is one of the biggest movie events of the summer, so no one doubted it would have a super opening weekend. Industry estimates ranged from a conservative $75 million to a generous $139 million for the Superman reboot, and in the end, it enjoyed the largest June opening in history.

"Man of Steel" surpassed June record-holder "Toy Story 3" when it collected $113.1 million over the weekend, with Thursday-night screenings adding another $12 million for a total domestic gross of $125.1 million. It was also the fourth biggest non-sequel opening in history, behind "The Hunger Games," "Alice in Wonderland" and "Spider-Man." 3-D showings made up a somewhat unimpressive 41 percent of grosses. This year, only , and its $175.3 million debut was the second biggest of all time.

Henry Cavill's first flight in the Superman suit had no problem beating the last flick to feature the iconic DC Comics character, "Superman Returns." "X-Men" veteran Bryan Singer's 2006 film was for the most part a direct sequel to 1980's "Superman II" and ultimately made than $391 million total worldwide. "Watchmen" director Zack Snyder's reboot, produced and co-written by "Dark Knight" trilogy mastermind Christopher Nolan, will undoubtedly crush the box office of all previous iterations. DC parent Warner Bros. hopes to setup a "Justice League" film to rival the $1 billion-plus grosses claimed by "Marvel's The Avengers," which united many of their standalone heroes.

"Man of Steel" made $71.6 million in 24 overseas. It had the top debut for the studio ever in United Arab Emirates and Malyasia and did ...

Jay-Z has revolutionized the business of hip-hop time and again throughout his illustrious career, and it looks like the Marcy Projects native raised the bar once again with the upcoming July 4 release of his 12th solo LP, Magna Carta Holy Grail.

Hov captivated television audiences on Sunday night when he debuted a three-minute commercial for Holy Grail at the start of half-time of the NBA Finals game 5 between the Miami Heat and San Antonio Spurs. The spot was backed by Samsung in an effort to promote their Galaxy smartphones and tablets and it featured Jay in the studio conceptualizing his new LP alongside esteemed producers Rick Rubin, Swizz Beatz, Timbaland and Pharrell Williams.

It's all pretty fancy, but the impressive part is that the LP is already platinum before even hitting the stores. Here's the hook: Samsung has purchased one million copies of Magna Carta and will give them to users of the Samsung Galaxy III, Galaxy S4 and Galaxy Note II users or free, three days before the LP drops. Samsung reportedly paid $5 apiece for the albums; you can download the mobile app for the album beginning June 24.

The clip began with a majestic piano hook and Jay asking, "What the hell is that?" as he got more and more into the hypnotic groove. He then explains to super-producer Rubin (who, of course, also executive produced Kanye West's Yeezus), "Pretty much what the album is is it's this duality of, 'How do you navigate through this whole thing, through success through the failures, through ...

Jay-Z has revolutionized the business of hip-hop time and again throughout his illustrious career, and it looks like the Marcy Projects native raised the bar once again with the upcoming July 4 release of his 12th solo LP, Magna Carta Holy Grail.

Hov captivated television audiences on Sunday night when he debuted a three-minute commercial for Holy Grail at the start of half-time of the NBA Finals game 5 between the Miami Heat and San Antonio Spurs. The spot was backed by Samsung in an effort to promote their Galaxy smartphones and tablets and it featured Jay in the studio conceptualizing his new LP alongside esteemed producers Rick Rubin, Swizz Beatz, Timbaland and Pharrell Williams.

It's all pretty fancy, but the impressive part is that the LP is already platinum before even hitting the stores. Here's the hook: Samsung has purchased one million copies of Magna Carta and will give them to users of the Samsung Galaxy III, Galaxy S4 and Galaxy Note II users or free, three days before the LP drops. Samsung reportedly paid $5 apiece for the albums; you can download the mobile app for the album beginning June 24.

