Monday, June 25, 2007
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Steve Carell proved not nearly as all-powerful as Jim Carrey. "Evan Almighty," with Carell taking over for Carrey in a follow-up to the comedy smash "Bruce Almighty," debuted a solid No. 1 with $32.1 million, though that was less than half the $68 million opening of its predecessor, according to studio estimates Sunday.
Released by Universal, "Evan Almighty" has Carell as a new congressman instructed by God (Morgan Freeman) to build an ark for a coming flood.
Carrey's "Bruce Almighty" was an adult comedy, while the PG-rated "Evan Almighty" was aimed at a family crowd, which could give it longer shelf life, said Nikki Rocco, head of distribution at Universal.
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Monday, June 25, 2007
LOS ANGELES -- Steve Carell proved not nearly as all-powerful as Jim Carrey.
"Evan Almighty," with Carell taking over for Carrey in a follow-up to the comedy smash "Bruce Almighty," debuted a solid No. 1 with $32.1 million, though that was less than half the $68 million opening of its predecessor, according to studio estimates Sunday.
Released by Universal, "Evan Almighty" has Carell as a new congressman instructed by God (Morgan Freeman) to build an ark for a coming flood.
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Monday, June 25, 2007
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Monday, June 25, 2007
Furthering consolidation in the online-ad market, London-based Aegis Group PLC plans to announce today its acquisition of the ad-serving business of Bluestreak.com, a Providence, R.I., digital-marketing concern. The $12.5 million deal gives Aegis's digital-marketing unit, Isobar, access to Bluestreak's ad-serving technology, which helps transfer ads to the Internet. Ad-serving companies save the digital information that creates an online ad on a computer server and then deliver those data to the...
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Monday, June 25, 2007
Article Last Updated: 06/11/2007 09:53:08 PM PDT
BURBANK - Late Monday, hours before nearly 1,500 members were set to walk off the job at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center, the unions representing nurses, technicians and staff called off a planned strike.
Seeking to prod hospital management into better job security and added staffing, SEIU-UHW West (formerly Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West) and SEIU Local 121 RN had called for a one-day walkout beginning at 6 a.m. today.
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