By Lee Pfeiffer
Can you imagine there are people high up in the entertainment industry who believe that audiences will pay $60 for the privilege of watching a recent film at home through an on-demand service? Some geniuses at Universal thought so and proceeded to announce that the forthcoming Ben Stiller/Eddie Murphy comedy Tower Heist would be available for $60- but for that princely sum, you still would have to wait until three weeks after it opened in theaters. Theater owners were obviously outraged and threatened to boycott all Universal films. The studio quickly caved and canceled the program before it was implemented. The irony? We'll bet that, given Murphy's box-office record in recent years, the movie will probably be on DVD within three weeks anyway. For more click here