Pop Culture Checklist

Rotten Tomatoes has done us the favor of putting together a list of the worst films ever made in the 21st century.

It has compiled its list of the 100 worst films since 2000. How many have you watched? Which one is the worst of the worst? Check out their opinion of the all-time worst!

For the second consecutive week, “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs” is the box office champ.

It earned $24.6 million to win the spot again. In a distant second, Bruce Willis’ “Surrogates” opened at $15 million.

The much-hyped “Fame” debuted at No. 3 with $10 million.

BOX OFFICE TOP 10

1. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, $24.6 million

2. Surrogates, $15 million

3. Fame, $10 million

4. The Informant!, $6.9 million

5. I Can Do Bad All By Myself, $4.8 million

6. Pandorum, $4.4 million

7. Love Happens, $4.3 million

8. Jennifer’s Body, $3.5 million

9. 9, $2.8 million

10. Inglourious Basterds, $2.7 million

Here’s the perfect Christmas gift for die-hard “The Office” fans: The Office Clue Game.

Players act as ‘employees’ who attempt to solve the murder of Toby (poor Toby!).

Check it out here. Good luck!

Latest Pop Culture News

-The ratings for Sunday’s Emmy awards on CBS were much improved. It was up 1 million from last year and had its best numbers since 2006. It drew 13.3 million viewers.

-No surprises on last night’s Dancing with the Stars. Ashley Hamilton and Macy Gray were sent home.

-In case you’ve missed “Mad Men” so far this season, don’t worry. AMC will be re-airing all six Season 3 episodes to date. The marathon starts at 10 a.m. Sunday.

-The second installment of “Ghost Rider” is in the works. It will once again star Nicolas Cage, who played in the 2007 original flick.

-Justin Timberlake will star in “The Social Network” drama about the formation of Facebook. He’ll paly Sean Parker, the Napster co-founder who became Facebook’s founding president. The movie will focus on the evolution of Facebook, created in 2004.

-Walt Disney’s 3D adventure film “Tron: Legacy” will arrive in theaters on Dec. 17, 2010.

-Lady Gaga and Kanye West are uniting to tour 34 cities, kicking off Nov. 10. They will perform Jan. 14 at the Palace of Auburn Hills.

-BIO Channel will debut a new series called “Celebrity Ghost Stories” at 10 p.m. Oct. 3. Celebrities will chronicle their true stories of personal encounters with the paranormal. Some of the many celebrities include Joan Rivers, Tom Arnold, Carrie Fisher, and the late David Carradine.

-Comedians Martin Short and Lily Tomlin have been added to the third season of “Damages,” due out in January.

-LeBron James will play himself in a comedy called “Fantasy Basketball Camp.” Production begins next summer.

-Tori Amos will release a holidy album called “Midwinter Graces” due out Nov. 10.  

-Fox has picked up “Glee” for a full season of the musical comedy.

-John Malkovich is joining the cast of “Secretariat,” a drama for Disney. The film is based on the relationship between the racehorse that won the 1973 triple-crown and its owner, played by Diane Lane.

-JJ Abrams is working on a possible comedic medical show for Fox network. The premise hasn’t been revealed.

-Diablo Cody is in negotiations to pick up the rights of the “Sweet Valley High” books for the big screen. The books center on the lives of two teenage girls who live in a fictional town of Sweet Valley, Calif. The series was created by Francine Pascal in the early 1980s.

TV PREMIERES

Tonight – Flash Forward (ABC); SCI: Crime Scene Investigation (CBS); Grey’s Anatomy (ABC); The Mentalist (CBS)

Friday – Smallville (CW); Ghost Whisperer (CBS); Law & Order (NBC); Medium (CBS); Numbers (CBS); Brothers (Fox); Dollhouse (Fox)

Saturday – 48 Hours Mystery (CBS); Saturday Night Live (NBC)

Sunday – Desperate Housewives (ABC); Cold Case (CBS); The Simpsons (Fox); Amazing Race (CBS); 60 Minutes (CBS); Extreme Makevoer: Home Edition (ABC); The Cleveland Show (Fox); Dexter (Showtime); Family Guy (Fox); American Dad (Fox); Brothers & Sisters (ABC); My Fair Wedding (WE); Californication (Showtime)

