November 30, 2024

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‘LEGO Movie’ Breaks President’s Day Weekend Record

A trio of '80s remakes sought to win the weekend, but a movie whose toy blocks date back to 1932 emerged victorious.

set a new President's Day Weekend record, grabbing $63.5 million over the four-day holiday. That kept the family friendly comedy in the #1 spot for a second consecutive weekend, bringing its domestic total to $143.8 million. It was another big weekend for main voice actor Chris Pratt, whose forthcoming Marvel epic "Guardians of the Galaxy" continued to build buzz (the first trailer premiered Tuesday) and new action figures at Toy Fair.

Kevin Hart is having a great run, as well. He's featured prominently in "About Last Night," which had the biggest opening for a romantic comedy since 2012's "About Last Night" made $28.4 million through Monday. Hart's team-up with Ice Cube, "Ride Along," remained in the Top 10 for a fifth week, putting the domestic total for the action comedy at $116 million.

"About Last Night" wasn't the only '80s remake new in theaters. opened midweek, winding up in third place for the weekend. Sony spent a reported $100 million on the violent sci-fi action satire, which has already earned exactly that amount around the world ($30 million of that domestically). The original "RoboCop" made $54.3 million during its theatrical run from about 1,600 theaters. Adjusted for inflation, that amount would be about $115 million in 2014.

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4 Reasons Why Jimmy Fallon’s First ‘Tonight Show’ Killed It

Now that is how you make your "Tonight Show" debut. After weeks of hype, endless commercials and interviews, Jimmy Fallon took over the biggest name in late night TV like a boss on Monday, kicking off his tenure with more stars than some shows have in a month.

Yeah, Will Smith dropped by to do the Stanky Legg (and tons of other moves) and U2 played a spectacular rooftop set (and a special unplugged tune), but it was the impressive list of other superstars who just dropped by to say 'hi' that proved Fallon is in for a smooth transition into his new gig. Here are four reasons why Jimmy just killed it Monday night:

The Opening Monologue
Bringing the "Tonight Show" back to New York for the first time in four decades, a calm-looking Fallon got any weirdness out of the way first, joking, "I'm Jimmy Fallon and I'll be your host ... for now."

And, in a second rapid-fire friendly dig at his predecessor, the 39-year-old comedian thanked all the hosts who came before him, including Steve Allen, Jack Parr, Johnny Carson, "Jay Leno, Conan O'Brien and Jay Leno." And, after giving his mom and dad, Jimmy and Gloria Fallon, a shout-out, he apologized for not getting them better seats for his first night.

People Owe Him Money, Important People
In one of the night's best gags, Fallon confessed that most of his celebrity friends had bet him $100 that he'd never get the "Tonight Show" gig. That began a cavalcade of awesome, which included Robert De Niro, Tina Fey, Joe Namath, former ...

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Austin Mahone Talks About His First Time… Rapping

Even though he's only 17, Austin Mahone certainly knows how to treat the ladies.

On Valentine's Day, Mahone gifted his fans with a brand new single "U," which had his Mahomies daydreaming of what life would really be like as Mahomie's #1 girl.

And while it may start off sounding like a signature Mahone track, halfway through, he throws his fans a curveball by showing off his rapping skills.

"Hopefully I didn't sound too white," he joked when he stopped by for on Friday (February 14).

And while it was just released a few days ago, it's hardly new.

"So 'U' was actually the first song that I recorded when I moved to Miami about two years ago, so it's kind of old but I've always loved the song," Mahone said. "It's always been one of my favorites and I just thought it would be cool to release it as a Valentine's Day gift to my fans."

And if you were expecting Austin to get any guidance from his Cash Money labelmate Lil Wayne, think again, because he said he did the rapping "all on his own."

Mahone is still deciding on whether or not the song will make its way onto his debut album, due later this year.

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Watch Dwyane Wade Surprise A High School Basketball Team With A NBA-Style Locker Room

NEW ORLEANS — NBA All-Star Weekend was full of slam-dunk performances and star-studded parties, but for Miami Heat's Dwyane Wade, it was also about giving back.

The three-time NBA champion teamed up with Gatorade to give one New Orleans high school basketball team a locker room makeover.

When the Riverdale High School men's varsity team stepped off the court after a big win, they found their locker room transformed into an NBA-inspired clubhouse. In addition to stylish wood-finished lockers, the room also received a fresh coat of paint and name plaques for each player — and Wade was there to unveil it all.

"When we walked in, it got me. I teared up a little bit," senior Donte Watson said. "These are the best lockers I've ever seen."

Wade stayed to talk to the team about the importance of nutrition and staying in shape for athletes of all levels.

"For Gatorade to be able to come in here in a short period of time, and be able to give them this experience is unbelievable and I'm glad that I'm able to be here and unveil this for these guys," Wade told MTV News.

According to senior Donte Jackson, this certainly will be a moment his teammates remember forever. "This overall experience was one of the best days of my life."

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‘Retromania’ Goes Luging With Olympian Chris Mazdzer: Watch Now

Anyone can luge, right?

Wrong: Just ask Andrew Schulz. The "Guy Code" and "Guy Court" star got a private lesson from Chris Mazdzer, a member of the U.S. luging team, for MTV's Retromania: Team USA."

Anyone who's ever seen "Cool Runnings" — and we hope that means everyone, ever — will know that it's an Olympic sport for a reason. But Schulz is a man with a mission — "growing up in the streets of New York City I always knew I wanted to luge," he joked — and after much practice and really hurting his genitals, he doesn't do half bad.

"Retromania" will be celebrating the Olympics all week. Tune in to MTV to catch up with athletes past and present, including 2014 Gold medalist Jamie Anderson, 2014 Silver medalist Gus Kenworthy and 2014 Bronze medalist Kelly Clark to 2014 Olympian bobsledders Curt Tomasevicz and Justin Olsen, snowboarders Alex Deibold, Hannah Teter, Paralympian Alana Nichols and more.

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It’s Man Crush Monday: Why Olympic Skier Gus Kenworthy Is Heating Winter Up

You may have seen Gus Kenworthy winning silver medals at the Sochi Olympics, but it's what he's been up to off the slopes that has us crushing on him. Why? Because he has been saving stray puppies. I repeat, he's saving puppies.

Gus was heartbroken when heard that there were so many stray dogs in Sochi that the city was killing them. So, he's trying to take home five dogs (one mother and four puppies) and has been trying to get others vaccinated and into kennels.

As soon as we got wind of that there was no question that Gus had to be MTV News' pick for #ManCrushMonday. Need more proof? See below. Like what you see? You can see Gus next week during, href="http://redirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mtv.com%2Fshows%2Fretromania%2Fseries.jhtml">MTV's "Retromania," as MTV takes a look back at the Olympics past and present.

He Looks GreatIn Red, White And Blue

He Meets His Goals

Gus + Puppy= Swoon

Gus + 4 Puppies = Heart Melt

He Likes to Share

Proud to Be an American

He Loves His Mom

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