We compare the ‘Twilight’ sequel’s second-week numbers to other blockbusters.
By Eric Ditzian

Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart in “New Moon”

Photo: Summit Entertainment

Last Monday, the movie world was abuzz with talk of the “New Moon” box-office haul: $142.8 million domestically, when the final numbers came in — giving the “Twilight” sequel the third-biggest opening weekend ever.

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James Cameron, Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana will answer your questions in live online show.
By Eric Ditzian

“Avatar”

Photo: 20th Century FOX

In little over two weeks, James Cameron’s sci-fi epic “Avatar,” which the director has been working on since 1995, will arrive in a burst of 3-D-enhanced splendor. Before then, MTV News readers will get an unprecedented opportunity to pick Cameron’s brain as we partner with Facebook to present “Avatar Live: An MTV News/Facebook Forum.”

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Tranny Bullock came out to play on The George Lopez Show last week.
George surprised Sandra with a “Latin makeover,” as he called it, and it really looked all kinds of…wrong. Rather, Chola Girl (aka Baby Smiley) surprised Sandra. Ugh, weird much? Sorry, but we’re not seeing the humor in all this. Bullock just looks hideous, like something Eddie Murphy would leave behind in a West Hollywood parking lot!
In fact, we’re more surprised groups haven’t come out in protest. Not just because Sandra looked so…

Breathtakingly—and quite offensively—horrible, but because it also helps reinforce stereotypes, no?

Here’s a new clip of New Moon wolfman Taylor Lautner aka Jacob Black rehearsing his amazing grape-catching skills for the Conan O’Brien show before the show started.

He certainly has a very talented mouth! What coordination!

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We all know whatever’s going down right now

“Honestly, out of the whole set, of all the girls, Kristen is definitely by far my favorite. Personality-wise and everything. She’s real and raw. And nice!”
—New Moon costar Justine Wachsberger, on the many beauteous qualities of Kristen Stewart. I swear, isn’t it about time everybody joined folks like Justine and just realized K.Stew’s an all right chick doin’ her best in a not always right media scene? Too much to ask?

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New Moon keeps rising at the box office. Have you seen it yet?

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Concert documentary will feature an hour of extra footage on DVD, even more on Blu-Ray.
By Gil Kaufman

Michael Jackson’s This Is It

Photo: Epic

First, Michael Jackson fans couldn’t wait for the “Michael Jackson’s This Is It” documentary to begin its limited run in theaters around the globe. Then, even before it hit thousands of screens, they began clamoring for a DVD release date of the final artistic statement from the self-proclaimed King of Pop.

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Second film in the ‘Twilight’ saga edges out Sandra Bullock’s feel-good football drama, while ‘Ninja Assassin’ fails to succeed.
By Josh Wigler

Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson in “New Moon”

Photo: Summit Entertainment

The Box-Office Top Five
#1 “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” ($42.5 million)
#2 “The Blind Side” ($40.1 million)
#3 “2012″ ($18 million)
#4 “Old Dogs” ($16.8 million)
#5 “A Christmas Carol” ($16 million)

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