Expensive tickets and budgets fuel summer box office surge
Los Angeles reports a blockbuster season with record receipts looming despite many duds. Higher ticket prices at about nine dollars and production budgets up around a quarter helped the summer pull ahead of 1996’s $2.38 billion, though profits were scarce for most films. Sony dominated with hits like Men in Black and Air Force One, boosting its market share to 23.4 percent from 9.1 percent a year earlier.
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Pageant Contestants Arrive at Atlantic City Airport for Miss America
Contestants for the 77th Miss America pageant arrive outside Atlantic City International Airport. From left are Miss Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico and New York as they wave to the crowd before the event in Atlantic City.
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Judge orders Robertson to name Supreme Court critic
Circuit Judge Edward Hanson Jr. ordered Pat Robertson to reveal the justice who allegedly called lawyers suing him a bunch of screwballs. Robertson has refused since October. name and details would be sealed pending a hearing. The dispute traces to Robertson’s 1993 defamation suit against professors who backed former Regent Law School dean Herbert Titus.
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Schwab visits Bitterroot Valley for Stock Farm project
Charles Schwab, head of Charles Schwab & Co., owns a home between Stevensville and Hamilton and has invested in a 2,600 acre Stock Farm development near Missoula. The project includes 95 homes, a golf course and 30 cabins. He says it will take about 10 years to complete.
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MDA Telethon Sets New Record with $50.5 Million
Los Angeles AP reports the 32nd Muscular Dystrophy Association telethon raised a record $50.5 million ending Monday. Celebrities like Tony Danza Charo and Jerry Springer urged pledges as the show drew about 75 million viewers across some 200 stations.
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