From the Los Angeles Times, Thursday January 29th, 2009: 2 DIE IN HEAD-ON COLLISION A Culver City police officer and a Van Nuys man were killed Wednesday in a head-on collision that closed several lanes of the 10 freeway for
Liam Neeson is officially a full-fledged action star. The Irish-born actor has often played heroes, whether it was Oskar Schindler in Steven Spielberg’s masterpiece Schindler’s List, the wise Qui-Gon Jinn in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace or
In 2006, Magnolia released the French sci-fi action thriller District B13, written and produced by Luc Besson and directed by his longtime collaborator Pierre Morel. The US domestic engagements grossed an estimated $1.2M, but previously, the movie delivered a solid
The chubby guy on the Segway rallied for a come-from-behind win over the Beckinsale-less Underworld sequel, but regardless, it was a 1-2 finish for Sony. When I originally predicted that Paul Blart: Mall Cop as the likely weekend winner over
Good news for anyone connected to President Obama: Hollywood may soon be calling. That’s right, not just the rich, famous or politically connected; but your average, everyday working person with some sort of connection to the newly installed First Family
Michael Sheen has two movies in release this weekend. The classically-trained Welsh actor plays Lucien in the wildly commercial Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (Sony), opening on about 3,000 screens, and he plays David Frost in Frost/Nixon (Universal), expanding to
Guys named Dev, Akshay, Piyush and Anoop could become household names in 2009, winning Oscars, generating box office revenue for US studios, preparing for a Presidential run and even becoming the American Idol. The term Desi (pronounced Deshi) refers to
It was a typical Hollywood working party. Fox brought their TV talent out to a club in L.A., all black leather and rocker skulls, to mingle with reporters. Loud music playing. Open bar flowing. Familiar faces surrounded by unrecognized and
Paul Blart: Mall Cop (Sony), My Bloody Valentine 3-D (Lionsgate) and the Sean Combs’-produced hip hop biopic Notorious (Fox Searchlight) lead a strong-performing quartet of wide releases as Hollywood seems headed for the biggest 4-day Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday
Who would have ever guessed that my favorite game would be such a popular addition to reality TV? Suddenly, poker is bigger than Paris Hilton and Donald Trump put together. (Come to think of it, I suspect it’s only a
The Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend brings four new wide releases to America’s multiplexes along with one major expansion. The Monday holiday means stronger-than-average business on Sunday and a bonus fourth day of steady sales, especially for younger-skewing movies.
SUNDAY 10AM: As I first reported Friday night, Clint Eastwood is king this weekend at the box office, and although Gran Torino (Warner Bros) didn’t quite reach $30M, its final 3-day studio estimate of $29M is still easily the best
A list of dance numbers would be too easy with an Astaire or Kelly or the barn-raising sequence from Seven Brides For Seven Brothers. We’ll save those for another list. These are the deep cuts, hidden gems that make you
Tonight at 9pm and midnight ET, the Fox News Channel airs a one-hour video diary of Gary Sinise thanking our troops in Iraq. The L.A. Times has more: The actor will be featured in “On the Road in Iraq with
If you’re like me (and who isn’t?), you’ve been distracted today, and not very productive. (Well, that’s me every day, but I digress.) Instead, you’ve been counting down the minutes to 5:15 PM (PST) tonight, when the BCS college football
Good Afternoon! I received a call this morning – from the Republican Party. A very lovely sounding woman came on the line and thanked me for my support during the past election, that enabled such a good showing battling the
A year ago, Fox scored a January hit with the female-geared 27 Dresses. The Katherine Heigl vehicle chick-flick opened with $23M on the weekend of January 18 en route to a nifty $76.8M domestic gross. Now Kate Hudson has produced
Steve Mason is on Facebook and now also on Twitter. SUNDAY MORNING: In Studio 3-Day Estimates, the top 5 for the first weekend of 2009 remain the same as the order of finish for Christmas weekend. Marley & Me (Fox)
Steve Mason is on Facebook and now also on Twitter. SUNDAY MORNING: Dog lovers everywhere united to make Fox’s Marley & Me the #1 Christmas weekend movie with an expected $51.18M in the Thursday-thru-Sunday period for a Per Theatre Average
In the movie business, there are no real holidays, and tonight, while the studio executives are nestled all snug in their beds, visions of big Christmas Day box office receipts dance in their heads. Five major wide releases arrive in
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