The stink of last summer seems to have abated (NorthJersey.com)
Until "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" raked in $135.6 million last weekend -- topping the previous three-day mark of $114.8 million set by "Spider-Man" in 2002 -- Hollywood was only marginally ahead of its lackluster 2005 in terms of dollars and cents.... RUMOR: Apple to surprise WWDC with iTunes movie rentals (Mac Daily News)
"With three weeks until Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference, Think Secret has learned exclusively that CEO Steve Jobs will use his keynote address to announce the debut of movie rentals through the iTunes Music Store.... THURSDAY (Bradenton Herald)
Enjoy Southern comedy? Tim Wilson's your guy. He'll perform his blend of stand-up comedy and music at McCurdy's Comedy Theatre tonight through Sunday.... Hits and misses: How summer 2006 stacks up to last year (Salisbury Post)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Here's a sampling of the good and bad Hollywood has had to offer this summer compared to 2005, with the movies' domestic grosses.... How This Year's Flicks Stack Up Against Last Year's (Fox News)
A look at the box office grosses for this summer's flicks and last year's.... Hits and misses (The Columbus Dispatch)
Here's a sampling of the good and bad that Hollywood has offered this summer compared with 2005, with their domestic grosses. . X - Men : The Last Stand : Those wacky mutants ended their trilogy with a story and characters as flat as their comic-book roots, but they packed in bigger audiences than the two previous outings.... The XXX factor (Calendarlive.com)
* A festival hit shows that porn filmmakers can cross over. A drama about two Echo Park teenagers struggling to find acceptance, "Quinceańera" has become one of the season's indie darlings, winning awards and critical acclaim everywhere it goes.... Hollywood clings to narrowlead over weak 2005 (Daytona Beach News-Journal)
LOS ANGELES -- Hollywood is only marginally ahead of its lackluster 2005 in terms of dollars and cents. Studios are miles ahead in terms of summer hits and misses, though.... ONLY 0.14% (Sharewatch)
2006: \"X-Men: The Last Stand\" -- Those wacky mutants ended their trilogy with a story and characters as flat as their comic-book roots, but they packed in bigger audiences than the two previous outings. Gross to date: $228.5 million.... Where grads should toss their hats (Detroit News)
LOS ANGELES -- Recent college graduates looking for an excuse to delay working one last summer may be out of luck this year. Employers are hiring aggressively, especially for jobs in engineering, retail, education and business services....
