Top Chef's Padma Lakshmi with Chef Rocco DiSpirito by Glenn Watson/Bravo Photo
Either they had nothing better to put on or they've finally realized that it's time to put The Apprentice out of its misery and throw some love at the pressure cooker that is Bravo's Top Chef. Either way, tonight at 10 pm/ET, NBC is repeating the Rocco DiSpirito episode of the reality cook-off.... Hilary Duff and Wild 'N Out's Nick Cannon have been tapped to host Teen Choice 2007 on Aug. 26. So don't expect any awards to go to Good Charlotte. (Hil's ex is their lead singer, don't ya know.).... Hostel Part II hits video stores on Oct. 23. So you don't have to rent Glitter again this Halloween.... ABC Family has picked up 10 more episodes of its college drama Greek. Not to be confused with Rome. I mean, seriously not to be confused with Rome.... ESPN is shooting a two-hour documentary on ex-New York Mets manager Bobby Valentine's rise to fame as a Japanese baseball star. It is expected to premiere next spring. The cabler has also bought Hellfighters, a doc about a Harlem high school f...
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Ocean's Thirteen debuted to slightly lower numbers than parts Eleven and Twelve, yet still topped the weekend box office with a $37.1 million haul, unseating POTC 3 ($21.3 mil) from the No. 1 spot.Rounding out the top five were Knocked Up ($20 million), Happy Feet: The Funny Version Surf's Up (opening with $18 mil) and Shrek the Third ($15.75 mil). The week's other newbie, Hostel Part II (or as I like to call it, "Poor, Poor Heather Matarazzo") came in at No. 6 with $8.75 mil, less than half of the original's first-weekend take. Overall, the box office was down nine percent from a year ago, when Cars opened with $60 mil.
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