Monday – Lie To Me (Fox); Trauma (NBC); Hoarders (A&E)

Tuesday – The City (MTV); Lost Tapes (Animal Planet); Weird, True and Freaky (Animal Planet)

Wednesday – Hank (ABC); The Middle (ABC); King of the Crown (TLC); Bank of Mom and Dad (SoapNet); Pay It Off (BET); Real World/Road Rules Challenge (MTV); The Shift (ID)

TV FINALES

Tonight – Animal Armageddon (Animal Planet)

Friday – Brick City (Sundance); Making Over America with Trinny & Susannah (TLC)

Monday – Top Gear (BBCA)

Tuesday – Swords (Discovery); Chopped (Food)

MOVIES arriving Friday, Sept. 25

-Fame

-Surrogates

-Pandorum

Limited: I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell

DVDs arriving Tuesday, Sept. 29

-Monsters Vs. Aliens

-The Girlfriend Experience

-Away We Go

-CSI: NY: Fifth Season

-Cagney & Lacey: The Menopause Years

-Blade Collection

-Fermat’s Room

-Filth and Wisdom

-The Hills Run Red

-The Wizard of Oz (70th Anniversary 2-Disc Special Edition)

-The Wizard of Oz (70th Anniversary Ultimate Collector’s Edition)

-How I Met Your Mother: Season Four

-The Unit Complete Giftset

-The Unit: Season Four

-Management

-The Shortcut

-Shrink

-Life on Mars: The Complete Series

ALBUMS arriving on Tuesday, Sept. 29

-Miranda Lambert, “Revolution”

-Alice in Chains, “Black Gives Way To Blue”

-Mariah Carey, “Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel”

-Breaking Benjamin, “Dear Agony”

-Genesis, “Genesis Live 1973-2007″ (11 CD Box Set)

-Madonna, “Celebration” (2 CDs)

-A.F.I., “Crash Love”

-Barbra Streisand, “Love is the Answer”

-Paramore, “Ignorance”

-Lynyrd Skynyrd, “God and Guns”

-Amerie, “In Love & War”

-Dethklok, “Dethalbum II”

Michael Jackson will have a new song coming out – the first since his death a few months ago.

The single, “This Is It,” will be out on Oct. 12.

Also, a two-disc album called “This Is It” will be released on Oct. 27 to coincide with the release of the “This Is It” movie opening on Oct. 28.

The first disc will feature original album masters of some of MJ’s biggest hits. The disc ends with two versions of the new “This Is It.”

The second disc will have unreleased versions of his classic tracks and include a spoken word poem from MJ entitled “Planet Earth” that has never been heard before.

A total of 12 nominees are up for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum.

Only 5 of the 12 will be selected to be inducted on March 15.

And the nominees are: Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Stooges, Genesis, KISS, The Chantels, The Hollies, Donna Summer, ABBA, LL Cool J, Darlene Love, Jimmy Cliff, Laura Nyro.

My personal picks are KISS, Red Hot Chili Peppers, ABBA, The Stooges, and the Chantels.

Who do you think is worthy?

There’s still a lot of new shows debuting this week. Here is the schedule. Enjoy your shows!

Monday, Sept. 21

8 p.m. – Dancing with the Stars (ABC)

8 p.m. – House (Fox)

8 p.m. – Heroes (NBC)

8 p.m. – How I Met Your Mother (CBS)

8:30 p.m. – Accidentally on Purpose (CBS)

9 p.m. – Two and a Half Men (CBS)

9:30 p.m. - The Big Bang Theory (CBS)

10 p.m. – Castle (ABC)

10 p.m. – CSI: Miami (CBS)

Tuesday, Sept. 22

8 p.m. – NCIS (CBS)

9 p.m. – NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS)

10 p.m. – The Good Wife (CBS)

10 p.m. – The Forgotten (ABC)

10 p.m. – Table for 12 (TLC)

Wednesday, Sept. 23

8 p.m. – The New Adventures of Old Christine (CBS)

