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...Given how appealing Stewart is, with her bravado masking the permanent vulnerability of a good heart, the prospect of seeing her meet some grisly fate at the hands of her companions is even gloomier than counting how many more Twilight movies she has to make. Director Udayan Prasad keeps hyping the possibility by cutting to unsettling flashbacks featuring Maria Bello as Brett's former boss and crush. Is Brett wounded or the wounder? That boilerplate suspense technique is too obviously manipulative to have the creepy power of Gordy's resentful glances. (See the top 10 movies...
...Alvin and the Chipmunks, came in third with $17.1 million, and The Ugly Truth, Katherine Heigl's R-rated tryst with Gerard Butler, plunged 53% to amass $13 million. Since the movie cost only $38 million to make, it'll end up in the black. The financial future is gloomier for the comedy Aliens in the Attic, which opened in the basement at $7.8 million...
...absolutely certain why folks are in such a bad mood in Oklahoma, but they are. They're even gloomier in Mississippi. As for Kentucky? Just try and find a smile. Things are a whole lot cheerier, though, in Iowa, Nebraska and the Dakotas. And not surprisingly, the happiest state in the nation is sunny Hawaii...
...know until it actually happens. A crucial aspect of every recession is the interplay between expectations and economic reality. For a time, gloomy expectations drive consumers and businesses to cut back, deepening the recession and making everyone even gloomier. Just like now. But at some point those expectations become so dire that the real economy begins to surprise on the upside, and the way is cleared for recovery. In early October, pollsters commissioned by CNN, after describing the economic conditions of the Great Depression, asked respondents if a return to such misery was likely. Almost 60% said yes. And perhaps...
...downside outlook is even gloomier: 10.5 million units next year, growing to only 12.8 million in 2012. That's right around break-even for a restructured...