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Dan Brown and “Da Vinci Code” Sequel Set First Day Sales Record

Colleen Cusumano — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:22:37 +0000

Robert Langdon has slipped on his Harrison tweed jacket to solve another history-laced mystery and fans could not be more excited. Dan Brown, author of “The Da Vinci Code” and “Angels and Demons,” released “The Lost Symbol” on Tuesday and watched as more than one million copies flew off the shelves in the U.S., Canada and the U.K. as fans eager to discover what happened to Langdon rushed to book stores.

According to EW.com, Carolyn Brown, spokeswoman for Barnes & Noble, said “No other adult fiction title even comes close.” Additionally, the book was on the “Best Seller List” before the novel even hit stores. Brown’s publisher was prepared for the high demand and went “back to press immediately prior to release in order to print an additional 600,000 copies (bringing the total number to 5.6 million).”

Fans tweeted their excitement over the news:

kate_childs Great news RT @sarahw RT @roncharles B&N says THE LOST SYMBOL has broken record for 1-day sales for Adult Fiction at its stores and Website.

Out_Inc RT @bakercom1: Oh YAY Dan! RT @randomhouse congrats Dan Brown – selling record-breaking 1 mil copies of THE LOST SYMBOL in a day**so want it

alexiskold Dan Brown sold record-breaking 1 million copies of THE LOST SYMBOL in a day! (via @randomhouse)

IHahn Dan Browns new book The Lost Symbol broke the one-day sales record for any book – over 1 million copies. What’s world coming to!

phillipoverton Dan Brown sold a quick one million copies on the first day his latest book ‘The Lost Symbol’ went on sale. Amazing huh!

Fans also shared their thoughts on the new novel:

mildwave Just heard about Dan Brown’s, “The lost symbol” cant wait to get my hands on it… waiting eagerly to get a copy!!

dimantha is half way through his Audiobook version of The Lost Symbol and acknowledges that Dan Brown has done it again!

feexby Enjoying Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol. Calm down critics, it’s harmless fun.

adrielch For the record, when i read dan brown’s the lost symbol, i DO NOT see tom hanks as robert langdon

trig1230 Good Morning! Stayed up too late reading “The Lost Symbol”. Amazing. Exciting. There’s gonna be a lot more Freemasons after this!

dymocksbrisbane Dan Brown’s new book The Lost symbol is shaping up like on of his best. Don’t want to work need to read.

champster done with The Lost Symbol, good novel not as good as DVC or AD some illogical moment in storyline, but the codes are good, so damn good!!

DoFruit_UAE Me & U both! RT @3osha: I NEED the Lost Symbol. I NEED it.

VinodLaxman I became the first person in Kochi to own Dan Brown’s Lost Symbol. It is yet another amazing journey into the secrets of ancient symbology.

The e-book is experiencing similar success and is currently the highest top-seller for the Amazon Kindle.

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Teen Choice 2009 Nominees Announced

Will DuPree — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:17:12 +0000

Disney’s “High School Musical 3: Senior Year,” The CW’s “Gossip Girl,” and teen queen Miley Cyrus all scored 10 nominations for Teen Choice 2009 (also know as the Teen Choice Awards). The nominations were announced yesterday.

Cyrus edged out former boyfriend Nick Jonas and his brothers in nominations by only one. The Jonas Brothers will still have a spotlight on them as they serve as both hosts and performers for the August broadcast.

“Twilight” actually scored the most nominations with 12 honors, including choice actor and actress in a drama. The popular vampire flick will also compete for best drama against Oscar winners “Slumdog Millionaire” and “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” as well as “Obsessed” and “Angels and Demons.”

Campaigning for Twitter users’ favorite nominees is already in full swing:

superCICI VOTE FOR CIARA @ TEEN CHOICE AWARD NOW

misslhill Congrats to Adam Lambert for his 2 Teen Choice Award Nominations- take that Kris Allen!

JaMiElOvEsDaViD voting for @davidarchie and @mileycyrus for all of their teen choice award nominations!

leahxohsnap I can’t believe I have to wait 2 months for the Teen Choice Award’s. I’m so excited for them! VOTE FOR ZAC, VANESSA, AND HSM3. NOT TWILIGHT.

aacaldwell @spencerpratt Hope you win the Teen Choice Award for TV Villian!

BLeaders Bow Wow is nominated for a Teen Choice Award this year, & we need your help to make him win!

Ever_Grace Vote for @ddlovato for a teen choice award!!!!! http://bit.ly/c9CBN

emmalouiseoxo has just encountered her worst nightmare – teen choice male hottie award – jonas bros, zac efron or chase crawford… i’m stuck!

Trophies will be handed out to the top vote-getters Monday, August 10, on Fox.

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Weekend Box Office Likes “Angels and Demons”

Lindsey McElroy — Mon, 18 May 2009 17:29:00 +0000

It was a blessed weekend for Ron Howard’s film adaptation of “Angels and Demons,” as it raked in an estimate $48 million at the box office.

But according to Entertainment Weekly, “Angels and Demons” fell short of its predecessor, “The DaVinci Code,” which brought in $77.1 million during its debut in 2006.

J.J. Abrams’ “Star Trek” beamed into second place with a strong $43 million during its second weekend. “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” rounded out the top three, bringing the film’s three-weekend total to $151.1 million.

Filmgoers tweeted their reviews:

sermoa Angels & Demons was very good. We enjoyed it and thought that the deviations from the book were for the better – except for one wtf? moment!

fray Angels and Demons was a good movie. Felt like a episode of 24.

omigod Watched Angels and Demons in all its mediocrity. Are Dan Brown’s books so bad they just can’t make a good movie or is hollywood to blame?

incredimarc Oh, it’s going to be a good but busy day. I keep thinking about how crazy the cockamamie science was in Angels and Demons.

mondaymornin just got back from Monday Movie Night: Angels & Demons. Entertaining but Da Vinci Code was better in terms of puzzles. And i lurve puzzles.

ddvt92 I saw Angels and Demons yesterday. Awesome movie. Love Tom Hanks. He is the best. This movie was better than the Davinci Code.

okwithmydecay @fastchicken I know Angels and Demons sucked, but there is an interesting podcast on the science of antimatter http://tr.im/lFsg

Serrrg I heard “Angels and demons” should be called “running and figuring boring s**t out”

N_Absentia Angels and Demons kicked major butt!!! Although I have to admit that the end was kind of anti-climatic…but interesting.

RobSenter @atthemoviestv @Star Trek – So good it makes me want to burn my DVD’s of the last two Trek films. The franchise is reinvigorated. Love it!

kupkate14 Star Trek was amazing!!! the characters were just like the originals!! especially spock!! live long and prosper tweets!

toddblog Twitterfession: I saw Star Trek this weekend and I didn’t really like it very much. I think my expectations were a little too high.

MyshaGardner So . . . so far “Star Trek” is the *sh!!! Unfortunately our movie viewing was interrupted by an earthquake *Sigh*

chieflemonhead #Star Trek was awesome! Loved how they used original character dev to build a whole new franchise. Looking forward to a new sequel.

sidelko I enjoyed Star Trek last night, John Cho & Simon Pegg were nice surprises. Not sure if I like that they undid the whole star trek mythos.

chrisbouldin star trek was only missing one thing, a cameo by bill shatner. must have been too busy making priceline commercials.

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