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Clint Eastwood's box-office day was made this past weekend. According to Boxofficemojo, his film Gran Torino, distributed by Time Warner (NYSE: TWX), was number one at domestic theaters. The film, which saw a much wider release this week, took in $29 million. That was $8 million more than the movie in second place, News Corp.'s (NYSE: NWS) Bride Wars, starring Kate Hudson and Anne Hathaway. Gran Torino has banked about $40 million at this point. Eastwood may be old, but he's still relevant. Good going, Dirty Harry.

As interesting as the above is, I'm actually more interested in the film in third place. And I'd be willing to bet that Lions Gate Entertainment (NYSE: LGF) shareholders are interested in it as well. That's because The Unborn, distributed by General Electric's (NYSE: GE) Universal, is a horror film that did much better than I expected. I heard bad word of mouth about the project, but it actually grossed more than $20 million. Lions Gate will be releasing My Bloody Valentine 3-D next weekend, and I think the performance of The Unborn may improve that film's chances.

Lions Gate, as we all know, is a studio that has a reputation for being an expert in targeting slick (as well as sick) slashers at young people. I want to see this remake, but I'm not interested in the whole 3-D aspect, I couldn't care less. I know, though, that perhaps the older teens will care. Still, I do hope the studio made sure that there's quality to back up the gimmick. If there isn't any, then it will quickly fade from the multiplex.


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Publicity whore Donald Trump -- who has been married three times and is now married to a woman more than 20 years his junior -- is criticizing Anne Hathaway for breaking up with Raffaelo Follieri amid allegations that he is a con artist.

Trump opined that "She hasn't remained very loyal to him, has she? So when he had plenty of money, she liked him, but then after that, not as good, right?"

Right: women should stand by their men when they're exposed as liars and con artists. I guess that the reason he feels that way is that if women didn't stay in relationships with phonies, he wouldn't be able to keep a lady! Here's the thing Donald: do you honestly think that your latest wife, Melania, is with you for reasons that have nothing to do with money? Is she in it for the hair? Or your rapidly expanding gut? Everyone's entitled to their delusions, Donald, but do you really think your wife would stay by your side if you were arrested on charges of fraud? I doubt it.

Here's the personal finance advice: integrity is generally not compartmentalized. If you're in a relationship with someone who lies to other people to get their money, or lies to you about money, that's a serious form of infidelity, and likely indicative of other problems: liars lie because they're liars.

The idea of Donald Trump giving relationship advice is almost as ridiculous as the idea of him giving business advice, given how poorly so many of his ventures have done. I leave you with this video of Rosie O'Donnell explaining everything that is wrong with him.

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