Quick Takes: Adam Sandler beats Justin Bieber on Valentine’s Day

Justin Bieber may have won over a bevy of teen girls last weekend, but when it came to the most important date night of the year, audiences fell for Adam Sandler.

The comedian’s romantic comedy “Just Go With It” brought in $6 million at the box office on Valentine’s Day, down only 22% from its Sunday tally of $7.8 million, according to estimates from distributor Sony Pictures.

The last time Valentine’s Day fell on a Monday was 2005, when Sony’s Will Smith romantic comedy “Hitch” performed even better, taking in $7.5 million after its $43.1-million-opening weekend.

—Amy Kaufman

Another trophy for Arcade Fire

Two days after winning album-of-the-year honors at the Grammys, Arcade Fire’s “The Suburbs” was named best international album Tuesday at the Brit Awards. The Brits, the British equivalent of the Grammys, were handed out in London.

Retro hipsters Mumford & Sons took the trophy for British album of the year, for their banjo and mandolin-laced debut, “Sigh No More.”

International solo artist awards went to Cee Lo Green and Rihanna, while teen heartthrob Justin Bieber was named international breakthrough act.

—Associated Press

El DeBarge in rehab, off tour

R&B star El DeBarge, who earned a pair of Grammy nominations after his comeback album last year, has entered a rehabilitation center and dropped out of a national tour with KEM and Ledisi that’s scheduled to kick off this week in Texas.

The 49-year-old singer said in a statement released by Geffen Records that he voluntarily checked into the center “to deal with issues stemming from many years of substance abuse.” DeBarge said he has battled drug addiction for two decades.

—Associated Press

Elizabeth Taylor is improving

Elizabeth Taylor is resting comfortably at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and continues to show “steady improvement,” according to a statement released Tuesday by her representatives.

The 78-year-old Oscar-winning actress was taken

to the hospital last week for treatment of congestive heart failure.

“Since being admitted there has been steady improvement in her condition, and over the weekend she has had visits from family and close friends,” according to the statement released by her publicists.

—Kimi Yoshino

Billy Ray Cyrus blames TV show

Billy Ray Cyrus says the Disney TV show “Hannah Montana” destroyed his family, causing his divorce and sending daughter Miley Cyrus spinning out of control.

In a December interview published in the Feb. 22 issue of GQ Magazine, Cyrus said he wished the show that launched his daughter to pop stardom had never happened.

“I hate to say it, but yes, I do. Yeah. I’d take it back in a second,” Cyrus said. “For my family to be here and just be everybody OK, safe and sound and happy and normal, would have been fantastic. Heck, yeah. I’d erase it all in a second if I could.”

Cyrus and his wife, Tish, filed for divorce in October. They have three children together — Miley is the oldest — and two from Tish’s previous marriage.

—Associated Press

Machine leads on ‘Jeopardy!’

The computer outsmarted its human competitors in Game 1 of the Man vs. Machine matchup on “Jeopardy!”

On the 30-question game board, veteran “Jeopardy!” champs Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter managed only five correct responses between them during the Double Jeopardy round that aired Tuesday. They ended the first game of the two-game face-off with paltry earnings of $4,800 and $10,400, respectively.

Watson, their IBM supercomputer nemesis, emerged from the Final Jeopardy round with $35,734.

The trio will return on Wednesday, when their second game is aired. The bouts were taped at the IBM research center in Yorktown Heights, N.Y., last month.

—Associated Press

Rooney granted

restraining order

A judge has approved Mickey Rooney’s request for a temporary restraining order from his stepson, who is accused in court filings of withholding food and medicine from the 90-year-old veteran actor and meddling in his personal finances.

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Reva Goetz approved the stay-away order on Monday after attorneys for Rooney sought protection for him, claiming he lives in fear of stepson Chris Aber.

The order requires Aber to stay 100 yards away from Rooney until a hearing on Feb. 24, when the restraining order may be extended.

—Associated Press