MTV's Video Music Awards Scores Largest Audience Ever

Kevin Winter/Getty ImagesLady Gaga as Jo Calderone More than 12.4 million viewers tuned in to see Lady Gaga in drag as MTV's broadcast of the Video Music Awards scored the franchise's best ratings ever. VIDEO: MTV VMA 2011 Red Carpet Interviews According to Nielsen, Sunday's awards show that saw Katy Perry, Adele and Beyonce make headlines ranked as the cable network's biggest audience in history, with the VMAs delivering a 10.8 rating and 8.5 million viewers in the network's target 12-34 demographic, a best in the metric. PHOTOS: MTV VMA Best and Worst Moments Year-over-year, the 2011 VMAs were up 9 percent in total viewers and 8 percent in the 12-34 demo. In addition, Sunday's VMAs ranked as 2011's No. 1 cable telecast among the 12-34 demo and the top nonsports cable telecast of the year in total viewers. PHOTOS: MTV VMA Red Carpet The cabler's VMA preshow also scored as MTV's best on record among the 12-34 demo and in total viewers, attracting 5.2 million (up 13 percent year-over-year) and 7.3 million (up 16 percent), respectively. Email: Lesley.Goldberg@thr.com; Twitter: @Snoodit RELATED: OPINION: How the 2011 Show Missed the Mark MTV VMAs: Complete List of Winners COMPLETE COVERAGE: MTV Video Music Awards MTV Video Music Awards

DMX Charged With Speeding In Phoenix

FIRST Released: August 25, 2011 6:30 PM EDT PHOENIX, Ariz. -- The rapper referred to as DMX continues to be charged with speeding within the Phoenix metropolitan area. Arizona Department of Public Safety spokesperson Carrick Prepare told The Connected Press the 40-year-old rapper was arrested Wednesday evening and glued from jail Thursday morning. His real title is Earl Simmons. The highway patrol drawn Simmons on the highway within the Phoenix suburb of Mesa after he was clocked on radar driving at 102 miles per hour. Simmons was reported for criminal speed, driving on the suspended and suspended license and reckless driving. He was launched from an Arizona condition prison recently after his probation was suspended for neglecting to undergo drug testing and driving on the suspended license. Copyright 2011 by Connected Press. All privileges reserved.These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Whoopi Goldberg Switches into Kitten Saved On NY Bridge

FIRST Released: August 25, 2011 1:51 PM EDT NEW You are able to, N.Y. -- A kitten thrown from the moving vehicle on New You are able to Citys Verrazano Bridge presently has a title along with a celebrity mother. Whoopi Goldberg has published a relevant video of Vinny on her behalf Facebook page. It shows the adorable grey kitten grooming themself and batting a feather toy together with his paw. Vinny was saved in This summer. A Pet Care&Control officer who been driving about the bridge observed the kitten being tossed. Goldberg notes on her behalf page that they met Vinny about the ABC talk show The Vista, where shes a co-host. Goldberg states various other cat, Oliver, isn't too happy concerning the new member of the family. But she adds: I believe hell get Oliver in the future around earlier than later. Copyright 2011 by Connected Press. All privileges reserved.These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

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Inside a typical British working-class town, the juveniles do not have anything more to complete than hold off in gangs. Eventually, Alan Darcy, a very motivated guy with similar type of youth experience, begins looking to get the youthful people from the street and into doing something they are able to have confidence in: Boxing. Soon he opens an exercise facility that is recognized gratefully by them and also the gangs begin to grow together into buddies. Darcy handles to arrange a public fight to allow them to prove what they've learned. An exercise camping with hiking tours in to the mountain tops of Wales forge the group right into a tight-knit club society. Using the day's your dream drawing closer, the youthful boxers get increasingly more excited.

