Weekend Box Office May 7- 8, 2011

Weeks    Per    Rank/Title/Studio Last Week   Total    Out   Location    1. Thor (Paramount) $65.7 mil.   $65.7 mil.   1   $16,618  2. Fast Five (Universal) 32.4 mil.   139.8 mil.   2   8,860  3. Jumping the Broom (Sony) 15.2 mil.   15.2 mil.   1   7,477  4. Something Borrowed (Warner Bros.) 13.9 mil.   13.9 mil.   1   4,802  5. Rio (Fox) 8.5 mil.   115.2 mil.   4   2,610  6. Water for Elephants (Fox) 6.1...

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A Fight for Poverty: Manny Pacquiao’s yellow gloves

On Saturday, May 7th, Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao will wear yellow gloves when he fights 39-year old “Sugar” Shane Mosley. The Pacquiao vs Mosley fight will be at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Manny Pacquiao will defend his WBO Welterweight Belt versus former three-division world champion Shane Mosley in-front of the 16,800 sell-out crowd. Pacman, a congressman in the Philippines, wants to fight Mosley with yellow gloves – not to deceive him of its bright and shady color – but to symbolize his fight against poverty and the unity of the Filipino people across the globe. Manny Pacquiao came from a very poor family and there were times he’s never eaten in a day. He sells various kinds of stuffs in the streets just to help his mother...

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