Actors Kyle Gallner and Madeleine Martin have signed on to play siblings in the 19th episode of this season of Criminal Minds. The siblings, James and Lara, are said to follow a certain odd belief system their mother passed on to them prior to her death.
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Adele’s “21″ album hits a number of major milestones this week on the Billboard 200 chart, as it basks in the glow of the British diva’s multiple Grammy Award wins on Feb. 12.
It is the biggest sales week for any album since Lil Wayne’s “Tha Carter IV” debuted at No. 1 with 964,000 on the chart dated Sept. 17, 2011. 730,000 is also the largest week for “21,” as its previous-best week came over the Christmas holiday, when it shifted 399,000.
More impressively, the last time a non-debuting album sold more than “21″ did this past week was on the chart dated Jan. 5, 2008. That was when Josh Groban’s “Noel” album moved 757,000 copies over the busy Christmas week of 2007.
Among all albums, since SoundScan started tracking sales in 1991, “21″ has the second-largest sales week for an album outside of the Christmas shopping season and its first month of release. Only the “Titanic” soundtrack moved more (with those qualifiers) on the chart dated Feb. 28, 1998, when it sold 848,000 at No. 1 — two months after its debut. (It had a huge gain that week on the chart — it was up by 44% — thanks to the Valentine’s Day holiday.)
“21″ is No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart for a 21st nonconsecutive week, marking the longest-running No. 1 album in the SoundScan era. It surpasses “The Bodyguard” soundtrack (20 weeks at No. 1 in 1992-1993) for the most chart-topping frames since the Billboard 200 began using SoundScan data in 1991.
“21″ — Adele’s second album — also becomes the longest-running No. 1 album by a woman in history, surpassing the Whitney Houston-led “Bodyguard” album.
Weeks at No. 1, Title, Artist, Peak Year
54, “West Side Story” soundtrack, 1962**
37, “Thriller,” Michael Jackson, 1983
31, “Rumours,” Fleetwood Mac, 1977
31, “South Pacific” soundtrack, 1958
31, “Calypso,” Harry Belafonte, 1956 24, “Purple Rain,” Prince and the Revolution/Soundtrack, 1984
24, “Saturday Night Fever” soundtrack, 1978
21, “Please Hammer Don’t Hurt ‘Em,” M.C. Hammer, 1990
21, “21,” Adele, 2011
** (The figure of 54 weeks at No. 1 combines the set’s time atop separate stereo and mono LP charts before the Billboard 200 became a singular ranking the week of Aug. 17, 1963.)
“21″ also turns one-year old on the Billboard 200 as it claims its 52nd week on the list. The album has never left the top 10 in its entire chart run, dipping only as low as No. 7 on Dec. 10, 2011.
Adele is not only No. 1 on the Billboard 200 this week, but she’s also No. 4 with her debut set, “19″ (87,000; up 144%). It’s the album’s best sales week and highest position. Combined, “21″ and “19″ moved 817,000 copies last week.
This is the first time an act has two concurrent albums in the top four of the chart since Oct. 9, 2004, when Nelly’s concurrently-released “Suit” and “Sweat” were Nos. 2 and 4 in their second week on the chart.
The last time an act snared two albums in the top five — that weren’t released at the same time — was on April 4, 1992. That was when Garth Brooks’ “Ropin’ the Wind” was No. 2 and “No Fences” was No. 4.
It should be noted that while Billboard 200 has allowed catalog (older) albums to chart since the end of 2009 (thus why we see “19″ in the top four), that wasn’t always the case. On the now-defunct Top Comprehensive Albums chart (which ranked both new and old albums), Michael Jackson posthumously notched three out of the top four during seven nonconsecutive weeks in 2009.
Finally, “21′s” so-far three singles moved an incredible number of downloads last week — a combined total of 709,000. “Rolling in the Deep” shifted 271,000 (up 115%), “Set Fire to the Rain” did 254,000 (up 36%) and “Someone Like You” sold 183,000 (up 44%).
Adele by the Numbers:
6 – Grammy Awards won by Adele on Feb. 12. Her total Grammy count now stands at eight, as she earned two trophies at the 2009 ceremony.
730,000 – Number of copies “21″ sold in the U.S. last week (ending Feb. 19) according to Nielsen SoundScan.
207% – The sales gain “21″ earned in the week after the Feb. 12 Grammy Awards.
7,353,000 – Total number of copies “21″ has sold in the U.S.
2.34% – Percentage of the U.S. population that owns “21″ (based on the U.S. Census Bureau’s current population estimate of 313,059,000; and if each “21″ owner only has one copy).
21 – Number of weeks “21″ has spent at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart.
9 – Number of albums that have spent 21 weeks or more at No. 1 in history.
52 – Weeks that “21″ has been in release. Also the total number of weeks the album has been in the top 10 of the Billboard 200.
Oct. 2, 2004 – With Adele’s “21″ and “19″ in the top four concurrently, it’s the first time an act has had a pair of albums in the top four since Nelly on Oct. 2, 2004.
3 – “21″ has spawned three singles thus far, and all of hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart: “Rolling in the Deep,” “Someone Like You” and “Set Fire to the Rain.”
