Greg Gorman’s 11 Most Famous Celebrity Photographs

Paul @ Gone Hollywood

Greg Corman is an incredible photographer and he has an exhibit at the Decorative Center in Houston up until June 3, because of this he picked out his 11 favorite photos that he has ever taken of celebrities for the Houston Culture Map. Here is his picks:

Michael Jackson, 1987

“Michael was a perfectionist beyond your wildest imagination. Every time we would shoot, he would call me and we’d have a two-hour conversation to discuss what it was we were going to do and how we were going to go about it. He had pet tarantulas; they actually shed their skin. This is the casing of the tarantula that he brought with him. He never traveled with a big entourage. He was very genuine and really loved photography. I dearly miss him. He was a tragic individual but an amazing human being.”

David Bowie, 1984

“I started working with him about the time of Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps). We just tried a whole myriad of different things. David was very creative and we did a lot of pictures together in the late ’80s and early ’90s.”

Iman, 1988

“She and I were friends and it was during the late ’80s when I was shooting a lot of male and female nudes and I just asked her about it. She wasn’t hesitant at all. Nobody was hesitant about doing nudes in the ’80s and ’90s. It wasn’t until the onset of the Internet basically castrated the concept of shooting male and female nudes that really brought it to a shocking halt. There’s been lots of positive things about the Internet, but that’s certainly not one of them. Now people can steal your images and post them. It’s very difficult to get the kind of openness and candidness in a lot of photography being done today because of the Internet.”

Heath Ledger, 2004

“This picture was taken in Venice, Italy for the movie Casanova. Heath was the perfect example of a person not crazy about doing a lot of photography. It was put off until the third or fourth day that I was in Venice, the last day. We found out, through doing a little research, that he was a big fan of wine. So we got Heath a bunch of great wine. We shot a lot of pictures, but as soon as the wine was gone, he was gone. But we did get the pictures. And for the time that Heath was there he was certainly a beautiful man to photograph and great in front of the camera.”

Barbra Streisand, 1981

“This is a picture taken after work one day on the set of a little movie she did, All Night Long. Barbara was a total professional. She was very set in her ways and how she wanted to be photographed but never difficult in time and focus. It’s never the big stars that are difficult in any way. It’s the young, up-and-coming stars who have made one mediocre movie that have gotten great praise and think they’re the greatest thing since chopped liver. The big ones know what it’s taken to get to where they are and they’re never difficult. Barbara definitely favors the side you see in that picture. It was funny because when we were working on that movie we discussed shooting the other side of her face because she was getting ready to do Yentel as as the boy character. Bette Midler is also the same way; she also favors one side of her face.”

Sophia Loren, 1994

“Sophia was always one of my heroes. From when I was a little kid, the three people I always wanted to photograph were Sophia Loren, Bridget Bardot and Gina Lollobrigida. I shot Sophia in Rome for Detour magazine. She drove herself to the shoot. Did her own makeup and hair….She said to me one point at lunch. ‘You know Greg, I’m really not 60, I’m three times 20.’ ”

Leonardo Di Caprio, 1994

“Leo was one of the most relaxed, most comfortable human beings inside his skin of anyone I ever photographed. That makes for a great subject, when they’re really open and accessible and willing to go for it. Look at that contact sheet and you really can see so many different looks throughout the images. Leo always looked really young. When I shot that, he was probably 18 or 19.”

Djimon Hounsou, 1991

“He has perfect features, perfect teeth. Just a great specimen of a human being not to mention one of the nicest guys on the planet. When I was finishing my third book, Inside Life, which was a book on personality portraits, I didn’t want to put an actor on the cover, because it would put me in a bind, (other actors asking) ‘Why didn’t get on the cover?’ I thought I’ll put Djimon on the cover. He’s a great model and it’s an interesting picture. When we had a dinner after the very first book signing, he had just landed his first major film role. He went on, as you know, to become a great actor.”

Grace Jones, 1995

“Grace has been a lifetime very dear friend of mine. She’s probably one of the most misunderstood and fun people I know. Everybody thinks she’s this giant, but she’s not that tall. She’s extraordinary looking. She probably has one of the greatest senses of style and taste and design of anyone I know. At the same time, she’s one of the most down-to-earth, funny, candid, quirky individuals I have ever met. She’s one of the great dinner guests because she’s super-down-to-earth, very funny and doesn’t take herself too seriously. I can show you 1,000 great pictures of Grace Jones. She always has the best clothes, the best styling, just the greatest taste. She can pull it off.”

