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I don't think people are being negative just realistic. This is a very tough category and probably the toughest category I've seen in years. Forrest Whitaker is the odds on favorite because he's won every Best Actor award so far. I'd go with Peter O'Toole second because he's a 7-time nominee without a win. Leo DiCaprio is the third choice because of his body of work(Titanic, Gangs of N.Y., Aviator, Blood Diamond, The Departed) and then Will is fourth. There is an outside chance Will could win if the voters buy into the heartwarming story of Chris Garderner. There were some very powerful scenes in that movie and it could sway the voters to vote for the feel-good story.

Update: The Pursuit Of Happyness, starring freshly-minted Oscar nominee Will Smith, racked up $12.9 million overseas over the last week including a #1 opening weekend debut in Germany. The Pursuit Of Happyness has now grossed $31.2 million overseas. Domestic: $146.1 million Overseas: $31.2 million Worldwide: $177.3 million

BREAKING NEWS: Will Smith has just been nominated for Best Actor for his role in The Pursuit Of Happyness. The winners for The Academy Awards will be announced February 25th.

2007 NFC CHAMPION CHICAGO BEARS!!! If you haven't noticed who I'm pulling for... check the picture!

Update: Althought The Pursuit of Happyness finished #5 this past weekend, it still managed to pull in $6.7 million this past weekend. The movie has now grossed $146.5 million. TPOH now looks to finish between the $150-160 million mark making it one of the most successful dramatic movies ever. Domestic: $146.5 million Overseas: $21.9 million Total BO: $168.4 million

Update: The Pursuit of Happyness continued its impressive run at the box office this week by finishing the week ranked #4 and racking up another $1.8 million. TPOH has now grossed $139.8 million heading into the weekend. The movie will cross the $140 million mark on Friday and possibly surpass $150 million by the end of next week. The international numbers will more than likely be updated on Monday. Domestic: $139.8 million Overseas: $12.7 million Total B.O.: $152.5 million

