As for the other newbies, Pelham is a remake. Remakes are always intriguing to rummage around in because when you compare them with their originals, they can point out where we've gone as a society. Do we want more sex than before? More violence? More politically-charged attacks? More bad guys of different ethnic background? There might be something interesting there, but I'm not convinced. The big deal for a lot of folks has been the Year One flick. From the previews I've seen - and the reviews I've read - this one looks like it doesn't care much to remove its hat out of respect for the biblical narratives held dear by a good part of the world. And if you've seen the previews, surely you can see that its jokes are all of the played-out variety, junior high variety and that overall, this one is shamelessly mugging Mel Brooks' History of the World Part One. Plus, it has landed with a thud in critics minds. This from a USA Today review: "Year One is rated PG-13, but a better guideline might be: No one older than 16 should bother seeing it." Look - if you're thinking you need to rail on this one out of respect for the inspired Scripture, don't bother. It's DOA.

Top Five Books (according to USA Today research)
1. Glenn Beck's Common Sense, by Glenn Beck
2. My Sister's Keeper, by Jodi Picoult
3. New Moon, by Stephenie Meyer
4. Twilight, by Stephenie Meyer
5. Eclipse, by Stephenie Meyer

Notables: I'm gonna be honest: I'm not a Glenn Beck guy. But I'm also nowhere near being an O'Reilly, Limbaugh, Olbermann, Maher, or whoever else guy.

My Sister's Keeper, originally released in 2004, is smack dab in the middle of a second round of success. It's all because of the movie version that's out.

And then there's Meyer. There's always Meyer.

Top Five Albums
1. Lines, Vines, and Trying Times, The Jonas Brothers
4. The E.N.D., The Black Eyed Peas
3. Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King, Dave Matthews Band
4. Relapse, Eminem
5. Monuments and Melodies, Incubus

Notables: The Jonas Brothers are back. It sort of feels like they were never away long enough to put together a new album. We ran some stuff about them quite some time ago on the roundup. In fact, we pointed you in the direction of a cover story about them in RollingStone. Well, RollingStone is doing another cover story on them for the latest issue. I don't know if they are going to revisit issues of sexual purity and their faith in the newest piece, but it might be worth a look. Beyond the Brothers, there might not be much else to look into here.

Top Singles
1. "Boom Boom Pow," The Black Eyed Peas
2. "I Gotta Feeling," The Black Eyed Peas
3. "Best I Ever Had," Drake
4. "Knock You Down," Keri Hilson (featuring Kanye West and Ne-Yo)
5. "I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)," Pitbull

Notables: Nothing, nothing, nothing.

Top Five Web Searches (based on the Google Trends report for Thursday)
*Exercise caution when searching; some topics may be inappropriate.
1. michael jackson died
2. michael jackson dead 2009
3. christian eyenga
4. jeff goldblum dead
5. la times

Notables: Well, you had to know that the big item of the day was going to be the death of Michael Jackson. You can visit just about any news site - or turn to any news channel - and read all about it. Actually, check out this story about how news of Jackson's death bascially caused the Internet to crash.

Last night was the NBA draft, and the Cleveland Cavaliers selected Christian Eyenga with the last pick of the first round. I have no idea why folks felt this was a big deal last night. It was the 30th pick, after all. If he's a bust, it's not all that costly. Well, unless the next Michael Jordan was sitting there at 31.

Contrary to certain reports yesterday, actor Jeff Goldblum is not dead. I guess when major stars die - Jackson and Farrah Fawcett - some people just start making up more death rumors? Sort of sick…

Which leaves us with the L.A. Times. I suppose it's getting a lot of traffic because of Jackson, but who knows.