the top ten movies in north america

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -- Following are ticket sales for the top 10 movies
at the North American box office for the November 28-30 weekend, according
to studio estimates issued Sunday. Final data will be issued Monday.

[***] 1   (+) Four Christmases .............. $31.7 million   46.7 million
[*2*] 2   (3) Bolt .......................... $26.6 million   66.9 million
[***] 3   (1) Twilight ...................... $26.4 million  119.7 million
[***] 4   (2) Quantum of Solace ............. $19.5 million  142.1 million
[***] 5   (+) Australia ..................... $14.8 million   20.0 million
[***] 6   (4) Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa ... $14.5 million  159.5 million
       7   (+) Transporter 3 ................. $12.3 million   18.5 million
[***] 8   (5) Role Models .................... $5.3 million   57.9 million
[***] 9   (8) The Boy in the Striped Pajamas . $1.7 million    5.2 million
[***] 10- (+) Milk ........................... $1.4 million    1.9 million
[***] 10-(11) Slumdog Millionaire ............ $1.4 million    3.6 million

NOTE: Last weekend's position in parenthesis. + indicates a new release.
Figures are rounded.

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FWIW, Twilight is now less than a day away from passing 2004's Van Helsing 
to become the top-grossing vampire movie ever.  The only other such film 
to gross over $100 million is 1994's Interview with the Vampire.

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/genres/chart/?id=vampire.htm

Also FWIW, Milk and Slumdog Millionaire are vying for a spot in the Top 10 

Re: Fascinating look at Charles Schultz on race

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It's... alive!

http://blog.macleans.ca/2008/11/30/its-alive/

It’s… alive!

     NDP, Liberals reach deal to topple minority Tory government

     CBC News

     The NDP and Liberals have reached a deal to topple the minority 
Conservative government and take power themselves in a coalition, CBC News 
has learned.

     A deal has been negotiated between NDP Leader Jack Layton and Liberal 
Leader Stéphane Dion that would see them form a coalition government for 
two and a half years, the CBC’s Keith Boag reported, citing sources.

     The NDP would be invited into cabinet and get 25 per cent of seats, 
Boag said, adding that the party wouldn’t get the position of the 
finance chair or the deputy prime minister’s post.

     “That’s the big step forward tonight,” Boag reported.

     The Bloc Québécois wouldn’t be a part of the coalition, but would 
have to support it, he said.

     “The most difficult question is who’ll be the leader,” Boag 
said, adding that Dion, who negotiated the deal, believes he has the right 
to be prime minister.

First thought: This is a huge win for the NDP. With a quarter of the seats 
in cabinet, they would gain instant legitimacy as potential contenders for 
power, of a kind they have never had before. Indeed, just negotiating the 
deal is a win, even if they never get to put it into effect.

The Liberals have just pulled their chief rival on the left in from the 
margins of irrelevancy to a serious alternative, at the same time allowing 
themselves to be pulled sharply to the left, in public perception if 
nothing else. They may live to regret this. Worse, they may not.

Second thought: What does it mean to say the Bloc “would have to 
support” the deal. Sez who? How would this be enforced?

Third thought: Prime Minister Dion.

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Prime Minister Iggy? Prorogation? The Rockies collapsing into a sea of boiling lava?

http://blog.macleans.ca/2008/12/01/prime-minister-iggy-prorogation-the-rockies-collapsing-into-a-sea-of-boiling-lava/

John Ivison: Ignatieff would be PM in a Liberal-led coalition:

     Michael Ignatieff will become Prime Minister in a Liberal-led 
coalition government if the opposition parties succeed in bringing down 
the Conservatives in a no-confidence vote in the House of Commons next 
week and if the Governor-General deems it to be a viable alternative, 
sources said late last night.

     Mr. Ignatieff met with lame duck Liberal leader, Stéphane Dion, and 
leadership candidates Bob Rae and Dominic LeBlanc in Toronto last night 
and hammered out a deal that would see Mr. Dion and Mr. Rae step aside, 
with the latter named to a senior post, likely Foreign Affairs Minister.

     Earlier, Mr. Dion is understood to have struck a deal with NDP leader 
Jack Layton in which the New Democrats would get around a quarter of the 
seats around the Cabinet table, if the coalition bid to unseat the 
Conservatives is successful. The deal would have a guaranteed two and a 
half year lifespan.

     It is understood that Mr. Ignatieff was reluctant to sign on unless he 
was named interim leader because it would leave Mr. Dion, who was recently 
rejected by the Canadian electorate, as leader.

     Prior to the deal being struck, sources close to Mr. Ignatieff said he 
was unlikely to support the deal because of concerns that a coalition 
government led by Mr. Dion would be a “poisoned chalice” for the next 
leader.

Well that’s tidy. Leadership races are such a bore. So instead of a 
Prime Minister who had just lost an election, we’d get a PM who has 
never been elected — not as PM, not as party leader, not as anything 
until two years ago.

MEANWHILE: CTV’s Bob Fife is reporting that Harper will prorogue 
Parliament before next Monday’s confidence vote.

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Post-election Palin smear a hoax

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Re: Post-election Palin smear a hoax

> Like Dan Quayle's 'potatoe,' the Palin's 'Africa is a continent?' charge
> is now a meme, and the damage is already done.

Ahem... just to be clear, the "smear" itself wasn't a hoax. The
advisor to whom the smear was credited was a hoax.  :)

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Re: Post-election Palin smear a hoax

The 'smear' was still a hoax as they parlayed a slip of the tongue into total
ignorance.

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> Like Dan Quayle's 'potatoe,' the Palin's 'Africa is a continent?' charge
> is now a meme, and the damage is already done.

Ahem... just to be clear, the "smear" itself wasn't a hoax. The
advisor to whom the smear was credited was a hoax.  :)

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Re: Post-election Palin smear a hoax

> The 'smear' was still a hoax as they parlayed a slip of the tongue into total
> ignorance.

Eh, that's not a hoax as much as a blatant distortion, if it's true.

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What $315 Billion Looks Like

http://necromanc.blogspot.com/2008/01/how-315-billion-dollars-look-like.html

pretty amazing.

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Re: Post-election Palin smear a hoax

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