December 29th, 2008
Welcome back from the Holiday weekend! Hope you had a very Merry Christmas and that Santa brought you everything you asked for. Now we get ready to ring in the new year!! Goodbye 2008, Hello 2009!
And it looks like 2009 is going to be a great year for Bruce Springsteen. A couple weeks before “Working on a Dream” hits stores, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band’s “Greatest Hits” will hit stores. The 12-track collection spans Springsteen’s career, from “Rosalita (Come Out Tonight),” off his 1973 sophomore effort “The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle,” to “Radio Nowhere,” which was the first single off last year’s effort, “Magic.” “Greatest Hits” will be issued exclusively through Wal-Mart stores, arriving in stores on January 13th. “Working on a Dream” is slated for release on January 27th. In addition, Bruce and the E Streeters will be the halftime performer at Super Bowl 43, taking place in Tampa, Florida, on February 1st.
Did you get a chance to see one of new movies out over the Christmas weekend? Here’s how things played out in the Box Office: (I was extremely surprised that the new Tom Cruise movie Valkyrie or The Curious Case of Benjamin Button did NOT take #1, but I guess it makes sense that the family movies did well with it being a holiday weekend!)
1. Marley & Me, $37 million.
2. Bedtime Stories, $28.1 million.
3. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, $27 million.
4. Valkyrie, $21.5 million.
5. Yes Man, $16.5 million.
6. Seven Pounds, $13.4 million.
7. The Tale of Despereaux, $9.4 million.
8. The Day the Earth Stood Still, $7.9 million.
9. The Spirit, $6.5 million.
10. Doubt, $5.7 million.
NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS REMAIN THE SAME
Have you got a New Year’s resolution in mind? Feel free to steal from last year! According to a recent FranklinCovey Products New Year’s Resolutions Survey the top resolutions for 2009 are the same as they were for 2008. Leading the list in both years is “get out of debt or save money.”
The FranklinCovey Products Top Ten New Year’s Resolutions For 2009:
1. Get out of debt or save money
2. Lose weight
3. Develop a healthy habit (e.g. exercise or healthy eating)
4. Get organized
5. Spend more time with family and friends
6. Develop a new skill or talent
7. Work less, play more
8. Other
9. Break an unhealthy habit (e.g. smoking, alcohol, overeating)
10. Change employment
The FranklinCovey Products Top Ten New Year’s Resolutions For 2008:
1. Get out of debt or save money
2. Lose weight
3. Develop a healthy habit (e.g. healthy eating, exercise)
4. Get organized
5. Develop a new skill or talent
6. Spend more time with family and friends
7. Other
8. Work less, play more
9. Break an unhealthy habit (e.g. smoking, alcohol, overeating)
10. Change employment
Movie Clip Trivia Answer: A Shark’s Tale