Sideshow: 'Battle: Los Angeles' is tops at the box office

By Tirdad Derakhshani, Inquirer Staff Writer

Posted: March 14, 2011

Battle: Los Angeles (spoiler alert!) debuted atop the weekend box office, according to prelim studio figures. The Sony boomboomer, in which aliens disappointingly fail to take over L.A., took in $36 million. The animated Rango slipped to 2 with $23 mils. The rest of the 10 best: (3) Red Riding Hood, with SideShow favorite Amanda Seyfried as an edgy chick in a hood, $14.1 mils; (4) Philip K. Dick's The Adjustment Bureau, $11.4; (5) Mars Needs Moms, $6.8 mils; (6) Owen Wilson romp Hall Pass, $5.1 mils; (7) Beastly, $5.09 mils; (8) Just Go With It, $4 mils; (9) The King's Speech, $3.6 mils; and (10) Gnomeo and Juliet, $3.5 mils.

Perpetual warfare!!

It ain't Battle: Los Angeles, it's the Battle in Los Angeles, and it ain't over yet, people. Mel Gibson made a plea deal on L.A.P.D. spousal-abuse charges, but ex-gf and baby momma Oksana Grigorieva, apparently not bored yet, still plans to sue him - in civil court, which is all different! yippee! - for battery, emotional distress, and defamation. Unnamed Sources say Mel will sue her and sue her good if she tries. This could furnish SideShow fodder forever!

Dragnet for Madsen

Michael Madsen (Reservoir Dogs; Kill Bill) is a wanted man. A warrant was issued for his arrest for not paying . . . anything. He allegedly owes $570,000 in spouse and child support - and he's known for stiffing loans, including $1 mil from pal and director Quentin Tarantino. Michael, brother of SideShow favorite Virginia Madsen, declared bankruptcy in 2009.

Sniglets and singlets

Rumor: Bad boy Jesse James, who cheated on our Sandra Bullock, has wed his recent gf, Kat Von D. . . . Charlie Sheen announced a two-stop mini-tour on his webcast, and it sold out in 18 minutes, a Ticketmaster record, we hear. Chas plans to add more stops. What he'll do on the dates, besides rant, is not clear. . . . Richard Hatch (Survivor; Celebrity Apprentice) got nine months for filing inaccurate tax returns. "As far as I can tell, you've made no effort to put any money into the government's coffers," U.S. District Court Judge William Smith said. See what happens? . . . And here's a towel to Californians Bryan Solari and Kathy Moore, this week's Web sensations. They get married, see, and it pours down, rain dripping in the guest tents on the beach, ugh. They hit the beach two days later for wedding photos - where a rogue wave comes and knocks them the heck over! He even loses his wedding ring in the blurble . . . but finds it again. YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sjnEoeZhis&feature=player_embedded#at=181. (Move the time slidey thing to about 2:30.) Sweet love music plays throughout.