Harry Potter Hits Billion!

Finally, in a shot time, Harry Potter has joined the billion-dollar club. "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2" crossed the $1 billion mark at the worldwide box office. It's soon expected to pass "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides," which is this year's top grossing movie at $1.03 billion. The last of the eight films about the young wizard is the first in the franchise to reach the billion dollar mark. 

The previous best global haul was $974.8 million for the original film, 2001's "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone." With $21.9 million domestically this weekend, "Deathly Hallows: Part 2" climbed to a domestic total of $318.5 million. That tops the franchise's previous best of $317.6 million for "Sorcerer's Stone." But factoring in today's higher admission prices, "Deathly Hallows: Part 2" has not caught up to "Sorcerer's Stone" in terms of actual tickets sold. 

The 2009 film "Avatar" holds the record for the biggest worldwide box office haul, grossing $2.8 billion. It's followed by another James Cameron film, "Titanic," which brought in $1.8 billion.

Cowboys & Aliens Vs. The Smurf Tops Box Office

Little blue Smurfs and not-so-little green men from space are in a photo finish for the No. 1 spot at the weekend box office. Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford's science-fiction Western "Cowboys & Aliens" and the family adventure "The Smurfs" both opened with $36.2 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. That leaves Sony's "Smurfs" and Universal's "Cowboys & Aliens" tied for the top spot. Figuring out the No. 1 movie will have to wait until final numbers are counted Monday.

Box-Office Weekend Summary
Issue Date : 1 Agustus 2011
Rank     Title     Weekend     Gross
1         Cowboys & Aliens (2011)  $36.4M $36.4M
2         The Smurfs (2011)   $35.6M $35.6M
3         Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)     $24.9M     $117M
4         Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)     $21.9M     $318M
5         Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011)     $19.3M     $19.3M
6         Friends with Benefits (2011)     $9.3M     $38.2M
7         Horrible Bosses (2011)     $7.1M     $96.2M
8         Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)     $5.97M     $338M
9         Zookeeper (2011)     $4.2M     $68.7M
10         Cars 2 (2011)     $2.3M     $182M
11         Winnie the Pooh (2011)     $1.75M     $22.4M

Timnas For World Cup 2014

We are Indonesian people so proud with our winning last night against Turkmenistan witch score 4-3, that was rapid 3rd round competition to World Cup 2014 in Gelora Bung Karno (GBK). Turkmenistan was close to us at last minutes. Our Coach Wim Rijsbergen was very proud with Timnas especially El Loco : Cristian Gonzales, Muhamad Ridwan. and Boaz Solossafor their awesome goals. And we still dreaming for our incredible soccer team to compete on World Cup 2014 in Brazil.

UK Invasion Billboard Charts!

Summer banger hits, "Party Rock Anthem" by LMFAO feat. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock still tops the Hot 100 for the fourth straight week. LMFAO is the first ongoing group or duo to have a song spend four weeks at #1 since the Black Eyed Peas held the top spot for 26 straight weeks in 2009 with "Boom Boom Pow" and "I Gotta Feeling." Adele's 21 also holds at #1 in the U.K. for the 18th week and returns to #1 Billboard 200 in its 22nd week. This is the longest run at #1 in the U.K. since the The Bee Gees' Saturday Night Fever soundtrack had 18 weeks on top in 1978. While Amy Winehouse Back To Black re-enters the U.K. chart at #53, even though the tracking week there ended Saturday, the day she died. The album logged two weeks at #1 in the U.K. in January 2007. A deluxe edition hit #1 in March 2008. Winehouse, of course, paved the way for such English soul-pop singers as Adele, Duffy, Estelle and Lily Allen.

