Wednesday's Media Mix (Chelsea Handler Speaks, Caulk Implants, Banning dog meat in China)

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Video Clip of the Day: I have a love for Chelsea Handler that's hard to explain ... she's way too funny not to be a late-night comic on CBS/NBC/ABC. I'm okay with her on E!. If you haven't seen her show, it's worth a look!

Bathtub Butt: "Caulk" Butt Enhancements Hospitalize 6

Meow, It's What's for Dinner: Inside the cat and dog meat market in China

Letterman Back on Top: Letterman beats Leno in demo on Monday night

Porn for Bibles? Sad but True.

It's called the Smut for Smut campaign. Atheist students at the University of Texas at San Antonio launched a porn for bibles trade ... giving any student (over 18, of course) porn if they trade in religious materials.

Leaders of the campaign say porn is no worse than what's written in the bible and other religious texts. The good thing here is that most students at UTSA don't agree with campaign.

This is disturbing on so many different levels. Whether you are a Christian or not ... it's hard to believe that this is true. And while I think this is despicable, two wrongs don't make a right!

Monday's Media Mix (Newsroom brawl, 'Real World' Congressman & Poor on Purpose?) Plus #musicmonday

Video Clip of the Day

Newsroom brawl ... Good thing WAFB doesn't do this (at least not on camera).

Poor on Purpose: "People are unemployed because they want to be," Tom Delay to CNN's Candy Crowly

Real World to Capitol Hill? Can former MTV reality star be the next Congressman?

World's Best Granny: Granny Camps Out 43 Hours For Grandson's Ice Cream

Music Monday: @LadyAntebellum "Something 'Bout a Woman"

The Jersey Shore Presents: Oscar Nominations 2010

I don't watch "Jersey Shore" (and may be the only person who doesn't) ... but even I got a chuckle or two from these clips on "Lopez Tonight." It features the cast of "Jersey Shore" being their GTLselves in this year's Oscar nominated films for Best Picture.

"Alice in Wonderland" Shatters Box-Office Records

The Box-Office Top Five
#1 "Alice in Wonderland" ($116.3 million)

#2 "Brooklyn's Finest ($13.5 million)

#3 "Shutter Island" ($13.3 million)

#4 "Cop Out" ($9.1 million)

#5 "Avatar" ($7.7 million)

Moviegoers were transported to the whacky world of Wonderland this weekend as director Tim Burton's "Alice in Wonderland" debuted to a decisive first-place finish at the box office. Lovers of cinema both stateside and abroad put their stamps of approval all over the 3-D Disney film, which earned a domestic total of $116.3 million and a foreign gross of $94 million, for a worldwide tally of $210.3 million.

"Wonderland" established several new records during its opening weekend, including the greatest premiere for any film released in 2010 thus far, as well as the best ever March debut, outpacing the $70.8 million earned by Zack Snyder's "300" in 2007. "Wonderland" marks the most successful film launch of the Burton's distinguished career. Disney's latest also enjoyed best opening weekend ever for a non-sequel film, though the brand of "Wonderland" is clearly recognized across the globe. All of these records owe no small thanks to the increased ticket prices from 3-D and IMAX locations.

But even though the movie is currently enjoying phenomenal success at the box office, "Wonderland" is far from being a critical darling. According to Rotten Tomatoes, only 53 percent of critics have favorably embraced the movie.

As "Wonderland" commanded the majority of box-office business this weekend, competitors were forced to settle for a comparatively slimmer audience. "Brooklyn's Finest," also a new release, took home the second-best haul with $13.5 million, an admirable result given the cop drama's reported $25 million production budget.

Martin Scorsese's "Shutter Island" and Kevin Smith's "Cop Out" took the gold and silver medals last weekend, but both films slipped to third and fourth place with $13.3 million and $9.1 million respectively by Sunday's conclusion.

James Cameron's "Avatar," the 3-D science-fiction epic that earned its status as the most successful film of all time in just a handful of weeks, slipped out of the top five on Friday for the first time since its December debut. But it was able to rebound for a fifth-place finish of $7.7 million before the end of the weekend.

By Josh Wigler / MTV

Oscar Math (How Best Picture is Decided...and Why "Up" could win)

Oscar oddsmakers have "The Hurt Locker" and "Avatar" in a virtual dead heat for best picture. So it's a sure bet that one of them will win on Sunday, right?

