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The smell of success had just one source at the Eighth Annual Stony Awards, where James Franco, One Tree Hill's Danneel Harris and more actors, shows and films were honored at High Times Magazine's annual kudosfest.Harris and Franco were honored as Stoner and Stonette of the Year, respectively. Franco was on hand at the Malibu, Calif., event to accept his award, while Pineapple Express costar Gary Cole received the honor for their film, which won for Best Comedy. Other honorees of such high praise included Weeds (Best TV Show) The Wackness (Best Drama) and Super High Me (Best Documentary).Winners' bong-shaped trophies were made of what appeared to be glass, but reports on prize functionality have yet to surface. — Anna DimondRelated:• Weeds, Pineapple Express Vie for Stony Awards
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Mary-Louise Parker courtesy Showtime
Dude! High Times magazine will present its 8th Annual Stony Awards in Malibu, Calif., on Saturday. Among the nominees for best TV show are Showtime's Weeds and Californication and HBO's Flight of the Conchords and Entourage. Movie nominees include The Wackness, Superbad, Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay and Pineapple Express.Those in the running for the prestigious Stoner and Stonette of the Year awards (it's a dubious honor just to be nominated!) include Matthew McConaughey; James Franco, who will attend the awards (spoiler alert?); Mary Kate Olsen and Paris Hilton. It is reported that paranoia will overtake the crowd around 8 pm/PT, but an impromptu round of gravy fries and several complimentary bags of Cheetos around 9:30 pm/PT will keep the peace, man. — Mickey O'Connor
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Tropic Thunder by Merie Weismiller Wallace/DreamWorks
Ben Stillers Hollywoodwar-genre satire Tropic Thunder finally unseated The Dark Knight from its perch at the top of the US box office grossing an estimated 26 million over the weekend to take the No 1 spotAccording to Variety the big-budget comedy has pulled in 37 million since its Wednesday release The Dark Knight finished second with 168 million but Christopher Nolans Batman Begins sequel became the second highest grossing flick ever domestically surpassing Star Wars with a new total of 4715 million in only 30 daysSpeaking of Star Wars George Lucas animated The Clone Wars hauled in 155 million to finish third this weekend Rounding out the Top 5 were Kiefer Sutherlands horror starrer Mirrors with 111 million and Pineapple Express which probably suffered the most from rival comedy Thunders opening falling 57 percent from last weeks opening to 10 million Adam Bryant
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Heath Ledger in The Dark Knight courtesy Warner Bros. Pictures
Despite pulling the early punches on Friday Pineapple Express proved to be no match for Batman as The Dark Knight soared to its fourth week at the top of the box officeThe Seth Rogen-led Express brought in 79 million Friday but slipped on Saturday and Sunday bringing its weekend total to 224 million Its earned 404 million since its Wednesday opening The Dark Knights 26 million weekend brought the Batman Begins sequel to a total of 4415 million passing Shrek 2 to become the third highest grossing domestic flick of all time behind Star Wars which it should surpass this week and TitanicThis weeks other opener The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 brought in 108 million over the weekend and 197 million since Wednesday Though those numbers best the first Sisterhoods opening of 98 million the film landed in fourth place behind Universals The Mummy Tomb of the Dragon Emperor which earned 161 million Will Ferrell and John C Reillys Step Brothe
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