Rihanna’s ‘Diamonds’ reaches UK pop chart summit

London:  Barbadian pop singer Rihanna climbed to the top of the British charts on Sunday with her new single Diamonds, ousting South Korean pop star Psy and his internet video sensation Gangnam Style from the number one spot.
 

Local boy band One Direction were new in third place with Live While We’re Young, while London-born singer Adele burst in at number four with the theme song for the latest James Bond film Skyfall.
 
English singer-songwriter Ellie Goulding arrived in fifth place with her new single “Anything Could Happen”, the Official Charts Company said.

British stadium rockers Muse shot to the summit of the album charts with their new release “The 2nd Law”, including the track “Survival”, the official song of London’s 2012 Olympic Games.
Boy band Overtones entered the charts at number six with their second album release “Higher”.
Veteran British rock band the Electric Light Orchestra re-entered the list at number 10 with their 2005 greatest hits compilation “All Over The World”, notching up a 173rd week in the charts.

Rihanna Tweets First Nude Fragrance Ad To Her 26 Million Followers (Photo)

The singer's fragrance launch follows Chris Brown's release of a strange personal video asking if its possible to love two people.

As if Rihanna needs more social media traffic—or controversy—her new fragrance is called Nude. That’s right. Rihanna’s Nude. And she tweeted the first promo ad for her new scent to her over 26 million followers last night.

"Here is my new add for a brand new fragrance #NUDE !!! Make sure you smell sexy, especially naked, this fall," tweeted the sexy Barbados-born singer.
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The Nude ad features Rihanna,  24, looking very Old Hollywood glamorous with wavy platinum blonde hair, wearing a cream lace bra with sheer cream chiffon fabric wafting over her nether region. Rihanna smiles broadly and, really, why wouldn’t she? Given her popularity with men and women, this fragrance is sure to sell like crazy.

This scent follows her Reb’l Fleur perfume, released in 2011 by Parlux Fragrances Inc, which also handles Paris Hilton and Jessica Simpson's successful fragrance lines.
However, the fragrance ad follows the recent drama in her personal life about her relationship with Chris Brown, who pled guilty to felony assault in June 2009 following an altercation with the singer earlier that year in February, on the eve of the Grammy Awards in 2008.

This week Brown confirmed that he has broken up girlfriend Karrueche Tran because of his “friendship” with Rihanna. Brown released a video in which he asks, "Is there such a thing as loving two people?"
As for Rihanna, she merely tweeted, "Ain’t nobody’s bidness but me and my baby.”
Tell us: What do you think about Rihanna's new fragrance and the possibility of her being back with Chris Brown?

Box Office: Liam Neeson Takens It Again, Comes Up With $50 Million Debut!

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Box Office: Liam Neeson Takens It Again, Comes Up With $50 Million Debut!

by Joal Ryan Today

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The legend of Liam Neeson's action career grows.

Neeson's Taken 2 blew up at the weekend box office with an estimated $50 million, the third-largest debut ever for an October release, and probably the all-time best start for a revenge film with a leading man of a certain age.

(Hint: Neeson's 60.)

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Taken 2 doubled the bow of the original Taken, the 2009 hit that kicked Neeson to the head of the kick-ass genre.

The sequel's start is the third-biggest opener for Neeson, behind only the mega-spectacles of Star Wars: Episode I—The Phanton Menace and 2010's Clash of the Titans.

The only October films to bow bigger were Paranormal Activity 3 and Jackass 3-D.

Overseas, where Taken 2 opened in some countries last week, the movie took in another $55 million, upping its worldwide total to $117 million.

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Tim Burton's Frankenweenie, the other major new release, looked only half-alive with a fifth-place, $11.5 million debut. (Halloween holdover Hotel Transylvania, by comparison, took in $26.3 million.) One saving grace for Frankenweenie: The dead-dog tale reportedly was made for an animation-cheap $39 million.

The R-rated antics of Nicole Kidman and Zac Efron were good for a solid, but not-sensational start for The Paperboy, which grossed $110,033 at 11 theaters, but saw per-screen-average bragging rights go to Taken 2.

Elsewhere, Pitch Perfect went wide, and grossed $14.7 million. To date, the $17 million comedy has grossed $21.6 million domestically.

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Maggie Gyllenhaal's and Viola Davis' Won't Back Down ($1 million; $4.5 million overall domestically) made a quick exit from the Top 10—and that can't help whatever Oscar chances the film had, or rather, had left.

On the plus side, the charter-school drama has become the Oogieloves of charter-school dramas—it reigns as the worst-ever opening film on more than 2,500 screens; the summer's Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure holds the distinction as the worst-ever opening film on up to 2,500 screens.

Sorry, there's not really a plus side here, is there?

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Overall, it was another rebound weekend for Hollywood. According to Exhibitor Relations, ticket sales for the top movies were up a whopping 55 percent when compared to the same weekend last year.

Here's a complete look at the weekend's top movies, per Friday-Sunday domestic estimates as reported by the studios and Exhibitor Relations:

    1.    Taken 2, $50 million

    2.    Hotel Transylvania, $26.3 million

    3.    Pitch Perfect, $14.7 million

    4.    Looper, $12.2 million

    5.    End of Watch, $4 million

    6.    Trouble With the Curve, $3.9 million

    7.    Frankenweenie, $11.5 million

    8.    House at the End of the Street, $3.7 million

    9.    The Master, $1.8 million

    10.    Finding Nemo, $1.6 million

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The New FT-ONE supports up to 1000 frames per second.

FT-ONE supports up to 1000 frames per second.

FOR-A plans to introduce a 4K camera that supports variable frame rates up to 1000 frames per second to enable slow motion capabilities.

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“While digital cinematography has been widely adopted within the motion picture production and postproduction communities, there has been a technology gap — the ability to record a super slow motion image at full 4K resolution,” said FOR-A president Hiro Tanoue in a statement. “The new FT-ONE completes the 4K workflow by introducing this ability.”

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According to FOR-A, images are captured as uncompressed raw data on the system’s internal (RAM) memory, which has a recording capacity of 8.5 seconds. This data is stored on one of two hot-swappable SSD cartridges (each capable of storing 75 seconds of 4K images).

FOR-A reported that the FT-ONE — which weights 7kg — incorporates a newly-developed CMOS sensor, uses PL mount lenses, and is capable of simultaneously recording and playing back in 4K resolution. Pricing and availability was not announced.

The camera will be displayed at production technology show Cine Gear Expo, June 1-2 at The Studios at Paramount.

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