How about pasta for dinner tonight?  A new Olive Garden survey shows that pasta is a palate pleaser, with 97-percent of Americans saying they enjoy the dish.  Just over 20-percent of those polled note spaghetti is their favorite type of pasta.  And the traditional pasta sauces have stood the test of time for a reason. 

Nearly 75-percent say they like a marinara, alfredo, or meat sauce on their pasta, and if they were limited to only one sauce for the rest of their lives they would stick with one of these three.  Pasta is also a great choice for a meal out with the kids, as 68-percent believe Italian restaurants are famliy-friendly establishments.  In addition, Italian food carries positive connotations, with 35-percent associating the cuisine with generosity and abundance.

The Dallas Cowboys and the Indianapolis Colts are the pre-season favorites to win the next Super Bowl.  Both teams are receiving 12-percent of the vote in a new Rasmussen Reports poll of NFL fans.  The New Orleans Saints, who won last season's Super Bowl, follow in third place on the list.  Eight-percent believe this will be the year for the Minnesota Vikings, who once again have Brett Favre as their quarterback. 

The New England Patriots and the Green Bay Packers are getting the nod from six-percent each.  The Cowboys are also drawing the most fans, with 12-percent saying they want to see Tony Romo's team take the championship title.  Nine-percent are hoping the Saints will have back-to-back Super Bowl victories, while the Colts and the Vikings are being cheered on by eight-percent each.
 

The Walt Disney Studios is expecting to close out the weekend with another Billion-dollar footnote.  On Friday, the studio said its latest animated offering "Toy Story 3" would cross the $1 Billion mark in global ticket sales by the end of the day.  In so doing, "Toy Story 3" becomes the second Disney film to reach the Billion-dollar box office milestone this year, following "Alice In Wonderland."  That also makes Disney the first studio with two $1 Billion films in one year.  Disney's first billion-dollar earner came in 2006 with "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest."  Both "Toy Story 3" and "Alice In Wonderland" are in 3-D. 

"Toy Story 3" is already the highest-grossing animated film ever.  Its newly anointed status came two weeks ago.  As of Thursday, the film had generated almost 593-million-dollars at the international box office to become Disney's largest international animated release, along with more than 404-million-dollars in domestic sales.

Hollywood heartthrob Leonardo DiCaprio is using the strong arm of the law once again to fend off an overzealous female fan.  The "Inception" and "Titanic" star has been granted a restraining order against a woman he describes as "delusional" and a threat to his personal safety in court papers. 

DiCaprio's lawyer submitted handwritten letters to Los Angeles Superior Court this week as evidence of Livia Bistriceanu's alleged harassment of the actor.  Among other things, the letters  --   obtained by TMZ.com  --  seem to suggest that Bistriceanu believes she is DiCaprio's wife and that she is carrying his child, referred to in the letters as "Jesus."  The court has ordered Bistriceanu to stay at least 100 yards away from the actor. 

The restraining order comes in the same week that another woman was ordered to stand trial for striking DiCaprio in the face and neck with a wine glass at a Hollywood party in 2005.  That woman, 40-year-old Aretha Wilson, was extradited from Canada to face the charge.  She could face up to seven years in prison if convicted at trial.
 

The Smurfs, also known as The Smurfs Movie, is an upcoming live-action/CGI-animated family film directed by Raja Gosnell, written by J. David Stem and David N. Weiss, and stars Neil Patrick Harris, Jayma Mays, Hank Azaria and Sofía Vergara, with the voices of Jonathan Winters, Katy Perry, Jeff Foxworthy, Paul Reubens, Alan Cumming, and George Lopez. Produced by Jordan Kerner, the film will be distributed by Columbia Pictures.

Smurfs Movie is supposed to release sometime in 2011.

The new buddy cop comedy "The Other Guys" knocked "Inception" out of the top spot during weekend box office sales.  The movie stars Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg and pulled in 35.6 million dollars in ticket sales for Ferrell's second-best opening weekend.  "Inception" was bumped to second with 18.6 million in sales while the dance flick "Step Up 3D" pulled in 15.5 million for third place.  Angelina Jolie's spy thriller "Salt" and the Steve Carrell comedy "Dinner for Schmucks" rounded out the top five. 
 

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-JP