Posted on: Tuesday, December 14, 2004

ISLAND LIFE SHORTS
'Ocean's Twelve' pulls in $40.8 million

Advertiser Staff and News Services

"Ocean's Twelve," the high-action heist sequel starring an A-list cast, washed away the competition this weekend, earning $40.8 million and stealing the fourth spot as the best-ever December opening, Zap2it.com reports.

"Blade: Trinity" opened with $16 million for the weekend. "National Treasure" fell from first to third with $9.9 million and a $124 million cumulative, while "The Polar Express" keeps chugging along in fourth place at $9.7 million and hitting $110 million. "Christmas with the Kranks" rounded off the top five, bringing in $7.6 million.

Use gentle laundry soap to keep shirt collar clean

If you want your favorite white shirt to last longer and stay fresher, attack that ring around the collar (and cuffs) regularly.

When you take the shirt off, take a nail brush and gentle laundry soap such as Forever New (sold at Macy's and Neiman Marcus) or Ivory liquid (at drug stores) and scrub lightly. It takes just a minute or two.

Neither your laundry nor your dry cleaner can get at those stains once the oils from your skin have settled in.

FINAL WORD

William Shatner | asked in Entertainment Weekly's "Stupid Questions" segment what the proper etiquette is when a "Star Trek" fan spots him on the street:

"You run one way. I run the other."