Hello again everyone!! Welcome back to the drill. Another week ahead of us. Short week for many of you. Its Good Friday on Friday. So be good....on Friday...Lame..sorry. Lets just get to it, shall we? ;-)
After many, many emotional court battles, the parents of Terri Schiavo were able to get congress to intervene and save their daughthers life for now. The both arms of congress debated and finally passed an emergency bill asking that a federal judge look into the matter. Schiavo's feeding tube was removed this past Friday, as a result of her husbands court victory, which many thought had settled this case. Her husband is her legal guardian and has maintained that his wife would NOT have wanted to be kept alive artificially. Her parents have said that she would have wanted to live and that what her husband is doing is nothing short of murder. Schiavo has been in a vegative state for more than 10 years now after suffering a heart attack which caused blocked oxygen to her brain.
Right or wrong Michael Schiavo has every right to order his wife removed from the feeding tube that has kept her alive. The courts have all agreed with his and many other medical assesments that his wife will never recover from her condition. However Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and now President Bush have both intervened and tried to stop that from happening. This latest bill is a last ditch effort to keep her alive. If it fails, then Schiavo will die in about two weeks. Stay tuned.
After going through a road trip that saw them go 2-4 the Lakers returned home Sunday night and lost again. They are now 3 1/2 games out of the 8th and final playoff spot. This could be their last stand as far as this season goes. And honestly, even if they DO make the playoffs, San Antonio or Phoenix or whatever team they playin the first round would soundly whup em. As a Lakers fan, it pains me to write that, but its the truth. There's always next year....
Some people are saying the Michael Jackson trial is moving along quickly and may wrap up WWAAYY faster than expected. It does seem that way. We'll have to wait and see though. The defense still hasnt presented their case though.
BOX OFFICE REPORT
Naomi Watts and Kelly Stables in "The Ring Two"
1) The Ring Two, $36.0 mil: Hopefully the above pic doesnt freak anyone out! (j/k) A solid opening for the sequel to the movie which many (but not me) consider the scariest movie of all time. It surpassed the opening gross of the original ($15 mil) but came up short of the estimates of some studio watchers. Easy to say that this was the most anticipated movie of the winter/spring season.
2) Robots, $21.8 mil: Last weeks #1 drops down a notch as expected. Still held up pretty well though. Better than recent number 1's that for sure.
3) The Pacifier, $12.5 mil: Holdin up strong after three weeks. It's Walt Disney Picture's first solid hit of the year.
4) Ice Princess, $7.0 mil: The weeks other opener. Disappointment? Yes and no. This is the kind of movie Disney puts out to appeal to the teenage girls and one that they hope will turn a small profit. Then just market the hell out of the DVD and make more $$$. Considering it starred almost an entirely unknown cast, it probably didnt cost that much to make. Good business plan?
5) Hitch, $6.6 million: Wow, I guess I was wrong about this film droppin out of the Top 5. Still going strong and its still the number 1 movie overseas. Has an outside shot of topping the $200 million mark.
And that will do it for this update. Hope you all have a great week and I'll be back again hopefully for a Tuesday update. Til then
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