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*"Hancock" debuted at No. 1 on all three video charts during the week ending Nov. 30: the Nielsen VideoScan First Alert sales chart, Home Media Magazine's video rental chart and Nielsen's Blu-ray Disc chart, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The Sony Pictures Home Entertainment release, starring Will Smith as a reluctant superhero, grossed $228 million in theaters domestically. The video release knocked the previous week's top seller, "WALL-E," to No. 2. *A Minnesota judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked the NFL's suspension of Vikings players Kevin and Pat Williams for violating the league's anti-doping policy, but the players' status for Sunday's game at Detroit remained uncertain. Hennepin County District Judge Gary Larson issued the temporary restraining order at the players' request, saying he wanted more time to hear arguments in the case. The Williamses were among six players suspended for four games for testing positive for a diuretic that can be used as a masking agent for steroids. They have argued that the substance containing the diuretic didn't list all its ingredients, and that league scientists and lawyers had information about the substance but withheld it from players. *The New York Post's Page Six is reporting that Stephon Marbury is going ahead with plans to buy a $40 million private jet, even though his position on the New York Knicks is in jeopardy. Although Marbury has yet to play this season, and the Knicks brass can't find any other team willing to take on his $21 million salary, the untradeable Coney Island native is awaiting delivery of the aircraft, according to the buzz at SoHo's Salt restaurant. "He already paid a large deposit in the multimillions and has no plans to try to cancel the order," said one source. *Chicago Sun-Times columnist Bill Zwecker is reporting that Kelly Rowland is thinking about leaving the management of Beyonce's father, Mathew Knowles. "Could Rowland be jumping to a management deal with 'American Idol' honcho Simon Fuller?" Zwecker wrote in Thursday's column. "That's the buzz. The savvy Brit also manages the careers of the Spice Girls (plus Victoria Beckham, individually), Annie Lennox and Carrie Underwood." *The National Board of Review, which is composed of film historians, students and educators, has chosen Viola Davis for the year's best breakthrough performance by an actress for her role in the forthcoming movie "Doubt." Davis was also part of a best ensemble win along with cast members Meryl Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman. The awards will be handed out Jan. 14 in a New York gala hosted by Whoopi Goldberg. Last year's pick for best film, "No Country for Old Men," went on to win best picture at the Oscars.
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