Sojourner Truth MEMORIAL BUST unveil with help from Michelle Obama & Teacher of the year presented by her husband the pres.

Historic Actress Cicely Tyson 

Teachers with the Obama's
Michelle Obama & statue of Sojourner Truth

Big Opening Day for Beyonce. $28 million Obsessed knocks out the rest

BEYONCE KNOWLES

Ali Larter

Beyonce Knowles, Ali Larter, and Idris Elba

What can't she do?"What looked like a fair fight between four strong contenders for number one this weekend ended up a lopsided bruising by the Beyoncé Knowles thrillerObsessed, which raked in an estimated $28.5 million and left the competition behind in a bloody heap. (Hold on, Box Office fans, the over-the-top brawling metaphors just get worse from here.) Despite a widespread critical drubbing (Metacritic smacked it with a 22 score),Obsessed clearly tapped into a female-driven audience bloodlusting for some schlocky, catfighting fun with its story of a woman (Knowles) battling to keep a mentally unhinged secretary (Ali Larter) from stealing her husband (Idris Elba). Knowles' full-court media press last week certainly didn't hurt either: Nearly doubling many prognosticators' estimates (including that of EW's own Joshua Rich), Knowles pulled in her biggest three-day opening since 2002's Austin Powers in Goldmember and can officially cross off "become a bona fide movie star" on her list of Things I Need To Do To Dominate The World."

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Where the Party @:TARAJI P HENSON, MARY J BLIGE Party with friends @ Uptown

Atlanta Uptown 4.18.09

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Singer Mary J. Blige in the clubActress TARAJI P. HENSON

Taraji, Mary and friends