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‘10,000 B.C.’’s box office was anything but prehistoric as the period epic premiered in first place with a haul of $35.7 million, according to preliminary studio estimates.

The ROLAND EMMERICH film follows a mammoth hunter in the year 10,000 B.C. as he goes on a quest that could make or break his tribe. STEVEN STRAIT and CAMILLA BELLE star in the pic.

‘College Road Trip,’ debuted in second. The comedy about a young woman (RAVEN-SYMONE) traveling the country in search of a college features MARTIN LAWRENCE in a G-rated turn as an overprotective dad and co-stars "The Insider"’s very own temporary co-host, DONNY OSMOND.

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ET explores the controversy surrounding David Hernandez.

"American Idol" contestant DAVID HERNANDEZ has found himself in the headlines — not for his singing, but for his stripper past.

David belted out the JIM STEINMAN power ballad "It’s All Coming Back to Me Now" last night, just hours after the story broke that he used to dance at Dick’s Cabaret, a gay strip club in Phoenix, AZ.

Co-owner PAUL MORRIS tells us that David worked there for about three years, up until last September. He says he first met David when "we hired him off an amateur night, and he just walked in and it was a no-brainer to hire him."

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ABC gives early pick-ups to several of its unscripted series.

The sixth season of "Dancing with the Stars" hasn’t even started and ABC today announced the show has been picked up for another year [2008-2009]. Hosts TOM BERGERON and SAMANTHA HARRIS will be back, as will judges LEN GOODMAN, CARRIE ANN INABA and BRUNO TONIOLI.

Also receiving the green light for another year are "America’s Funniest Home Videos," "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition," "Supernanny" and "Wife Swap."

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The new thriller ‘Vantage Point’ scored a direct hit at the box office this weekend with an estimated $24 million in ticket sales.

In the thriller, MATTHEW FOX and DENNIS QUAID play Secret Service agents who are guarding the president (WILLIAM HURT) on a trip to Spain for a terrorism summit when chaos breaks loose. FOREST WHITAKER plays a bystander who takes video of events as they unfold. SIGOURNEY WEAVER, JAMES LeGROS and ZOE SALDANA also co-star.

Slipping to second was the sci-fi thriller ‘Jumper,’ with $12.7 million.

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The box-office hunk strips down for a new fragrance!

Tall drink of water MATTHEW McCONAUGHEY is the star of a new ad for designers DOLCE & GABBANA’s new fragrance, “The One” for Men, and we have the steamy spot! Known for his toned bod, the tanned Texan wastes no time shedding his shirt in the ad for the fragrance collection, which includes after-shave, shower gel, deodorant and cologne. It lands in stores next month.

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Missing millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett has officially been declared dead.

The record-setting traveler disappeared on September 3 2007 after taking off in a private plane from an airstrip in Nevada.

Fossett, 63, was on a pleasure flight in the single-engine plane when he went missing in a remote mountain range on his way to California. (more…)

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