The latest Soundscan numbers are out and Dreamgirls remains at #1 with just 60K units moved. A very slow week for albums sales allows for Justin Timberlake, Beyonce and Young Jeezy to re-enter the top 10. The pure surprise & joy is that Robin Thicke's sales shot up 38% and is now in the top 20. Pos/Artist/Album/TWSales/%Change/LWSales/Total Sales 1 DREAMGIRLS SOUNDTRACK 60,064 -9 66,355 512,057 2 AKON KONVICTED 55,316 -13 63,699 1,277,046 3 TIMBERLAKE*JUSTIN FUTURESEX/LOVE SOUNDS 50,611 -2 51,638 2,479,376 - 3X plat. watch 4 DAUGHTRY DAUGHTRY 50,383 -10 55,916 1,227,332 5 JUMP IN! SOUNDTRACK 48,840 999 371 49,214 6 BEYONCE B'DAY 40,733 -3 42,028 2,093,072 - 2X platinum 7 VARIOUS NOW 23 37,688 -22 48,094 1,882,210 8 BEATLES LOVE 37,042 -17 44,427 1,178,104 9 YOUNG JEEZY INSPIRATION: THUG MOTIVATION 35,733 -21 45,329 711,261 - :shakehead: 10 NICKELBACK ALL THE RIGHT REASONS 35,423 -9 38,841 4,719,619 Other Notables: 12 RASCAL FLATTS ME AND MY GANG 33,446 -18 40,644 3,554,084 14 NAS HIP HOP IS DEAD 33,190 -26 45,117 535,290 - Gold 15 UNDERWOOD*CARRIE SOME HEARTS 32,593 -16 38,724 4,723,956 16 THICKE*ROBIN EVOLUTION OF ROBIN 31,619 38 22,937 297,265 - All by word of mouth;OUTSTANDING!!! 17 FURTADO*NELLY LOOSE 31,097 -10 34,703 1,208,568 18 FRAY HOW TO SAVE A LIFE 29,202 -20 36,426 1,752,484 20 CIARA EVOLUTION 28,825 -27 39,385 870,645 21 STEFANI*GWEN SWEET ESCAPE 28,724 -26 38,940 737,959 22 EMINEM PRESENTS: RE-UP EMINEM PRESENTS: RE-UP 28,555 -32 41,702 767,568 24 FERGIE DUTCHESS 27,470 -32 40,517 1,274,648 25 BLIGE*MARY J. REFLECTIONS: A RETROSPECTIVE 25,949 -6 27,584 430,231 26 MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE BLACK PARADE,THE 25,636 -22 32,809 822,796 27 OMARION 21 23,852 -43 42,071 186,386 29 JAY-Z KINGDOM COME 23,425 -27 31,904 1,262,128 30 SNOOP DOGG BLUE CARPET TREATMENT 23,202 -26 31,356 691,379 31 MAYER*JOHN CONTINUUM 22,716 -21 28,591 1,241,028 32 RAE*CORINNE BAILEY CORINNE BAILEY RAE 21,650 -12 24,618 817,592 - platinum watch 33 GROBAN*JOSH AWAKE 20,178 -23 26,040 1,358,252 34 EVANESCENCE OPEN DOOR 19,583 -27 26,907 1,471,833 35 U2 U218 SINGLES 19,295 -22 24,829 544,815 36 RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS STADIUM ARCADIUM 18,913 -8 20,620 1,768,487 42 LEGEND*JOHN ONCE AGAIN 17,059 -24 22,372 839,384 - platinum watch 45 AGUILERA*CHRISTINA BACK TO BASICS 15,984 -24 20,958 1,297,272 48 BIRDMAN & LIL' WAYNE LIKE FATHER LIKE SON 15,345 -24 20,144 537,530 49 TURNER*JOSH YOUR MAN 15,074 -8 16,312 1,578,478 51 ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS MOVE ALONG 14,627 -27 19,912 1,748,937 52 BOW WOW PRICE OF FAME 14,406 -38 23,109 356,526 53 HICKS*TAYLOR TAYLOR HICKS 13,946 -26 18,910 572,475 54 GAME DOCTOR'S ADVOCATE 13,906 -31 20,132 785,712 55 LUDACRIS RELEASE THERAPY 13,746 -22 17,690 1,008,390 - platinum 57 TYRESE ALTER EGO 13,265 -26 18,039 231,798 58 SWITCHFOOT OH! GRAVITY 12,989 -38 20,853 74,326 60 TRICK DADDY BACK BY THUG DEMAND 12,815 -20 15,998 145,228 61 PUSSYCAT DOLLS PCD 12,625 -29 17,753 2,526,899 62 KILLERS SAM'S TOWN 12,430 -34 18,743 965,706 68 FANTASIA FANTASIA 11,080 -21 13,975 242,193 69 BLUE OCTOBER FOILED 11,029 -6 11,739 800,372 77 MOS DEF TRU3 MAGIC 9,953 -13 11,467 32,464 80 WOW HITS WOW HITS 2007 8,993 -24 11,792 216,900 85 LIL SCRAPPY BRED 2 DIE BORN 2 LIVE 8,741 -21 11,077 190,326 87 JOJO HIGH ROAD 8,365 -24 10,936 502,227 89 JONES*JIM HUSTLER'S P.O.M.E. (PRODUCT 8,305 -20 10,433 303,677 95 HUDGENS*VANESSA V 7,941 -17 9,623 326,587 99 BROWN*CHRIS CHRIS BROWN 7,679 -17 9,242 1,793,444 100 TUPAC PAC'S LIFE 7,621 -36 11,993 365,040 101 Blunt*James Back To Bedlam 7,498 -22 9,589 2,459,399 102 Diddy Press Play 7,393 -26 10,046 489,671 105 Yankovic*Weird Al Straight Outta Lynwood 7,192 -31 10,487 396,017 110 Gnarls Barkley St. Elsewhere 6,985 -23 9,116 1,176,735 114 Buble*Michael It's Time 6,658 -33 9,884 2,223,514 117 Mcknight*Brian Ten 6,522 -25 8,722 148,462 - should be selling much more 120 Crunk Hits Crunk Hits Vol. 3 6,400 999 128 6,537 - what a joke :3-laugh3: 123 Tool 10000 Days 6,291 -15 7,377 1,396,252 134 Dj Clue Professional 3 5,833 -31 8,450 86,265 135 Beck Information 5,823 -27 7,999 332,636 140 Rihanna Girl Like Me 5,534 -20 6,940 1,128,463 141 Blige*mary J. Breakthrough 5,501 -0 5,525 2,729,174 - 3X platinum watch 142 Cherish Unappreciated 5,366 -36 8,391 484,105 146 Foo Fighters Skin And Bones 5,254 -33 7,784 179,350 147 Pink I'm Not Dead 5,236 -0 5,255 573,953 155 Eminem Curtain Call 4,986 -20 6,240 2,656,555 157 Styles P Time Is Money 4,970 -32 7,313 72,382 158 Disturbed Ten Thousand Fists 4,965 -16 5,894 1,340,091 162 Danity Kane Danity Kane 4,880 -34 7,340 867,731 163 Tenacious D Pick Of Destiny 4,874 -34 7,401 232,911 166 Clipse Hell Hath No Fury 4,799 -22 6,123 154,163 - Label screwed them over 173 Lil Boosie Bad Azz 4,540 -16 5,374 136,227 176 Ross*rick Port Of Miami 4,417 -30 6,282 692,740 179 Fat Joe Me Myself & I 4,353 -18 5,288 144,063 182 T.i. King 4,230 -19 5,215 1,602,807 183 Audioslave Revelations 4,114 -24 5,418 395,850 185 Taking Back Sunday Louder Now 4,062 -22 5,192 577,798 189 Now That's What I Call Music Vol. 22 4,029 -30 5,737 ,609,818 190 Ok Go Oh No 4,021 -31 5,792 202,066 194 Tamia Between Friends 3,893 -5 4,082 81,273

