As you might have already guessed, Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds kicked ass at the box office this weekend, raking in $65M. Variety reports:

Quentin Tarantino’s WWII tale "Inglourious Basterds" conquered the worldwide B.O., which was welcome news for the Weinstein Co. and Universal as the pic opened to an impressive $37.6 million domestically and $27.1 million more overseas. Pic marks a key win that could yield a new franchise for TWC and Universal Pictures Intl., who are 50-50 partners on "Basterds." The timing is good for both companies. Investors have been putting pressure on TWC to shore up its financials, while U has sustained a series of box office disappointments. Worldwide opening of $65.1 million makes "Basterds" anything but.

Say what you want about Tarantino, but he makes movies people want to see. And that's really kinda the point. Look, I'm sorry your movie about the lesbian Eskimo and her paraplegic gay friend fighting poverty and intolerance in their mobile home park or whatever people go see to seem smart didn't make this list, but they should have thought about that when the script didn't mention exploding Nazis.

Diane Kruger at the NYC screening of Inglourious Basterds. I'd hit it:

This first official trailer for Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds is out, and damn if I don't want to take it in the backseat and get it pregnant. I realize that this doesn't make me cool because this movie isn't about some Indian kid winning a game show or a documentary about an improbable love between two lesbian quadriplegic atheists or whatever boring crap people watch to look smart, but whatever. I'd rather watch some Nazis get scalped and some shit get blown up. Oh, and I don't about the historical accuracy, but if they can throw in a bikini car wash scene, that would really add another element, don't you think?

Killing Jews is bad (see example):

The first footage of Quentin Tarantino's long-awaited film, Inglourious Basterds, premiered on E.T. tonight. It shows Brad Pitt as Lieutenant Aldo Raine as he leads a group of rag tag Jewish-American soldiers on a quest of retribution against the Nazis. That sounds like a good plan, but why don't they just get a time machine and show Hitler a picture Bar Refaeli? I have to imagine it would be pretty hard to plan world domination when you're masturbating.

Telegraph UK is reporting that Quentin Tarantino wants Britney Spears to play the lead role in his upcoming adaptation of the 1965 cult film, Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!. Yeah. Too bad Tarantino is actually working on this movie and is currently negotiating with Brad Pitt and Leonardo DiCaprio for the lead roles.

The movie sees three thrill-seeking strippers encountering a young couple in the desert. Spears' character murders the boyfriend with her bare hands before taking the girlfriend hostage. The troubled singer will also have sex scenes with another girl before the drama ends in a blood-bath. A source said: "Quentin is convinced Britney will be brilliant. She's delighted. She thinks it could turn her career around. "It is perfect Tarantino material. He wanted to get Britney first. She's playing the most important character."

This can only kinda pass for sort of a maybe because Tarantino is known for hiring has-beens, but unless the thrill these thrill-seeking strippers are looking for doesn't involve trans fat, Britney might not be the most convincing casting choice one could make.

Tera Patrick, who is being rumored to play a killer lesbian stripper in Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!. Boobz: