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INSPIRATION OF THE DAY
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Monday, July 20, 2009
National Get Out of
the Doghouse
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Oh Oh. Screwed up
again? Have you been banished to the
doghouse? Well today’s the day to
ask for forgiveness and try to work
on getting yourself back
in the ”house.” Good luck!
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Holidays
Around the World |
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Botswana |
President's Day |
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Brunei |
Isra Mikraj (The Prophet's Ascension) |
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Colombia |
Independence Day |
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Comoros |
Leilat al-Meiraj (The Prophet's Ascension) |
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Cook Islands |
Atiu Gospel Day [Regional] |
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Indonesia |
The Prophet's Ascension (Isra' Miraj Nabi) |
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Iran |
The Prophet's Ascension (Mabaath) |
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Japan |
Marine Day |
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Malaysia |
Israk and Mikraj (KDH NSN PLS) [Regional]
State Public Holiday (TRG) [Regional] |
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Mayotte |
Miradji (The Prophet's Ascension) [Muslim] |
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Nicaragua |
Revolution Day Holiday (day in lieu) |
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Oman |
Al Israa Wal Miraj (The Prophet's Ascension) |
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Philippines |
The Prophet's Ascension (Lailatul Isra Wal
Mi'raj) [Regional] |
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Puerto Rico |
Luis Muñoz Rivera Day [Government] |
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Sudan |
The Prophet's Ascension (Israa Wal Mi’Raaj) |
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West Bank and Gaza |
The Prophet's Ascension |
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Today's
Birthdays |
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Born |
Age |
Name |
Profession |
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1922 |
87 |
Alan Stephenson Boyd |
American politician |
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1924 |
85 |
Thomas Berger |
American novelist |
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1924 |
85 |
Mort Garson |
Canadian composer |
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1925 |
84 |
Jacques Delors |
French President of the European Commission |
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1926 |
83 |
Lola Albright |
American actress |
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1927 |
82 |
Michael Gielen |
Austrian conductor and composer |
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1929 |
80 |
Mike Ilitch |
American businessman and sports executive |
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1930 |
79 |
Sally Ann Howes |
English-born singer and actress |
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1931 |
78 |
Tony Marsh |
English racing driver |
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1932 |
77 |
Otto Schily |
German politician |
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1933 |
76 |
Cormac McCarthy |
American author |
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1933 |
76 |
Rex Williams |
English snooker player |
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1934 |
75 |
Uwe Johnson |
German writer |
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1934 |
75 |
Doug Padgett |
English cricketer |
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1936 |
73 |
Barbara Mikulski |
American politician |
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1938 |
71 |
Roger Hunt |
English footballer |
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1938 |
71 |
Dame Diana Rigg |
English actress |
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1939 |
70 |
Judy Chicago |
American artist |
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1940 |
69 |
Tony Oliva |
Cuban baseball player |
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1942 |
67 |
Ron Bowden |
Australian politician |
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1942 |
67 |
Pete Hamilton |
American race car driver |
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1942 |
67 |
T. G. Sheppard |
American country music singer |
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1943 |
66 |
Chris Amon |
New Zealand racing driver |
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1944 |
65 |
Olivier de Kersauson |
French sailor |
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1945 |
64 |
Kim Carnes |
American singer and songwriter |
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1945 |
64 |
Larry Craig |
American politician |
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1945 |
64 |
John Lodge |
English musician (The Moody Blues) |