I think this decline in rap & R&B sales are for a number of reasons. 1. No one can deny the age of downloading. Albums are "leaked"(I believe by record labels) to the internet and are posted everywhere. You don't have to go far on the internet to find the latest album. 2. Legal download sites like ITunes and Napster have given people control to buy the music they want. You don't have to buy whole albums now. You get the freedom to choose what songs you want. 3. The hip-hop community is at a crossroads. Like the U.S. I believe that the hip-hop community is divided. There are those who think that rap is fine and it's more lucrative than ever. Then there are those who think that rap has sold its soul and the only thing that counts is money. 4. Not a lot of quality, just lots of quantity and that's never a good thing.

Thanks Tim for the international numbers. Update: The official numbers are in and TPOH finished #3 for the MLK holiday with $10.7 million. Domestic B.O.: $138.1 million Foreign B.O.: $12.7 million Total B.O.: $150.8 million

I was happy for Forrest Whitaker and I knew going in that Will had little or no chance of winning the Golden Globe last night. It's another year where he's nominated but in a field where he has absolutely no chance of winning. To stack Will up against the likes of Forrest Whitaker & Leo DiCaprio is a tall task even for Will. Another thing going against Will is the fact that Whitaker captured every single Critic's Choice award for Best Actor including the big ones(N.Y. Film Critics, L.A. Film Critics, Boston Film Critics, Critics' Choice, National Board of Review just to name a few). Leo might win the SAG award only because of his "body of work" and not necessarily for his current role. It's probably best to be happy for Will that he's a 3-time Golden Globe nominee and more than likely a 2-time Oscar nominee.

Update: Despite losing the Best Actor Golden Globe award to Forrest Whitaker, Will Smith still has plenty to cheer about. The Pursuit of Happyness continued its strong run with a 3rd place finish over the 4-day MLK holiday. The movie grossed $11 million to boost its total to $138.3 million. The actual 4-day weekend numbers will come out Tuesday evening while the first international box-office numbers should come in by week's end.

Box Office Update: After 3 consecutive weekends at #2, The Pursuit of Happyness finished third this weekend according to BoxOfficeMojo.com. The movie, starring SAG & Golden Globe nominee Will Smith, finished with $9.1 million to bring its total to $134.4 million. The movie is continuing to show strong legs as it lost only 29.4% of its box office total from last weekend. It is expected to cross the $135 million mark on Monday. The 4-day MLK Holiday estimates will be out Monday morning with the actual 4-day numbers expected by Tuesday afternoon. Most experts did not think TPOH could get to $100 million. At the pace it's on it looks to be a lock to surpass $150 million further cementing Will Smith's status as a bonafide all-around actor and star. The movie ranks #13 on the 2006 Yearly Box-Office list.

I'm downloading it now to my laptop. Judging by the responses on this thread I have a feeling I'm gonna like it.

