“Show Me the Polyester”
If you look great in polyester and dig rock singer/songwriter, Jackson Browne, here’s a contest for you. Browne is touring the U.S. right now with musician David Lindley. Apparently, Browne and Lindley are sporting flashy polyester shirts on stage during their performances this summer.
The duo is encouraging fans to show-off their best eye-catching polyester shirts in a photo contest going on at the “Show Me the Polyester” website, according to a PR Newswire press release. Fans have until August 25 to upload photos of themselves wearing polyester shirts to the site. One winner will get a travel package to New York City and two-front row seats for the duo’s Beacon Theatre concert on September 14, 2010.
The latest release from Browne and Lindley is “Love is Strange,” a 2-CD set of a tour they did in Spain back in 2006.
Profits soar for Disney, the other big studios, and the networks
- Photo: FLLewis/Media City G — Disney Studios in Burbank
The money is rolling in for Disney, which this afternoon reported third quarter profits leaped 40%. Disney is not the only entertainment giant enjoying a good year. Despite the bad economy, other studios and the networks are doing well, too. Nikki Finke over at Deadline.com asks why so many folks in the entertain biz are out of work with this kind of upbeat financial picture in Hollywood? Check out Finke’s post here.
“The Other Guys” shoot to the top of the Box Office
The action-comedy, “The Other Guys,” won the weekend domestic Box Office and is continuing to rake in the dough at theaters. “The Other Guys” debuted with $35.5 million to become the number one film in the country. On Monday, the teaming of Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg as wantabe- hero New York City detectives earned nearly $5 million more at theaters.
After three weeks at in the top spot, the dreamscape sci-fi flick, “Inception,” dropped to second collecting $18.5 million– bringing its four-week domestic total to around $227 million. The new dance movie, “Step Up 3D” boogied into third place with $15.8 million. Adam Sevani and Alyson Stoner star in this third installment of the Step Up trilogy, where the battle of the dance moves to the college arena.
Rounding out the top five, the spy thriller “Salt” with $10.9 million and the comedy, “Dinner for Schmucks” with $10.3 million.