The clip began with a majestic piano hook and Jay asking, "What the hell is that?" as he got more and more into the hypnotic groove. He then explains to super-producer Rubin (who, of course, also executive produced Kanye West's Yeezus), "Pretty much what the album is is it's this duality of, 'How do you navigate through this whole thing, through success through the failures, through ...

Over the years, the O Music Awards have played host to world-record setting efforts like Chiddy Bang's 9-hour, 16-minute freestyle and the Flaming Lips' superhuman eight-show effort.

But both of those endeavors pale in comparison to what profound partymeister Andrew W.K. has in store for Wednesday's O Music Awards, where he'll attempt to set a new (and very specific) world record of his own: Longest Drum Session in a Retail Store.

Yes, for the duration of this year's awards — 24 hours (!) — W.K. will man the kit in Oakley's flagship Times Square store, being joined by the occasional surprise guest (the Roots' metronome ?uestlove will serve as his co-pilot for the first leg of the journey). But mainly, he'll be going it alone, and, as he explained to MTV News ... he's actually slightly terrified about the task at hand.

"Despite my apparent confidence, inside I am actually a very small, trembling shell of a person, who is not only intimidated, but completely mortified and horrified by the ramifications of this challenge," he said. "When I signed up for it, I was like 'Alright, 24 hours of drumming!' and then it started to set in: 24 hours of drumming. Just drumming for an hour — just drumming for 24 seconds — can be quite intense ... I can't even play one of my own songs on the drums all the way through without my arms burning.

"So let it be said, I'm not taking this lightly," he continued. "I think it will push me to the very lengths ...

It's good to be Packmaster.

Though Joe Manganiello's wolfy alter ego Alcide Harveaux didn't get a significant amount of screentime during Sunday's season six premiere of "True Blood," viewers did get an eyeful of the leading lycanthrope. Alcide's first order of business as top dog: a celebratory threesome with Rikki (Kelly Overton) and Danielle (Jamie Gray Hyder).

"It's gotta be a first," Manganiello told MTV News of his werewolf ménage à trois (which, in case you missed it, occurred while the characters were in their human form). "I think they looked at the sex scene last year and went, 'OK, where do we go from there? They figured it out. Unfortunately, it was about 18 degrees outside when we filmed that."

Despite the harsh conditions, little of Manganiello's fine form was left covered during the brief scene. In fact, the actor didn't even bother wearing shoes.

"No, I didn't," he confirmed. "I went method ... I had a strategically placed foot warmer."

We'll let your imaginations run wild with that one for a moment.

For Manganiello's co-star Jamie Gray Hyder, this was her first time dropping trou for "True Blood," yet she called the scene "surprisingly comfortable."

"Joe and Kelly have both experienced nudity on the show in the past, and this is my second season working with them. I love them both and trust them so much that going into it, I knew it was going to be OK," she recalled. "The crew is experienced in dealing with it. The network is. I trust them 100 percent. It's not an easy decision to make, but they ...

Although the "Dark Knight" films created an amazing universe for DC Comics characters to flourish, there have been precious few successful adaptations of other DC characters — "Green Lantern," anybody? — as the company is trying to mobilize its cinematic canon. As such, it seems appropriate that there was a small reference to that Bat-world in "Man of Steel" as DC attempts to get its own "Avengers"-style team-up, "Justice League," off the ground.

"There's no conference I had with DC where they said, 'is there any way we can get Lexcorp in there? Or Wayne Enterprises'," "Man of Steel" director Zack Snyder told MTV News. "I'm just like, this is cool stuff — we need to put it in the movie. Because I feel like it shows that there's a big DC Universe is out there."

Even before the release of "Man of Steel," Hollywood rumbled with rumors that a "Justice League" movie is imminent. But Snyder insisted that Superman is the character that the DC Universe needs to get right before that can occur — which is probably why he's directing its forthcoming sequel, as it was reported Thursday.

