The biggest thing in pop culture this weekend will be the Oscars®. Some doozies have been nominated this year, including an unprecedented 10 films for Best Picture. If you’re planning an Oscars event for your girls this weekend, go here for the official ballot. And even if you weren’t planning to stay up late and watch them until the bitter end, make it a point to watch the stars walk the red carpet and the opening segment of the show.
Here are the top movies this past weekend:
1. Shutter Island, $22.2 mil (this one looked so scary, I couldn’t bring myself to watch the previews!)
2. Valentine's Day, $18.6 mil
3. Avatar, $16.5 mil
4. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, $14 mil
5. The Wolfman, $9.8 mil
6. Dear John, $9.5 mil
7. Tooth Fairy, $5 mil
8. Crazy Heart, $4.1 mil
9. From Paris With Love, $3.5 mil
10. Edge of Darkness, $2.5 mil
Top Songs on the Radio
1. Ke$ha - Tik Tok (will this song ever leave the airways?!)
2. Lady Gaga - Bad Romance
3. David Guetta - Sexy Chick
4. Orianthi - According To You
5. Lady Gaga – Telephone (ugh. My least favorite of LG’s offerings. It's boring and more repetitive than usual.)
6. Black Eyed Peas - Imma Be (It's a good thing the radio has to edit music. I think my ears might be offended by the unedited version of this one, as the one on the radio seems to have lots of blank space without words where I’m assuming curse words have been taken out.)
7. Jay Sean - Do You Remember
8. Boys Like Girls - Two Is Better Than One
9. Iyaz - Replay
10. Young Money – Bedrock
The Olympics dominated the airwaves, leaving only American Idol and Undercover Boss (a GREAT show, if you haven’t seen it already) with it in the top ten TV shows last week. Speaking of TV shows, did anyone see The Marriage Ref after the closing ceremonies of the Olympics last Sunday? I personally thought it was funny, but what struck me as most promising was the tagline at the end, "Marriage is worth fighting for." It comes on again tonight on NBC, so I'll be watching it to see what direction they're going to take this show—hopefully one that portrays marriage in a positive light.
I’m going on a retreat with the girls in our student ministry this weekend, so I hope to have lots of new trends, fads, and random girl-culture to report back to you next week!
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