08/15/2008
from the Kennebec Journal
Finding shelter for those who serve their nation
Immigrant recalls her special greeting
State gains $85M in Homeland Security funds
Man arrested after swerve toward cop
School unit in limbo
Rain? What rain?
LEE LATCHES ON WITH THOMAS
Modern camping equipment takes it to the extreme
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Civil War-era flag finds honored position
Residents wonder if the rain will ever go away
FAIRFIELD Sewage plant rejection irks man
Winslow's fireworks guy doesn't mind the obscurity
At holiday derby, the fun is catching
Vets' champion 'very passionate' about her work
Hersom deals with change
Sandals work for outdoor types
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He also predicted healthy future earnings, pointing to such upcoming summer 2009 films as "X-Men Origins: Wolverine" and "Night at the Museum II: Escape From the Smithsonian."
For Hollywood insiders, it was telling that Chernin -- perhaps the savviest showbiz mogul of our era -- somehow failed to mention any of his studio's movies from this summer.
And with good reason. This is the first summer since 1997 that Fox hasn't had a $100 million box-office hit. For 10 consecutive summers, the Fox assembly line churned out every kind of hit imaginable, from "X-Men" movies to "Dr. Dolittle" and "Big Momma's House" family comedies to "The Simpsons Movie."
Built around intense fiscal discipline and tight creative control, Fox has been a studio that rarely made a false move.
If the studio continues to hire pliable, easy-to-control talent, it might discover that today's youthful audience, always on the prowl for something exciting and new and strangely different, will leave the studio behind.




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