Sony Pictures Entertainment has surpassed the $1 billion mark in box office receipts for calendar year 2006, making it the fifth year in a row the studio has reached that milestone at the box office.

Happy Birthday to "Pearl Harbor" actor Josh Hartnett (1978), "The Last Starfighter" star Lance Guest (1960), "SNL" alum Jon Lovitz (1957), 80s singer Taco (1955), "RV" star Robin Williams (1951), expatriate singer Cat Stevens (1948), "The Andy Griffith Show" actor Don Knotts (1924; d. 2005), and author Ernest Hemingway (1899; d. 1961).

Tom Cruise's latest Mission: Impossible movie has under-performed at the box office, taking in $30 million less than experts predicted. The third movie in the all-action franchise still stormed to the top of the box office but fell short of expectations, grossing $48 million in its opening weekend. The critically acclaimed film was expected to debut in America with sales of at least $75 million.

Robin Williams and his family vacation romp RV cruised to the top of the box office with a $16.4 million haul this weekend, while September 11th drama United 93 debuted in second place with $11.6 million.

A white-collar workaholic deceptively persuades his family to forgo their much-anticipated Hawaiian vacation for a cross-country road trip in a fully loaded RV, during which they discover the true meaning of family bonding

Jeff Daniels urges all well-to-do parents to take trips around America in mobile homes because he's found the road trips are a great way to get to know your kids. The actor is a long time fan of the open road and regularly sets off on RV trips with his family - something he started doing when his kids were very young.

* Ron Howard and his daughter Bryce Dallas Howard are teaming up on the big screen for the first time since How The Grinch Stole Christmas, after the director agreed to helm new film The Look Of Real. Bryce is attached to the film, which will be her first leading role in one of her father's movies. The film follows a group of young women in the garment industry. The director's daughter has appeared in past Howard projects Apollo 13 and Parenthood.

Jeff Daniels rarely gets recognized when he's touring America in his mobile home because fellow motorists never expect to see a movie star pumping gas. The star loves to get into his RV and drive for days - he even drove his camping vehicle all the way from his home in Michigan to the set of his new comedy, appropriately titled RV, in Vancouver, Canada.

Jeff Daniels was the ideal choice to star in new mobile home movie comedy RV because he owns one of the handy vehicles. Daniels, who stars alongside Robin Williams in the new family film and also features on the cover of quirky magazine RV Living, uses his 40-foot home to get him to concerts when he's performing low-key rock shows.