Looks like more moviegoers preferred Captain America's shield to Harry Potter's wand as Captain America: The First Avenger topped the box office with $65.8 million, sending Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 to number two in only its second week. Don't feel too bad for the boy wizard, though. HP7.2 still made $48 million this week for an overall staggering domestic total of $274.1 million. The Huffington Post breaks down the numbers. 

For my money, Captain America -- while certainly flawed, especially in the second half -- is the best of the glut of superhero films we've been fed this summer, and significantly superior to the overrated Harry Potter (yeah, I said it). How could it not be with better acting, more artful shots, actual characterization, and Chris Evans' chest?

Captain America Photo Credit by Marvel Entertainment and Paramount Pictures
Harry Potter Photo Credit by Warner Bros. Pictures

Out Magazine has published its 100 Most Eligible Bachelors. While You Tube sensation, singer-songwriter Jay Brannon, topped the list, two openly gay daytime actors made the cut as well. Thom Bierdz (Phillip, The Young and the Restless) and Scott Evans (ex-Fish, One Life to Live) came in at number 8 and number 10 respectively. Also making the cut is Glee star and recent Golden-Globe winner Chris Colfer who comes in at number 4. American Idol runner-up Adam Lambert is once again runner-up, coming in at number 2. Check out the full list here.

According to the Los Angeles Times, the highly anticipated Captain America: The First Avenger, starring Chris Evans, will premiere in Russia, South Korea and the Ukraine as simply The First Avenger and not Captain America: The First Avenger. Reportedly, "those involved in the decision are being careful to frame the move as a matter of brand management and consumer awareness and not as a decision tilted by cultural or political winds."

In other Marvel news, Hugh Jackman is buffing up to reprise the role of Wolverine in The Wolverine, a standalone film expected to hit theatres in 2012. In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Jackman reveals he’s wolfing down 6,000 calories a day because director Darren Aronofsky envisions Wolverine looking more like Mike Tyson and less like Clint Eastwood. If that isn’t doesn’t make you pause, maybe this will.

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Chris Evans, brother of One Life to Live's Scott Evans, has signed on to play the highly sought after role of Captain America in Marvel's big screen release of the Captain America franchise, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Evans, who played the Human Torch in the Fantastic Four films, landed the role amid a slew of other possible stars, including The Young and the Restless'  Wilson Bethel who was also in the running.

Chris Evans Photo by PR Photos