Box Office: Beverly Hill Chihuahua Number One

Beverly Hills Chihuahua #1
Box Office Results:
Weekend of October 3-5 2008



It was a a movie weekend that Paris Hilton could love.

Beverly Hills Chihuahua finished in the top spot with $29.3 million in gross ticket sales. Eagle Eye ($17.7M) and Nick and Nora's Infinite Playlist (11.3) finished 2nd and 3rd respectively.

The weekend was Hollywood's busiest opening weekend in years.

There are seven movies opening in wide-release this weekend. Let that sink in for a minute. Seven films! That's the most crowded opening weekend in years.
--Hilary Lewis, Seven Movies Battling It Out At The Box Office

American Carol finished the weekend in a respectable ninth, with $3.65 in ticket sales--about a quarter million dollars higher than predicted.




1 Beverly Hills Chihuahua - - - - - $29,300,465 - $29,300,465
2 Eagle Eye - - - - - $17,709,817 - $54,614,521
3 Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist $11,311,751 - $11,311,751
4 Nights in Rodanthe - - - - - - - - $7,368,259 - -$25,088,183
5 Appaloosa - - - - - - - - - - - - - -$5,050,310 - - $5,605,167
6 Lakeview Terrace - - - - - - - - - - $4,561,227 - -$32,201,255
7 Burn After Reading - - - - - - - - - $4,120,129 - -$51,678,103
8 Fireproof - - - - - - - - - - - - - -$3,987,509 - -$12,410,216
9 An American Carol - - - - - - - - - -$3,656,000 - - $3,656,000
10 Religulous - - - - - - - - - - - - - $3,409,643 - - $3,428,633
--WEEKEND BOX OFFICE: October 3–5, 2008

American Carol finished fourth among the debuting features.


by Mondo
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DBKP Today in Weird History: February 21, 2008

WAR, TERRORISM, DISASTER, LANDMARKS, PROGRESS, CHINA CARD, JEWS, WATERGATE, ADVENTURE, POLITICS, DIPLOMACY, SPORTS, DRAWN and QUARTERED, EJECTED, SALUTE, MONEY, ALARMS, BOOKS, BRAINS, FIZZ, PRO WRESTLING, SCIENCE, BEATLES, MUSIC, MOONIES, SERIAL KILLERS, RECORDS, TV PREACHERS, DRUGS, BORN, BIRTHDAYS, DEATH

TERRORISM

1965 black Muslim leader and civil rights activist Malcolm X, 39, was shot to death inside the Audubon Ballroom in New York by assassins identified as members of the Nation of Islam.

WAR!

1862 Texas Rangers win Confederate victory at Battle of Val Verde, New Mexico.

1916 the World War I Battle of Verdun began in France as German forces attacked; the French were able to prevail after 10 months of fighting.

2003 Chief U.N. inspector Hans Blix ordered the destruction of dozens of Iraqi missiles with ranges that violated U.N. limits.

2007 British Prime Minister Tony Blair announced his country would withdraw around 1,600 troops from Iraq in the coming months; Denmark, meanwhile, said it would withdraw its 460 troops.

DISASTER

1917 Train near Chirurcha Romania catches fire & explodes; 100s die.

1922 Airship Rome explodes at Hampton Roads Virginia; 34 die.

1971 Series of tornadoes cuts through Mississippi & Louisiana killing 117.

2003 The owners of The Station nightclub in West Warwick, R.I., where 100 people perished in a fast-moving fire the night before, denied giving the rock band Great White permission to use fireworks blamed for setting off the blaze, although the band's singer insisted the use of pyrotechnics had been approved.

DRAWN & QUARTERED

1803 Edward Despard last person drawn & quartered in England.

PRO WRESTLING

1947 Whipper Billy Watson beats Bill Longson, to become wrestling champion.

EJECTED

1764 John Wilkes thrown out of English House of Commons for "Essay on Women".

FIZZ

1931 Alka Seltzer introduced.

RECORDS

1983 Donald Davis runs 1 mile backwards in 6 minutes 7.1 seconds.

SALUTE

1777 English ambassador Joseph Yorke demands dismissal of Governor John de Graaff for saluting US flag.

BEATLES

1964 UK flies 24,000 rolls of Beatle wallpaper to US.

TV PREACHERS

1988 During a live TV broadcast, televangelist Jimmy Swaggart (age 52) admitted to visiting a prostitute, then announced he would be leaving his ministry for an unspecified length of time. (Defrocked in April by the Assemblies of God, he was ordered to stay off TV for a year, but returned after only three months).

