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...question, before you whip out your credit card or start reciting your personal list of affirmations, is, What makes you think unsullied optimism is such a good idea? Americans have long prided themselves on being positive and optimistic - traits that reached a manic zenith in the early years of this millennium. Iraq would be a cakewalk! The Dow would reach 36,000! Housing prices could never decline! Optimism was not only patriotic but was also a Christian virtue, or so we learned from the proliferating preachers of the "prosperity gospel," whose God wants to "prosper" you. In 2006, the runaway...
...Invention of Lying, Gervais' pro-prevarication, anti-religion romantic comedy, earned a modestly encouraging $7.4 million. Moore's docu-frolic Capitalism: A Love Story just about equaled the opening for his previous screed, Sicko, by banking a conservative $4,850,000. That number tied the reported earnings for Whip It, the roller-derby sisterhood comedy directed by Barrymore. All three star directors have carpeted the TV talk-show circuit lately, but none could lure many paying customers. Then again, they couldn't match the break that Zombieland caught on Oct. 1, when Harrelson was the first guest after David Letterman...
Lying, Capitalism and Whip It were bested not only by the zombies but also by a CGI barrage of flying food and kids' playthings. Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs continued its robust run, passing the $80 million mark on its third weekend. It came in second, immediately followed by Disney's 3-D release of those seminal Pixar buddy films, the 1995 Toy Story and the 1999 Toy Story 2. Playing at jacked-up prices on 1,745 screens, the Toy tandem earned $12.5 million to add to the $847 million (about $1.1 billion today) the two movies amassed...
...million; $82.4 million, third week 3. Toy Story 3-D and Toy Story 2 3-D, $12.5 million, first weekend 4. The Invention of Lying, $7.350 million, first weekend 5. Surrogates, $7.344 million; $26.4 million, second week 7. Capitalism: A Love Story, $4.850 million; $5.2 million, second week 6. Whip It, $4.850 million, first weekend 8. Fame, $4.754 million; $16.6 million, second week 9. The Informant!, $3.8 million; $26.6 million, third week 10. Love Happens, $2.8 million; $18.9 million, third week...
...grocery store devotes a special section to healthful products, featured along with a Nutrition Detectives logo. On a recent visit to the local supermarket, Greg Gilliam was pleasantly surprised to hear that the store had done one better--by bringing in a nutritionist to advise shoppers on how to whip up tasty, good-for-the-family meals. "If a family sat down with somebody like that, they could find very practical ways to put healthy eating ideas into play," says Greg...