- "Land of the Lost" Fails to Tempt. Not even Will Ferrell could save Land of the Lost from itself -- or is he the reason it didn't sell? The movie scratched together a mere $19.5 million, though it cost more than $200 million to make, distribute and promote. Meanwhile, The Hangover very nearly nabbed first place away from Up -- the former took $43.3 million, while the latter's second weekend took $44.2 million. [The New York Times]
- Current TV Journalists Sentenced to Hard Labor. The two journalists working on a story for Al Gore's Current TV in North Korea have been tried and sentenced to a labor camp for "hostilities against the Korean nation and illegal entry." Laura Ling and Euna Lee have been imprisoned since March. [ABC News]
- Bret Michaels Meets Business End of Tony Set Piece. When a piece of the stage set at Sunday's Tony Awards descended after a performance (not unlike a curtain -- check video here), it found an unaware receiver in Poison frontman Bret Michaels. It clobbered him in the face and knocked him to the ground after his opening performance of a Broadway revue. Rep says his nose isn't broken, though he was rushed to the hospital. [Associated Press]
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