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Foreign Box Office: 'Expendables 2' Poised to Repeat as No. 1 Film Overseas

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Box Office Report: Anti-Obama Doc Beats New Films With $6.3 Mil on Eve of GOP Convention

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August 26, 2012 Box Office Report: Anti-Obama Doc Beats New Films With $6.3 Mil on Eve of GOP Convention The film is already the top documentary of 2012 and the No. 6 political doc of all time; holdover "The Expendables 2" tops the box office for the second weekend in a row. More news: Top Stories | Movies | TV | Music | Tech | Style | The Business | Awards

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Cheat Sheet - Neil Armstrong: A Modest Man on the Moon

Today: Hurricane Isaac Delays the Republican National Convention , In Syria: ‘Kill, Kill, Kill’ , Romney Turns Focus to Convention August 26, 2012 NEIL ARMSTRONG 1. A Modest Man on the Moon Give him the moon landing, sure, but astronaut Neil Armstrong's bigger accomplishment was showing Americans how to accept honest humility, writes Daniel Stone. Plus, see photos of Armstrong’s space odyssey. Read it at The Daily Beast Stormy 2. Isaac Delays Convention As the tropical storm churns toward Tampa, party officials had little choice but to cancel the Monday kickoff of the Republican National Convention. Howard Kurtz on why the media wouldn’t cover it anyway. Read it at The Daily Beast CARNAGE 3. In Syria: ‘Kill, Kill, Kill’ A Syrian activist said the regime’s marching orders are to ‘kill, kill, kill’ a day after more than 400 people were reported dead in the nation’s escalating violence. That number includes more than 200 people found dead in Daraya, a suburb near the capital of Damascus. “Daraya is being targeted because it is closest to the capital, and it is one of the first cities that revolted against the Assad regime,” said a spokeswoman for the Local Coordination Committees, an activist group. “Deep down, they know they are failing,” the spokeswoman said of efforts to quash the rebels, “but they want to destroy as much as possible before it is over.” Read it at BBC RNC 4. Romney Turns Focus to Convention Due to receive the Republican Party’s nomination in Tampa this week, Mitt Romney turned voters’ attention to President Obama’s own convention appearance, scheduled for the first week of September. “I can almost read his speech now,” the Republican candidate said. “It will be filled with promises and tell people how wonderful things are.” After repeated distractions over the course of the last week, including a comment that alluded to false theories regarding the president’s birthplace, Romney said he was ready to get back to the issues. “It’s not his words the people have to listen to, it is his actions and his record,” he said of Obama. Read it at Bloomberg BOX OFFICE 5. Anti-Obama Film Is Top Documentary Now Bully knows what it feels like to get pushed around. The documentary chronicling grade-school lunch-money grabbers has lost the top-earner spot to 2016: Obama’s America, a conservative take on the president’s record led by commentator Dinesh D’Souza and John Sullivan. The film grossed $2.2 million Friday after expanding to theaters nationwide just as Republicans and reporters began to pour into Tampa for the GOP’s national convention. The film is expected to make about $6 million overall for the weekend. Read it at The Hollywood Reporter DISASTER Venezuelan Refinery Explodes Chavez orders probe. WIKILEAKS Ecuador: Britain Won’t Raid Embassy Where Julian Assange took refuge. COLLISION Chinese Bus Crash Kills Dozens After crashing into methanol tanker. TIN-FOIL HATS Cranks See UFOs, Little Green Men In Mars footage. MEATBALL MTV Report: Snooki Has a Boy First child for the ‘Jersey Shore’ star. GET The Cheat Sheet A speedy, smart summary of news and must-reads from across the Web. You'll love the featured original stories on politics, entertainment, and more from The Daily Beast's diverse group of contributors. GET Culture Beast Weekly cultural recommendations from The Daily Beast. Sex and the Science Writer A reader asks Jesse Bering: Has writing about the science of sex affected your own sex life? More Videos Ryan Stoops to New Low by Michael Tomasky Workplace Warning Signs by Lloyd Grove The Aurora Fear Factor by Rick Schwartz

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