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Monday, January 20, 2014

“Ride Along” races to the top the box office

The new buddy/comedy, “Ride Along,” beat expectations and broke records over the long MLK holiday weekend. The four-day take for the “Ride Along” is  an estimated $48.1 million — easily  winning top spot at the box office  — making it the new #1 film in the U.S. This is one of the strongest debuts ever  for the MLK holiday weekend, […]
Monday, January 13, 2014

“Lone Survivor” leads box office as producers attempt damage control

“Lone Survivor” fought its way to the top of the box office over the weekend. The military action/drama debuted with $37.8 million  becoming the number one film in the U.S. That’s the second largest January opening ever. “Lone Survivor” is based on the real-life story of four Navy Seals on a covert mission in Afghanistan who must make some tough […]
Saturday, January 11, 2014

Script Sales and Deals: “Endgame,” “Slingshot,” and “Maggie’s Plan”

  “Endgame” — In a heated bidding war, Fox has come out the victor in a $2 million dollar deal for James Fey’s book. This is a  “Hunger Games” type YA novel about young teen warriors battling in a future world. You might remember Fey’s reputation took a beating after it came out that his best-selling memories, “A Million Little […]
Thursday, January 9, 2014

T Mobile makes bold offer to steal AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint users

T Mobile just upped the ante in the high stakes game to attract new users from AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint.  At the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas yesterday, T Mobile announced a new plan that will cover the early termination fees for users who make the switch. This offer could amount to as much as $650 for new […]
Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Script Sales and Deals: “Darkness” and “Selling Time”

“Darkness” — A spec script and the first sale for a couple of writers, is on the fast track “into production for 2014″… according to DoneDealPro (membership required). The spec by Francis Jay and C.B. Liffer, has a great hook. It’s a horror story about a woman with night blindness trapped in a small dark space with a corpse and four […]
Saturday, December 28, 2013

Who are the most desirable and undesirable celebrity neighbors?

Future “Tonight Show” host, Jimmy Fallon, is getting some kudos today from an unlikely source. The “Late Night” host topped the list of most desirable celebrity neighbors for 2014. In the seventh annual Zillow Celebrity Neighbor survey, for the online real estate data company Zillow, Fallon got 11 percent of the favorite vote — mostly from young adults. For the […]
Thursday, December 26, 2013

UPS and FedEx delivering Christmas packages late

  Are you still waiting for some of your Christmas gifts to be delivered? If they were shipped by UPS you may get your packages today or tomorrow. UPS is blaming high volume of packages and bad weather for the delay. FedEx is claiming it has only “isolated” incidents of packages not being delivered on time. Gee, wouldn’t it have […]
Friday, December 20, 2013

In the wake of a huge fraud case Target offers shoppers a deal

Only a handful of days left before Christmas. Shopping gets real serious now. Yesterday, Target confirmed the theft of  40 millions debit and credit card numbers from its sytem over the past few weeks, adding to the holiday worries of many shoppers. Target is investigating this massive crime along with law enforcement and the Secret Service. It’s one of the […]
Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Employees’ Choice Awards: The best places to work

  If you’re goals in the new year includes finding a new gig, you might want to check out the Employees’ Choice Awards. For the past six years, the online jobs website, Glassdoor, has been surveying employees on the best places to work in the country. The 2014 list for large companies is out and three social media heavy hitters, Twitter, […]