Harry Potter and the Midnight Blockbuster

DIE-HARD FANS HELPED "HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE" BREAK BOX OFFICE RECORDS WHEN IT OPENED AT MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY.

THE SIXTH FILM IN THE FRANCHISE BROUGHT IN MORE THAN 22 MILLION DOLLARS FROM MIDNIGHT SCREENINGS, TOPPING THE PREVIOUS RECORD OF 18-AND-A-HALF MILLION SET BY "THE DARK KNIGHT" LAST SUMMER. 

THESE FANS IN OREGON WERE IN LINE AT SIX AM TUESDAY.

We want to be first to see it, and it's a lot of fun to wait.  Like, half the momentum is the buildup, waiting for it.

ROBERT REDFORD MARRIED HIS LONG-TIME PARTNER IN GERMANY OVER THE WEEKEND.

THE 72-YEAR-OLD ACTOR MARRIED A 51-YEAR-OLD GERMAN ABSTRACT PAINTER IN AN INTIMATE CEREMONY, WITH 30 FRIENDS AND FAMILY IN ATTENDANCE, ACCORDING TO A GERMAN NEWSPAPER.

THE COUPLE HAVE REPORTEDLY BEEN TOGETHER FOR MORE THAN A DECADE.

COUNTRY STARS BRAD PAISLEY AND ALISON KRAUSS HAVE BOOKED A GIG AT THE WHITE HOUSE.

THE PAIR WILL HELP WITH AN EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOP FOR MORE THAN A HUNDRED STUDENTS FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY NEXT TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

THAT EVENING, THEY WILL PERFORM FOR THE PRESIDENT AND MRS. OBAMA IN THE EAST ROOM AS PART OF THE WHITE HOUSE MUSIC SERIES.

FOR HOLLYWOOD MINUTE, I'M MICHELLE WRIGHT REPORTING FROM ATLANTA.

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