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For the second week in a row, Mario’s “Let Me Love You” topped Billboard’s Hot 100 singles chart, while Ciara’s “1, 2 Step” moved up one to No. 2, trading places with Snoop Dogg’s former chart-topper “Drop It Like It’s Hot.”
Averaging one slot per week, Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz’ “Lovers and Friends” […]

There appears to be life for a movie beyond its theatrical engagment.
Films that earn $50 million-$100 million at the box office nearly always generate more revenue on home video than at movie theaters, but DVD expanded that trend to include lower-grossing films during 2004.
For example, Lions Gate’s actioner “The Punisher,” which generated $33 million at […]

Director Takashi Miike fashions an explosive drama in Audition (2000). Shigeharu Aoyama (Ryo Ishibashi) has lived as a widower for too long and decides it’s time to marry again. But how will he find a wife? When a friend suggests he hold a fake audition to pick the right woman, he takes him up on […]

Grammy Award-winner John Mayer returned to his alma mater to be inducted into its Hall of Fame — and wound up in the headmaster’s office.
The 27-year-old guitarist and singer, a 1995 graduate of Fairfield Warde High School, decided to attend the induction ceremony but was barred because of what school officials said were security concerns. […]

Rank, Movie Title, Weekend Gross, Cumultative Gross
1. Meet the Fockers, $44,700,000, $68,500,000 (set a record for Christmas Day, earning $19.1 million. The previous record was set last year when “The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King” earned $14 million on Christmas Day)
2. Fat Albert, $12,700,000, $12,700,000
3. Lemony Snicket’s A Series […]

Here’s my list of the top ten gritty movies, or movies that either shocked me when I first saw them or made me wince. (These movies may not be so shocking now.):
1. The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover (1990) — This movie features one gross scene after another. Perhaps, more […]

In the alleged youth culture of the U.S., it pays to tour when one is over 40:
In a dismal year for the touring industry, with ticket prices soaring and seats going unsold, music fans in North America partied like it was 1989 as Prince and Madonna topped the concert box office.
According to freshly tabulated estimates […]

Here’s a list of my favorite romantic movies:
1. Bridget Jones’ Diary (2000) — Gives hope to bumbling 30-something’s everywhere……
2. Pillow Talk (1959) — Doris Day and Rock Hudson were in several movies similar to this one. This one was by far the best. Unlike movies today, which are so blunt […]

What is your favorite break-up song?
Here’s a growing list of some of my favorites:

Avril Lavigne, “My Happy Ending” — I love this song,
probably one of the better of the bunch
Alanis Morrissette, “You Oughta Know” — An angry song,
yet still a little pathetic. You were dumped, moved on.
Justin Timberlake, “Cry Me a River” — […]

All dates are tentative. (From Yahoo Movies)

Opening
December 29, 2004

The Assassination of Richard Nixon (Limited)
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