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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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 New Moon Breaks 
 Opening Day Record 

'Twilight' sequel earns $72.7 million, beating 'Dark Knight'

Nov 21, 09 2:09 PM CST
box office roundup


 Christmas 
 Comes 
 Early 

'Precious' shatters record for per-location average

Nov 8, 09 1:38 PM CST
box office roundup

 Jacko Rules the World 

'This Is It' wears crown as 'Paranormal Activity' heads for $100M

Nov 1, 09 1:34 PM CST
NOT FAMILY-GUY FRIENDLY

 Microsoft 
 Yanks Seth 
 MacFarlane 
 Sponsorship 

Windows pulls sponsorship of comedy special after watching it

Oct 27, 09 1:00 PM CDT
box office roundup

 Paranormal Activity 
 Slays Saw VI 

Sleeper hit pulls in $22M to sequel's $14.8M

Oct 25, 09 1:31 PM CDT
OBITUARY

Brendan Mullen, Who Gave LA Punk a Stage, Dead at 60

His club, Masque, hosted some of scene's top acts

Oct 12, 09 10:26 PM CDT
box office roundup

 Moviegoers Flock 
 to Couples Retreat 

Zombieland drops to second; Paranormal Activity shines

Oct 11, 09 1:58 PM CDT
box office roundup

 Zombieland Conquers US 

Woody Harrelson vehicle dethrones Meatballs in debut weekend

Oct 4, 09 2:01 PM CDT
political comedy


 Thank (or Blame) 
 Bush for Dave's 
 Left Turn 

Letterman veers from apolitical-leaning-right to full-on liberal

Sep 27, 09 4:11 PM CDT
BOX OFFICE ROUNDUP

 Meatballs Eats Up Box Office 

Disappointing debuts for The Informant!, Love Happens, Jennifer's Body

Sep 20, 09 2:36 PM CDT
OBITUARY

 Showbiz Scribe 
 Army Archerd 
 Dead at 87 

Column appeared in Variety for 52 years

Sep 8, 09 9:34 PM CDT
BOX OFFICE ROUNDUP

 Women Keep 
 Final Destination 
 in First Place 

'All About Steve' comes in close second

Sep 6, 09 3:02 PM CDT


 Funny People Puts 
 Serious Pressure on Sandler 

Box office performance for latest flick a mystery

Jul 31, 09 2:22 PM CDT
MOVIE REVIEW

 HBO Campaign Doc 
 Shows Same Cool Obama 


Jul 30, 09 12:43 PM CDT

 Emmys Line Up Harris to Host 

Mother star moves to TV after hosting Tonys

Jul 2, 09 1:14 PM CDT


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Off the Grid a Michael Wolff Newser Column

Murdoch and Microsoft: The Mice Are Trying to Roar

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Nov 24, 09 | 10:10 AM BY Michael Wolff

Microsoft is a company that Rupert Murdoch understands. When he talks about the technology business or about the Internet or Google, which, on at least one occasion, I’ve heard him call Gadget, he invariably reverts to talking about Microsoft, which, on at least one occasion, I’ve heard him call IBM. What is Microsoft going to do? he asks, oddly echoing—indeed anticipating—Jeff Jarvis’ book, What Would Google Do? Murdoch’s question... More »

Books Are Bad for You

28
Nov 23, 09 | 8:41 AM BY Michael Wolff

A few years ago, writing about the book business and how dumbed down and craven books had become—and pathetic, designed only to sell... More »

The Health-Care Wars Have Just Begun

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Nov 20, 09 | 8:32 AM BY Michael Wolff

My 84-year-old mother was full of venomous indignation at dinner last night over the great mammogram take-back. Bureaucrats, in her view,... More »

Sarah Palin Deserves Some More Attention

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Nov 19, 09 | 10:14 AM BY Michael Wolff

This is a phenomenon that just keeps giving. Its very lack of explanation, and ensuing incredulity and apoplexy, propel it. There... More »

And We Thought We Hated Mammograms

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Nov 18, 09 | 2:40 PM BY Caroline Miller

No one likes to get a mammogram. Still, it’s hard to find a woman anywhere who was pleased to hear the new ruling that... More »

China and the Obese: The President Meets His Greatest Problems

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Nov 18, 09 | 8:43 AM BY Michael Wolff

For all sorts of obvious reasons, it seems like a greatly unacceptable and possibly discriminatory thing to say that the obese are a lot... More »

Rupert Murdoch’s Guy Gets It

7
Nov 17, 09 | 6:50 AM BY Michael Wolff

If Arthur Miller were at it again, he’d call the play Death of a PR Guy. Gary Ginsberg, Murdoch’s PR guy who got... More »

Obama's Secret Weapon: The Hug

4
Nov 16, 09 | 12:30 PM BY Lewis Grossberger

President Obama needs to get the hell out of China as fast as he can, rush back to America and start hugging Republicans. This will... More »

The President Wants You to Know He’s Too Dopey to Use Twitter

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Nov 16, 09 | 8:01 AM BY Michael Wolff

“First of all, let me say that I have never used Twitter. I notice that young people—you know, they’re very busy with... More »

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