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Summer may be when studios put out their biggest movies, but after a horrendous 2011 at the box office, Hollywood is going all out starting in the spring: This rapid-fire slate of potential blockbusters should turn heads this season.

The Queen Monster's $90 million in earnings and mastery of social media pushed her past perennial winner Oprah Winfrey. Not that Oprah's doing badly.

In what was dubbed the battle of the 1980s, The Karate Kid beat The A-Team. Sony's (SNE) remake of the 1984 film, opened as the top-grossing movie in U.S. and Canadian theaters this weekend with ticket sales of $56 million. New Corp's (NWSA) Fox Film studio The A-Team, which is based on a 1980s television series, came in a distant second, grossing $26 million.

Since we all like free things, and these days, free seems an especially elusive concept, I thought I'd mention to everyone that Sony Electronics is in the midst of a 40-city/40-day tour. The SVP of corporate communications and host of the Sony blog, Rick Clancy, is visiting each Sony Electronics'...

Ben Stein is one of my favorite financial writers and his column from Christmas of last year is a classic that every parent should give to their children. Read the column, and forward to as many young people as you know. Stein writes:I know a lot of really successful people -- in finance, in...