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    Morning Mix: "Up" On Track to Be Pixar's No. 2 All-Time

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    • Outcry Prompts (Another) Letterman Apology. After threats of protests hit The Late Show, David Letterman devoted both his Monday night monologue and a large portion of his show to apologizing, again, to Gov. Sarah Palin and her family for his untoward remarks. (Earlier, he made an off-color joke about a Bristol Palin-Alex Rodriguez tryst, after the former was thought to be at a Yankees game; turns out, it was her 14-year-old daughter Willow). [Entertainment Weekly]

    • Up, Up and Away for Pixar.  Up is still the movie to beat in summer '09 -- after only its third frame, it's cumulative total is $187.4 million -- but it is on track to become the movie to beat in Pixar history. At this rate, the film will pass the studio's other big hits like Ratatouille and Wall-E, and is set to become the second-highest grossing film ever for the studio, behind only Finding Nemo. [Variety]

    • Digital TV Transition Goes Smoothly. After all the doomsday predictions, wringing of hands and general horror over the FCC's planned transition from analog to digital television signal, the organization is now saying that the switch went off with barely a hitch.  Said FCC Commissioner Jonathan S. Adelstein: "It's looking more like Y2K than the Bay of Pigs." [Washington Post]
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