The flame keeps burning this weekend at the Box Office as The Hunger Games: Catching Fire continues to show no mercy to its competition with an unbelievable $74.5 million in its second week of release.  Already, the November record-setting Blockbuster Sequel from Lionsgate Films/eOne Films has surpassed the $300-million mark and it also sets a new U.S. Thanksgiving five-day record with $110.2 million grossed between Thursday through Sunday, eclipsing the $85-million record set previously by 2001’s Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. Globally it has made over $573 million already.

Adding ice to the fire is a stellar debut from Disney‘s Frozen, which opens in second with $63.8 million from 3,742 theatres. The Animated-Feature voiced by Kristen Bell and Idina Menzel has garnered great reviews, tallying 86% on the Tomatometer at Rotten Tomatoes and Audiences gave it an emphatic A+ CinemaScore.

Thor: The Dark World continues to go strong in its third week out with $15.5 million, a distant third for Disney.  The second Film in the Thor Franchise has just surpassed the $185-million mark domestically.

The Best Man Holiday continues to exceed expectations in fourth with $8.5 million. To date it has grossed $63 million in North America for Universal Pictures.

Homefront, an Action-Thriller based on the Novel by Chuck Logan  starring James Franco and Jason Statham, opens modestly in sixth with $6.9 million for VVS Films and Open Road Films.  Despite getting panned by Critics with a 35% rating on the Tomatometer, Audiences enjoyed it, giving it a B CinemaScore.

Black Nativity debuts in eighth surprisingly with $4 million for Fox Searchlight.  Critics gave it mixed reviews with 54% on the Tomatometer. Audiences gave the Film based on the off-Broadway Musical a much better A- CinemaScore.

Oscar Contender Philomena also pops-up in ninth with $3.8 million for The Weinstein Co./eOne Films.   Just in September, it received a Premiere at TIFF ’13. The fact-based Drama starring Judi Dench and Steve Coogan about a Mother looking to find the Son whom she was forced to give-up for adoption, received an incredible 91% rating on the Tomatometer.

Four-week Veteran Last Vegas rounds-out the Top Ten with $3.6 million for CBS Films/eOne Films.

Never taunt death.  Just days after an Internet Hoax had surfaced surrounding his death, Fast and the Furious Franchise Star Paul Walker is confirmed dead after a freak accident.  Walker was killed after his new Porsche GT slammed into a post or a  tree in Santa Clarita (just north of Los Angeles) earlier this afternoon, resulting in a fiery explosion.  Roger Rodas, a Friend of Walker and also a former Race Car Driver, was in the Car at the time also was killed as first reported and confirmed by TMZ.

The news later was confirmed via his official Twitter account:

Walker made his Big Screen Debut in 1986’s Monster in the Closet but gained international success with his Breakout Role in 2001’s Fast and the Furious as  Police Officer Brian O’Conner opposite Vin Diesel.  He more recently starred in the sixth Film of the Franchise earlier this year, which went-on to gross $788 million worldwide at the Box Office.  He had just filmed Brick Mansions in Montreal, Quebec earlier this year also.

The Actor was only 40-years-old at the time of death.  We send our condolences to Walker‘s Friends and Family.  We hope that those who invest their energy creating cruel Internet Hoaxes gain a valuable lesson from this Tragedy.

(Photo credit: Universal Pictures)

In celebration of the upcoming Canadian Premiere of The Coen Brothers’ latest Oscar Contender, INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS, Netflix Canada are giving us a chance to attend a one-night-only Screening of ANOTHER DAY ANOTHER TIME on Wednesday, December 11, 2013.

The Film features live performances of Music from the Film and also Music of the early ’60s. Artists who participated in the Concert on which it centers, include the likes of: Avett Brothers, Joan Baez, Dave Rawlings Machine, Rhiannon Giddens, Lake Street Dive, Colin Meloy, The Milk Carton Kids, Marcus Mumford, Punch Brothers, Patti Smith, Willie Watson, Gillian Welch and Jack White. Oscar Isaac, who will be in attendance at the Canadian Premiere of the Film on Tuesday, December 10, 2013, also appears.

More details below:

Redeem your Tickets in Toronto, Calgary, Vancouver, Edmonton, Winnipeg and Halifax right here.

Purchase Tickets to the Canadian Premiere of Inside Llewyn Davis and also gain access to the Film’s Afterparty!

