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Northern Attack has: Thanks. I’ve never owned a refrigerator. Still, changing it from Creed quote to ::The Thread:: is lame. Especially since this thread is obsolete in two months when Season 4 starts

Nothing dooms a thread faster then saying it has classics potential. Monty Brown killing his kid by pouncing him would be all kinds of greatness

Nitro over Punk. We were all ready to mark out for Punk winning the belt, and then when Nitro won it was like: WTF?

Wait a minute- Who changed the thread's subhead from This is the first refrigerator I've ever owned to ::The Thread::. That's really lame. Change it back, mods.

Chris Masters. The WON did say he was in line for a push

No, I've been waiting in line for SNL tickets for years and because of that, have gotten to meet the entire cast. A friend of mine got a job with the show last year, so she's invited me to some afterparties.

I occasionally end dress rehearsals and afterparties of SNL, so I get to interact with the cast.

I read that the Phillies last had a franchise record above .500 in 1921.

They only opened the film on 1,000 screens and I don't think the controversy generated enough coverage to sell tickets.

Viva hits the nail on the head. I've read the first 200 pages of Phoenix so far- really enjoy it. Luna Lovegood is beyond awesome in both the book and the movie. Can't wait to finish Phoenix, and then see the film again

Then stop reading it you moron.

Czech got told off in teal...badass. Good for Mikki Moore. I'm sad to see him go, but I'm happy he was able to cash in.

Back from seeing it again! This time I saw it in regular and not 3-D, and it was still awesome. I'm a big fan of both the movies and books. Some books I like better then the movies, some movies, better then the books. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix grossed an estimated $26.4M on Friday, its third day of release, and lifted its total to a stellar $89M. For the three-day weekend period, a gross of about $70-75M could result boosting the five-day opening to the area of $140M. --boxofficeguru Hmmm, that's slightly below expectations

I'm going to start the book after I see the movie again today. It doesn't change the fact that books and movies are totally different, that almost every movie adaptation of a book has significant changes and that to try and cram everything key from the book into the movie would cause the movie to be ridiciously long and bloated.

I know! Wrestling shows need to have fans who just sit there and don't react to anything!

That's cool- which Superbad screening did you go to? I've met Cera and Jonah before- they pretty much are just playing themselves in the movie. Another reason why it's so great.

In its second day of release, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix continued its torrid pace at the North American box office collecting $18.4M boosting the two-day cume to a robust $62.6M. Down a steep 59% from Wednesday's record $44.2M opening day haul which included midnight grosses from Tuesday night, the Warner Bros. franchise pic is well-positioned to conquer the weekend all around the world. The two-day start is just slightly below the $64.3M that Spider-Man 2 grossed three years ago in mid-summer during its Wednesday-Thursday bow, but ahead of the $51.5M that The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King took in back in December 2003. Both of those monster hits saw their two-day starts amount to approximately 42% of the five-day opening weekend tally. A similar ratio from the new Potter pic should mean a debut in the area of $150M by Sunday night. Phoenix fell by a considerable amount on Thursday after a fan frenzy led Wednesday to a record opening for that day. The highly anticipated Star Wars Episode I suffered a similar 57% drop after its then-record Wednesday launch in May 1999 and still collected 39% of its five-day opening in the first two days. The fifth wizard film averaged a stunning $14,974 from 4,181 theaters during its first two days and expanded slightly to 4,285 theaters as of Friday. --boxofficeguru

Rowling has had nothing but praise for the adaptations, calling Phoenix the best yet. I remember with Azkaban (the first movie to not go line for line from the book), she said she got goosebumps" from seeing this film because it contained things that inadvertently foreshadowed information to be revealed in coming books. (from wikipedia)

Regarding the death list- Meltzer said in the July 5th Observer that the death list was in the 100s, and that he had stopped keeping track because it was so depressing. So maybe that explains why it kept going up.

Didn't realise that until now. I hope this leads to Bill Hader getting more roles to. He's so underused on SNL and had me dying in the movie.

Love the new name, Superstar. I also love that Jonah's character is named Seth, in a movie written by Seth Rogan

Books are a totally different entertainment medium then movies. What works on the page doesn't always work on film, especially when it would make the movie 10 hours long Almost every movie adaptation of a book does this. Fans were just lucky that the first two books were relatively short, and that Chris Columbus was afraid to make any big changes.

Brock teaching Bob Holly a lesson for sandbagging him is one of the greatest moments in wrestling. That was a nasty match too

I don't know if there were any screnings last night, but I know they're having a bunch leading up to the release of the movie. I think it's to build word of mouth. Everyone go see it though.

They're having screenings all over NYC, so I caught one tonight. I really can't say enough good things about this movie. McLovin. It's all about McLovin