I love that song!!! Phil Collins - In The Air Tonight

Update: Apparently people are fascinated by Stomp The Yard as it crushed the competition in Friday's box office estimates. The movie based on fraternity steppers(and I should know something about that having graduated from Morehouse College in Atlanta) pulled in $7.2 million for 1st place. The Pursuit of Happyness finished in 3rd place pulling in $2.5 million to raise its total to $129.9 million. The movie could cross the $135 million mark by the end of the weekend and certainly by Monday for the 4-day MLK Holiday weekend. Also, TPOH premieres in the U.K. so we should start to see international numbers coming in early next week.

Sting & The Police - Every Breath You Take

I saw it last night and I thought it was a great show. Jada's speech to Will was very touching. I got the feeling that if Will was single then Bridget Moynahan and Eva Mendes would really try to get at him. Jamie Foxx and Cedric The Entertainer were funny and Thandie Newton was sensational(both in speech and looks). It was a wonderful event and a great award for Will.

- People who don't wash their hands after using the bathroom - People who drive entirely too slow on the far left lane on the highway - Politicians who try to act like they care about people(that's both Democrats & Republicans) - People who keep blaming "the white man" for their troubles(sure, there's racism but ultimately you decide your course in life) - Women who constantly complain that there are no good men yet continue to date "players & ballers"

For the first time since Christmas day, The Pursuit of Happyness finished outside of the top 2 on Monday. Not to worry though as it regained the #2 position on Tuesday. In those 2 days, TPOH racked up another $1.6 million raising its overall total to $125.7 million. Its 2006 box-office ranking is now #15 while its worldwide ranking is #36. European fans of Will Smith will finally get a chance to see the critically-acclaimed movie as it will premiere in the U.K. on January 12th and Germany on January 18th.

The actual numbers from the weekend are in... and they came pretty close to the estimates. The Pursuit of Happyness raked in another $12.8 million over the weekend giving it a $124 million total. It was the movie's 3rd straight 2nd place finish after debuting at #1. This movie has had unexpectedly strong legs due to its strong word of mouth and favorable reviews. TPOH lost only 33.5% of its box office total from last weekend. Unless something really strange happens, TPOH will cross the $125 million mark on Monday and looks to finish around $150 million as the movie begins opening overseas in the coming weeks.

I heard the song last night. It's funny and he kinda of ripped it when he rhymed in Cantonese. I don't like Rosie O'Donnell either so the diss doesn't bother me. To me the person who ether-ed her was Donald Trump.

The weekend estimates are in and it's another second place finish for The Pursuit of Happyness. The movie, starring 3-time Golden Globe Nominee Will Smith, grossed $13 million over the weekend, just a 33% drop from last weekend. The movie has now grossed $124.1 million since its December 15th release. Some projections now have TPOH finishing somewhere near $150 million domestically, making it one of the highest grossing films of 2006. As of right now, TPOH ranks #16 on the 2006 Domestic Box Office list.

The Pursuit of Happyness continues its strong showing at the box office. Friday's estimates are in and TPOH is once again in 2nd place with $4.1 million raising its overall total to $115.2 million. The critically-acclaimed movie is expected to cross the $120 million mark on Saturday and possibly the $125 million mark on Sunday if estimates hold.

I have always liked Lupe. I think his Food & Liquour album was the hip-hop album of the year. I just think people have different opinions about it. I try to listen to the lyrics real close nowadays and Lupe's lyrics are on point.

