Dark-ness Prevails
Oct. 27 2008, Published 7:07 a.m. ET
• Heroic, measured: The Dark Knight, with its maybe-white-collar criminal leading man, opened to an estimated $155.4 million over the weekend, the highest opening ever. The Batman flick beat the record previously held by Spider-Man 3.
• Practice rounds: Before Jimmy Fallon takes over Late Night on NBC, he'll practice on the Internet with a series of webisodes in the fall, months before he steps into Conan O'Brien's shoes on television. Producer Lorne Michaels thinks this will help Fallon work out any rough spots and "find his show." Yeah, good luck with that.
- Tragic One Direction Singer Liam Payne Dead Aged 31 After Horror Hotel Balcony Plunge: Celeb Tributes Pour In as Images Emerge of Smashed Up Hotel Room Strewn With White Powder and 'Drugs Foil'
- Family of Menendez Brothers Beg for Convicted Killers' Freedom in Press Conference Three Decades After Brutal Murders: 'They Were Failed By Their Parents!'
- BREAKING: Jailed 'Sex Beast' Sean 'Diddy' Combs Hit With Another Wave of Horrific Lawsuits — Rapper Accused of Drugging, Raping, Sodomizing and Threatening to Murder Multiple New Victims
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• Ground control: Earlier today, Barack Obama stopped in Baghdad to begin an on-the-ground inspection of Iraq, his first since launching his bid for president.
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