I have to start this off on a very sad note. The first dog we have ever fostered (Mabel) passed away on Saturday (put down) due to a growth on her chest area, under the left front leg. It went from a baseball size to football in about a week and it had grown into her ribs and other areas that an operation was just not possible. She was in much pain and the only thing they could do was put her down to end the tremendous suffering of such a sweet sweet dog. Mabel, she was an older dog but 100% loyal, extremely friendly and listened. She had a rough few weeks with an ear infection and having a canal removed but her adopted home treated her like a queen. Her last few months were nothing short of luxury and love ... now she is out of pain, running in the blue skies above and watching down on all of us smiling.Weekly Update:
Last Tuesday I went to the AFI/Premiere for our film "Everybody's Fine" but only to the after-party which was at a really interesting venue that was sort of tucked away, looked really tiny from the outside but then had a HUGE upstairs. One thing I was shocked was in that only one of the cast from the film went and no other talent attended the party ... very lack luster and shocking for me. But that one person I did get to meet ...
*Kate Beckinsale- best known as Selene from the "Underworld" franchise and an extremely nice person!
The rest of the week I pretty much spend the time up in San Francisco for some meetings, did the fun Pixar visit and tried to stay dry during all the rain on Friday. Overall a good trip!
At the movies:
The holidays are upon us as Disney starts off the season with the re-telling of a classic story ... Disney's A Christmas Carol earns an "ok" 31 million. I am sure the hope was MUCH higher but it is early and frankly this movie looks scary. Holding ground at #2 is "Michael Jackson's This Is It" with another 14 mil. New at #3 is The Men Who Stare At Goats with 13.3 mil and I think that will be it for this odd one. Coming in at #4 is The Fourth Kind with 12.5 mil and it feels like it is a week too late. Rounding off the top 5 is "Paranormal Activity" with another 7.9 mil as it is now just 3 mil shy of 100 mil cume. Not bad for a film that cost less than 30k to make!
New films that did not make the top 5: Just one this week as the thriller The Box earns only 7.9 mil and enough to make it #6 this weekend. In a big surprise, in at #14 is a small film called Precious earning 1.8 mil. Now that may sound like a very small number but it only opened on 18 screens!! That is a screen average of 100,000 each and if you compare it to something like "Christmas Carol" which did 8,418 per screen, you can see how successful it is. This film is also a heavy consideration for Oscar contention as it expands these coming weeks.
Quote of the week:
"The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend." - Abraham Lincoln
Other News:Thursday saw tradegy as a gunman opened fired within Fort Hood, Texas killing 13 people at the bases Readiness Center by another soldier. During the incident, an additional 29 were wounded as the gunman wielding two hand guns opened fired to people standing in lines. The list of the fatal was just released:
*PFC Michael Perason of Bolingbrook, ILL - deploying to Iraq or Afghanistan, he was 21.
*PFC Aaron Thomas Nemelka of West Jordan, UT - Ready to deploy to Afghanistan, he was 19.
*SPC Jason Dean Hunt of Tipton, OK- Second deployment to Iraq, he was 22.
*Sgt. Amy Krueger of Kiel, WI- She was 29.
*PVT Francheska Velez of Chicago, ILL - Returning home for maternity leave, she was 21.
*Chief Warrant Officer Michael Grant Cahill (Ret.) of Spokane, WA - Assisting with physicals, he was 62.
*PFC Kham Xiong of St. Paul, MN - Deploying to Afghanistan, he was 23.
*Capt. John Gaffaney of Sierra Mesa, CA - Psychiatric nurse, he was 56.
*Justin DeCrow of Evans, GA - Returned from South Korea, he was 32.
*Maj. Libardo Eduardo Caraveo of Woodbridge, VA - Deploying to Afghanistan, he was 52.
*SPC Frederick Greene of Mountain City, TN - assigned to the 510th Engineer Company, he was 29.
*Capt. Russell Seager of Racine, WI - deploying to Iraq, he was 51.
*Lt. Col. Juanita L. Warman of Havre De Grace, MD - Physician's assistant, she was 55.
The gunman was killed by a base police officer who was also one of the wounded but currently in stable condition. A great tragedy on US soil and one of the worst incidents of soldier-on-soldier violence.
Facts & Tips:
Fresh cranberries can be bounced like a rubber ball.
"Break it down, It would be my honor to be your new step-father." - Andy Samberg singing the song "Mother Lover" from Saturday Night Live.
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