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...Train Didn't Stop...
...lined its pockets with cash from the higher ticket prices; last weekend it made 95% of its North American gross in those specialty rooms. Next weekend, though, the movie will lose most of its 3-D venues to Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland. Not that folks will stop seeing the Cameron spectacle, even in 2-D - free publicity from the ramp-up to the March 7 Oscar show will keep it fresh in viewers' minds - but soon it may be time to say ta-ta to Avatar...
...Stop doing that awkward avoid-the-elephant-in-the-room mumble whenever someone tries to bring up blocking...
...sign of the cross, then delivered a record-setting performance set to Gershwin that earned her not only the Olympic gold but the highest point total of any woman so far under the new scoring system, which has been in place since 2006. As she twirled to a stop after her final spin, most of the 11,771 spectators were on their feet, including Olympic and world champions like Michelle Kwan, who was in the crowd as a fan, taking out her camera phone to capture Kim's tearful bows at the end of her program. (See pictures...
...Thousands of miles away, life went on pause across the Korean Peninsula as students (now on winter break) and office workers all stopped what they were doing to watch Kim's program at 1:20 p.m. Seung Jun Lee, a 16-year-old high school student in Yangju, 30 miles north of Seoul, returned home from cram school at lunch to watch Kim skate with his family. "Maybe I will have to skip class today," he predicted amid the excitement. Even businessmen had caught Kim fever and were willing to suffer a dip in productivity during her skate. "When...