Other memorable moments throughout the evening included the laugh-at-loud film parodies of “King Kong,” “Da Vinci Code,” and “Mission Impossible III.”

The 2006 MTV Movie Awards airs nationwide on Thursday, June 8th at 9pm ET/PT.

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You can buy your copy on Amazon now

King Kong’s is the studio’s fourth-highest grossing film in the studio’s 94-year history. To date, the film has amassed approximately $550 million in ticket sales worldwide, following behind “Jurassic Park,” “E.T.” and “The Lost World: Jurassic Park.

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The King Kong DVD will be released March 28. Looks like there will be three versions:

a full screen version
a widescreen version
a 2-disc widescren special edition

here’s what disc 2 of the special edition DVD contains:
- Special Introduction by Peter Jackson
- Post-Production Diaries: Director Peter Jackson takes you on an unforgettable journey revealing virtually every aspect of post-production with nearly three hours of exclusive behind the scenes footage.
- Kong’s New York, 1933 - 1930s New York comes alive in this fascinating piece that explores vaudeville, the skyscraper boom, the construction of the Empire State building and more.
- Skull Island: A Natural History - Travel to treacherous Skull Island with Peter Jackson and his crew

You can preorder on Amazon now

Unfortunately, this was not one of Oscar’s better years in terms of viewership. An estimated 38.8 million people watched the Academy Awards Sunday, down 8 percent from last year and the worst since 2003 when 33 million viewers tuned in to see “Chicago” take the best-picture award — the Oscars hadn’t dipped below 40 million viewers since 1987, according to Nielsen Media Research.

King Kong the video game scored strongly and came in 8th during the critical holiday shopping month of December 2005. According to stats from gamedaily.com that were released today:

- The console versions of the game have been a critical success, garnering over 80% GameRankings.com.
- NPD has reported that the PS2 version of the game has sold 376,000 copies in just two months, with the Xbox pushing 180,000 units ( make sure to have an hdtv if you grab the xbox360 version ).
- In the U.K., the game has been in the top 5 best sellers for the past seven weeks according to the ELSPA.
- All told, the PS2, PSP, GCN, DS, PC, Mobile, Xbox and Xbox 360 versions have sold more than 2 million copies worldwide.

The Academy Awards will be presented on Sunday, March 5, 2006 and televised live by the ABC beginning at 8 p.m. EST. The all-important red carpet arrivals show will precede the actual Oscar presentation at 7 p.m.

King Kong has made in appearance in the unlikeliest of places - the cover of The Economist.

The venerable British news and business publication is running a feature story about Big Media’s struggle with the digital world - arguing that ViacomDisneyTimeWarnerFoxNBCUniversal… will overcome the threat as they will eventually figure out how to fully capitalize on the promise of the web.

The article begins: “’PAIN is temporary, film is forever.’ That hopeful thought, which found its way into the original script of Peter Jackson’s recent re-make of King Kong, might be seized upon by today’s beleaguered entertainment industry.”

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Narnia had clearly won the battle of the big budget holiday fantasy flicks, as it remained in the top 5 (at number 4) this weekend grossing more than $10 million ($261.2 million domestic to date).

Still, King Kong has taken in $476.5 million worldwide since it opened in mid-December. Not too shabby.

In today’s Sunday Times, Tony Allen writes that:

FORGET the camisole, the bustier and all the other bits of exotic underwear that have lately become more familiar as women’s skimpy outerwear. The hot international fashion trend for summer this year is likely to be the petticoat.

Several decades after the fashion world’s least fashionable undergarment appeared to vanish from boutique racks, a giant gorilla and his female sidekick are helping to spur a comeback.

not only that …

Fashion gurus have lined up to predict that women tired of the tacky excesses of Madonna-style bras and bustiers would soon be gratefully turning to what one retail executive described as “the new pristine version of sexiness”.

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‘Hostel,’ which cost only $4.8 million to make, is about young Americans who become unwilling subjects of a pay-to-torture service during a pleasure trip to Europe.

King Kong’s domestic box office now stands at $192.5 million, leaving it in a good position to top the $200 million mark by the end of the week.