John Waters, 1994

“John Waters is so unmistakably recognizable for that pencil-thin mustache…..Some people think it kind of looks like a vagina, but that’s the flip side of John Waters.”

Andy Warhol, 1986

“If there was any magazine responsible for launching my career, it was Interview. I shot probably 20 covers for Andy in the early ’80s. I did a campaign with LA Eyeworks called ‘Every Face is like a Work of Art: It deserves a Great Frame.’ One day Andy called me up and, in his inimitable way, he always had kind of a stutter, he asked me in so many words did I think that LA Eyeworks would be interested in photographing him for their ad. I told him I thought that could probably be worked out. Andy came out and it just happened. That became one of my most famous images.”

I love every single one of them. What is your favorite?

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Crossbreeding Spyders & Links To Hollywood

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13 Celebrities That Have A Mental Illness

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I know people joke all the time about celebrities being insane and batshit crazy, but there are some celebrities who have genuine mental illnesses, PopCrunch have come up with a list of 13 celebrities that you may or may not know that have one.

Britney Spears

The first person who comes to mind when we think of celebrities with mental illness is definitely former pop princess Britney Spears. After the ravages of… whatever it is that she has. Although Spears has never been officially diagnosed with either bipolar, schizophrenia or depression, there’s much speculation surrounding her battle with these diseases from both the public and her own friends. Tabloids will be tabloids, but something is clearly wrong when an individual’s own friends and family are convinced of the undiagnosed problem based on their own interactions. After a meltdown in 2008, Spears shaved her head and was committed to a mental health facility for an evaluation. Her bizarre and reckless behavior cost her the custody of her own children and earned her a court ordered conservatorship, given to her father. Her weird antics include (but are absolutely not limited to) attacking a paparazzo’s car with an umbrella, donning wigs and speaking in foreign accents at random, endangering the safety of her children in a myriad of ways, and stripping naked in public.

Jean Claude Van Damme

Big screen badass Jean Claude Van Damme was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 1997 after a short stint in rehab for cocaine addiction and a realization that his career was beginning to decline. Considering suicide, the actor opted to seek help instead; his diagnosis resulted in a prescription of sodium valproate, a drug Van Damme calls “that simple salt.” Van Damme’s early career was filled with karate training — without it, he says, he would have plummeted into an irreconcilable depression. Regarding his medication, Van Damme has said “You just have to take a little salt, and since I’m doing that it’s, like, BOOM! In one week, I felt it kick in. All the commotion around me, all the water around me, moving left and right around me, became like a lake.”

DMX

Former rapper, now meth connoisseur, DMX has been completely ravaged by drug addiction and mental illness. The only artist to have his first two albums debut at number one, DMX branched out into acting and considerably expanded his career — and bank account — by doing so. DMX was reluctant to speak about his illness in an interview with Blender mag, and only admitted to ever acknowledging it when reminded of one of his own songs: “Listed as a manic depressive with extreme paranoia/And dog, I got something for ya/Hear my name, feel my pain . . . ” Besides this admission, DMX has never spoken out about his struggle with bipolar disorder. He grew up partially in an abusive household and spent the rest of his developmental life in and out of foster homes. Although he seemed to overcome his problems after becoming a multi-millionaire celebrity, he now continues to fall deeper into obscurity after being arrested multiple times on drug charges. Not only has he tried to buy weed and cocaine from an undercover officer, but DMX even tried to convince someone he was an FBI agent and needed the victim’s car for some top secret FBI business. He’s now been arrested so many times that it’s hard to keep track, but the sad progression of his mugshots tell more of a story than any police report ever could — his physical health has clearly declined with each offense, chronicling the disintegration of a once admirable individual.

