Gothic makeup has taken the spotlight this past month, thanks to the mania on the blockbuster film “Twilight.”

The movie was based on the novel of the same title authored by Stephenie Meyer. It opened at number one last weekend in U.S. theaters with box office receipts reaching $66 million.

The vampirish-look has become a fad these days among teenagers in anticipation of the film. Also fueling this look is the presence of TV series that feature black-clad vampires.

Make-up experts revealed that the vampire look is considered chic this season.

Dior Beauty rep. Ricky Wilson said: “Everywhere you look, people are using black eyeliner for lip-liner and putting red lipstick over that to give you very deep blood-red lips.” The make-up brand recently launched a new line called Twilight. The colors include silver, dark gray and blue palette which is fitting for someone who wants to sport a gothic look.

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Sixteen-year old teen superstar Miley Cyrus scored another number one film after Walt Disney’s “Hannah Montana: The Movie” soared to the top of weekend’s box office with $34 million in ticket sales. Last year, Cyrus’ 3-D concert film also topped the tills.

“Hannah Montana” chronicles the life of an ordinary teenager who’s also living another life as pop star Hannah.

The film got $17.3 million of ticket sales on Friday alone, the biggest opening day figures for a G-rated film.

Most of the moviegoers are girls aged 12 and below, accompanied by their mothers.

Last week’s top drawer “Fast & Furious” fell to second place with still strong performance orf $28.8 million. The street-racing hit raised its sales to $118 million in U.S. alone.

Here’s the list of top ten films last weekend:

1. “Hannah Montana: The Movie,” $34 million.
2. “Fast & Furious,” $28.8 million.
3. “Monsters vs. Aliens,” $22.6 million.
4. “Observe and Report,” $11.1 million.
5. “Knowing,” $6.7 million.

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Online spoilers have ruined the fun for West Coast viewers of the Golden Globes in the past, finding out the winner even before it was announced during the broadcast. This won’t be a problem anymore in next year’s ceremony since it will be televised live nationally for the first time.

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) announced this week that the 67th installment of the Golden Globe Awards will be broadcast on NBC network at 5 pm on January 17 in the West Coast. The East Coast, which is three hours ahead, will get to see the show live at 8 in the evening.

For the past years, the broadcast is live in other areas except in the West Coast.

The reason behind this move is to increase the ratings of the awards broadcast. In 2008, the ceremony became a simple news conference following the Hollywood writers’ strike.
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“Fast & Furious” sets year’s best opening weekend record at $72.5 million

Universal Picture’s “Fast & Furious” was clearly the biggest winner in last weekend’s box office by amassing $72.5 million in ticket sales, the best yet this year.

The high-adrenaline street-racing franchise booted out last week’s topnotcher “Monsters vs. Aliens.” The DreamWorks Animation film still performed strong with $33.5 million in ticket sales, piling up its two-week total to $105.7 million, according to studio estimates.

Media By Numbers President Paul Dergarabedian said that summer has begun early for the moviegoers.

“It’s summer time in April. We’ve seen the summer season stretch from what used to be Memorial Day through Labor Day, then the first of May through Labor Day. Now maybe with `Fast & Furious,’ it’s going to be early April as the beginning of summer,” he said.

Here’s the list of top ten films last weekend:

[1] Fast & Furious – $72.5 million
[2] “Monsters vs. Aliens,” $33.5 million
[3] “The Haunting in Connecticut,” $9.6 million
[4] “Knowing,” $8.1 million
[5] “I Love You, Man,” $7.9 million
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Despite the harsh beating from the critics, Disney movie “Race to Witch Mountain” grabbed the top spot in the weekend box office with $25 million in ticket sales, beating industry estimates.

The film which stars Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, who portrays a role as a taxi driver with a couple of alien-teenager passengers. The film dislodged “Watchmen” in the top spot this week. The R-rated superhero film earned $18.1 million in its 2nd week.

Disney officials said that there have been estimates of $20 million or less in ticket sales for the film, which was a re-imagination of the 1975 movie “Escape to Witch Mountain.”

“I think audiences this weekend were really drawn to the action adventure of ‘Race to Witch Mountain,’” said Disney Motion-Picture Group President Mark Zoradi.
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