Monday - January 5, 2009
John Travolta says he and his wife Kelly Preston are "heartbroken" over the death of their chronically ill teenage son. Sixteen-year-old Jett Travolta collapsed last week at the family's vacation home in the Bahamas.
The top five movie draws this past weekend are identical to the weekend before. "Marley and Me," starring Jennifer Aniston and Owen Wilson, remained at the top with more than $24 million dollars at the box office. Adam Sandler's "Bedtime Stories" was number-2. "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," starring Brad Pitt came in at number-3, followed by "Valkyrie" and "Yes Man."
“Hancock," may not care. But the star of that blockbuster, Will Smith, has to be proud that theater owners think he's the star who brought in the most money in ticket sales during 2008. Robert Downey Jr., in both "Iron Man" and "Tropic Thunder," comes in second. In third is the Dark Knight himself, Christian Bale. Shia LaBeouf and Harrison Ford are fourth and fifth in the survey. They starred together in "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull."
You’re buying more digital music than ever but the music industry still took a dive in 2008. Neilsen reports digital music sales hit the one billion mark for the first time. That's up 27 percent from last year. Nevertheless, total album sales, including album equivalents made up of single digital tracks was down 8.5 percent from 2007. Taylor Swift was 2008's best-selling artist, followed by AC/DC, Lil Wayne and Coldplay.