Halle Berry

Halle Berry publicly admitted attempting suicide after divorcing from baseball superstar David Justice, but stopped when she “had an image of [her] mother finding [her].” Berry says her sense of self-worth was so low, she tried to suffocate herself with carbon monoxide in the garage of her house. Her tumultuous relationship with Justice wasn’t the only unhealthy one to effect her negatively — Berry says that she attended sex rehab with her husband after being married for only one year. Singer Eric Benet had a serious cheating problem, and Berry claims to have “put his needs before her own” instead of leaving him like she should have. Although the silver screen sex pot has moved onto greener pastures with model boyfriend Gabriel Audry, she’s said she will “never, ever get married again.”

Marilyn Monroe

The daughter of a mentally ill widow, Marilyn Monroe was left to cold and uncaring foster homes in her youth. She was attacked at the age of six and barely escaped sexual assault. An extremely intelligent and cultured individual, Monroe didn’t let her hardships growing up stop her from becoming one of the most successful and historically significant celebrities of all time. At the height of her success, Monroe began abusing sleeping pills and alcohol. Her work ethic declined along with her health, especially when she suffered from a number of miscarriages in the 60s. A divorce, the death of a friend, tumultuous affairs, and dismissal from a large motion picture role for poor attendance all contributed further to her depression. Monroe was admitted to an institution for mental evaluation and was released after only a short time — but never returned to filming. She would be found alongside two empty sleeping pill bottles only two months later.

Billy Joel

Renowned singer Billy Joel’s fame wasn’t enough to pull him from diagnosed depression, and he tried to kill himself by drinking furniture polish because “it looked tastier than bleach.” Also an alcoholic, Joel has been in and out of rehab for the addiction which has made him sick on numerous occasions. It’s unclear which came first — the alcoholism or the depression — but one hand certainly washes the other.

Princess Diana

One of the most influential political figures of her time, Diana both purposely and inadvertently changed the world around her. The princess struggled with bulimia for over a decade, and when it became a public fact the number of bulimic women seemed to spike — prompting speculation that it was a ‘Diana Effect.’ Her problem began after tabloids criticized her appearance as ‘pudgy’; Diana’s choice to diet quickly spiraled out of control and left the beautiful princess unable to control her self destructive eating habits. After her death, tapes were released in which Diana spoke not only about her battle with bulimia, but multiple suicide attempts and depression as well.

Heath Ledger

Handsome actor Heath Ledger died a tragic and untimely death when he overdosed on drugs during the filming of The Dark Knight (errr, The Imaginarium of doctor Parnassus?) . Ledger had been suffering from depression, anxiety, and, as a result of the two, sleep deprivation. There is speculation over whether his death was suicidal or accidental, but most see it as a tragic accident. Ledger’s problems were apparently exacerbated by his stressful role as evil villain The Joker. Former Joker Jack Nicholson even said he warned Ledger, but later claimed it was in regards to taking the drug Ambien. Ledger himself, however, admitted that the role was ‘physically and emotionally draining’, leaving him unable to sleep but a measly two hours per night.

Mike Tyson

In 2005, insanely insecure boxing legend Mike Tyson says of himself: “I’ll never be happy. I believe I’ll die alone. I would want it that way. I’ve been a loner all my life with my secrets and my pain. I’m really lost, but I’m trying to find myself. I’m really a sad, pathetic case.” Once an undefeated heavyweight champion, Tyson struggled with depression and severe insecurities since childhood. Even now, recalling the hurtful actions of his childhood bullies brings tears to his eyes as he forces out a choked threat directed at anyone who might attempt to harm him. Tyson’s career was lost to rampant indulgence, depression and distraction from his beloved sport after the death of his trainer and mentor. Tyson is notorious for having an awful temper, he’s been known to absolutely lose it in public. Even one comment like the one in this video sends Tyson into a screaming rage.

Donald Trump

Queens-born business mogul Donald Trump has more problems than his silly haircut; he’s absolutely terrified of germs. Trump refuses to shake hands and press elevator buttons. Trump says, “I’m going to do everything in my power not to shake hands with teachers. They have 17,000 germs per square inch on their desk. That’s ten times the germ rate of those in other professions. It’s absolutely swarming with germs.” Trump hasn’t been officially diagnosed with the illness, but these signs of extreme cleanliness definitely support a case of OCD.

