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Night at the Museum 2 defeats Terminator Salvation - Huff Post Friday box office rundown

Scott Mendelson | Posted 06.23.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, King Kong, Terminator Salvation, Angels & Demons, Scott Mendelson; Box Office; Movies, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, National Treasure, Night at the Museum, Terminator 3, News, Star Trek, Entertainment News

The sequel to the insanely leggy 2006 family favorite took in $15.3 million, while Terminator Salvation took in $14.8 million on its second day of release.

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Thoughts on the IMAX/Not-IMAX Debate as Night at the Museum 2 Replaces Star Trek in the Nation's IMAX Screens

Scott Mendelson | Posted 06.21.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, Transformers 2, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Imax, News, Scott Mendelson, Monsters vs. Aliens, Movies, Star Trek, Entertainment News

About that ridiculous ongoing debate about the new digital IMAX screens popping up in retrofitted conventional movie theaters, here's the thing: IMAX is not just about screen size.

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Review: Terminator Salvation (2009)

Scott Mendelson | Posted 06.20.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Mcg, News, Warner Bros, Christian Bale, Terminator Salvation; Review; Scott Mendelson; Movies, Entertainment News

Ironically, for a film that constantly opines about the strength of the human heart, the film lacks the very heart and soul that brought humanity to the first three pictures.

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Angels & Demons Barely Edges Out Star Trek: HuffPost Weekend Box Office in Review (05/10/09)

Scott Mendelson | Posted 06.19.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Terminator Salvation, Box Office, Entertainment, Angels & Demons, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, Night at the Museum 2, News, Scott Mendelson, Movies, Land of the Lost, Star Trek, Entertainment News

The shocking news is that while Angels & Demons did a solid $46 million over the weekend, it actually came in second place to Star Trek on Saturday and Sunday.

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Unsure How to Vote Your Exxon Mobil, Chevron and Other Proxy Ballots?

Kim Cranston | Posted 06.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Human Rights, CEO Pay, Lgbt, Executive Pay, Chevron, Pride Foundation, Income Inequality, News, Ed Begley Jr., Exxon Mobil, Wall Street Bailout, Global Warming, Employment Non-Discrimination, Ceres, Civil Rights, Climate Change, Shareholder Proposals, Responsible Wealth/ United for a Fair Economy, Environment, Wall Street Crisis, Wall Street, Responsible Endowments Coalition, Shareholder Resolutions, Greenhouse Gases, Say on Pay, Shareholders, Transparentdemocracy, Larry Lessig, Executive Compensation, Shareholder Rights, Proxy Ballots, Economy, Politics News

See how organizations and people you trust, like Ed Begley, Jr., Ceres, Pride Foundation, Responsible Endowments Coalition, recommend you vote and why.

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New Sherlock Holmes trailer... it's EXTREME!!!

Scott Mendelson | Posted 06.18.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Previews, Guy Ritchie, Video, Jude Law, Warner Bros, Sherlock Holmes, Film, Rachel McAdams, Scott Mendelson, News, Robert Downey Jr, Movies, Entertainment News

A new bad-ass, bare-knuckle-brawling, Rachel McAdams-screwing Jude Law abusing, Tony Stark-quippy Sherlock Holmes!

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Young and Running for Office: A Story from East L.A.

David D. Burstein | Posted 06.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Emanuel Pleitez, Elections, Politics, Latino, Hilda Solis, Youth Vote, Youth, Civic Engagement, David Burstein, Facebook, Ethnic-Politics, News, Barack Obama, Los Angeles-California, Politics News

Embodying the millennial spirit of pragmatic idealism, Pleitez is running a campaign predicated on listening and engaging people at the grassroots level.

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HuffPost Box Office Weekend in Review: Star Trek Opens to $79 Million

Scott Mendelson | Posted 06.11.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Star Wars, Iron Man, Star Tre, Box Office, Batman Jaws, Terminator Salvation, Battle for Terra, Indiana Jones, Angels & Demons, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, News, Scott Mendelson, Movies, Jurassic Park, Entertainment News

By today, Star Trek will be the third highest grossing Trek picture and it'll easily surpass the franchise record by Saturday at the absolute latest.

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Reading The Pictures: America All Pumped Up In Korengal Valley

Michael Shaw | Posted 06.10.2009 | Media

Read More: Nyt, War, America Pumped Up, Slide Show, U.S., Weight, Wall Street Journal, America, Korengal Valley, WSJ Photo Journal, Foreign Policy, Politics, Photo Journal, Military, Afghanistan, Muscle, Foreign Affairs, News, Media News

At first, I thought this photo of Spc. Taylor Jordan lifting weights in the Korengal Valley was published out of irony.

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HuffPost Weekend Box Office Rundown: Wolverine Proves Mighter Than Piracy, Swine Flu, and Mediocrity!

Scott Mendelson | Posted 06.05.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: X-Men, Wolverine, Box Office, Piracy, Battle for Terra, Ghosts-of-Girlfriends-Past, News, Movies, Swine Flu, Entertainment News

Overpowering a month-early leak of the work print, theoretical fears of swine flu, and some of the worst buzz of any summer film Wolverine powered its way to a terrific opening weekend.

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Huff Post Review -- X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)

Scott Mendelson | Posted 05.31.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Comic Books, 20th Century Fox, Hugh Jackman, Reviews, News, Scott Mendelson, Movies, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Movie Review, Film Review, Huffpost Review, Entertainment News

In a time when even bad comic book films like The Spirit have a certain 'are you kidding me?' nerve, Wolverine is shocking in its adherence to formula and lack of imagination.

