Box Office 17 TopsWeekend Box Office With Zac Efron Hit
Zac Efron's 17 Again debuts at No 1 with 24.1 million, ahead of State of Play and Hannah Montana The Movie in a strong start to Hollywood's box office week Universal and DreamWorks Animation also place in top draws with Monsters vs Aliens and Sequel Crank High Voltage shows mixed results. The pace suggests a record year as industry trackers note rising attendance and revenue versus last year.
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Box Office Top Ten Draws From Film Weekend
The list ranks ten films by domestic earnings led by 17 Again at 24.1 million and State of Play at 14.1 million. Monsters vs Aliens, Hannah Montana The Movie, and Fast and Furious follow in strong showing with 12.9, 12.7, and 12.3 million respectively. Crank High Voltage, Observe and Report, Knowing, I Love You Man, and The Haunting in Connecticut round out the top ten with 6.5, 4.1, 3.5, 3.4, and 3.2 million.
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Ohioan priest shares path from engineer to church service
ALEX PAVICHEVICH discusses growing up in Columbus and New Jersey, studies at Ohio State, work with Honda and a Columbus welding firm, and a calling to seminary. He describes ordination steps, a Lorain parish, family life with wife Sophia and son Lazar, and his hobbies of reading history and Civil War biographies.
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MySpace Overhauls Music Service Aims for Revenue Growth
Holt now leads MySpace Music after a revamp that lets users queue multiple free songs, create playlists, and buy downloads from Amazon. The service aggregates 5 million artist profiles, promotes releases and tours, and eyes ticket sales and merch to boost revenue while fending off Facebook. will.i.am credits Holt as navigating digital music's complexities.
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