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by Claudine Zap
Our top picks from the day’s hottest searches.
- Black Friday coupons (Searches increased by 3,175%). Websites are already promoting deals for the day after Thanksgiving.
- John F. Kennedy assassination (+1,450%). Today marks the 46th anniversary of the 35th president’s untimely death.
- Weekend box office results (+210%). Not bad for a bunch of teen vampires and wolves: The “New Moon” saga brought in the third biggest box-office gross in history.
- “Louboutins” (+204%). JLo took a tumble while performing her new single — an ode to the sky-high heels.
- Susan Boyle news (+140%). The Internet novelty act put out her first album, which broke pre-order sales on Amazon. Critics were slightly less enthusiastic.
by Mike Krumboltz
New faces stirred the Search box this week. Folks quickly turned to the Web to learn more about the president’s half-brother, a vilified soccer player, and a 2-year-old who helped deliver his baby brother. Catch up on these stories and more with the Buzz Week in Review.
President Obama’s family time
He’s still incredibly busy running the country, but President Obama found a little time this past week to catch up with his half-brother. While visiting Beijing on a diplomatic trip, Mr. Obama set aside a few minutes to talk with Mark Okoth Obama Ndesandjo, who shares the same father as the president. Mr. Ndesandjo made some headlines several months ago when he spoke about growing up with whom he called his “abusive father.” He and the president have rarely seen each other in person. After their latest meeting, Mr. Ndesandjo said he felt overwhelmed and “over the moon” about getting to see his famous sibling. Details of what was discussed weren’t revealed, but Searches still soared on both men’s names, as well as “obama family tree.”
Foul play on the pitch
In the Internet age, a person can become famous in the blink of an eye. Or, in Elizabeth Lambert’s case, infamous. The college soccer player became the focus of intense scrutiny this week after footage surfaced of her pulling an opponent down by her ponytail. The clip has been viewed millions of times on YouTube, and Ms. Lambert has since been suspended indefinitely by her team, the University of New Mexico Lobos. For her part, Ms. Lambert has expressed intense regret for the poor sportsmanship, and is seeing a psychologist to “help her better understand her actions.”
Special delivery
It was something out of a bad sitcom: Mom can’t get to the hospital fast enough, so her toddler has to help deliver the new baby. This time it really happened, and we’re happy to say that both mom, toddler, and baby are doing fine. Bobbye Favazza of Mississippi went into labor and ended up giving birth on the living-room sofa. According to a popular AP article, the woman’s toddler, Jeremiha, “got her a towel and caught the baby before firefighters arrived to cut the umbilical cord.” The story caught the attention of searchers. Lookups on “two year old delivers baby” experienced a miraculous surge.
Also buzzing this week.
• “New Moon” opened to ravenous crowds and tepid reviews.
• Oprah will end her talk show in 2011.
• Look out, Homer: There’s a new character in Springfield.
by Claudine Zap
The vampire sequel “New Moon” may not be scoring big with critics. But that sure won’t be true for the box office. Hordes of Twi-hards stampeded movie theaters for a first look at a midnight viewing.
In fact, fans helped make the teen sensation a record-breaker, with the largest audience ever for a midnight movie. The picture reportedly raked in over $26 million, and beat out similar midnight showings of “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” and “The Dark Knight.”
Of course, we could have guessed that the Robert Pattinson vehicle would go over well: One-day lookups on the Web have soared over 100% for “new moon movie.” Movie buffs have also been busy searching on “new moon movie tickets,” and “pre order new moon tickets.”
All this suggests, says USA Today, a movie weekend that could be the biggest of the year. Stay tuned for further record-breaking news.
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