MONEY

1857 Congress outlaws foreign currency as legal tender in US.

BRAINS

1902 Dr Harvey Cushing, 1st US brain surgeon, does his 1st brain operation.

ALARMS

1858 Edwin T Holmes installs 1st electric burglar alarm (Boston MA).

SERIAL KILLERS

1981 "Yorkshire Ripper" Peter Sutcliffe, murderer of 13 women, captured.

BOOKS

1878 1st telephone directory (with 50 names) issued (New Haven CT).

SCIENCE

1953 F Crick & J Watson discover structure of DNA-molecule.

DRUGS

1989 US bust Chinese heroin ring, capture record 820 lbs heroin ($1 billion street value).

LANDMARKS

1885 the Washington Monument was dedicated.

MUSIC

1970 Jackson 5 make TV debut on "American Bandstand".


PROGRESS

1947 Edwin H. Land publicly demonstrated his Polaroid Land camera, which could produce a black-and-white photograph in 60 seconds.

CHINA CARD

1972 President Nixon began his historic visit to China as he and his wife, Pat, arrived in Shanghai.

JEWS

1943 Dutch Roman Catholic bishops protest against persecution of Jews.

1973 Israeli fighter planes shot down Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114 over the Sinai Desert, killing more than 100 people.

1974 Israeli forces leave western Suez.

WATERGATE

1975 Former Attorney General John N. Mitchell and former White House aides H.R. Haldeman and John D. Ehrlichman were sentenced to 2 1/2 to 8 years in prison for their roles in the Watergate cover-up.

ADVENTURE

1995 Chicago adventurer Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo across the Pacific Ocean in a balloon, landing in Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada.

POLITICS

2000 Consumer advocate Ralph Nader announced his entry into the presidential race, bidding for the nomination of the Green Party.

DIPLOMACY

1998 U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan began formal talks with Iraqi officials in the standoff over weapons inspections.

SPORTS

1979 2 Iowa girls High School basketball teams play 4 scoreless quarters; the game was won 4-2 in the 4th overtime period.

2003 Michael Jordan became the first 40-year-old in NBA history to score 40 or more points, getting 43 in the Washington Wizards' 89-86 win over the New Jersey Nets.

MOONIES

1977 74 Unification Church couples wed in New York NY.

BORN

1794 Antonio López de Santa Anna President of México (1833-36).

1887 Savielly [Xavier] G Tartakower Austrian/Polish/French chess player.

1893 Andrés Segovia Linares Spain, classical guitarist.

1907 Anglo-American poet W.H. Auden was born in York, England.

1914 Arnold S Denker New York, US chess champion (1944-46).

1927 Erma Bombeck Dayton OH, humorist (The Grass is Always Greener...).

BIRTHDAYS

Fashion designer Hubert de Givenchy is 81. Movie director Bob Rafelson is 75. Actress Rue McClanahan is 73. Actor Gary Lockwood is 71. Actor Peter McEnery is 68. Film/music company executive David Geffen is 65. Actor Alan Rickman is 62. Actress Tyne Daly is 62. Actor Anthony Daniels is 62. Tricia Nixon Cox is 62. Sen. Olympia J. Snowe, R-Maine, is 61. Rock musician Jerry Harrison (The Talking Heads) is 59. Actress Christine Ebersole is 55. Actor William Petersen is 55. Actor Kelsey Grammer is 53. Country singer Mary Chapin Carpenter is 50. Actor Jack Coleman is 50. Actor Christopher Atkins is 47. Rock singer Ranking Roger is 47. Actor William Baldwin is 45. Rock musician Michael Ward is 41. Actress Aunjanue Ellis is 39. Blues musician Corey Harris is 39. Country singer Eric Heatherly is 38. Rock musician Eric Wilson is 38. Rock musician Tad Kinchla (Blues Traveler) is 35. Actress Jennifer Love Hewitt is 29. Singer Charlotte Church is 22. Actress Ellen Page (Film: "Juno") is 21. Actor Corbin Bleu is 19.

DEATH

1991 Dame Margot Fonteyn ballerina, dies of cancer at 71.

February 21, the 52nd day of 2008. There are 314 days left in the year.

compiled by Mondoreb
image: umn
Sources:
* Today in History
* Today in History



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Today In History: January 1, 2008

WAR!, TERRORISM, DISASTER, LABOR, SMOKE NAZIS, CIVIL RIGHTS, MAINSTREAM MEDIA, WATERGATE, PRISONS, POPULATION, SPORTS, NANNY STATE, TAXES, MUSIC, COMICS, COMPUTERS, MONEY, VITAMINS, DAREDEVILS, BORN, DEATH



1922 Vancouver BC starts driving on the right side of road

WAR!