Angelina Jolie

Angeline Jolie, now a world famous actress and political advocate, was once a moody gothic teen who used to cut herself during bouts of depression. She’s still a little wacky, and reportedly keeps an imaginary friend with whom she has nightly consultations about her daily trials and tribulations. Jolie’s bodyguard reported that her frequent meltdowns and ridiculous demands were the makeup of a self-centered and psychotic woman, and went so far as to call her mentally abusive. Jolie’s own father has spoken out about her depression, although Jolie was estranged from him at the time for a number of reasons.

Courtney Love

It’s a little unclear whether Courtney Love is wasted all the time, mentally ill, or both. Her ridiculous antics often earn her a place on celebrity news sites, and her erratic behavior has caused many a problem with both individuals and businesses. From carelessly starting a cigarette related fire in her favorite London hotel, to making nonsensical misspelled tweets about lawsuits and hating Lily Allen, Love never fails to make a scene. She’s been to both overeaters’ and shopaholics’ anonymous meetings, struggled with drug addiction, and lost custody of her child after accusations of neglect and abuse.

David Bowie

Rock star David Bowie had a family history of mental illness — his three aunts suffered various ailments. One was diagnosed with depression, another with schizophrenia, and the third was actually given a lobotomy for ‘bad nerves.’ Additionally, Bowie’s brother committed suicide by lying down on some railroad tracks after sneaking out of a mental institution. Bowie was said to have frequent breakdowns in which he would cry uncontrollably, but refused to see a psychiatrist for fear of what he’d discover.

Eminem also suffers from depression and apparently he is bipolar too. I did not write any of those descriptions so don’t start riding my dick over it if you are offended.

source: 13 Celebrities With Mental Illness [Popcrunch]

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Tags | Gossip, Top 10 Lists Angelina Jolie, Billy Joel, Britney Spears, Courtney Love, DMX, Donald Trump, Halle Berry, Heath Ledger, Jean-Claude Van Damme, List, Marilyn Monroe, Mike Tyson, Princess Di

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Lindsay Lohan Dated Heath Ledger?

Eric J @ Gone Hollywood

Lindsay Lohan was dating Heath Ledger at the time of his death, says Lohan’s completely sane and trustworthy mother, Dina, in yet another audio recording of a phone conversation between her and ex-husband Michael Lohan. According to Dina, Heath’s death really affected Lindsay.

In the recording, Dina tells Michael,

“…And she was dating Heath when he died. I don’t know if you know that, but I know ’cause I would drop her off and they were friends very, very close, ok?”

In regards to Lindsay’s drug and alcohol use, Dina had this to say,

“Because when she’s drunk or takes an Adderall with it she will do something like Heath Ledger did in a second without thinking.”

Personally I think that if Lindsay’s crackpot parents wanted to help her, then they would stop trying to capitalize on her fame. Michael Lohan keeps releasing private audio tapes to the media to gain his quick 15 minutes while riding on the back of his daughter’s drug problems. What a scumbag.

Lindsay is certainly no saint, and it is often amusing to watch her flush her career down the toilet, don’t get me wrong. I just don’t think she needs any help from Daddy to ruin her life.

source: WORLD WIDE EXCLUSIVE: Lindsay Lohan Had Secret Relationship With Heath Ledger When He Died [Radar]

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Heath Ledger’s ‘The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus’ Trailer (Video)

Allie @ Gone Hollywood

Get ready to cheer, Heath Ledger fans — you’re about to get your first real peek at the dearly departed actor’s final big-screen performance in the eye-popping fantasy flick ‘The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus.’

Though Ledger tragically passed away before completing his part, director Terry Gilliam famously tapped Johnny Depp, Jude Law and Colin Farrell to play different incarnations of Ledger’s character so that the show might go on.

Go on it did … and now, at long last, the ‘Parnassus’ international trailer has arrived, courtesy of Yahoo UK (the movie has yet to be picked up for U.S. distribution), to offer a glimpse at Ledger’s whimsical final turn as “Imaginarium Tony,” a charismatic loner who helps Dr. Parnassus (Christopher Plummer) in his quest to win back his daughter’s soul from the devil.

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Links To Hollywood – #278

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Links To Hollywood – #258

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Heath Ledger Wins Posthumous Oscar For ‘The Dark Knight’

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For his role as the Joker in “The Dark Knight“, Heath Ledger was honored with an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor at last night’s Oscars.

It was a win that some predicted may not happen, saying that his acting was good, but not Oscar-worthy. I disagreed completely, as I thought Heath was really good in upping the creepiness factor to the role.

