Via “Financial Times” alerts:

“Toy Story 3″ is set to become Walt Disney Co.’s (DIS) largest-grossing animated film after generating $630.2 million in its first month in theaters, the Financial Times reported Sunday on its website, without directly citing sources.

The film yet to screen in about half of the world’s movie markets, the report said.

It said the film was set to debut in the U.K. Monday, and would be released in Spain, Germany and Scandinavia in the coming month.

That doesn’t surprise me.  “Toy Story 3″ is a great movie which was highly anticipated.

Anthony Bourdain to guest star as “Doctor Tony” on Nickelodeon’s  kids’ show ‘Yo Gabba Gabba!’

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Fellow Blu-Ray Video buffs, here are the new releases for today.

Blu-Ray Movie Highlights

• Labyrinth- I’m afraid that this may be more of David Bowie than most of us care to see
• Monsters vs. Aliens – A must have for kids and adults.
• Snakes on a Plane – Why?!?!?! Seriously?
• The Dark Crystal – Very strange from Jim Henson
• The Wizard of Oz – A Classic, buy it!

Blu-Ray Television

• How I Met Your Mother: Season Four
• The Unit: Season Four
• The Universe: Collector’s Edition Megaset
• The Universe: The Complete Season Three

Other Blu-Ray Releases

• Away We Go
• Billy Jack
• Burst Angel: Box Set & OVA
• Facing the Giants
• Fireproof
• Gala Concert: 300 Years of St. Petersburg
• Glenn Gould: Hereafter
• HD Moods: Trains
• Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
• Lies & Illusions
• Management
• National Geographic Ultimate High Definition Collection
• Puccini: Edgar
• Romeo & Juliet
• Secrets of the Cross
• Stravinsky: The Rake’s Progress
• Superman/Batman: Public Enemies
• Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty
• The Girlfriend Experience
• The New York Ripper
• The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
• Twin Spirits: Sting performs Schumann
• UFC: Ultimate Knockouts 7
• Yellowstone: Battle for Life

Apparently The Vampire Diaries is trying to drum up even higher ratings.

According to WSBTV.com, “Five actresses and a cameraman from the CW show The Vampire Diaries were arrested and charged after police said the actresses were dangling off a Georgia overpass and flashing drivers.”

I’ve never heard of that specific publicity stunt before, so they do get points for creativity.  Now lets hope episode two is a little better than episode one was.  And ladies, keep your shirts on the next time you decide to “dangle” off of bridges.  We wouldn’t want anyone to get hurt.

Welcome to “Would You Rather”, the part of Blue Shotgun where Brian asks you, the readers, given two choices, would you rather…

1. …be chased by monkeys or be stranded in the desert?
2. …go to Walt Disney World for a day or take a week long cruise?
3. …eat a juicy steak (best cut of your choice) or eat a gourmet dessert (of your choice)?
4. …watch sci-fi or “reality” TV?
5. …be unemployed or work as a janitor?
6. …have tickets to the Super Bowl or tickets to the entire World Series?
7. …fly in space or fly in a hot air balloon?

Please reply in the comments section or leave a voicemail at 317-565-4250. And by all means, feel free to explain why.

Fox’s workplace sitcom, Do Not Disturb, is the first show of the season to be canceled. Three episodes have aired with two officially left in the can plus an unaired pilot.  So much for Fox starting the season earlier this year.

A 63-year-old Pennsylvania woman has given a new meaning to “packing for Disney World”.

Disney World security personnel reportedly discovered a … .32-caliber Beretta handgun had been loaded with seven live rounds in the magazine, but the chamber was empty.   Also found in (her) purse was a pair of scissors and a locked blade knife.

Maybe she was paranoid that the characters were out to get her or that the “magic” of Disney was going to add her to the previous three Disney World deaths over the past week and a half.

All I can say is that I’m glad that she wasn’t there when I was a few months ago.  And I’m glad that there’s obviously no “profiling” going on at Disney World.

Just a few days after his lawsuit settlement with Kanye West, Evel Knievel is dead. It’s a good thing that he wasn’t a rapper and that he was in bad health. Not good in the sense that it is good news (come on, the guy was an American icon, of course it’s a loss), but good in the sense that I’m not tempted to speculate some funny business.

Earlier this morning a friend of mine was on CNBC for a few seconds talking about a problem he (and apparently about 30% of owners) has had with his X-Box X-Sux 360.  (Yet another reason I don’t plan on buying one…what kind of “quality assessment” thinks 70% is acceptable?)

Anyway, to my point…

I think CNBC should be considered “Short Attention Span Theater”…I’m about to puke from information overload after watching all of those tickers go by AND the additional news alerts.  No wonder people “need” 65″+ televisions, as this is way too much to take on my “little” OR “big” TV.   And no wonder so many people are diagnosed* as having ADD or AD/HD.

Man am I glad that the kid programs grace my television during the day when it happens to be on.  And luckily the radio hasn’t gone to multi-tasking (yet).

* I’ll leave that rant for another time.

For anyone interested in updates on the Writers Guild of America’s strike, and possibly the status of your favorite television shows, TVWeek is keeping an updated news list, complete with links.