Jordan Ghawi received one of the most horrific phone calls imaginable early Friday morning.His mother, “hysterical and almost unintelligible,” phoned with news that his sister, 24-year-old Jessica Ghawi, had been shot at a midnight showing of The Dark Knight Rises in Aurora, Colo., Jordan blogged Friday.
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Box Office: Transformers Shoots Off Worldwide Fireworks
The robots’ red glare, the bombs bursting in air, gave proof through this Independence Day weekend that the Transformers franchise still had muscle to spare. Transformers: Dark of the Moon, third in Michael Bay’s HASBRO-Spielberg series of epic-length, fortissimo toy commercials, earned $97.4 million during the standard three-day weekend, and $116.4 million for the four-day holiday frame, according to early studio estimates.
How Low Can They Go? James Franco, Danny McBride and Natalie Portman in Your Highness
A failed movie is easy to spot; three or four new ones are delivered like dead mackerel to the multiplex each week. But occasionally curious moviegoers will discover an especially rotten specimen of the genus Cinema stinkibus
‘Wild Things’ is king at the box office with $32.5 million
After a long and troubled production, Warner Bros.’ “Where the Wild Things Are” found its supper waiting, and it was hot to the tune of $32.5 million, according to early estimates by Hollywood.com Box Office.
Box Office Weekend: ‘Couples Retreat’ Advance, ‘Paranormal’ Activates
Are there movies nobody likes but everyone sees? Yes, on a weekend when only one major-studio film is released.