8 p.m. – Mercy (NBC)

8:30 p.m. – Gary Unmarried (CBS)

9 p.m. - Criminal Minds (CBS)

9 p.m. – Modern Family (ABC)

9 p.m. – Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (NBC)

9:30 p.m. – Cougar Town (ABC)

10 p.m. – Eastwick (ABC)

10 p.m. – CSI: New York (CBS)

Thursday, Sept. 24

8 p.m. – Flash Forward (ABC)

9 p.m. – Grey’s Anatomy (ABC)

9 p.m. – CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (CBS)

10 p.m. – The Mentalist (CBS)

Friday, Sept. 25

8 p.m. – Smallville (CW)

8 p.m. – Ghost Whisperer (CBS)

8 p.m. – Law & Order (NBC)

8 p.m. – Brothers (Fox)

9 p.m. – Southland (NBC)

9 p.m. – Medium (CBS)

9 p.m. – Dollhouse (Fox)

10 p.m. – Numbers (CBS)

Saturday, Sept. 26

8 p.m. – Dateline NBC

9 p.m. – Trauma (NBC)

10 p.m. – 48 Hours Mystery (CBS)

11:30 p.m. – Saturday Night Live (NBC)

Sunday, Sept. 27

7 p.m. – 60 Minutes (CBS)

7 p.m. – Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (ABC)

8 p.m. – Amazing Race (CBS)

8 p.m. – The Simpsons (Fox)

8:30 p.m. - The Cleveland Show (Fox)

9 p.m. – Desperate Housewives (ABC)

9 p.m. – Family Guy (Fox)

9 p.m. – Dexter (Showtime)

9:30 p.m. – American Dad (Fox)

10 p.m. – Cold Case (CBS)

10 p.m. – Brothers & Sisters (ABC)

10 p.m. – Californication (Showtime)

10 p.m. – My Fair Wedding (WE)

“Cloudy with a chance of Meatballs” easily defeated Matt Damon and Megan Fox at the box office this weekend.

The animated film had a $30.1 million debut, while Damon’s “The Informant!” settled for second with $10.5 million.

“Jennifer’s Body,” starring Fox, had a poor showing for its debut. The horror flick earned $6.8 million for fifth place.

TOP 10 BOX OFFICE

1. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, $30.1 million

2.   The Informant!, $10.5 million

3. Tyler Perry’s I Can Do Bad All By Myself, $10 million

4. Love Happens, $8.5 million

5. Jennifer’s Body, $6.8 million

6. 9, $5.5 million

7. Inglourious Basterds, $3.6 million

8. All About Steve, $3.4 million

9. Sorority Row, $8.9 million

10. The Final Destination, $2.4 million

Latest Pop Culture News

-Don’t forget the Emmy Awards will air at 8 p.m. Sunday on CBS. Neil Patrick Harris will host.

-’Dancing with the Stars’ will hold a special tribute to Patrick Swayze on its Sept. 23 live results show. Swayze made a guest appearance on the show’s inaugural season in 2005.

-Monday night’s Neilsen ratings winner was NBC’s ‘The Biggest Loser’ with 9.87 million viewers. However, the Jay Leno Show fell nearly 40 perecent in its second night – ouch!

-It’s official: “Spider-Man 4″ will be released in Imax’s specialty venues on May 5, 2011.

-After 72 years, Guiding Light goes off the air on Friday. Starting Oct. 5, a new version of the game show “Let’s Make a Deal” will take over its daytime slot.

-A sequel to “Hancock” is in the works. Will Smith, Charlize Theron and Jason Bateman will reunite for the action comedy. The original film earned $624 million worldwide. Yikes!

-”Night of the Living Dead” is coming back, but this time in a 3D CGI format. “Night of the Living Dead: Origins” will be an updated tale partially bringing out the characters’ backstories while using American-style anime.

-Nirvana members Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic are “dismayed and disappointed” by Guitar Hero 5’s use of Kurt Cobain.

