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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Origins: Wolverine, a prequel to three Marvel hits, with Jackman serving this time as star and producer, grossed a burly $87 million at the North American box office. McConaughey's Ghosts of Girlfriends Past earned $15.3 million. The totals nearly replicated those of last year's first May weekend, when Marvel's Iron Man took in $98.6 million to $14.8 million for the Patrick Dempsey romantic comedy Made of Honor. Shrugging off tepid reviews, Wolverine proved that Hugh is huge, movie-starwise, as long as he carries cutlery between his knuckles. In its first two days' release, it easily outperformed...
...water, but also because another date movie had, in industry parlance, long legs. Namely, Beyoncé's. Her loving-wife-confronts-crazy-stalker-lady thriller Obsessed, last week's No. 1, finished a strong third with $12.2 million. The movie has now earned in 10 days what another musical star's solo effort, the Zac Efron 17 Again, grossed in 17; it took fourth place...
...example, next week's Star Trek, J.J. Abrams' re-spiffing of the 1960s TV series. Jackman-Wolverine may be able to defeat evil geniuses, lab-made supervillains and his nasty half-brother, but he's unlikely to withstand the challenge of a teenage James Kirk. As for Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, it will disappear into the ether, and McConaughey can go back to being tickled...
...Then Reo passed on what she was learning. Blogging as Team Reo on www.mom2momdfw.com, a blog set up by the Fort Worth Star Telegram, she has shared the ups and downs of dealing with a CHD baby and passed on basic hygiene tips: "People know how to wash their hands, they just don't do it long enough. So... Scrub with the soap for at least as long as it takes to sing "Happy Birthday!" She also added a YouTube video on the proper ways to sneeze. "Quite funny but educational! I love the different sneeze techniques...
...however, back off from its commitment to offering a free education, and this year, not surprisingly, as applications cratered at some expensive schools, Berea notched a 15% increase. And more of the students applying were of a higher academic caliber. The number who received the school's top "four-star" academic rating jumped 10%, raising the average GPA of admitted students to 3.48. All of which might be expected after an October survey from MeritAid.com found that 57% of high school seniors were considering a less prestigious school for financial reasons. Berea is used to getting high-quality students...