Weekly Update:
Pretty uneventful week again, for the most part. Got to sleep in a few times which is always nice but that will soon end as I start full time work again on the 13th. More on that later, after I start I guess but will enjoy the limited time off I have now while I can! What did I do this week? My life is SO exciting, I got new socks ... hey you laugh but that is serious stuff! People underestimate the importance of clean and comfortable socks but not me. It can make the difference to a bad or good day ... I'm tell'n you!
At the movies:Not a big surprise at #1 but the amount it earned is a little underwhelming this weekend. Taking the crown is the super heroes of X-Men: First Class as we go back to find out the origins of the group but only earns a weekend total of 56 million. It's predecessors with mostly less than favorable conditions yielded much higher numbers for their debuts. Hanging on to #2 is "The Hangover 2" with an additional 32.5 mil and now coming close to the 200 mil cume. Slight drop to #3 is "Kung Fu Panda 2" with 24.3 mil more as it reaches the 100 mil mark. Bigger drop to #4 is "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides" with 18 mil as it is mere inches from 200 mil cume. Rounding off the top 5 is "Bridesmaids" with another 12.1 mil as it now passes the 100 mil cume for another summer R-Rated comedy.
Quote of the week:
"In the long run, this country will not be a good place for any of us to live in unless it is a reasonably good place for all of us to live in." - Theodore Roosevelt
Other News:
Yet another star in Hollywood goes dim ... legendary actor James Arness who portrayed the iconic tall, quiet Marshall Dillion on the popular TV show "Gunsmoke" passed away at his home in Los Angeles, CA on Friday. The show lasted two decades and remains the longest running prime time live action scripted TV series in history (based on number of episodes). Prior to that, the show was a radio show about the old west and easily translated to TV. Arness' cowboy Marshall of the old west was more than the good guy of the show but the embodiment of a quiet and moral authority which became synonymous with the law of the era. Despite the show airing for 20 years, it was forever 1873 in Dodge City and Marshall Dillion pulled that six-shooter out only when it was absolutely necessary. Arness was also known for the horror sci-fi film "Them!
and the TV show "How the West Was Won" which both brought him notoriety. Arness served in World War II and was part of the landing in Anzio, Italy. Because of his height, he was the first one off the landing craft on the beachhead to test to see how deep the water level was. Arness' younger brother was legendary actor Peter Graves from the movie "Airplane!" and TV series "Mission: Impossible" fame who died in March of 2010. Cause of death for Arness is believed to be natural causes, he was 88.
Facts & Tips:The average person spends two weeks of its life waiting for a traffic light to change.
"Good going dad. You've raised another mummy." - Luke Ford as Alex O'Connell in "The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor."
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