Here they are... read 'em and weep. Position/Artist/Album/TWSales/%Change/LWSales/Total Sales 1 Omarion 21 119,392 999 1,053 120,463 2 Akon Konvicted 112,275 -51 227,245 1,158,031 3 Dreamgirls Soundtrack 104,366 -17 125,272 385,638 4 Nas Hip Hop Is Dead 101,103 -71 354,524 456,983 - 71% drop not a good sign 5 Young Jeezy Inspiration: Thug 91,774 -50 184,872 630,199 - 7 Eminem Presents: Re-up 83,951 -45 152,371 697,311 8 Timberlake*justin Futuresex 82,669 -64 229,836 2,377,127 - 3X platinum for JT? 9 Ciara Evolution 79,050 -64 219,945 802,435 12 Beyonce B'day 66,958 -69 212,932 2,010,311 - 2X Platinum 14 Stefani*gwen Sweet Escape 66,488 -69 211,609 670,295 17 Fergie Dutchess 62,988 -68 198,106 1,206,661 21 Jay-z Kingdom Come 60,932 -55 135,979 1,206,799 - Will it get to 2X Platinum? 23 Bow Wow Price Of Fame 57,063 -78 261,569 319,011 26 Snoop Dogg Blue Carpet 49,847 -49 97,722 636,821 27 Blige*mary J. Reflections: A 49,290 -68 155,701 376,698 29 Furtado*nelly Loose 45,155 -51 91,657 1,142,768 35 Game Doctor's Advocate 40,401 -33 60,201 751,674 37 Ludacris Release Therapy 38,107 -43 67,216 976,954 - Platinum watch 38 Legend*john Once Again 37,989 -57 88,808 799,953 40 Mayer*john Continuum 37,659 -64 104,803 1,189,721 41 Birdman & Lil' Wayne Like Father 34,790 -27 47,369 502,041 - :shakehead: 48 Aguilera*christina Back 31,284 -70 102,768 1,260,330 53 Trick Daddy Back By Thug Demand 29,144 -66 86,700 116,415 56 Tyrese Alter Ego 28,452 -49 55,961 200,494 59 pus*ycat Dolls Pcd 26,721 -58 63,282 2,496,521 62 Thicke*robin Evolution Of Robin 24,043 -38 38,761 242,709 - Great word of mouth for Robin; Album of '06 66 Fantasia Fantasia 22,252 -64 61,725 217,138 68 Tupac Pac's Life 21,844 -50 43,682 345,426 69 Lil Scrappy Bred 2 Die Born 2 Live 21,713 -34 33,043 170,508 80 Jones*jim Hustler's P.o.m.e 18,704 -30 26,876 284,939 - Outsold by Weird Al 83 Dj Clue Professional 3 16,863 -69 54,935 71,982 86 Cherish Unappreciated 16,552 -54 35,727 470,348 89 Danity Kane Danity Kane 15,949 -59 38,947 855,511 90 Diddy Press Play 15,780 -47 29,623 472,232 - How does it feel for your group to outsell you? 96 Jibbs Jibbs Feat. Jibbs 14,956 -43 26,042 196,482 98 Brown*chris Chris Brown 14,838 -63 39,665 1,776,523 103 Gnarls Barkley St. Elsewhere 14,186 -52 29,750 1,160,634 105 Styles P Time Is Money 14,006 -69 45,730 60,099 116 Mcknight*brian Ten 12,974 -56 29,329 133,218 - :shakehead: This needs to be platinum 133 Clipse Hell Hath No Fury 11,129 -25 14,872 143,241 - :shakehead: 138 Project Pat Crook By Da Book 10,627 -31 15,397 73,969 140 Ying Yang Twins Chemically 10,550 -30 15,055 90,016 143 N.w.a. Best Of N.w.a. 10,354 999 127 10,481 145 Ross*rick Port Of Miami 10,257 -20 12,839 682,041 146 Matisyahu No Place To Be 10,212 999 363 10,575 147 Ghostface Killah More Fish 10,135 -47 19,189 65,369 151 Mos Def Tru3 Magic 9,952 816 1,087 11,044 154 Rihanna Girl Like Me 9,743 -45 17,674 1,115,989 161 Chingy Hoodstar 9,314 -38 15,076 279,162 - see Jim Jones quote 164 Eminem Curtain Call 9,108 -46 16,825 2,645,329 166 Richie*lionel Coming Home 9,002 -69 28,899 360,359 169 Blige*mary J. Breakthrough 8,856 -60 22,238 2,718,148 174 T.i. King 8,729 -28 12,126 1,593,362 175 Pitbull El Mariel 8,690 -31 12,558 141,573 180 Fat Joe Me Myself & I 8,438 -30 11,973 134,422 187 Fiasco*lupe Lupe Fiasco's Food 8,115 -39 13,288 255,183 - Hip-Hop album of '06 189 Lil Boosie Bad Azz 8,039 -22 10,303 126,313 190 Omar*don King Of Kings 7,962 -14 9,271 339,738 199 Yung Joc New Joc City 7,709 -39 12,559 871,379