709,000 – Downloads sold last week of those three singles: “Rolling in the Deep” shifted 271,000 (up 115%), “Set Fire to the Rain” did 254,000 (up 36%) and “Someone Like You” sold 183,000 (up 44%).
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This week on Gossip Girl, Blair realizes she has feelings for Dan. But Blair also loves Chuck, Louis and lamp. (Anchorman references forever!) More tragically, however, we’ve lost our dear, pithy Cece to the great gin bar in the sky. Cece, I hope you’re up there in your gold lame jumpsuit looking down on the rest of us. If there’s one thing I think we should all take from Cece’s untimely (especially since she still looks younger than ever) passing, it’s that we should spend more time with the people we love. I know Cece wishes she had spent more time with her favorites: gin and vodka.
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Former EastEnders star Samantha Womack has admitted that the controversial storyline in which her character Ronnie Mitchell snatched Kat Moon’s baby was not ‘realistic’.
The plot, in which Ronnie swapped Kat’s son for her own after he died of cot death, was one of the most complained about in the soap’s history.
However speaking to the Mirror the actress said, “I thought it was implausible. Most women who lose a child would not go out and abduct one,” she says. “But Ronnie is a soap character and she is not necessarily representing real life.
“Soap is based on controversy and sensationalism because bosses are trying to get high ratings and they can’t write things like ‘Ronnie had a cup of tea’. Otherwise people wouldn?t watch it.”
The storyline eventually culminated in Ronnie leaving Albert Square after she was sent to prison, but Samantha – who is now touring the UK in the musical South Pacific – has denied she quit in protest at the public reaction.
“It was emotionally and physically exhausting,” she confessed. “It was the right time for Ronnie to be put to bed. I also left because you can end up being typecast.
“If you want to do good work, you have to take yourself out of your comfort zone. It was very frightening leaving a job that I got on so well in and it did feel like a very big risk.”
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Taylor Swift brought a pop of color to The Tonight Show yesterday. She chatted with Jay Leno about being “stupid” when it comes to love and also touched on her upcoming animated feature, Dr. Seuss’s The Lorax, which hits theaters on March 2. Taylor joined costar Zac Efron at the premiere of the movie on Sunday in LA, where Zac praised her for being “absolutely wonderful.” The duo got back together for press in an episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show that airs today. Zac and Taylor cleared up rumors that they are dating and pulled out their guitars for a funny duet. Zac didn’t address his reported relationship with Lily Collins, though he did say that he spent Valentine’s Day making dinner “with a friend.” He also shared a picture of himself getting a new tattoo, his third, while wearing Ellen underwear.
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Monday 6 February 2012
As Ian and Mandy continue to plan their wedding, Ian chooses his best man and Lucy continues to do what she can to come between the couple.
As the custody trial for Amy looms, Michael starts to antagonise and manipulate the situation between Roxy and Jack
Rose is unimpressed with Andrew?s choice of future wife, and makes her feelings very clear to Heather. Will Heather stand up to her future mother-in-law and which unlikely resident of Albert Square will become their wedding planner?
Tuesday 7 February 2012
It?s the morning after the night before for Roxy and Jack, as they try to work out what their night together meant and what it could mean for the impending case.
Following their fight in The Vic, Mandy takes Dot?s advice and opens up to Lucy about her past. Will this be enough to convince Lucy of Mandy?s feelings towards her Dad?
Still fighting her feelings towards Ray, Kim organises a last minute date which doesn?t quite go the way she wants.
Thursday 9 February 2012
It?s the morning of the custody trial, but will Roxy play dirty to get her own way?
Cora plays landlord and concocts a plan to rearrange the living arrangements for some of the residents of The Square.
Lucy?s suspicions of Mandy are heightened when she hear’s Mandy?s phone getting texts from a mystery person. What will Lucy do with this information?
Friday 10 February 2012
The judge has decided who will get custody of Amy, but with two of the Square?s biggest families at war will the Mitchells or the Brannings be celebrating?
Bianca is forced to face up to her situation, but receives some unexpected charity from one of Walford’s most hardened residents.
With The Brannings and The Mitchells fighting over Amy, Abi and Jay get caught in the middle. But will this be enough to stop their relationship blossoming?
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She was one of the first celebrities to voice her sadness over Whitney Houston?s death, and just over a week on from the tragic event emotions were obviously still running high for Mariah Carey when she talked about the singer?s passing on Good Morning America.
The songstress arrived at the programme?s NY studios earlier dressed all in black and when probed about Whitney?s death she obviously found it hard to fight back the tears, however she said:
“I’m almost incapable of talking about this still. It’s very heavy emotionally.”
Talking about her friendship with the star she went onto say:
“It was great and I don’t think people could ever understand our relationship. There was always this supposed rivalry in the beginning and then we did the duet and we became friends, I saw her toward the end and you know I loved her. We all loved her and were inspired by her.?
Mariah was also one of the attendees at Whitney?s funeral in New Jersey over the weekend, an experience she describes as ?beautiful?, saying:
?It was gorgeous, such a class act the way she went out and the way her family dealt with it, I was very moved and it was beautiful.”
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