TOP TEN BILLBOARD HOT 100 SINGLES 

Issue Date : 29 July 2011

1. (1) LMFAO/Lauren Bennett/GoonRock,"Party Rock Anthem"(18wkonchart,pk#1)
2. (3) Katy Perry, "Last Friday Nnights" (9weeks on chart,peak#2)
3. (2) Pitbull/Ne-Yo/Afrojack/Nayer, "Give Me Everything." (17wk on chart,peak#1)
4. (5) Nicki Minaj, "Superbass" (13weeks on chart,peak#4)
5. (4) Adele, "Rolling In The Deep." (29weeks on chart,7weeks #1) 
6. (6) Lil Wayne "How To Love" (9weeks on chart,peak#6)
7. (9)  Hot Chelle Rae, "Tonight Tonight." (15weeks on chart,peak#7)

8. (7) Lady Gaga, "The Edge Of Glory." (11weeks on chart,peak#3)

9. (8)  OneRepublic, "Good Life." (17weeks on chart,peak#8)

10. (17) Bad Meets Evil ft. Bruno Mars "Lighters" (6weeks on chart,peak#10)

Hot Shot : 

#11 Britney Spears "I Wanna Go" (7weeks on chart,peak#11)

#29 Foster The People "Pumped Up Kicks"(7weeks on chart)

Amy Back To Black The Chart!

According to Nielsen SoundScan, American record buyers are making like their British counterparts and snapping up the deceased singer's catalog in a big way -- 50,000 Amy Winehouse albums were sold in the past week, 37,000 of which were her breakthrough 2006 disc Back to Black, giving the LP its best sales week since March 2008 (it came in Number Nine). Frank charted at Number 57, and her Back to Black: B-Sides EP returned in Number 152. In addition, 111,000 digital Winehouse tracks were sold ("Rehab" led the way with 34,000, good for Number 46 on the Digital Songs chart), and radio spun 170 percent more Winehouse tunes on Saturday, July 23rd, the day her body was discovered in her London apartment.

Top album chart still Adele, the woman who most benefited from Winehouse's retro-soul revival, returns to the top of the Billboard 200 today for the 11th time with 77,000 copies of 21 sold.

and #2 spot is Kidz Bop 20 -- the covers disc featuring a neutered version of Lady Gaga's "Born This Way" -- debuts in Number Two with 69,000 and 3 Doors Down's Time of My Life is right behind in Three with 60,000. Beyoncé's 4 is Number Four, and DJ Khaled's We the Best Forever arrives with 53,000 copies sold. Last week's top seller, Blake Shelton's Red River Blue, sinks to Number Six with 47,000, followed by Jason Aldean's My Kinda Party (43,000), 311's new Universal Pulse (46,000), and Selena Gomez & the Scene's When the Sun Goes Down (28,000).

R.I.P & Rehab Amy Winehouse

The wake of her death on Saturday, July 23, Amy Winehouse's second album, 2007's "Back to Black," re-enters the Billboard 200 albums chart this week at No. 9 with 37,000 sold in the U.S. according to Nielsen SoundScan. In the wake of her death on Saturday, July 23, Amy Winehouse's second album, 2007's "Back to Black," re-enters the Billboard 200 albums chart this week at No. 9 with 37,000 sold in the U.S. according to Nielsen SoundScan. The week previous, it sold just 1,000.

She also returns to the list with her debut set, 2004's "Frank," at No. 57 with 8,000 (up 4,100%). There were more Winehouse albums purchased in past week (ending July 24) -- 55,000 -- than during the first six months of the year. Through the week ending July 17, her catalog had shifted 44,000 copies.

It's expected that Winehouse's albums and songs will see even bigger sales next week, after a full week's worth of impact from her passing is felt on the charts. Our regular recap of the week's top 10 selling albums and songs will be available on Wednesday morning. (Billboard).

Captain America Beats Box Office

Summer movie heroes, Captain America battles with Harry Potter this weekend at the box office.

Paramount Pictures' "Captain America: The First Avenger" beaten No. 1 with $65.8 million, according to Sunday studio estimates. The Marvel Comics superhero adventure sets up next summer's all-star blockbuster "The Avengers." Warner Bros.' "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2," the eighth and final installment in the boy-wizard franchise, dropped to the second spot. It made just over $48 million in its second weekend for a domestic total of $274.1 million.