-Saturday Night Live announced its upcoming hosts. It kicks off Sept. 26 with Megan Fox and U2, followed by Ryan Reynolds and Lady Gag on Oct. 3; Drew Barrymore and Regina Spektor on Oct. 10, and Gerard Butler and Shakira on Oct. 17.

-”Justice League: The Complete Series” is coming out with a 15-DVD collection on Nov. 10.

-Mandy Moore will voice the lead role in the Digital 3D-animated musical action adventure “Rapunzel.” Zachary Levi, star of NBC’s “Chuck” also will lend his voice for the project. It’s set for a holiday 2010 release.

-Here’s the trailer for “A Christmas Carol” starring Jim Carrey. It’s a Disney Digital 3D and IMAX 3D film to be released on Nov. 6.

-Robin Wright Penn and James McAvoy will star in Robert Redford’s “The Conspirator,” the period drama based on true events following the assassination of President Lincoln. Wright Penn will play Mary Surratt, the only woman among a group charged with conspiring to kill the president.

-TBS renewed “My Boys” for a fourth season, which will air in 2010.

-Guillermo del Toro and Disney are joining forces to create a new brand called “Disney Double Dare You,” which will produce scary animated fare. Del Toro will be the creative force behind the new label. The first production will be called “Trollhunters.”

-Disney has begun production on a “Winnie the Pooh” feature film, due out in spring, 2011.

TV PREMIERES

Tonight – The Office (NBC); Survivor: Samoa (CBS); Bones (Fox); Fringe (Fox); It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (FX); Parks & Recreation (NBC); Community (NBC); SNL Weekend Update (NBC); Extreme Cuisine with Jeff Corwin (Food)

Friday – Crash (Starz)

Sunday – Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO); Bored to Death (HBO)

Monday – Dancing with the Stars (ABC); House (Fox); Heroes (NBC); How I Met Your Mother (CBS); Two and a Half Men (CBS); The Big Bang Theory (CBS); Castle (ABC); CSI: Miami (CBS); Accidentally on Purpose (CBS)

Tuesday – NCIS (CBS); NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS); The Forgotten (ABC); The Good Wife (CBS); Table for 12 (TLC)

Wednesday – Criminal Minds (CBS); Gary Unmarried (CBS); New Adventures of Old Christine (CBS); Mercy (NBC); Law & Order: SVU (NBC); Modern Family (ABC); Cougar Town (ABC); CSI: New York (CBS); Eastwick (ABC)

TV FINALES

Friday - Eureka (Syfy); Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader? (Fox); 24/7: Mayweather/Marquez (HBO)

Tuesday – Warehouse 13 (Syfy); The Colony (Discovery); Ruby & The Rockits (ABC Family); Daddy’s Girl (MTV); House of Jazmin (MTV)

Wednesday – Man vs. Wild (Discovery); Toddlers & Tiaras (TLC); Holidate (SoapNet)

MOVIES arriving Friday, Sept. 18

-The Informant

-Jennifer’s Body

-Love Happens

-Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (conventional theaters & 3D IMAX)

DVDs coming out on Tuesday, Sept. 22

-Observe and Report

-Ghosts of Girlfriends Past

-Mercy Streets

-Adam Resurrected

-Edges of Darkness

-The Paul Newman Tribute Collection

-30 Rock: Season 3

-Friday the 13tth: The Series – The Final Season

-Ghost Whisperer: Fourth Season

-Brotherhood: The Final Season

-Castle: First Season

-Ugly Betty: Third Season

-Taxi: Fourth Season

-Clive Barker’s Book of Blood (original director’s cut)

-Star Trek: The Next Generation – Motion Picture Collection

ALBUMS arriving Tuesday, Sept. 22

-Sean Kingston, “Tomorrow”

-Harry Connick Jr., “Your Songs”

-Five Finger Death Punch, “War Is The Answer”

-Vertical Horizon, “Burning the Days”

-Three Days Grace, “Life Starts Now”

-David Gray, “Draw the Line”

-Dan Fogelberg, “Love in Time”

-Brand New, “Daisy”

-Guy Clark, “Sometimes The Song Writes You”

-Rufus Wainwright, “Milwaukee At Last!!!”