The American starring George Clooney took the box office’s top spot over the weekend raking in $13.1 million. Machete debuted at #2 with $11.4 million and Takers was bumped down to #3 with $10.9 million. Check out the top 10 box office results below.

Weekend Box Office (Top 10)

1. The American $13,127,000
2. Machete $11,425,000
3. Takers $10,900,000
4. The Last Exorcism $7,410,000
5. Going the Distance $6,900,000
6. The Expendables $6,650,000
7. The Other Guys $5,300,000
8. Eat Pray Love $4,800,000
9. Inception $4,550,000
10. Nanny McPhee Returns $3,507,000

Kanye West dropped another single yesterday for G.O.O.D Friday called “Devil In A New Dress.” Check it out below.

Boris Kodjoe, Blair Underwood and Lance Gross cover the October issue of Essence Magazine! Well from the looks of this cover, that’s all the candy I need for October. I’m glad I subscribe to the magazine.

Madame Tussauds in Washington, D.C. recently unveiled the singer’s wax figure and I think it looks great!! I love the photo above of Rihanna kissing her wax figure!

From Madame Tussaud’s website:

Rihanna’s figure will be part of Madame Tussauds Washington D.C.’s Glamour Room, where guests will be able to take photographs with and even hug her wax double.

Madame Tussauds’ studio artists created Rihanna’s wax figure after studying hundreds of photographs and video footage, working hard to ensure that the figure captures the singer’s signature look. In the style department, the artists were aided by Rihanna herself, who generously donated the outfit that her figure dons.

Click here to read more.

Check out one more pic after the break!

Congratulations to the cast of Takers! Takers beat out The Last Exorcism claiming the #1 spot over the weekend. Takers raked in $20.5 million and The Last Exorcism raked in $20.3 million so the numbers were pretty close. The Expendables dropped down to #3 with $9.5 million. Check out the 10 top box office results below.

Weekend Box Office (Top 10)
1. Takers $20,512,304
2. The Last Exorcism $20,366,613
3. The Expendables $9,527,937
4. Eat Pray Love $6,815,555
5. The Other Guys $6,285,712
6. Vampires Suck $5,221,780
7. Inception $4,876,356
8. Nanny McPhee Returns $4,714,215
9. The Switch $4,583,481
10. Piranha 3D $4,302,878

Kanye West dropped a new single called “Monster” on Friday which he calls ‘Good Friday.’ Just in case you aren’t aware, every Friday Kanye West will drop a new single until Christmas…HOT! Check out the song below!

Also, in other Kanye West news, he and Jay-Z are releasing a 5 song album entitled “Watch the Throne.”

Katy Perry performed on The Today Show in New York City on August 27th to promote her new album Teenage Dream. She performed California Gurls, Teenage Dream and I Kissed A Girl. Check it out below!

California Gurls

More performances after the break!

Teenage Dream

I Kissed A Girl

[Photos: Fame Pictures]

Pop singer Katy Perry made an appearance on The David Letterman Show yesterday. She performed her current single “Teenage Dream” which is the same title of her new album (in stores now). She also sat down for an interview where she talked about her Christian upbringing, Russell Brand and more.

Interview

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Check out her performance of “Teenage Dream” after the break!

[Photo: Fame Pictures]