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‘Avatar’ tops box office for 6th straight week

By doris | Published: January 25, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com LOS ANGELES – James Cameron’s “Avatar” is on a course to sink “Titanic” at the box office. No. 1 for the sixth-straight weekend with $36 million, the 20th Century Fox sci-fi spectacle lifted its domestic total to $552.8 million, according to studio estimates Sunday. “Avatar” raised its worldwide total to $1.841 [...]

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‘New Moon’ wins another box office weekend

By doris | Published: December 1, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com (Entertainment Weekly) — Studio execs should give plenty of thanks to female moviegoers: “Twilight: New Moon” and “The Blind Side” led the best-ever Thanksgiving weekend at the box office by drawing women and families into theaters, while male-centric newcomers “Old Dogs” and “Ninja Assassin” only earned so-so numbers. Following its record-breaking [...]

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The Gosselins battle over birthday cakes

By doris | Published: October 9, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com Now it looks like even Kate’s chocolate cake may be caught up in the bitterness. On Wednesday, Jon, 32, was spotted with bags of gifts for his oldest daughters — and a big box from a high-end New York City bakery. Earlier in the day, Jon had accused Kate, 34, of [...]

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‘Angels & Demons’ fails to draw Vatican’s ire

By doris | Published: May 5, 2009

Full Story At  CNN.com Howard, who premiered the follow-up in Rome, Italy, this week, said there was “residual antagonism from ‘The Da Vinci Code,’ ” but Vatican officials ignored the movie by not responding to suggestions that the church was offended. The first movie based on Dan Brown’s mega-selling novels earned $750 million worldwide in [...]

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‘Race to Witch Mountain’ casts a spell at No. 1

By doris | Published: March 16, 2009

Full Story At CNN.com That’s the second best opening ever for a movie fronted by Dwayne Johnson alone, trailing only the first feature that starred the artist formerly known as The Rock, “The Scorpion King,” which banked $36.1 million in its 2002 debut.

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‘Watchmen’ conquers box office with $55.7 million

By doris | Published: March 9, 2009

Full Story At LOS ANGELES – “Watchmen” clocked in with $55.7 million in ticket sales to claim the top spot at the box office, making director Zack Snyder’s comic book adaptation about a team of twisted superheros the biggest opening of 2009 so far. Still, it was not quite as big as the $70 million [...]

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