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*All historical figures cited are adjusted to today’s dollars. Every studio but Fox is reporting that “Clash of the Titans” won the box office this weekend, but Rupert Murdoch and co. insist it was, in fact, “Date Night.” Final results won’t be unveiled until tomorrow, but for now, we have to take their word for […]
SUNDAY CENTS: ‘Date’ and ‘Titans’ clash
Posted by Chad Hartigan · 12:05 pm · April 11th, 2010
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SUNDAY CENTS: Cash of the ‘Titans’
Posted by Chad Hartigan · 8:34 am · April 4th, 2010
*All historical figures cited are adjusted to today’s dollars. Alright. “Clash of the Titans” is the number one film at the box office with a weekend take of $61.4 million. Is that a tally worthy of the Gods? Simply put, in my opinion, no. Let’s set aside the 3D for a second and just pretend […]
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Sweet smell of desperation
Posted by Guy Lodge · 12:12 pm · February 22nd, 2010
It’s almost as if the ratings-hungry Oscarcast producers watched last night’s BAFTA sweep for “The Hurt Locker,” finally accepted they’re going to receive no assistance from the awards, and duly sprung into action. Right on cue comes today’s announcement that Miley Cyrus, Kristen Stewart, Taylor Lautner and Zac Efron will all be presenting on March […]
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SUNDAY CENTS: Whoa, Montana!
Posted by Chad Hartigan · 7:23 pm · April 12th, 2009
Miley Cyrus proved to be just as popular in two dimensions as she was in three as “Hannah Montana: The Movie” opened at the top of the Easter box office chart with $34 million. Given that $17 million of that came from Friday alone, one could assume that this will be a one-week wonder. However, […]
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LOL
Posted by Guy Lodge · 12:37 pm · February 27th, 2009
How did I miss this? From the Guardian’s Oscar wrap earlier this week: When Miley Cyrus told news media that Angelina Jolie is her “favourite figure from history,” was it because she thinks that Jolie is Alexander the Great’s mother, Colin Farrell the King of Macedonia and Brad Pitt Achilles? Sure, why not? Priceless. But let’s […]
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TECH SUPPORT: Best Original Song
Posted by gerardkennedy · 12:12 pm · December 19th, 2008
As I said a few weeks ago, I would not analyze the last “tech” category until the eligible entries had been announced. Now that the Academy has named 49 finalists for Best Original Song, and with the BFCA and HFPA rattling off their list of nominees (though they are, admittedly, not great predictors), the time […]
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Academy shortlists 49 original songs
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:36 am · December 17th, 2008
… and 11 of them (count ’em) are from “High School Musical 3: Senior Year.” That’s over a fifth of the contenders, so I’m guessing the folks at Disney will be pretty mortified if at least one of them doesn’t make the final five. And hell, one of them should. I’m not too snobbish to […]
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