Taxpayers spent some 2.3 million dollars shuttling their MLA's around in the first nine months of the fiscal year. So says an updated travel expense report on the legislative assembly website. The highest biller was New Democrat MLA Robin Austin, who rang up 75-thousand dollars in travel. Austin represents the distant Skeena riding. Many of the … [Read more...]
The Biggest Box-Office Hits Of 2012
January 2, 2013 by
With 2012 now closed, the year's box-office winners have been revealed. Domestically, twenty-six films crossed the $ 100 million mark and eleven made it past the $ 200 million mark. On a global scale, three films crossed the billion dollar mark and twelve made it past the half billion total. The Top 20 of each were: Domestic Box-Office For … [Read more...]
“Skyfall” Becomes Biggest UK Film Ever
December 5, 2012 by
Those Brits love their James Bond. "Skyfall" has moved ahead of "Avatar" to become the biggest-selling movie in the history of British cinema. The latest Daniel Craig entry has pulled in £94.2 million in a little over a month of release. "Avatar" previously held the record with £94 million, but it had the advantage of a 3D surcharge and had to … [Read more...]
Indy 4, Star Wars Ep1 Are Biggest Letdowns
August 27, 2012 by
Total Film has taken a poll and assembled a list of the Top 50 most disappointing movies of all time - films for which there was a certain or even considerable amount of expectation and which, frankly, turned out to be fairly terrible. Practically every household name filmmaker is on this list - Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Stanley Kubrick, … [Read more...]
“Avengers” Is Biggest Opening Weekend Ever
May 6, 2012 by
Sunday 3AM: It broke many opening weekend records in its international release, now "Marvel's The Avengers" is about to do the same in the United States. Deadline reports that the film scored a whopping $ 80.5 million on Friday (including $ 18.7M in midnight previews), while it's looking like it'll nab an incredible $ 68+ million haul this … [Read more...]
Vancouver’s Biggest Ever Networking BBQ Party
July 14, 2011 by
Come join us on Thurs, July 21 at this summer’s biggest networking BBQ Party in Vancouver and connect with hundreds of entrepreneurs and business people from around the lower mainland. We are expecting around 500 people at this event. This event is presented in association with Hellovancity, Vancouver Business, Marketing and Entrepreneurs, … [Read more...]
