Box Office Weekly #046 (MP3 - 15.6 MB - 23 min)
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In todays show: Judith Regan — Will She Direct Apocalypto II? … Velvet Underground Rocks, but Judy Garland blows… And in my commentary, I watch big media throw up its hands and surrender. All this and the Pursuit of Happyness pays off, today on [...]

The media, in the guise of TIME MAGAZINE, has declared “you” to be person of the year. In other words, bloggers. So really they mean me. Thanks, Time-Warner! Hope this helps me get a sponsor!
This decision can be read a few ways. The first, my favorite, is this choice has been their fallback for the [...]

Animation Pioneer Joe Barbera dies at age 95
Exit, stage left!

Ahmet Ertegun, Atlantic Records exec, dead at 83.
Chris Hayward, ROCKY AND BULLWINKLE writer, dead at 81.
Dennis Payton, Founding Member of the Dave Clark 5 but not Dave Clark, dead at 63.
Rough weekend, huh!

Welcome to Oscar season. It’s a little late, this invitation, and I’m oh so sorry I didn’t get to you sooner. This is the time of year that the studios campaign for Oscar© consideration, taking out ads in the trades and holding screenings and twisting a few arms, all in an attempt to get a [...]

There is this funny greeting card you see once in a while - a file picture from the fifties, of a woman with an anguished expression on her face with the speech balloon, “Oh no… I forgot to have children!” I woke up this morning with the same thought about the Golden Globes.
The nominations were [...]

BORAT ATTENDS HOLOCAUST DENIAL CONVENTION IN IRAN
Now that’s comedy!
GEORGIA BOARD OF EDUCATION WILL ALLOW HARRY POTTER BOOKS
“These books are harmless,” said chairman Snape.
STAR JONES TO HOST RADIO TALK SHOW
Who wouldn’t want 4 hours of Star Jones?
GIRLS GONE WILD IMPRESSARIO FINED 1.6 MILLION
Coming up next: Women Going Somewhat Less Inhibited.
PRINCE TO PERFORM AT THE SUPERBOWL [...]

Oh, those rascals at the Sony Marketing Department! Last week they were forced to admit that http://www.alliwantforxmasisapsp.com was not a spontaneous grassroots effort by kids to convince people to buy them a PSP; in fact it was a dumb, poorly-disguised corporate website flogging the game console. It brought to mind another borderline-illegal stunt, also from [...]

I wish I had thought of this idea for a column by Dave Larson of the Dayton Daily News - he compiled a list of the top ten worst Christmas Specials. I’m on board with every single one of them. If you truly hate Christmas, or just the spirit of Christmas, you must get a [...]

The dual Hollywood in the title here refers to Universal Studios AND Jesse James Hollywood, the alleged murderer and drug dealer. Attorneys for JJ Hollywood have lost their bid to prevent the release of ALPHA DOG, a movie about him (well, kind of about him) in January. There will be an appeal, of course. As [...]