Naysayers said that he didn’t deserve the award and that it should have been bestowed upon Josh Brolin for his role in “Milk”. While I wouldn’t disagree that Josh’s performance was outstanding, Heath really deserved the award and I’m glad he won.

Matilda is set to receive the award for her father, when she turns 18. His father, mother, and sister were on hand to accept the award on his behalf. They delivered a sentimental and emotional speech.

It was sad and as the camera panned throughout the audience, you could feel the emotion in the air.

Congratulations to Heath Ledger and his daughter, for the token of appreciation for his work from the Academy. We all wish he could’ve been there to accept it, personally.

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Top 10 Movie Couples We Want To See Reunited

Allie @ Gone Hollywood

10. Rachel McAdams and Ryan Gosling
You didn’t think we’d write a list of our favorite movie couples without mentioning these two, did you? Tender, passionate, and deeply romantic, McAdams and Gosling in “The Notebook” simultaneously break our hearts and give us reason to believe in love. We’d be thrilled to see them together again on-screen and in real life.

9. Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllenhaal
Sadly, we know this is a coupling we won’t ever get to see again, but since this is a fantasy list after all, we couldn’t pass up the chance to gush about these two together. Watching Heath and Jake roll around in the hay in “Brokeback Mountain” proved to us that guy-on-guy action? So effing hot.

8. Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon
They weren’t a romantic couple, but in “Thelma and Louise,” the mother of all chick flicks, Davis and Sarandon reignited Girl Power and proved that sometimes the deepest love is platonic in nature.

7. Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes
On their own — or with other people — neither of these two thespians are the most likable on our list, but together, as they were in the 1996 remake of “Romeo and Juliet,” they’re totally captivating. Gone are all signs of the pretensiousness we’ve come to expect from Danes in her more recent movies, and DiCaprio’s over-acting is diluted to tolerable measure with his co-star’s sweet subtlety.

6. Meryl Streep and Dustin Hoffman
Sure, they played a couple in the middle of a divorce and nasty custody battle in the 1979 film, “Kramer vs. Kramer,” but the tenderness between them — not to mention the amazing Academy Award-winning acting — is something we need more of today. Plus, they’ve both had such impressive careers in the nearly 30 years since, we think there’s a great chance to catch lightning in a jar again if these two were to ever reunite on-screen.

5. Scarlett Johansson and Bill Murray
Le sigh! Has there been a more bittersweet love story in recent cinematic history than between these two in “Lost in Translation”? While we love Bill Murray is nearly anything in which he appears, Scarlett Johansson’s luster just isn’t as shiny without him by her side. Together, they have a chemistry that is more kindred spirit than hot passion, a connection we yearn to see more of in this day of gratuitous sex overload.

4. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie
So iconic as a couple, they don’t even need last names, but as Mr. and Mrs. Smith in the 2005 movie of the same name, the sexiest couple alive proved to viewers exactly why they belong together. The chemistry between them is palpable, and watching them together, most of us don’t know whom to envy more — her for getting to kiss him, or him for kissing her.

3. Angela Bassett and Laurence Fishburne
They steamed things up together in the 1993 Tina Turner biography, “What’s Love Got to Do with It?”, earning Bassett an Academy Award and a Golden Globe, and Fishburne his first Oscar nomination. Fishburne has stated about Bassett: “An electrifying thing happens when the two of us work together. I haven’t experienced it with anyone else.” We experience it, too, Laurence. And we want more.

2. Winona Ryder and Johnny Depp
Surely there’s enough water under the bridge for these two, who broke their engagement in the early ’90s, to reunite on the big screen again. They were perfectly sweet and enchanting together in the 1990 movie “Edward Scissorhands” and the sight of those big, soulful eyes they both share is enough to elicit a deep sigh from even the most stoic.

1. Kate Winslet and Jim Carrey
Forget Kate and Leo; we want to see Kate and Jim together again. “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” is one of the few movies we’ve seen Jim Carrey in that hasn’t made us want to claw our eyes out. In fact, Carrey was downright charming, something we’re pretty sure he needs Winslet to pull off. So, what are they waiting for?

source: [the friskey]

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Heath Ledger ‘The Joker’ Action Figure

Allie @ Gone Hollywood

Hot Toys is releasing a 1/6th scale figure of Heath Ledger as ‘The Joker’ in “Bank Robber” mode.

