Today's Starting Lineup

Leading off... it should be noted that $94 million is not a lot of money in Hollywood nor does it reflect any kind of numerical significance.  Most summer-time flicks have to break $100 million just to break even.  Michael Moore's  box office take on Fahrenheit 9/11 might be setting records for a documentary, but the figures are hardly reflective in terms of political gains and losses.  Heck, Spider-man 2 and Shrek 2 will gross over 400 million domestically and most people in the United States still haven't seen the film. 

Second... Moore loves to play his "persecution card", but talk about getting banned!  I seriously doubt Moore's trifle of a film has been banned anywhere.  In fact, most countries can't wait to show it.  On the other hand, Mel Gibson's Passion is hard-pressed to get airplay in the Holy Land.  Imagine that. 

In the three hole... Meryl Streep claims her upcoming role in the remake of The Manchurian Candidate was not based on Hillary Clinton.  Please!  She tried to take it a step further by saying the character is based on someone that nobody has identified yet.  Now, Streep might be a lot of things but a bad actress she is not and the only way we wouldn't be able to identify her role model would be if she was a bad actress. 

Batting cleanup will be Bryan Singer.  Not only does he have his hit X-Men trilogy weighing in the balance, now he's landed the gig to direct Superman.   

In the five-spot... Freddie Prinze, Jr. will be teaming up with Val Kilmer to do a mobster movie... in Pittsburgh of all places.  I guess it is the home of the Stealers (sic) after all!

Batting sixth... The Passion goes at it again over in Malaysia.

In the seventh slot... The Butterfly Effect outsold all home video competitors for the second week in the row.

Batting in the eight-hole... White Castle looks forward to a date with Harold and Kumar.

And batting last... the WWE is making a movie.  Isn't that one of the seven signs of the apocalypse?