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Except that on Sunday night, the haves had not. Clooney did not win an Academy Award, and neither did the film he was nominated for, the early front runner (and utterly Oscar-worthy) Up in the Air, which even failed to cop its expected prize for Best Adapted Screenplay. Avatar won only three of the nine categories for which it was eligible - the door prizes of Cinematography, Art Direction and Special Effects - and its begetter, James Cameron, supped on the special gall of losing Best Picture and Best Director to The Hurt Locker and his ex-wife Kathryn Bigelow, respectively...
...Ctrip acquired a hotel-reservation operation, Xiandai Yuntong Tourism Service, which gave it a large presence in the traditional offline travel business. After giving its new acquisition a successful online dimension, Ctrip began to move into other travel sectors. In 2002, it diversified into air tickets, and after two more years package holidays. Recently, it moved into corporate travel. "That's one of the most important reasons why Ctrip was successful," says James L. Tang, vice president of sales and marketing. "We waited for the infrastructure, the manpower and the technology...
...Avatar, $720.2 million, $2.559 billion 2. Up. $293 million, $723 million 3. Inglourious Basterds, $120.5 million, $313.6 million 4. District 9, $115.6 million, $304.8 million 5. The Blind Side, $250.5 million, $251 million 6. Up in the Air, $83 million, $153.5 million 7. Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire, $47.4 million. $53.3 million 8. A Serious Man, $9.2 million, $24.2 million 9. The Hurt Locker, $14.7 million, $21.4 million 10. An Education, $12.1 million, $17.1 million...
...brought to life with cutting-edge technology and about $310 million of News Corp. studio's money. The overwhelming success of Avatar points to a future where more and more of our experiences might be virtual and passive, just like those of the movie's hero, where the air and water of the outdoors will matter less than what technology and the human mind can offer us in a climate-controlled studio...
...this movie feels very much like a return to that material, but with add-ons, specifically a third male lead. Actually, a fourth if you count Wesley Snipes, who has a smaller but pivotal part as a lusciously smooth drug dealer named Cassanova. With all these balls in the air, the viewer gets impatient for them to come together. The aim is clearly epic - this film aspires to be Serpico, New Jack City and Training Day all rolled into one - but by the time the dots do connect, it less a climax than a relief...