- Box-Office Boom for J.J. Abrams' "Star Trek."Star Trek had a successful weekend -- $76.5 million from Thursday to Sunday nights -- but didn't catch Wolverine to nab the best opening of the year. Still, Paramount points to an upswing in attendance over the course of the weekend (it's usually the reverse) as a sign that good word-of-mouth is promoting the film. They expect to see more big numbers next weekend -- unlike the X-Men film, which plummeted nearly 70& after its opening weekend. [Variety]
- TV Slate to Be Set Next Week. With a week until announcements re: what shows we'll be hooked on next fall, the big networks are buckling down -- and leaking buzz to the trades. Check out the linked update of which shows are locks, on the bubble, and losing steam. (Of interest, Deadline Hollywood Daily is reporting that the Gossip Girl spinoff, set in 1980s L.A., has been canceled). [Variety]
- It's only Monday, and already there are two R&B singers demanding through their labels that leaked nude photos of them be yanked from the web. A handful of risque cellphone snaps, self-taken, are the latest scandal to hound poor Rihanna, while a few photos -- one very NSFW -- of young Cassie Ventura have also been leaked. [MTV; AP]
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