Eric Scheske

I saw this in a story at the Toronto Star: [http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1141426212286&call_page=TS_EditorialOpinion&call_pageid=968256290204&call_pagepath=Editorial/Opinion&pubid=968163964505] Brokeback Mountain's box

David Mills at Mere Comments discusses Brokeback's box office brokenness [http://merecomments.typepad.com/merecomments/2006/03/declining_broke.html]. Excerpt: > According to Newsweek magazine, once a film is nominated for Best Picture it normally means “big box-office increases.” > Last year “Million Dollar Baby” realized

From Bainbridge [http://www.professorbainbridge.com/2006/03/cars_and_stars.html] : > There's been a persistent rumor here in Hollywood (I live less than a mile from the Kodak Theater) that there's a fenced off parking lot where the stars swap their luxury SUVs for

> Makers of the hit cartoon The Simpsons have a filmed the show's opening titles using real actors. > In the hit viral going around the world we get to see what Bart, Homer, Marg, Lisa and Maggie would look like if they were humans. Link [http://www.

The Oscars are tomorrow night, and that means one thing: Brokeback hysteria. So this is a good time to take stock of the Brokeback box office phenomenon. Remember Brokeback's rolling start? They said that it would open in a few select (read: gay-friendly) areas, then roll into