Box Office Report: 'Fright Night' Earns $400K on Thursday Night

Craig Gillespie's campy 3D remake Fright Night - starring Colin Farrell, Anton Yelchin and David Tennant - grossed a muted $400,000 in 9 p.m. and midnight shows as it opened at the domestic box office Thursday evening.our editor recommendsFright Night: Film ReviewBox Office Preview: 'The Help' Eyes No. 1 However, the performance was in line with expectations, since tracking for the vampire pic has been relatively soft. Disney, which is distributing Fright Night for DreamWorks, is projecting a weekend opening in the low to mid teens. PHOTOS: The Evolution of Film Vampires The film, which is drawing strong reviews, played in roughly 1,700 3D locations Thursday night. The move was designed to bring out diehard fans and build word of mouth. On Friday, it moves into a total of 3,114 theaters, including 2,220 3D runs. Fright Night also stars Toni Collette and tells the story of a teenager (Yelchin) who discovers a vampire (Farrell) has moved in next door, and enlists the help of a vampire hunter (Tennant). STORY: 'Fright Night': What Critics Say Fright Night, shot in 3D, is a remake of the 1985 movie of the same name, and cost under $30 million to produce. Producers are Michael De Luca, Michael J. Gaeta and Alison R. Rosenzweig. Related Topics Anton Yelchin Colin Farrell International Box Office Toni Collette Craig Gillespie Fright Night

I Never Sang for my Father

Hackman plays a New York professor who wants a change in his life, and plans to get married to his girlfriend and move to California. His mother understands his need to get away, but warns him that moving so far away could be hard on his father. Just before the wedding, the mother dies. Hackman's sister (who has been disowned by their father for marrying a Jewish man) advises him to live his own life, and not let himself be controlled by their father.

'Rise From The Planet From The Apes' Clips Train Evolution Results In Revolution

Apes will rise this Friday, and you are likely to desire to be there to determine it happen. "Rise from the Planet from the Apes" already has some seriously strong critical buzz going for this, and getting seen a preview screening from the movie earlier today I'd state that it's warranted. But when you'll still aren't offered about the second attempt for a "Planet from the Apes" reboot, Next Movie has five clips to whet your appetite with this weekends lesson on "evolution = revolution." Browse the relaxation of present day film news following the jump! Universal Saves Robert Zemeckis' Imagemovers Hollywood has proven in the last decade that it's the spot for second chances to occur, and Robert Zemeckis' production company Imagemovers just received a large one. Imagemovers, that was behind the flop "Mars Needs Moms," was shut lower by Disney this year, however The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed that Universal designed a two-year first-look cope with the organization. I suppose which means individuals individuals available searching toward the variation of "How you can Survive an outdoor Gnome Attack" have been in luck. Summit Entertainment Is "Storming Vegas" Deadline has found that Summit Entertainment has acquired the development privileges to John Huddy's nonfiction book "Storming Vegas: The Way A Cuban-Born, Soviet-Trained Sommando Required Lower The Strip towards the Tune of 5 First Class Hotels, Three Armored Cars, and Huge amount of money,Inch that they smartly retitled "Storming Vegas." They've hired "Brooklyn's Finest" director Antoine Fuqua to assist the project and Lorenzo di Bonaventura to create. Gore Verbinski Will get A "Clue" While Universal may have saved Imagemovers, it's creating the giant screen adaptation of "Clue," among their seven Hasbro game qualities presently in production. You don't need to fear, though, because Deadline is confirming that director Gore Verbinski is certainly going forward using the film anyways. "Expensive Gordon" scribes Burk Sharpless and Matt Sazama were just hired to create the script, so look out for "Clue" to soon follow in "Battleship's" actions. Zack Snyder Nabs "The Final Photograph" Twitch is confirming that Zack Snyder takes over for "The Lady Using The Dragon Tattoo" director Niels Arden Oplev as director on "The Final Photograph." Sean Penn and Christian Bale are presently mounted on star within the drama that Snyder already co-authored and it is creating. It may be expected the flick will begin filming after Snyder systems on "Guy of Steel." A Clip For "The Pitch-dark Hour" Premieres At Comic-Disadvantage i was treated a great taste from the "The Pitch-dark Hour" trailer and were amazed because of it, and today this is the chance to obtain the thrill too. The teaser for that alien-invasion movie hit the net earlier today thanks to Apple, but you should check it below too. Inform us your ideas on present day Dailies within the comments section below or on Twitter!