1944 General Clark replaces General Patton as commander of 7th Army.

1950 Ho Chi Minh begins offensive against French troops in Indo-China.

1951 Massive Chinese/North Korean assault on UN-lines.

1959 Castro leads Cuba to victory as Fulgencio Batista flees to Dominican Republic.

DISASTER

1926 Rhine flood strikes Cologne.

1978 Air India B747 explodes near Bombay killing 213.

1987 60 bodies recovered in Dupont Plaza Hotel fire in Puerto Rico.

LABOR

1911 Belgian Mining law introduces 9�-hour work day.

1966 12 day transit worker strike shuts down New York City NY subway.

SMOKE NAZIS

1966 All US cigarette packs have to carry "Caution Cigarette smoking may be hazardous to your health".

1971 Cigarette advertisements banned on TV.

1993 Cigarette advertisements are banned in New York City NY's MTA.

1998 All California bars, clubs & card rooms must be smoke-free

2008 Colorado bans smoking in casinos. Anti-smoking advocates argue that any tents or enclosures to make it more comfortable to smoke outdoors are illegal also.

TERRORISM

1965 Palestinian al-Fatah organization forms.

1980 Mob storms Russian embassy in Teheran.

CIVIL RIGHTS

1916 1st issue of "Journal of Negro History" published.

1990 David Dinkins sworn in as 1st black mayor of New York City NY.

MAINSTREAM MEDIA

1935 Associated Press inaugurates Wirephoto.

1936 1st newspaper to microfilm its current issues, New York Herald Tribune.

1974 NBC radio begins on the hour news 24 hours a day (following CBS lead).

1976 NBC replaces the peacock logo.

WATERGATE

1975 Haldeman, Ehrlichman, Mitchell & Mardian convicted of Watergate crime.

PRISONS

1934 Alcatraz officially becomes a federal prison.

POPULATION

1960 US census at 179,245,000.

1998 US Census Bureau estimates population at 268,921,733.

NANNY STATE

1985 US's 1st manadatory seat belt law goes into effect (NY).

SPORTS

1916 1st football game in Rose Bowl (Washington State-Brown).

1929 Roy Riegels runs 60 yards the wrong way with Rose Bowl fumble recovery.

1935 1st Sugar Bowl & 1st Orange Bowl.

1942 Rose Bowl played in North Carolina due to Japanese threat-Oregon 20, Duke 16.

1944 Army defeats Navy 10-7 in football "Arab Bowl", Oran, North Africa.

1954 Rose & Cotton Bowl are 1st sport colorcasts.

1969 Jack Kent Cooke, owner of NHL's Los Angeles Kings, fines each player $100 for "NOT" arguing with the referee.

POPE

1982 Pope John Paul II prays for an end to martial law in Poland.

TAXES

1862 1st US income tax (3% of incomes > $600, 5% of incomes > $10,000).

1941 Netherlands begins taxing wages.

MUSIC

1956 Elvis Presley records Heartbreak Hotel for RCA in Nashville.

1960 Johnny Cash plays 1st of many free concerts behind bars.

1962 Beatles' Decca audition is unsuccessful.

1966 Simon & Garfunkel's "Sounds of Silence" reaches #1.

1985 VH-1 made its broadcasting debut.

COMICS

1995 Last "Far Side" by cartoonist Gary Larson (started 1980)

COMPUTERS

1946 ENIAC, US 1st computer finished by Mauchly/Eckert.

MONEY

1961 Largest check issued, National Bank of Chicago to Sears ($960.242 billion).

FIRSTS

1914 1st scheduled airline flight, St Petersburg-Tampa (Tony Jannus pilot).

1928 1st US air-conditioned office building opens, San Antonio.

1944 1st feature-length foreign movie, African Journey, shown on TV, New York City NY.