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"First 100 Days" Coverage May Result in Rectal Bleeding

Spencer Green | Posted 05.27.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Rectal Bleeding, News Coverage, First 100 Days, Morgan Spurlock, Swine Flu, 100 Days, The Presidency, News, Barack Obama, Journalism, Comedy News

"It's pure journalistic olestra. The consistent barrage of 'first 100 days'-related news goes through people so quickly that their heads and now their bodies are unable to properly absorb or digest it all."

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A Time to Serve

David D. Burstein | Posted 05.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Youth Vote, President Obama, Youth, David Burstein, Community Service, National Service, Service, Millennials, Serve America Act, Ted Kennedy, Volunteerism, Politics, Education, Civic Engagement, Servicenation, News, Politics News

In these troubled economic times, with a record government deficit, those engaging in service are more needed than ever. Service can fill the holes that government simply cannot.

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Reading The Pictures: Obama Schools The Credit Card Industry

Michael Shaw | Posted 05.24.2009 | Media

Read More: Politics, White House, Credit Card Industry, Washington, Larry Summers, Obama, Slideshow, Business, News, Recession, Media News

Obama used the bully pulpit to dictate to the credit card suits how the industry is going to treat the consumer from now on.

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I Was Right? Wolverine Final Print Allegedly Confirmed as Identical to Work Print

Scott Mendelson | Posted 05.24.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Internet Movie Database, 20th Century Fox, Yahoo, Piracy, Entertainment, Bootleg, Tom Rothman, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, News, Scott Mendelson, Movieline, Movies, Entertainment News

As some of you know, a bit I wrote on Tuesday inspired a bit of controversy.

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John Kerry's Veteran Legacy

Jon Soltz | Posted 05.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Politics, Vietnam War, John Kerry, William Fulbright, Vietnam, Fulbright, News, Afghanistan War, Veterans, Afghanistan, Politics News

There was a time in America when policies war were to be judged by Generals and politicians, not the men and women who were on the ground, fighting. John Kerry changed the game forever.

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Perfect News Storm Causes Blogging Paralysis

Spencer Green | Posted 05.22.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Susan Boyle, President Obama, Craigslist, Carrie Prejean, News, Blogging, Bloggers, Comedy News

An unusually high concentration of potential irony-laden and comment-worthy news items has caused many U.S. bloggers to clutch their heads in pain and temporarily put their keyboards aside to take a breath.

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Will Jacob Zuma's South Africa Be Democracy's Shame?

Andrew Belonsky | Posted 05.17.2009 | World

Jacob Zuma's commitment to communism, apparent disdain for free press and alleged meddling in the justice system are enough to raise the hairs on anyone who believes in open, transparent liberal democracy.

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Technology, Not War, Is the Solution to Publishing

Penny Herscher | Posted 05.16.2009 | Media

Read More: Non-Profit Foundations, Death of Newspapers, Newspapers, Publishing, Search Engines, Newspaper Industry, Print Media, Print Journalism, Death of Print, News, Online News, Media News

The global publishing giants have declared war on the new technology generation of content distributors -- but they have lost sight of what consumers value and how they want to get to the value.

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Captive in Transit

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 05.15.2009 | Media

Read More: Captive Marketing, Marketing, News Media, News, Media News

When I get to the office, I will ride an elevator up to my floor. In the elevator, there will be a television. On the television, there will be news. I actually spend a fair amount of time these days avoiding the news.

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Observe and Report -- Yes, It's Date Rape, but It's Not Supposed to Be Funny (but the Movie Still Is)

Scott Mendelson | Posted 05.12.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Jody Hill, Controversy, Entertainment, Anna Faris, Date Rape, Movie, News, Observe and Report, Seth Rogen, Entertainment News

Whether or not Observe and Report is a good film is open to debate. But criticizing a black comedy/social satire for having unlikable characters, awkward situations, and uncomfortable material is awfully foolish.

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Gay 'Justice' in a Perfect World?

Andrew Belonsky | Posted 05.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Connecticut, Massachusetts, Proposition 8, Newt Gingrich, News, Gay Marriage, Politics, California, Iowa, Vermont, Politics News

Justices may not always read the law correctly, but they're meant to be more objective than someone who has to worry about campaign funds.

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Newspapers Want Cash for Content. Tough Luck

Michael Wolff | Posted 05.09.2009 | Media

Read More: Google, Internet, New York Times, Newspapers, Content-Aggregators, Newspaper Industry, Print Media, Print Journalism, Death of Print, Death of Newspapers, News, Online News, Media News

Newspapers are going to war with the Internet--or trying to. So far it's more accurately a phony war.

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Corporate Jets and Executive Compensation May Not Be All Bad -- A Media House Cleaning

Brian Ross | Posted 05.08.2009 | Media

Read More: Wall Street Bailout, President Obama, Corporate Jets, Media, Barack Obama, Reporting, Cnbc, Fox Business, Financial-News, Maria Bartiromo, Financial Crisis, Fox News, Wall Street Scandal, Corporate Bailout, Wall Street, News, Media News

Even if Average Joe is not a wonk, surely we can tell the story in a way that presents the facts more completely, instead of the smoke-and-mirrors scandals of this airplane or that deal.

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To Newspaper Moguls: You Blew It

Jeff Jarvis | Posted 05.08.2009 | Media

Read More: Newspapers, Print Media, Print Journalism, Death of Print, Death of Newspapers, News, Online News, Newspaper Industry, Media News

The Newspaper Association of America is meeting this week and they're preaching angrily and self-righteously about their plight. Here's the speech I think they should hear instead.

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