The Hollywood summer blockbuster not only serves as a testament to our culture's love of escapism, but also makes a tasty breakfast. Commentary by Lore Sjöberg.

AP - The second federal plaintiff to claim that the painkiller Vioxx caused a heart attack was a fit retired FBI agent who watched his diet, exercised regularly and was a model patient, his lawyer says.

Reuters - School's out for summer -- but not at Walt Disney Co., which is bringing its blockbuster cable TV movie franchise "High School Musical" to South America.

Reuters - Stocks looked set to open firmer on Friday as energy companies reported blockbuster earnings, but data on U.S. economic growth could set the tone for trading.

AFP - Shares in Sanofi-Aventis fell sharply on news that a deal it struck to keep a cheaper generic version of its blockbuster drug Plavix off the market was the subject of a US criminal investigation.

Reuters - Eurostar, the train service linking London to Paris and other European cities, said on Wednesday first-half sales rose 6 percent, boosted by devotees of the blockbuster Da Vinci Code movie and World Cup fans.

Record-breaking blockbuster "Pirates of the Caribbean" has grossed $258.2 million in its second weekend at the box office. Studio figures show the movie, which stars Johnny Depp return as Captain Jack Sparrow, has become the most popular film of the year so far in North America....

AP - "Pirates of the Caribbean" is looking more like "Treasure Island." Already a record-shattering blockbuster, Johnny Depp's sequel "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" dug up $62.2 million in its second weekend, raising its 10-day total to $258.2 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.

AP - "Pirates of the Caribbean" is looking more like "Treasure Island." Already a record-shattering blockbuster, Johnny Depp's sequel "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" dug up $62.2 million in its second weekend, raising its 10-day total to $258.2 million, according to studio estimates Sunday.

AP - A screenwriter filed a lawsuit claiming Walt Disney Co. and others behind the 2003 blockbuster movie "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" pillaged drawings and characters he had created for an earlier project about supernatural swashbucklers.

"Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" is anticipated to surprass the blockbuster records $192.1 million record held by "Spider-Man 2" and even earn beyond $250 million by the week's end.

AP - A screenwriter filed a lawsuit claiming Walt Disney Co. and others behind the 2003 blockbuster movie "Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl" pillaged drawings and characters he had created for an earlier project about supernatural swashbucklers.

AP - With a blockbuster eight-player deal that cost them two everyday players, the Cincinnati Reds tried to fix the bullpen that's been dragging them down. They'll find out soon whether they paid too high of a price.

AFP - Hollywood blockbuster "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest" has been attacked by real-life buccaneers in China, with illegal DVD versions already appearing in the streets of Shanghai.

AP - Elaine Doherty was the typical patient to whom drug maker Merck & Co. marketed its former blockbuster painkiller Vioxx: a senior citizen with arthritis and other ailments common among older folks, including heart disease.

The new film, "Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest," will not be playing on the island where much of the film was shot. The one theater on the island says the summer blockbuster sequel won't be playing for months, as the facility undergoes repairs....

Reuters - India's prolific film industry is set to top revenues of $3.3 billion by 2010 as it rides new technologies and a booming economy to expand at 18 percent a year, according to an industry trade group.

Reuters - Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. , owner of the blockbuster "Grand Theft Auto" video game series, on Monday said regulators launched an informal investigation into its stock options policies dating back to 1997.

The U.S. Supreme Court ended its 2005-2006 term on Friday with a blockbuster ruling that limits a key weapon in the Bush administration's war on terror.

Reuters - The curtain will fall on the blockbuster Canadian production of the "Lord of the Rings" musical in September, just five months after it opened to mixed reviews, the show's producers said on Wednesday.