VITAMINS

1996 After 27 years, Betty Rubble debuts as a Flintstone vitamin.

SCIENCE

1957 International Geophysical Year begins; ends 6/30/1958 (18-month year).

DAREDEVILS

1968 Evel Knievel fails in his attempt to jump Caesar's Palace Fountain

BORN

1449 Lorenzo de' Medici [The Magnificent] of Florence
1729 Edmund Burke British author/famous Whig (Philosophy & Inquiry, Reflections on the Revolution)
1735 Paul Revere silversmith/US patriot (British are coming)
1745 "Mad" Anthony Wayne General
1854 Sir James Frazer Britain, anthropologist/author (The Golden Bough)
1863 Pierre de Coubertin France, baron (revived Olympic games)
1867 Charles Edward Montague English author/critic (Fiery Particles)
1879 E[dward] M Forster London England, novelist (Howard's End, Passage to India)
1895 J Edgar Hoover Washington DC, Director of US Fedreal Bureau of Investigation
1900 Xavier Cugat [Francisco de As�s Javier Cugat Mingall de Brue y Deulofeo] Tirona Catalonia Spain, bandleader (married Abbe Lane, Charo)
1909 Barry Goldwater (Senator-R-AZ, 1953-65, 69- )/Presidential candidate (R) 1964)
1911 Hammerin' Hank Greenberg Hall-of-Fame 1st baseman (Detroit Tiger)
1912 Kim Philby British spy/Soviet mole
1912 Victor Reuther Wheeling WV, labor leader
1919 J[erome] D[avid] Salinger New York City, NY, novelist (Catcher in the Rye)
1938 Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard Queen of Netherlands (1980- )
1943 Don Novello [Father Guido Sarducci], Ashtabula OH, comedian (SNL)
1958 Grandmaster Flash [Joseph Saddler], New York City, NY, rocker (Message)
1967 Derrick Thomas NFL linebacker (Kansas City Chiefs)
1986 Alexa Ray Joel daughter of Billy Joel & Christie Brinkley

DEATH

1557 Jacques Cartier French explorer (Canada), dies at 65
1782 Johann Christian Bach German composer/Mozart's tutor, dies at 46
1787 Arthur Middleton US farmer (signed Declaration of Independence), dies at 44
1953 Hank Williams country singer (Cold Cold Heart), dies at 29
1972 Maurice A Chevalier French actor (Can Can, Gigi), dies at 83

January 1, 2008, the first day of the year. New Years Day, there are 365 days left in the Year.

compiled by Mondoreb
[image: hatrickpatrick]
Source: Today in History





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Ron Paul, Wolf Blitzer: In the Situation Room

Ron Paul talks about his "phenomenal" fund-raising day, as Wolf Blitzer describes it. Paul, a Republican presidential candidate raised over 4.2 million dollars in one day as part of his campaign's "Money Bomb" fund-raising activities.

Wolf Blitzer interview Paul in the "Situation Room".

Video is 6:56.

Blitzer calls the fund-raising effort "amazing" and asks Dr. Paul why he thinks it was accomplished.

Paul attributes the effort to "frustration" by the "grass roots".
Blitzer also says that Paul's support in the CNN Poll has risen to 5%--more than double what he had two months ago.

Paul talks about what, if any, other candidates he might support. Blitzer also asks Paul if he'd run as a third-party candidate.

Dr. Paul says that if he does not get the nomination, he will remain in Congress.

Blitzer also details the many dissenting votes that Paul has cast in 425-1 House bills.

This may change the way other campaigns plan their fund-raising tactics.

by Mondoreb




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Gold Standard Stories: Tale of Two Rons [ plus video]

David Wiegel's "Hit and Run" at Reason, has an interesting comment about two Ron's: Ron Paul and Ron Reagan. On the issue of the gold standard, the two Ron's shared much the same view.

The piece starts out by examining a recent piece by the Washington Monthly that has some less than sparkling remarks about Dr. Paul

Kevin Drum calls Ron Paul a "fruitcake" and demands that you--yes, you!--stop taking him so damn seriously.

Wiegel then goes on to look at a few of Drum's accusations, as well as some other recent articles that paint Paul as "crazy". Then he makes, what to some, will be a startling observation:

I guess I've got to break the news: If Paul's anachronistic gold-and-silder obsession is enough to call him "crazy," conservatives had better be ready to ditch one of their heroes.

Who is the conservative hero Wiegel's referring to?

None other than the Gipper himself, Ronald Wilson Reagan.

To anyone who came of age cheering Reagan's Revolution, it's heartening to read about his exploits again. Anyone wanting to get a sense of Reagan, the man and the president, should invest in a copy of "The Reagan Diaries".

They are Reagan at his best and most candid. The complete leather-bound set of Reagan diaries are included and edited. It's a joy for any Reagan admirer.

And Wiegel's article is a bit of joy for any Ron Paul admirer.

CLASSIC VIDEO:
Video of a younger Ron Paul explaining the benefits of the gold standard. It's under 8 minutes--kinda long: we like to keep them at 4 minutes and under--but it's hard to cut it without distorting the message.



by Mondoreb




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