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TOUCHSTONE PICTURES Bill Murray stars in Wes Anderson's latest geek-chick comedy about a Jacques Cousteau-esque oceanographer/filmmaker struggling to finish his documentary on the jaguar shark.

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Movies opening this week:

Tomorrow

» "Meet the Fockers" -- The sequel to the 2000 hit "Meet the Parents" follows male nurse Greg Focker (Ben Stiller), his fiancˇe (Teri Polo) and his future in-laws, the Byrnes (Robert De Niro and Blythe Danner) to their visit to freewheeling "Focker Isle," the Florida-peninsula home of Bernie (Dustin Hoffman) and Roz (Barbra Streisand). He's a liberal former lawyer and she's a sex therapist to senior citizens -- and both drive the uptight Byrnes clan crazy. (PG-13)

Opens Christmas Day

» "The Aviator" -- Before he was famous for being a reclusive germaphobe, Howard Hughes was known for being a movie mogul, pursuer of actresses and, above all, a pioneering aviator. Martin Scorsese's epic, starring Leonardo DiCaprio as Hughes. (PG-13)

» "Darkness" -- A teenager (Anna Paquin) moves into a remote country house with her family, discovering the gloomy abode has a horrifying past that threatens to destroy the family. (R)

» "Fat Albert" -- Bill Cosby's classic '70s TV cartoon show comes to life when the characters escape leap from the tube into the modern world, much to Cosby's shock. (PG)

» "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou" -- Wes Anderson's latest geek-chic comedy is about a Jacques Cousteau-esque oceanographer/filmmaker who is struggling to finish his latest film on the mysterious jaguar shark (a species that supposedly killed his partner). The cast includes Owen Wilson as an airline co-pilot who could be Zissou's son, Cate Blanchett as a reporter writing about Zissou, Anjelica Huston as his estranged wife, co-producer, Jeff Goldblum as a pompous rival and Willem Dafoe as the loyal crewmate. (R)

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The most downloaded songs of the week, as listed by apple. com/ itunes:

1. "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" Green Day (pictured above)
2. "One, Two Step" Ciara feat. Missy Elliot
3. "Since U Been Gone" Kelly Clarkson
4. "Santa Claus is Comin' to Town" Bruce Springsteen
5. "Drop It Like It's Hot" Snoop Dogg & Pharrell Williams
6. "All I Want for Christmas is You" Mariah Carey
7. "Over and Over" Nelly & Tim McGraw
8. "Vertigo" U2
9. "Numb / Encore" Jay-Z & Linkin Park
10. "The Chanukah Song" Adam Sandler

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