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2012 Soars
to Top Spot

box office roundup

Nov 15, 2009 1:23 PM CST

2012 Soars to Top Spot

Apocalypse flick does $65M as 'Precious' cracks top 5

(Newser) - Apocalypse preview 2012 raked in $65 million domestically at the weekend box office, the high end of the prerelease estimate range, en route to a $225 million haul worldwide. The doomsday action flick handily beat A Christmas Carol, which performed strongly in its second weekend in release. A new entry...

You Betcha: Palin Won't Run

Analysis

Oct 21, 2009 12:38 PM CDT

You Betcha: Palin Won't Run

She has nothing to gain, and no hope of victory

(Newser) - Tom Schaller is so sure that Sarah Palin won’t run in 2012, and wouldn’t be nominated if she did, that he’s made a bet on it with fellow FiveThirtyEight.com writer Nate Silver. Schaller’s argument, in a nutshell, is that short of winning the presidency or...

Relax, World Isn't
Ending in 2012

Oct 17, 2009 12:36 PM CDT

Relax, World Isn't Ending in 2012

Scientists are busy debunking growing urban legend

(Newser) - The statement issued by a Los Angeles observatory and Sky & Telescope magazine this week says it all: "The world will not come to an end on Dec. 21, 2012." It seems a confluence of events—the coming end of the Mayan calendar, for one, and the...

Palin 2012 'Catastrophic' for GOP:
McCain Insider

Oct 2, 2009 4:43 PM CDT

Palin 2012 'Catastrophic' for GOP: McCain Insider

Ex-gov has no centrist appeal: strategist

(Newser) - If Sarah Palin is the 2012 presidential nominee, the Republican Party "would have a catastrophic election result,” the top strategist for the McCain campaign said today. Steve Schmidt foresees the 2012 election being won by the party that can sway the independents who backed Barack Obama in 2008....

Radio Gig
May Be
In Palin's
Future

Jul 28, 2009 9:01 PM CDT

Radio Gig May Be In Palin's Future

(Newser) - Let the Palin watch begin. Nobody's quite sure where the former governor will turn up, but a report in Inside Radio is generating interest tonight because it says Palin's people are "quietly testing the waters to see how much interest radio syndicators have for her." The report, which...

This Summer's Top Trailers

Jul 8, 2009 1:38 PM CDT

This Summer's Top Trailers

(Newser) - Summer may not always yield the best movies, but it never fails to deliver the year’s best trailers. Wired celebrates this sacred art by picking out the trailers that managed to throw the most hype onto the screen in 3 minutes or less. We’ve helpfully compiled them in...