Pop culture. Americans consume 17 billion quarts of popped popcorn annually or 54 quarts per man, woman and child, according to The Popcorn Board. Approximately 70% is eaten in the home. The major popcorn producing states are Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska and Ohio.
Hello, gorgeous! The statuettes Oscar winners take home on March 5 will each weigh eight-and-a-half pounds and stand thirteen-and-a-half inches tall. The coveted trophies of gold-plated britannium are handmade by R.S. Owens and Co. in Chicago.
But did they have a nice Chianti to celebrate?Three films have swept the Academy Awards in the Oscar’s 77 year history, receiving statues for best picture, directing, actor, actress and writing: “It Happened One Night” (1934), “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” (1975) and “The Silence of the Lambs” (1991).
Roll em’ – but not so much. The number of screens in U.S. movie theaters is steadily declining. The National Association of Theater Owners reports that there were 36,012 indoor and 640 drive-in screens in 2004, down from 25,830 indoor and 859 drive-in in 1994.
Monkey business. Forget the humble movie poster. According to Promo magazine, the recent “Curious George” flick got a multi-million dollar boost thanks to a DVD plugging a tie-in video game in 17 million boxes of Life cereal and on 10,000 in-store Dole banana displays. “George” themed sweepstakes were also featured on boxes of Cold-Eeze and 1.2 million Carvel ice cream product packages .
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