The figure stands 12-inches tall, features 32-points of articulation, and comes with a choice of two removable heads, one with a huge grin, the other with the slicked back hair.

Accessories include a removable clown mask, handgun, a bigger gun, duffle bag, smoke and fragmentation grenades, playing cards, gotham city money and more.

They even have little mini hand grenades — this toy is made for adults.

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Matilda Ledger Flips Off the Paparazzi

Allie @ Gone Hollywood

Even though I doubt that she realizes what she’s doing, Matilda Ledger appears to have picked up on Michelle Williams and Heath Ledgers love of the paparazzi.

Michelle and her little darling grabbed an early morning coffee in New York City’s Brooklyn on Wednesday.

source: Matilda Ledger Has Finger Fun [just jared]

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Mary-Kate Olsen to Feds: ‘Let’s Make a Deal’

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Mary-Kate Olsen has refused to be interviewed by federal investigators probing the accidental drug death of her close friend Heath Ledger unless she receives immunity from prosecution.

Olsen’s lawyer has repeatedly rebuffed attempts by the feds to question Olsen, who was the first person called after her masseuse discovered Ledger’s body in his SoHo apartment in January.

Frustrated federal officials could obtain a grand-jury subpoena to compel the funky “Full House” actress to tell them whatever she knows about the “Dark Knight” star’s behavior, his possible drug use and the events of that fateful morning, according to sources.

Probers have interviewed everyone connected to Ledger and his death, including his doctors, the masseuse, bodyguards, housekeepers, business associates and even the mother of his 2-year-old daughter, Matilda, his “Brokeback Mountain” co-star Michelle Williams.

The source explains that Olsen would be the final witness they need to conclude their investigation into where he got his drugs and medicines.

Just when you think it’s all over and Heath can finally rest — I wonder why Mary-Kate is seeking immunity — what could she possibly say that would justify her own prosecution?

source: OLSEN TO HEATH FEDS: LET’S DEAL [ny post]

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Batman Beats Iron Man, Becomes Summer’s Top Grosser

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In Day 11, The Dark Knight surpassed Iron Man to become 2008′s highest grossing film plus the superhero sequel cracked the all-time Top 20 in the process.

Warner Bros. generated $10.5M on Monday to raise its unbelievable cume to $324.3M which was more than enough to soar past Marvel’s metal man which has taken in $315M to date since its early May bow. Knight also climbed to number 18 on the all-time domestic blockbusters chart just ahead of Shrek the Third which banked $321M last summer.

Monday’s gross was down 57% from last Monday’s towering $24.5M haul. Given its current pace, Knight might be able to reach the $350M mark by the end of its second week of release. That would mean a jump up to number 13 on the all-time list ahead of The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers by the time the third weekend begins.

As if it hasn’t broken enough records, The Dark Knight also became the top-grossing blockbuster in Warner Bros. history surpassing the $317.6M of 2001′s Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. Ticket prices were lower back then, but the new Batman adventure will still be able to zoom past the boy wizard in admissions in the coming days.

The Joker and friends are on course to boost the cume to roughly $390M by the end of this coming weekend and then blast through the $400M mark mid-next week.

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Verne Troyer Speaks About Sex Tape

Allie @ Gone Hollywood

Verne Troyer spoke to E! Online about his “unauthorized” sex tape release.

“I feel like I have no privacy. Just because people are seeing something that was meant to be between me and her. That’s the biggest reason that I’m, you know, trying to stop the tape from being released.

I’ve been, for the past two weeks, three weeks probably, spending a lot of money to fight this. I have my lawyer, and he’s doing a great job.

I broke up with her in the middle of June; it was something probably to do with that. It was basically when she decided to give the tape away. I highly doubt that she thought that would get me back with her. Ransom or something.”

If all of this isn’t bad enough, the woman still lives in his house! Can you say psycho?

“She’s still in the house. I saw her when I left today, and she was calling me names and stuff…so I can’t get away from it.”

I think he should call the police and have her removed from the house — then sue her!

source: Verne Troyer Talks Sex Tape, Heath Ledger’s Death [e! online]

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