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1946 |
63 |
Randal Kleiser |
American film director |
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1947 |
62 |
Gerd Binnig |
German-born physicist, Nobel laureate |
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1947 |
62 |
Carlos Santana |
Mexican-born American guitarist |
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1948 |
61 |
Muse Watson |
American actor |
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1950 |
59 |
Tantoo Cardinal |
Canadian actress |
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1950 |
59 |
Naseeruddin Shah |
Indian actor |
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1951 |
58 |
Jeff Rawle |
English actor |
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1952 |
57 |
Keiko Matsuzaka |
Japanese actress |
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1953 |
56 |
Dave Evans |
Australian singer (AC/DC) |
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1953 |
56 |
Thomas Friedman |
American journalist |
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1953 |
56 |
Marcia Hines |
American-born Australian singer |
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1953 |
56 |
Dan Shaughnessy |
American sports writer |
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1954 |
55 |
Moira Harris |
American actress |
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1955 |
54 |
Jem Finer |
English musician and composer (The Pogues) |
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1955 |
54 |
Dan Monahan |
American actor |
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1956 |
53 |
Paul Cook |
English musician (The Sex Pistols) |
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1956 |
53 |
Jim Prentice |
Canadian politician |
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1957 |
52 |
Donna Dixon |
American actress |
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1958 |
51 |
Mick MacNeil |
Scottish musician (Simple Minds) |
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1960 |
49 |
Claudio Langes |
Italian racing driver |
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1962 |
47 |
Carlos Alazraqui |
American actor and comedian |
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1962 |
47 |
Giovanna Amati |
Italian racing driver |
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1962 |
47 |
Lee Harris |
English drummer (Talk Talk, .O.rang) |
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1963 |
46 |
Frank Whaley |
American actor |
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1963 |
46 |
Adoni Maropis |
American actor |
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1964 |
45 |
Chris Cornell |
American musician (Soundgarden, Audioslave) |
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1964 |
45 |
Terri Irwin |
American naturalist; widow of Steve Irwin |
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1964 |
45 |
Kool G Rap |
American musician |
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1964 |
45 |
Bernd Schneider |
German racing driver |
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1964 |
45 |
Dean Winters |
American actor |
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1966 |
43 |
Stone Gossard |
American musician (Pearl Jam, Mother Love Bone,
Brad) |
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1966 |
43 |
Enrique Peña Nieto |
Governor of the State of Mexico (2005-present) |
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1967 |
42 |
Reed Diamond |
American actor |
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1967 |
42 |
Courtney Taylor-Taylor |
American musician (The Dandy Warhols) |
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1968 |
41 |
Jimmy Carson |
American ice hockey player |
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1968 |
41 |
Michael Park |
American actor |
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1968 |
41 |
Julian Rhind-Tutt |
English actor |
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1969 |
40 |
Josh Holloway |
American actor |
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1969 |
40 |
Giovanni Lombardi |
Italian cyclist |
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1969 |
40 |
Tobi Vail |
American musician (Bikini Kill, The Go Team, The
Frumpies) |
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1969 |
40 |
Vitamin C |
American singer |
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1970 |
39 |
Agot Isidro |
Filipina actress |
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1971 |
38 |
Ed Giddins |
English cricketer |
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1971 |
38 |
Charles Johnson |
American baseball player |
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1971 |
38 |
Sandra Oh |
Korean Canadian actress |
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1972 |
37 |
Jozef Stümpel |
Slovak ice hockey player |
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1972 |
37 |
Erik Ullenhag |
Swedish jurist and politician |
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1973 |
36 |
Peter Forsberg |
