Your American Idol, Jordin Sparks, serves up the national anthem at tonight's NBA championship series tip-off.... America's Got Talent was Tuesday's ratings winner, averaging some 13 million total viewers across its two-hour premiere. On the Lot, meanwhile, dropped to a scant 3.13 mil.... Hannibal Rising and Apocalypto topped last week's DVD sales and rental charts, respectively.... "What Time Is It?", the first music video from High School Musical 2, premieres Saturday at 7:55 pm/ET, on Disney Channel.... My Trivial Matt'rs blog has been updated.
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Biography Channel celebrates the 30th anniversary of Star Wars — I first saw it at the Ridgeway in Stamford, Connecticut, with James and Keith — with profiles of Harrison Ford (airing May 25) and George Lucas (May 26).... The soundtrack for the upcoming Hairspray movie musical hits stores July 10. The first single (Zac Efron's "Ladies' Choice") is currently available for download.... Hannibal Rising arrives on DVD May 29.... My Trivial Matt'rs blog is updated with my take on Grey's Anatomy's flirty newcomer.
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The critically railed comedy Norbit, starring Eddie Murphy, Eddie Murphy and Eddie Murphy, topped the weekend box office, earning $33.7 million. That easily bested second-placer Hannibal Rising, which feasted on $13.35 mil in its own debut.Rounding out the top five were Because I Said So ($9 million), The Messengers ($7.2 mil) and Night at the Museum ($5.75 mil).
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