Estimated ticket sales for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian theaters, according to Media By Numbers LLC.
Final figures will be released Wednesday. 1. "Night at the Museum," $37.
8 million. 2. "The Pursuit of Happyness," $19.
3 million. The veteran rocker says he's not retiring, despite a Rolling Stone article in July that suggested otherwise. Petty said 2006 was one of the most rewarding years in his career, and he expects the ride to continue in 2007.
"You never know how things are going to turn out, and I didn't see this year coming," Petty told the Los Angeles Times for a story published Sunday. "But maybe (2007) will be even better." Petty and his band, the Heartbreakers, earned two Grammy nominations for their latest album, "Highway Companion.
" Their 30th anniversary tour was a sellout and included a triumphant homecoming to Gainesville, Fla., where the band formed in the 1970s. Petty is a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
His many hits include "I Won't Back Down, "Even the Losers," "Breakdown," "American Girl" and "Free Fallin'." Frustrated with just donating money to charities, Oprah Winfrey says she built a school for poor girls in South Africa because she wanted to feel closer to the people she was trying to help."At a certain point, you want to feel that connection," she told Newsweek magazine.
The school for 12- and 13-year-old girls has 28 buildings on 22 lush acres. The school includes huge fireplaces in every building, a yoga studio, indoor and outdoor theaters and a beauty salon. "These girls deserve to be surrounded by beauty, and beauty does inspire," she said.
"I wanted this to be a place of honor for them because these girls have never been treated with kindness. They've never been told they are pretty or have wonderful dimples." 'N Sync singer, reality star are on again The New York Post reports that Lance Bass, the former singer for 'N Sync, and reality TV star Reichen Lehmkuhl are back together.
The cuddly couple was spotted celebrating last week at Skybar in Miami's Shore Club, "partying and having a great time. They are 100 percent back together," an unidentified source said. One gossip blogger who won't be covering their reunion, however, is Mario Lavandeira (aka Perez Hilton), who has been feuding with Lehmkuhl, the season four winner of "Amazing Race.
" A witness said that after he spotted Lehmkuhl at Skybar, Lavandeira "stopped dead in his tracks" and left.
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