USA Weekend Box-Office Summary

Issue Date : 25 July 2011
Rank     Title     Weekend     Gross

1         Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)     $65.8M     $65.8M
2         Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)     $48.1M     $274M
3         Friends with Benefits (2011)     $18.5M     $18.5M
4         Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)     $12M     $326M
5         Horrible Bosses (2011)     $11.7M     $82.4M
6         Zookeeper (2011)     $8.7M     $59.2M
7         Cars 2 (2011)     $5.73M     $176M
8         Winnie the Pooh (2011)     $5.14M     $17.6M
9         Bad Teacher (2011)     $2.6M     $94.4M
10         Midnight in Paris (2011)     $1.9M     $44.9M

MTV Video Music Awards 2011 Nominations

Katy Perry leads pack the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards nominations. The pop princess scores 9 nominations, followed by fellow Pop star Adele and Kanye West who each earn 7 nods, MTV announced today. Perry’s nods include Video of the Year and Best Female Video for “Firework,” Best Pop Video for “Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.),” and Best Special Effects for her futuristic chart-topping hit “E.T.” featuring Kanye West. 

Meanwhile, Kanye West picked up seven for his collaboration with Perry, as well as for “All of the Lights” and “POWER.” Adele’s year keeps getting better. The vocal powerhouse, who has the current best-selling album of 2011, garners seven nominations for her soulful smash “Rolling in the Deep.”

Video of the Year

• Adele — "Rolling in the Deep"
• Beastie Boys — "Make Some Noise"
• Bruno Mars — "Grenade"
• Katy Perry — "Firework"
• Tyler, The Creator — "Yonkers"

Best Male Video

• Justin Bieber — "U Smile"
• Eminem (featuring Rihanna) — "Love the Way You Lie"
• Cee-Lo Green — "Fuck You!"
• Bruno Mars — "Grenade"
• Kanye West (featuring Rihanna and Kid Cudi) — "All of the Lights"

Best Female Video

• Adele — "Rolling in the Deep"
• Beyoncé — "Run The World (Girls)"
• Lady Gaga — "Born This Way"
• Nicki Minaj — "Super Bass"
• Katy Perry — "Firework"

Best New Artist

• Big Sean (featuring Chris Brown) — "My Last"
• Foster the People — "Pumped Up Kicks"
• Kreayshawn — "Gucci Gucci"
• Tyler, The Creator — "Yonkers"
• Wiz Khalifa — "Black and Yellow"

Best Pop Video

• Adele — "Rolling in the Deep"
• Bruno Mars — "Grenade"
• Katy Perry — "Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F.)"
• Pitbull (featuring Ne-Yo, Nayer and Afrojack) — "Give Me Everything"
• Britney Spears — "Till the World Ends"

Best Rock Video

• The Black Keys — "Howlin' for You"
• Cage the Elephant — "Shake Me Down"
• Foo Fighters — "Walk"
• Foster the People — "Pumped Up Kicks"
• Mumford & Sons — "The Cave"

Best Hip-Hop Video

• Chris Brown (featuring Lil Wayne and Busta Rhymes) — "Look at Me Now"
• Lupe Fiasco — "The Show Goes On"
• Lil Wayne (featuring Cory Gunz) — "6 Foot 7 Foot"
• Nicki Minaj — "Super Bass"
• Kanye West (featuring Rihanna and Kid Cudi) — "All of the Lights"

Best Collaboration

• Chris Brown (featuring Lil Wayne and Busta Rhymes) — "Look at Me Now"
• Nicki Minaj (featuring Drake)— "Moment 4 Life"
• Katy Perry (featuring Kanye West) — "E.T."
• Pitbull (featuring Ne-Yo, Nayer and Afrojack)— "Give Me Everything"
• Kanye West (featuring Rihanna and Kid Cudi) — "All of the Lights"

Best Direction in a Video

• 30 Seconds to Mars — "Hurricane" (Director: Bartholomew Cubbins)
• Adele — "Rolling in the Deep" (Director: Sam Brown)
• Beastie Boys — "Make Some Noise" (Director: Adam Yauch)
• Eminem (featuring Rihanna) — "Love the Way You Lie" (Director: Joseph Kahn)
• Katy Perry (featuring Kanye West) — "E.T." (Director: Floria Sigismondi)