Swedish ice hockey player |
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1973 |
36 |
Nixon McLean |
West Indian cricketer |
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1973 |
36 |
Omar Epps |
American actor |
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1973 |
36 |
Haakon Magnus |
Crown Prince of Norway |
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1973 |
36 |
Claudio Reyna |
American soccer player |
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1973 |
36 |
Mads Rieper |
Danish footballer |
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1974 |
35 |
Bengie Molina |
Puerto Rican baseball player |
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1974 |
35 |
Simon Rex |
American actor |
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1975 |
34 |
Ray Allen |
American basketball player |
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1975 |
34 |
Judy Greer |
American actress |
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1975 |
34 |
Erik Hagen |
Norwegian footballer |
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1975 |
34 |
Birgitta Ohlsson |
Swedish politician |
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1975 |
34 |
Atiq-uz-Zaman |
Pakistani cricketer |
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1975 |
34 |
El Zorro |
Mexican professional wrestler |
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1976 |
33 |
Erica Hill |
American news anchor |
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1976 |
33 |
Debashish Mohanty |
Indian cricketer |
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1976 |
33 |
Andrew Stockdale |
Australian musician (Wolfmother) |
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1976 |
33 |
Alex Yoong |
Malaysian racing driver |
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1976 |
33 |
Tamás Kásás |
Hungarian water polo player |
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1977 |
32 |
Kiki Musampa |
Congolese footballer |
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1977 |
32 |
Alessandro dos Santos |
naturalized Japanese footballer |
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1977 |
32 |
Brant Bailey |
American basketball player |
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1978 |
31 |
Pavel Datsyuk |
Russian ice hockey player |
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1978 |
31 |
Charlie Korsmo |
American actor |
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1978 |
31 |
Tamsyn Lewis |
Australian athlete |
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1978 |
31 |
Will Solomon |
American basketball player |
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1978 |
31 |
Elliott Yamin |
American Idol contestant |
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1979 |
30 |
Claudine Barretto |
Filipino actress |
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1979 |
30 |
David Ortega |
Spanish freestyle and backstroke swimmer |
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1980 |
29 |
Gisele Bündchen |
Brazilian model |
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1980 |
29 |
Mike Kennerty |
American guitarist (The All-American Rejects) |
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1980 |
29 |
Dado Dolabella |
Brazilian actor |
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1981 |
28 |
Damien Delaney |
Irish footballer |
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1981 |
28 |
Thorsten Engelmann |
German rower |
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1982 |
27 |
Percy Daggs III |
American actor |
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1982 |
27 |
Antoine Vermette |
Canadian ice hockey player |
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1984 |
25 |
Alexi Casilla |
Dominican baseball player |
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1984 |
25 |
Troy Smith |
American football player |
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1985 |
24 |
John Francis Daley |
American actor |
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1985 |
24 |
David Mundy |
Australian Rules footballer |
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1988 |
21 |
Julianne Hough |
American ballroom dancer |
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1988 |
21 |
Stephen Strasburg |
American baseball player |
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1989 |
20 |
Witwisit Hirunwongkul |
Thai actor |
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1991 |
18 |
William Tomlin |
British actor |
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1999 |
10 |
Princess Alexandra of Hanover |
daughter of Princess Caroline of Monaco |
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Television Ratings |

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LW |
Title |
Studio |
Wkend Gross |
% Chg |
Theaters |
Chg |
Average |
Total Gross |
Budget |
Wk # |
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1 |
N |
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince |
WB |
$79,475,000 |
- |
4,325 |
- |
$18,376 |
$159,662,000 |
- |
1 |
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2 |
