DVD RELEASES


The top 5 concert tours, ranked by average box-office gross per city. Includes the average ticket price for shows in North America. The previous week’s ranking is in parentheses. The list is based on data provided to the trade publication Pollstar by concert promoters and venue managers.

v(1) Bon Jovi: $1,901,442; $95.39.

v(3) Jay-Z: $1,055,401; $82.75.

v(4) Michael Buble: $949,624; $81.61.

v(5) Taylor Swift: $901,328; $58.05.

v(6) The Black Eyed Peas: $867,945; $63.57.

dvd releases

Available Tuesday:

“Dear John” (PG-13): Two long-distance lovers continue their romance via letters. Starring Channing Tatum, Amanda Seyfried and Richard Jenkins.

“The Road” (R): Father and young son survive in post-apocalyptic America. Starring Viggo Mortensen, Charlize Theron and Kodi Smit-McPhee.

entertainment news

Polka brunch set at Beachland

CLEVELAND

Beachland Ballroom, 15711 Waterloo Road, will have a polka brunch from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Sunday with the Chardon Polka Band.

Tickets are $14 ($7 for children under 12) and include brunch and a free polka lesson by world champion Valerie Salstrom. Call 216-383-1124.

The Chardon Polka Band plays traditional polkas and sometimes morphs into punk-rock renditions of the same song.

Quarterhorse show at fairgrounds

Canfield

The Northern Ohio Quarter Horse Association Summer Circuit show will be June 17-20 at the Canfield Fairgrounds.

The show will test horses’ abilities with events such as jumping, reining, barrel racing, cutting, roping and pole bending. For more information, call Chris Cecil-Darnell at 330-668-1090.

Univision to add 20 new series

NEW YORK

The Spanish-speaking Univision TV network will debut its own versions of celebrity dancing and “Survivor”-type competitions in the fall season.

The nation’s fifth most-popular network said it will begin more than 20 new series next season on Univision and its related TeleFutura broadcast and Galavision cable networks.

“Mira Quien Baila,” which means “Look Who’s Dancing,” will be a “Dancing With the Stars” competition that pairs celebrity contestants and dancers. “Desafio: La Gran Batalla” (“The Challenge: The Big Battle”) pits a group of contestants stranded on a tropical island with bare necessities.

In a presentation to advertisers, Univision executives argued that marketers couldn’t ignore the growth in the Spanish-speaking market.

Network executives said it was the biggest one-year investment in new programming in Univision history.

Univision is readying five new telenovellas for the next season. The telenovellas air as miniseries five nights a week in prime time for several weeks until finished.