at least a year. She's currently expecting their first child.
Oprah Relaunches Book Club for the Digital Age
Oprah's Book Club sold a lot of books, and now it's back and rebooted. Oprah's Book Club 2.0 includes digital elements like eBooks and Twitter and Facebook and allows for interaction between the readers and the author. The first book is "Wild," and the special Oprah version of the book will be available at Noon today.
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