“Iron Man 2″ did pretty well at the box office this weekend – but it still didn’t knock down “Dark Knight” and “Spider-Man 3.”

E! Online reports that the final tally for the weekend box office should be $133.6 Million for Friday-Sunday. That means it’s the fifth biggest opening in history, and the third biggest superhero opening in history.

It was a strong opening, but not necessarily meeting expectations. Exhibitor Relations was calling for a ”Dark Knight”-besting $160 million opening weekend. (“In all honesty, I’m thinking more like $150 mil,” analyst Chad Hartigan said in an email last week, “but if you’re gonna go there you might as well go all the way!”) The Los Angeles Times reported the film was due for a debut of at least $140 million.

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The results are in! Last night, the music industry celebrated artist’s achievements at the 2010 Grammy Awards.

Miss the show? Check out the list of winners below, courtesy of the Grammy website.

Record of the Year – Use Somebody, Kings of Leon

Album of the Year – Fearless, Taylor Swift

Song of the Year – Single Ladies (Put a Ring on it), Beyonce

Best New Artist – Zac Brown Band

Best Female Pop Vocal Performance – Single Ladies (Put a Ring on it), Beyonce

Best Male Pop Vocal Performance – Make it Mine, Jason Mraz

Best Pop Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals – I Gotta Feeling, Black Eyed Peas

Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals – Lucky, Jason Mraz & Colbie Caillat

Best Pop Instrumental Performance – Throw Down Your Heart, Béla Fleck

Best Pop Instrumental Album – Potato Hole, Booker T. Jones

Best Pop Vocal Album – The E.N.D., Black Eyed Peas

Best Dance Recording – Poker Face, Lady Gaga

Best Electronic/Dance Album – The Fame, Lady Gaga

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album – Michael Bublé Meets Madison Square Garden, Michael Bublé

Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance – Working on a Dream, Bruce Springsteen

Best Rock Performance By A Duo Or Group With Vocals – Use Somebody, Kings of Leon

For full results, check out http://www.grammy.com/nominees .

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Canada voted and the results are in!

Last night’s live results show started off with a capoeira routine choreographed by Paul Becker. The Top 20 performed in grass skirts and wooden sticks, while they battled each other to tribal-like music.

After a brief recap of Wednesday’s performances, the 10 couples awaited their fate.

The first-ever bottom three couples were: Natalli Reznik and Kevin Mylrea—who performed a hip-hop routine; Breanne Wong and Francis Lafrenière—who performed a Smooth Waltz routine: and Romina D’Ugo and Dario Milard—who danced away to a hip-hop routine. But before the judges decided who to send home, each dancer was given the chance to dance for their lives.

After all 6 dancers tried their best to prove they deserved to stay, Breanne and Kevin—who appeared shocked to receive the news—were the first two dancers sent home.

Now, only 18 continue on the journey to winning the sought-after title.

Tune in Wednesday at 8 pm ET for more great dancing!

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It was goodbye to Sebastien Pigott on last night’s Idol results show.

It was his third week in the bottom three, joined in the bottom by Mookie Morris and Mark Day. Seven singers remain and next week will be a British invasion with the Idols performing “U.K. Hits.”

Gavin Rossdale, former frontman of Bush, sang “Love Remains The Same” from his first solo album, WANDERlust on tonight’s results show after mentoring the Idols for Unplugged week.

Tom Jones will take the reigns from Rossdale as he guest starts on next week’s show, mentoring the final seven in the performance episode on Monday, August 4 at 9 p.m. EST and then perform live on the results show, Tuesday August 5 at 8 p.m. EST on CTV.

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The Idols open the show with a medley of songs including “Kiss The Sky” and “A Little Less Conversation.”

We go through the typical recap of last night, with clips from the previous night’s performances.

Jaydee Bixby, the runner up from last season’s Canadian Idol, returns to the stage to sing “Old Fashioned Girl” from his new album, Cowboys and Cadillacs.

Simple Plan will help celebrate Canadian Rock, Gavin Rossdale on Unplugged, Bryan Adamson Bryan Adams week, Tom Jones on Best of Britain,

In a preview for the upcoming weeks themes and special guests, Ben announces that Simple Plan will help the Idols during Canadian Rock week, Gavin Rossdale for Unplugged, Bryan Adams for Bryan Adams songs and Tom Jones for the best of Britain.

And now it’s time to get to the results. After Theo and Earl are announced safe, Ben calls on Mark, Katherine and Drew. The men are safe and Katherine is the first member of the bottom three. Sebastien joins Katherine in the bottom three, along with Amberly.

Ben asks to hear from the judges. “It’s not a matter of blood and guts, it’s a lack of experience and a lack of ability. They haven’t demonstrated the potential to win the show,” says Zack. “For Katherine, it was a question of maturity. For Sebastien, it was more about being Sebastien. I don’t know it’s a tough call,” says Farley.

Amberly is brought back to the couch and is announced safe. It’s down to Sebastien and Katherine. In a surprise ending, Sebastien is safe and Katherine St-Laurent is eliminated.

Only 8 remain on Canadian Idol and they’ll be going unplugged with next week’s performances with special guest mentor, Gavin Rossdale, next Monday at 9 p.m. EST.

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