Details here.

Mongrel Media releases Inside Llewyn Davis on Friday, December 20, 2013.  Another Day Another Time streams on Netflix Canada beginning Friday, December 13, 2013.

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OMG. We’re addicted. Seriously. The amount of publicity Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has brought upon our City is unparalleled. Check-out this hilarious Parody of Ken Burns’ Celebrity/Politician Reading of The Gettysburg Address seen on The Late Show with David Letterman.

You’ll never believe the names they got to recite some of Ford’s most memorable lines. Jennifer Lawrence. Jonah Hill. Martha Stewart. Jesse Tyler Ferguson. Vince Vaughn. Stupendous.

Watch the Parody below:

We must give thanks.

(Photo credit: CBS)

Happy Thanksgiving America (and us over-indulgent Canadians)! Taking place tonight is a landmark Television Moment as international Pop Megastar Lady Gaga joins The Muppets on Television for a 90-minute Special, Lady Gaga & The Muppets’ Holiday Spectacular!

Also appearing on the Broadcast are the likes of Kristen Bell, Elton John, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and RuPaul! Eclectic. You can guarantee there will be drama between Miss Piggy and Gaga for Kermit‘s affections!  Surely some of that  tension might spill-over to next year’s The Muppets’ Most Wanted, in which Gaga appears briefly?

See a Sneak Preview here:

ABC airs Lady Gaga & The Muppets’ Holiday Spectacular tonight from 9:30 – 11:00 PM EST.

Although she’s busy in Japan celebrating her latest Disc ARTPOP, we’re still giddy about meeting her last week in Toronto!  More on that here.

(Photo/video credit: ABC)

After raising over $3 million for the Toronto East General Hospital with Jerry Seinfeld, the Laughter is the Best Medicine Gala soon will be returning for a second time.  Returning as Master of Ceremonies is Will Arnett, who hosted the inaugural Event in April 2012.  More on that here.  The Hospital of course holds a dear place to Toronto’s Arnett. His Father, Jim Arnett, served on the Board of the Hospital from 2002 through 2009.

Headlining Laughter is the Best Medicine II is EMMY and GRAMMY Award-winning Actor/Comedian Chris Rock, who has the distinction of being called “The Funniest Person in America” by Entertainment Weekly. For Event details, click here.  The Gala takes place on Saturday, March 29, 2014 at Allstream Centre on Canadian National Exhibition Grounds.

Proceeds from the Event will be going towards the establishment of the Ken and Marilyn Thomson Patient Care Centre which will provide greater access to critical inpatient and outpatient care for up to half a billion people in the GTA. 

(Photo credit: Mongrel Media)

Methtacular!  In celebration of the upcoming release of both its Final Season and Complete Series, Toronto Fans of AMC‘s BREAKING BAD are in for a treat!

A replica of the “Cook Lab” RV seen in the Series will be touring Toronto beginning Tuesday, November 26, 2013 for two weeks.  Addicts of the Series will revel in delight at Photo Ops inside the Vehicle, Hazmat Suits to step into, Gas Masks to test and so much more.  We’re confident it will be a … wait for it… HIT!

To find out day-to-day where the Breaking Bad RV will be, follow it on Twitter here!

See Snaps from the Breaking Bad RV below:

As if this weren’t exciting enough, Sony Pictures Television Canada and Mr. Will Wong want to give  Canadian Readers a chance to win BREAKING BAD: THE FINAL SEASON on DVD!  To enter, simply click “like” on this Post at Mr. Will Wong on Facebook.  Share this Post on Facebook with your Friends to increase your chances or Re-Tweet the below:

http://www.mrwillwong.com/breakingbad @MRWILLW wants us to #win #BREAKINGBAD: THE FINAL SEASON. In-stores now. Also, see the @BREAKINGBADRV in #Toronto!

Good luck!

Order BREAKING BAD: THE COMPLETE SERIES and also BREAKING BAD: THE FINAL SEASON, now in-stores!

(Photo credit: AMC/Sony Pictures Television)

With its release only a week away, Britney Spears’ eighth Studio Disc BRITNEY JEAN promises to be the Pop Icon’s most personal Album to date. With a total ten Tracks, boasting Collaborations with the likes of will.i.am (The Black Eyed Peas), Sebastian Ingrossi (Swedish House Mafia), Sia, Katy Perry and Toronto’s Richard Vission, the Disc ventures emotionally into darker territory. Its sound ventures deeper into Electronica/House, with Spears continuously taking risks to stay ahead of the curve.