2 |
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs |
Fox |
$17,700,000 |
-35.90% |
3,817 |
-285 |
$4,637 |
$152,005,000 |
$90 |
3 |
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3 |
3 |
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen |
P/DW |
$13,750,000 |
-43.20% |
3,857 |
-436 |
$3,565 |
$363,867,000 |
$200 |
4 |
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4 |
1 |
Bruno |
Uni. |
$8,374,000 |
-72.70% |
2,759 |
3 |
$3,035 |
$49,588,000 |
- |
2 |
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5 |
6 |
The Hangover |
WB |
$8,315,000 |
-16.30% |
2,667 |
-335 |
$3,118 |
$235,882,000 |
$35 |
7 |
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6 |
5 |
The Proposal |
BV |
$8,294,000 |
-21.80% |
3,043 |
-115 |
$2,726 |
$128,087,000 |
$40 |
5 |
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7 |
4 |
Public Enemies |
Uni. |
$7,592,000 |
-45.00% |
3,118 |
-218 |
$2,435 |
$79,483,000 |
$100 |
3 |
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8 |
8 |
Up |
BV |
$3,147,000 |
-33.30% |
1,706 |
-495 |
$1,845 |
$279,559,000 |
$175 |
8 |
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9 |
9 |
My Sister's Keeper |
WB |
$2,825,000 |
-34.20% |
1,967 |
-477 |
$1,436 |
$41,504,000 |
$30 |
4 |
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10 |
7 |
I Love You Beth Cooper |
Fox |
$2,665,000 |
-45.80% |
1,872 |
14 |
$1,424 |
$10,261,000 |
$18 |
2 |
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11 |
10 |
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 |
Sony |
$885,000 |
-42.70% |
610 |
-506 |
$1,451 |
$62,896,000 |
$100 |
6 |
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12 |
N |
500 Days of Summer |
FoxS |
$838,000 |
- |
27 |
- |
$31,037 |
$838,000 |
- |
1 |
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13 |
17 |
The Hurt Locker |
Sum. |
$764,000 |
19.20% |
94 |
34 |
$8,128 |
$2,172,000 |
- |
4 |
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14 |
11 |
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian |
Fox |
$760,000 |
-47.70% |
515 |
-339 |
$1,476 |
$171,821,000 |
$150 |
9 |
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15 |
12 |
Star Trek |
Par. |
$677,000 |
-41.90% |
505 |
-258 |
$1,341 |
$253,151,000 |
$150 |
11 |
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16 |
16 |
Moon |
SPC |
$538,000 |
-20.30% |
252 |
5 |
$2,135 |
$2,666,000 |
- |
6 |
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17 |
15 |
Whatever Works |
SPC |
$517,000 |
-23.80% |
228 |
-92 |
$2,268 |
$3,937,000 |
- |
5 |
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18 |
14 |
Away We Go |
Focus |
$498,000 |
-31.70% |
299 |
-107 |
$1,666 |
$8,285,000 |
$17 |
7 |
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19 |
19 |
Cheri |
Mira. |
$294,000 |
-14.50% |
191 |
18 |
$1,539 |
$2,025,000 |
- |
4 |
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20 |
18 |
Land of the Lost |
Uni. |
$223,000 |
-36.70% |
269 |
-44 |
$829 |
$48,591,000 |
$100 |
7 |
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- |
22 |
X-Men Origins: Wolverine |
Fox |
$190,000 |
-35.80% |
226 |
-53 |
$841 |
$179,191,000 |
$150 |
12 |
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- |
25 |
Monsters Vs. Aliens |
P/DW |
$183,000 |
-26.90% |
230 |
-31 |
$796 |
$197,481,000 |
$175 |
17 |
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- |
27 |
Drag Me to Hell |
Uni. |
$138,000 |
-37.40% |
194 |
-47 |
$711 |
$41,691,000 |
$30 |
8 |
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- |
29 |
Imagine That |
Par. |
$108,000 |
-37.10% |
144 |
-65 |
$750 |
$15,300,000 |
$55 |
6 |
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- |
30 |
Dance Flick |
Par. |
$84,000 |
-40.10% |
113 |
-52 |
$743 |
$25,615,000 |
$25 |
9 |
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- |
40 |
The Stoning of Soraya M. |
RAtt. |
$77,900 |
49.30% |
34 |
9 |
$2,291 |
$440,000 |
- |
4 |
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- |
38 |
Easy Virtue |
SPC |
$62,700 |
6.90% |
48 |
- |
$1,306 |
$2,489,000 |
- |
9 |
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- |
41 |
The Brothers Bloom |
Sum. |
$47,000 |
3.80% |
68 |
-22 |
$691 |
$3,439,000 |
- |
10 |
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- |
49 |
Tetro |
AZoe. |
$31,500 |
46.50% |
16 |
6 |
$1,969 |
$306,000 |
- |
6 |
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- |
46 |
Soul Power |
SPC |
$21,000 |
-12.10% |
9 |
3 |
$2,333 |
$57,000 |
- |
2 |
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- |
44 |
Every Little Step |
SPC |
$18,700 |
-30.70% |
35 |
2 |
$534 |
$1,559,000 |
- |
14 |
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- |
N |
Death in Love |
Scre. |
$16,000 |
- |
4 |
- |
$4,000 |
$16,000 |
- |
1 |
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- |
98 |
War Eagle, Arkansas |
EmpF |
$13,900 |
3548.30% |
2 |
1 |
$6,950 |
$60,300 |
- |
6 |
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Today ... |
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US Open of
Surfing
July 18-26, 2009
Huntington Beach, California
What’s the closest
thing to watching the world’s best surfers compete
in a full-on stadium atmosphere?