Best Special Effects in a Video

• Chromeo — "Don't Turn the Lights On" (Special Effects: The Mill)
• Kanye West (featuring Dwele) — "Power" (Special Effects: Nice Shoes and ArtJail)
• Katy Perry (featuring Kanye West) — "E.T." (Special Effects: Jeff Dotson and Dot & Effects)
• Linkin Park — "Waiting for the End" (Special Effects: Ghost Town Media)
• Manchester Orchestra — "Simple Math" (Special Effects: Daniels)

Best Art Direction in a Video

• Adele — "Rolling in the Deep" (Art Director: Nathan Parker)
• Death Cab for Cutie — "You're a Tourist" (Art Directors: Nick Gould, Tim Nackashi & Anthony Maitz)
• Kanye West (featuring Dwele) — "Power" (Art Director: Babak Radboy)
• Katy Perry (featuring Kanye West) — "E.T." (Art Director: Jason Fijal)
• Lady Gaga — "Judas" (Art Director: Amy Danger)

Best Editing in a Video

• 30 Seconds to Mars — "Hurricane" (Editors: Jared Leto, Frank Snider, Michael Bryson, Stefanie Visser & Daniel Carberry)
• Adele — "Rolling in the Deep" (Editor: Art Jones at Work)
• Kanye West (featuring Rihanna and Kid Cudi) - "All of the Lights" (Editor: Hadaya Turner)
• Katy Perry (featuring Kanye West) — "E.T." (Editor: Jarrett Fijal)
• Manchester Orchestra - Simple Math (Editor: Daniels)

Best Cinematography in a Video

• 30 Seconds to Mars — "Hurricane" (Director of Photography: Benoit Debie, Jared Leto, Rob Witt and Daniel Carberry)
• Adele — "Rolling in the Deep" (Director of Photography: Tom Townend)
• Beyonce — "Run the World (Girls)" (Director of Photography: Jeffrey Kimball)
• Eminem (featuring Rihanna) — "Love the Way You Lie" (Director of Photography: Christopher Probst)
• Katy Perry — "Teenage Dream" (Director of Photography: Paul Laufer)

Best Choreography in a Video

• Beyoncé – “Run the World (Girls)”
• Britney Spears – “Till the World Ends”
• Lady Gaga – “Judas”
• Bruno Mars – “The Lazy Song”
• LMFAO feat. Lauren Bennett & GoonRock – “Party Rock Anthem”

Demi Lovato Party Up Billboard!

LMFAO rounds consecutive third week on TOP Billboard Hot 100 issue date of July 22nd, with summer smash hits "Party Rock Anthem" (feat. Lauren Bennett and GoonRock). Meanwhile Demi Lovato scores her first comeback top 10 debut, as "Skyscraper" leaps at No. 10. Yess she's back!

TOP TEN BILLBOARD HOT 100 SINGLES 

Issue Date : 22 July 2011

1. (1) LMFAO/Lauren Bennett/GoonRock,"Party Rock Anthem"(17wkonchart,pk#1)

2. (2) Pitbull/Ne-Yo/Afrojack/Nayer, "Give Me Everything." (16wk on chart,peak#1)

3. (4) Katy Perry, "Last Friday Nnights" (8weeks on chart,peak#3)
4. (3) Adele, "Rolling In The Deep." (28weeks on chart,7weeks #1) 
5. (5) Nicki Minaj, "Superbass" (12weeks on chart,peak#5)
6. (7) Lil Wayne "How To Love" (8weeks on chart,peak#6)

7. (6) Lady Gaga, "The Edge Of Glory." (10weeks on chart,peak#3)

8. (8)  OneRepublic, "Good Life." (16weeks on chart,peak#8)

9. (9)  Hot Chelle Rae, "Tonight Tonight." (14weeks on chart,peak#9)
10. (-) Demi Lovato "Skyscraper" (DEBUT)

Hot Shot : 

#13 Britney Spears "I Wanna Go" (6weeks on chart,peak#13)

#85 Blink 182 "Up All Night" (DEBUT)

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Harry Potter Ends Box Office History!