Not necessarily.

Voting for best picture – and tabulating those votes – isn't a simple case of majority rule. For one thing, with 10 nominees this year, it's more likely than ever that no film will receive 50 percent-plus-one of the vote: If "Avatar" and "Hurt Locker" are as close as believed, even if the other eight nominees combined drew, say, just 15 percent of the votes, that likely would be enough to keep either of the favorites from reaching 50 percent.

In the past, that wouldn't have mattered: the top vote-getter would take the trophy, end of story.

But this year, the Academy changed the script. When it expanded the best picture category from five nominees to 10, it also changed the voting system from a plurality (most votes wins) to something that sounds like a communicable disease – STV. It actually stands for the Single Transferable Vote system, and it's also known as Instant Runoff, Preferential Voting or Alternative Voting.

Basically, instead of just selecting a favorite, each voter ranks all 10 nominees. The ballots are separated into 10 groups: those with "Avatar" No. 1 in one group, those with "Hurt Locker" as the top pick in another, and so forth. Then, if no film has a majority of No. 1 votes, the system goes to work.

Let's say, for argument's sake, that "A Serious Man" receives the fewest No. 1 votes. (Sorry, Joel and Ethan.) That film would be knocked out, and the ballots in that pile would be redistributed among the remaining nominees, based on those ballots' second choices. If that doesn't produce a film with a majority, the process is repeated with the No. 9 movie, and so forth.

Some people see this system as favoring "Hurt Locker." They reason is that even people who didn't love the war drama respect it as a well-made film, while people who disliked "Avatar" really hated it, because they disagree with one of its perceived messages, or they just don't think a special-effects-heavy film should win best picture. So while many people who don't rate "Hurt Locker" first might put it second or third, voters who don't pick "Avatar" to win might rank it at or near the bottom.

See the problem with handicapping a 10-nominee race under these rules? You have to predict not only voters' first choices, but how strategic they'll be filling out the rest of the ballot. I think the system could open the door for a film that, while not many think of it as a best picture, just about everyone loved – a film like "Up."

By the way, you may not have heard of this system before, but it's been around a while. In fact, the Academy has long used it to choose the best picture nominees. It's also gaining a foothold in politics: it's been used or is set to be used in some 15 cities and states, including Memphis, Minneapolis, San Francisco, and Burlington, Vermont, as well as in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, and other countries. Supporters say it eliminates the expense of runoff elections, and ensures the winner has a mandate from a majority.

We'll find out Sunday night which film has the "mandate" of the Academy membership.

From: CNN Entertainment Senior Producer David Daniel

Time for the Oscars (Time for Predictions)

The 82nd Annual Academy Awards are tonight, and I'll actually get to watch! Last year I was waking up for work as the winner for best picture was crowned! I'm not really looking forward to watching the nearly four hours of awards (although I'm excited about hosts Steve Martin & Alec Baldwin), but I'm hoping some of my favorites will win.

Do you remember who won Best Picture last year? I honestly couldn't remember until I looked it up and saw that "Slumdog Millionaire" won the Oscar. That telecast was three hours and 30 minutes long. The longest Academy Awards broadcast was in 2002 (four hours and 23 minutes). The host was Whoopi Goldberg (who has hosted four times) and the best picture winner was "A Beautiful Mind."

This is the first year since 1943 that ten movies are nominated for best picture. Producers are hoping the move will draw bigger audiences (traditionally people watch to root for an underdog). And this year's best picture winner could make history as well.

"Avatar," "District 9" and "Up" would be the first science fiction or animated films to win the best picture award ... and "Avatar" is a favorite to take the top prize.

I'm all for seeing history made, but I'm rooting for something different. I'm hoping "The Hurt Locker," "The Blindside" or "Inglourious Basterds" wins. Something a little different. (But I wouldn't be upset of "Up" won ... it was a great movie.)

My predictions:

• Best Picture: "The Hurt Locker"
• Best Actor: Jeff Bridges
• Best Actress: Sandra Bullock
• Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow
• Best Animated Film: "Up"
• Best Original Song: "The Weary Kind (Theme from 'Crazy Heart')"