Look no further than Huntington Beach in July, when
up to 500,000 people will find their way to the real
Surf City, post up in the sand and cheer on their
heroes at the Pier. It’s been that way for 50 years
now, starting with the US Championships in 1959 and
evolving to today: the Hurley US Open of Surfing®.
As the new title sponsor of this storied event,
Hurley and its partners intend to make it a
life-changing experience from dawn to dusk:
Late-afternoon concerts. Hurley’s Walk the Walk
fashion competition. Elite-level BMX courtesy of
Nike 6.0. The best skateboarders courtesy of
Converse and Red Bull. And a swarm of activity,
demonstrations and booths surrounding our “50 Years
at the Pier” celebration.
Of course, center stage will be
reserved for the ocean, where both men and women
will be competing for points, prize money and HB
glory in the title event, the Hurley US Open of
Surfing®. As a six-star ASP qualifier at the mid-way
point in the season, the winner here often goes on
to the coveted Dream Tour. Case in point: last
year’s US Open Men’s Champ Nathaniel Curran, who
ended up winning the 2008 World Qualifying Series
and is now a rookie in the elite Top 45. Along with
the six-star, Nike 6.0 will be holding an ASP Pro
Junior event — another important challenge on the
path to become the 20-and-under world junior
champion. Rounding out the center stage will be a
celebration of the world’s top longboarders in a
soon-to-be announced format that will certainly have
the crowd cheering for more.
In addition to all of this, the Hurley US Open, in
conjunction with the World Professional Surfers
athlete union, will be introducing the first-ever
WPS All Stars event. This will include participation
from 10 of the world’s best surfers voted on by you
– the fans. They will surf in the event, sign
autographs and blow us away in a special-format
expression session that must be seen to be believed.
This isn’t just the closest thing
to a stadium; it is a stadium. The only place
to witness a gathering of the world’s most talented
action sports stars all in one stretch of sand. As
local favorite Brett Simpson says, “Competing in the
US Open is one event I look forward to all year —
there’s no other event like it, really. The crowds,
the activity, the excitement…it’s like you have no
choice but to perform at your very best.”
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On This Day... |
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in 1969 ... Astronaut Neil
Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon.
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Video |
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Astronomy
Picture of the Day |
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Apollo 11: Onto a New World
Credit: Apollo 11, NASA
click above image for a higher-resolution graphic
A human first set foot on another world on July 20,
1969. This world was Earth's own Moon. In honor of
today's 40th anniversary, NASA has released a digitally
restored video of this milestone in human history.
Pictured above is Neil Armstrong preparing to take the
historic first step. On the way down the Lunar Module
ladder, Armstrong released equipment which included the
television camera that recorded this fuzzy image.
Pictures and voice transmissions were broadcast live to
a world wide audience estimated at one fifth of the
world's population. The Apollo Moon landings have since
been described as the greatest technological achievement
the world has known.
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Photo
Of The Day |
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Letting it (almost) hang out
Fans hold Swiss
flags on July 19, 2009 during the 207,5
km and fifteenth stage of the 2009 Tour
de France cycling race run between
Pontarlier and Verbier (Switzerland).
2007 Tour de France winner and Kazakh
cycling team Astana (AST)'s leader
Alberto Contador of Spain won ahead of
Danish cycling team Team Saxo Bank
(SAX)'s leader Andy Schleck of Luxemburg
and Italian cycling team Liquigas
(LIQ)'s Vincenzo Nibali of Italy.
(LIONEL BONAVENTURE, AFP/GETTY IMAGES /
July 19, 2009)
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Daily
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I'll be right here ... in the doghouse |
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I don't know why I have to be naked when I'm in
the doghouse |
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I'll be here when you're ready to apologize |
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National Get Out of the Doghouse Day |
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You can get me out just by clicking. |
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Random
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Today's
Mostly Useless Fact
Women manage the money
and pay the bills in 75% of all Americans households. |
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