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 soared into the record books with the highest-grossing opening weekend ever. The series finale drew an estimated $168.55 million on around 11,000 screens at 4,375 locations, dethroning The Dark Knight's $158.4 million. Deathly Hallows Part 2's first weekend flew past the previous franchise high of $125 million, posted by Deathly Hallows Part 1 last November, and it topped the franchise in terms of estimated attendance as well. While its opening gross also out-distanced The Dark Knight, Spider-Man 3 ($151.1 million), The Twilight Saga: New Moon ($142.8 million), Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest ($135.6 million) and the first Spider-Man ($114.8 million), Deathly Hallows Part 2's estimated opening attendance was less than those titles, ranking sixth overall. After conjuring the opening day record on Friday ($92.1 million), Deathly Hallows Part 2 saw the steepest Friday-to-Saturday drop on record for a non-holiday first weekend, falling 53 percent to an estimated $42.85 million. (imdb)

Box-Office US Summary
Issue Date : 15 July 2011
Rank     Title     Weekend     Gross
1         Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)     $169M     $169M
2         Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)     $21.2M     $303M
3         Horrible Bosses (2011)     $17.6M     $60M
4         Zookeeper (2011)     $12.3M     $42.4M
5         Cars 2 (2011)     $8.34M     $165M
6         Winnie the Pooh (2011)     $8M     $8M
7         Bad Teacher (2011)     $5.2M     $88.5M
8         Larry Crowne (2011)     $2.57M     $31.6M
9         Super 8 (2011)     $1.93M     $122M
10         Midnight in Paris (2011)     $1.89M     $41.8M

Summer Airplay Hits

Party 4 Billboard Chart Rules

Queen Bey & LMFAO continue to take over both the Billboard 200 albums and Digital Songs charts. On the former, Beyonce's "4" continues to reign at No. 1 for a second week, selling 115,000 (down 63%), while LMFAO's "Party Rock Anthem" (featuring Lauren Bennett and GoonRock) holds atop the Digital Songs list with 236,000 (down 9%) and it's their second consecutive week of "Party Rock Anthem" on Billboard HOT 100 singles chart.

TOP TEN BILLBOARD HOT 100 SINGLES 

Issue Date : 15 July 2011

1. (1) LMFAO/Lauren Bennett/GoonRock,"Party Rock Anthem"(16wkonchart,pk#1)

2. (2) Pitbull/Ne-Yo/Afrojack/Nayer, "Give Me Everything." (15wk on chart,peak#1)
3. (3) Adele, "Rolling In The Deep." (27weeks on chart,7weeks #1)

4. (4) Katy Perry, "Last Friday Nnights" (7weeks on chart,peak#4)
5. (5) Nicki Minaj, "Superbass" (11weeks on chart,peak#5)

6. (6) Lady Gaga, "The Edge Of Glory." (9weeks on chart,peak#3)

7. (8) Lil Wayne "How To Love" (7weeks on chart,peak#7)

8. (9)  OneRepublic, "Good Life." (15weeks on chart,peak#8)

9. (10)  Hot Chelle Rae, "Tonight Tonight." (13weeks on chart,peak#9)
10. (7) Katy Perry ft. Kanye West, "E.T." (22weeks on chart,peak#1) 

Hot Shot : 

#17 Britney Spears "I Wanna Go" (5weeks on chart,peak#17)

#81 Linkin Park "Iridescent" (3weeks on chart,peak#81)

BIG 5 BILLBOARD HOT 200 ALBUM

1. (1)  Beyonce, 4,115,000

2. (2) Adele, 21, 79,000.

3. (4) Selena Gomez & the Scene, When The Sun Goes Down, 44,000. 

4. (6) Jason Aldean, My Kinda Party, 42,000.
5. (9) Bad Meets Evil, Hell: The Sequel, 35,000.  

Solo International Performing Arts (SIPA) 2011

 

Solo International Performing Arts (SIPA) annual biggest ethnic event was held on this 1st - 3rd July 2011 located  in Pamedan field, Pura Mangkunegaran, Solo. A lot of mask dance, drama, masquerade and unique costumes from Indonesian and another countries in the world, also bazaar and more games. It's the second biggest festival after Solo Batik Carnival (SBC) in the past month. Be there, next year!