Nicholas Sparks‘ “Dear John” finally dethroned box office champ “Avatar” this weekend. After seven weeks at the top of the sales sheet, “Avatar” succumbed to the Amanda Seyfried-Channing Tatum  love story that has received mixed reviews.

Teen heartthrob Taylor Lautner is moving beyond “Twilight” fame and heading into superhero territory. The 17-year old actor has been cast for the lead in Universal Pictures’ “Stretch Armstrong.”  Based on a popular Hasbro toy, the 3D film will star a rubbery hero. Gumby meets Superman?

Lady Gaga — aka Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta — has a new biography hitting bookstores in March and inside, she reveals a could-be dangerous drug addiction that could have stopped her mega-career in it’s tracks. In Lady Gaga: Behind the Fame, the pop star reveals that she wanted to be the artists I loved, like Mick Jagger and Andy Warhol. And [I] thought the only way to do it was to live the lifestyle.” After using loads of cocaine, LSD and other drugs, she says it was the vision of her dead aunt that set her straight.