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Call it a Super Bowl weekend upset or proof of the law of diminishing returns - or even the triumph of one love story over another. Whatever the explanation, Dear John, a young-adult weepie based on a novel by The Notebook's Nicholas Sparks, dethroned Avatar as king of the domestic box office, according to early studio estimates. The clear victory - $32.4 million for Dear John to the sci-fi eco-epic's $23.6 million - ends Avatar's weekend winning streak at seven. James Cameron's previous smash, Titanic, reigned for an astounding 16 consecutive weeks, from its opening...
...Davis, a rare blow-dried Republican in liberal Los Angeles, has played this card before. He first made his mark on the national scene by producing a 10-minute movie for 2002 Georgia gubernatorial candidate Sonny Purdue that depicted the sitting governor, Roy Barnes, as "King Roy," a giant rat with a gold crown, stomping like Godzilla through Atlanta. That was before the advent of YouTube and viral videos, so he screened the film for journalists at a movie theater; the next day, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution ran an image from the spot on its front page. Purdue went...
...told a congressional panel on Wednesday morning that people should stop driving their Toyotas, then later toned down his comment to a repair advisory. Maybe it's just Washington's new toughness in dealing with Big Business, but LaHood's shot was clearly a sign that respect for the king of cars is no longer in effect...
...Honestly I don’t know if we’ll run into a team as quick as them,” BC head coach Katie King said. “They come on you pretty quick so they make you make decisions quicker. That was something that took us a little time to get used...
...She’s never played in a Beanpot before,” King said. “She’s never experienced any of this, and I thought she really did come up with some big saves for us, especially in that first period, to get our kids into the game...