"Superman absolutely is the king daddy of the DC Universe. If Superman works, you can really make a lot of other stuff work," Snyder admitted prior to the announcement he would be tackling "Man of Steel 2." "And when we have conversations about 'is there more to do in the DC world?' my answer always is, well, when Superman works, then you can talk about it. But until that, you can't really ...

Could Kanye West land the second-biggest debut of the year after his eagerly anticipated Yeezus hits shelves next week? The album, due out Tuesday, has had one of the most unconventional roll-outs in recent memory and, according to reports from a listening party earlier this week, it's a more complicated listen than some of 'Ye's previous efforts.

The album's purported track list leaked on Friday, but little else is known about it, other than Kanye's repeated pledge to do things his way.

Like Justin Timberlake's The 20/20 Experience, Yeezus kind of appeared out of nowhere and went from a rumor to retail in rapid succession. And, like Daft Punk's Random Access Memories, West has blazed new trails in his promotional activities hyping the album.

With all that said, it appears that when the June 26 chart is revealed, he'll fall somewhere in between JT's nearly million-selling opening frame and DP's career-best 339,000 bow last month. Either way, he's on the road to the second biggest week and second biggest debut of 2013 so far.

Kanye West's Yeezus Leaks And Frenzy Ensues.

"Kanye West is rolling out his album in a very unconventional way," said Keith Caulfield, Associate Director of Charts/Retail for Billboard magazine. "The element of surprise and mystery helps. And people just want to hear what he has to say. As we've seen with various artists this year, unconventional rollouts can work."

But given that West hasn't released an official single, or video to date and has pledged not to, is it possible ...

Taylor Swift and Ed Sheeran are besties. They even manage to squeeze in some quality BFF time with one another in between stops on the Red tour. But sometimes things get a little too real between the singers.

When MTV News caught up with Swift last week, she confirmed that during a flight earlier this year to Nashville, she was nearly stabbed by Sheeran's sword. Confused? Well, let her explain.

"He got this sword... he went to New Zealand and got this sword. The actual [director] Peter Jackson gave him a sword from a 'Lord of the Rings' movie. And he was obsessed with it to the point where like he would come into by dressing room waving it and then just leave," Swift said.

"Or he'd just get it out on the plane and everybody is like, we don't know if that's OK on a plane. It's a weapon, but it's a medieval weapon [so] we don't know, I don't know," she continued. "But he's obsessed with stuff like that. He's obsessed with Legos. He's obsessed with swords, like axes, stuff like that. It was on the table [on the trip to Nashville] and it started to slide."

Of course, it never touched Swift, which Sheeran first cleared up when telling us about the incident back in March. He further noted that he knows what everyone on the tour thinks of his weapon of choice. He said, "I think [Taylor] and her crew were weirded out by it anyway. They were just like, 'Why does Ed have a ...

The Kardashians have always managed to keep us entertained over the course of the eight-season run of "Keeping Up With The Kardashians" with babies, weddings, kooky antics, divorces and sibling rivalry. And with Kim expecting her first (and recently born) baby with Kanye West and the new season welcoming the step-brothers Brody and Brandon Jenner to the fold, they're still spicing up Sunday night. Heck, there's also a good chance that Yeezus himself might drop by. Still, Khloe can't believe that people still want to tune in.

"Honestly I feel like I'm constantly [learning stuff about us]. As we get older, we all learn new things about ourselves and we grow and we, I don't know, we just evolve as people. Every season we're like 'What else is there for us to film? Like how do people still want to watch this 'cause haven't we done everything?' And then someone gets knocked up or someone's having this or whatever," she told MTV News prior to the season premiere. "And there's always more 'cause that's life; everything changes and happens."

She added, "For, me, personally I can't pinpoint it, but trust me you don't want to miss me. I'm the best one."

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"Honestly I feel like I'm constantly [learning stuff about us]. As we get older, we all learn new things about ourselves and we grow and we, I don't know, we just evolve as people. Every season we're like 'What else is there for us to film? Like how do people still want ...