After piquing our interest with first Single Work Bitch, Followup Perfume was a bit of a Headscratcher, I admit. Don’t let that deter you though, It Should Be Easy (ft. will.i.am), Tik Tik Boom (ft. T.I.) and Body Ache positively are hot. Longtime Fans of Spears will miss some of her infectious melodies here with  focus placed on Mood, Rhythm and Production. Passenger gives us the slightest semblance of  Classic Spears, saved late on the Disc.  After much hype, we hear her Collaboration with her younger Sister,  Chillin’ With You (ft. Jamie Lynn Spears) which oddly is a hybrid mid-tempo Ballad-meets-Bangerz.  Although certainly no Blackout or In the Zone, which in my opinion are Spears at her best, there are a few moments here strong enough to satiate us Fans.

Pre-order and stream BRITNEY JEAN in full here.

Official Artwork:

Sony Music Canada releases BRITNEY JEAN on Tuesday, December 3, 2013.

(Photo credit: Sony Music)

Warner Bros. Pictures Canada and Mr. Will Wong want to give Readers across Canada a chance to win a Double Pass to see hilarious Sports-Comedy GRUDGE MATCH! That’s right, Screen Legends Sylvester Stallone and Robert De Niro pitted against one another in the ring in this latest Film from Director Peter Segal (Get Smart)!

Double Passes are available in Toronto, Vancouver, Ottawa, Halifax,Victoria, Winnipeg, Calgary, Edmonton and Montreal! Screenings take place Monday, December 16, 2013.

Official Synopsis:

In GRUDGE MATCH, De Niro and Stallone play Billy “The Kid” McDonnen and Henry “Razor” Sharp, two local Pittsburgh Fighters whose fierce rivalry put them in the national spotlight. Each had scored a victory against the other during their heyday, but in 1983, on the eve of their decisive third match, Razor suddenly announced his retirement, refusing to explain why but effectively delivering a knock-out punch to both their careers. Thirty years later, Boxing Promoter Dante Slate Jr. (Kevin Hart), seeing big dollar signs, makes them an offer they can’t refuse: to re-enter the ring and settle the score once and for all.

GRUDGE MATCH also features performances from Golden Globe and Academy Award Winners Kim Basinger and Alan Arkin.

Watch the Trailer in full below:

 http://www.mrwillwong.com/grudgematch @MRWILLW wants us to #enter to #win Double Passes to see #GRUDGEMATCH starring #DENIRO & #STALLONE. Out Christmas!

Good luck.

Official Artwork below:

Success and popularity literally came overnight for Madeline Brewer, who is known best as Tricia Miler on the first Season of Netflix‘s Orange is the new Black, the Prison-Drama Series based on Piper Kerman‘s best-selling Memoir. The 21-year-old from New Jersey sadly exited the Series prematurely, capturing the attention of Fans as a Cornrow-donning, drug-addicted Lesbian with Kleptomaniac tendencies. Her world unravels after her Lover Mercy (Katie Iacona) completes her sentence before her and her dependency on corrupt Prison Guard (Pablo Schreiber) deepens.

It was just announced recently that talented Brewer was a casting addition to Netflix‘s Hemlock Grove, currently in its second Season and filming in the City till late February.  She plays a Graphic Novelist arriving in the secretive Town, taking-on a recurring role.  Believe it or not, this is only Brewer‘s second acting credit.

The Actress/Singer made a rare appearance at KISS 92.5‘s Studios today on The Roz & Mocha Show and was absolutely sweet to Fans, who despite it being extremely cold waited for her.  Sporting her naturally curly blonde locks, she stopped to take Photos with Fans, familiar and new.  But was she nervous being new to the Press thing, I asked? “Not really, I woke-up at six today” she says, “But I am hungry!”.

Billy and I were lucky enough to get a Snap with the Cat Lover, who is thinking seriosuly about returning home to bring to Toronto her beloved Pet!

See our Snap:

Follow Madeline Brewer on Twitter here.

Hemlock Grove (Season Two) is set for a release around March 2014.

(Photo credit: Netflix/Mr. Will Wong)