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...only two winning films - WALL-E and The Dark Knight - have made more than a fender-bending dent at the box office. Mind you, several of these pictures are just starting to get a wide domestic release. Rourke's film and both of Winslet's have a shot at moderate financial success, and Slumdog could be that rare film from the indies (or, this time, from India) that crosses over to mainstream-hit status. The film's U.S. distributor, Fox Searchlight, surely hopes that the publicity from the Globes victory will lift Slumdog into the multiplexes with the buoyancy...
...numbers are telling. At the domestic box office, this no-star drama has already earned more than $34 million - about double the cumulative take of three Golden Globe winners from last year (La Vie en Rose, Julie Christie as an Alzheimer's sufferer in Away from Her and Cate Blanchett's Bob Dylan impression in I'm Not There). It has already made more than what 2008's film drama winner, Atonement, had cadged by this time last year. Remember that Juno came out of nowhere a year ago and revved up to a $143 million domestic gross. Not that...
...away, Hoyle made 28 saves on the night.With only five minutes to recover the lead, the Crimson regrouped and attempted to rack up another tally after a Brown penalty. Despite numerous scoring opportunities, no one could provide the answer for Harvard and the score remained tied as the penalty box doors opened.During the final minute of regulation time, the Crimson assembled an offensive front that made Rosen work double time. Firing shots off left and right, Harvard desperately tried to put one past the Bears defense, but the squad again failed to regain the lead.“There were...
...delicious. “Excuse me, sir,” said the flight attendant. “Would you like some lunch today?” For a moment, I was disoriented—there was no five dollar price tag attached to the offer, only an enticing lunch box on her outstretched arm. And I had been addressed politely, an antiquated notion of civility other airlines had led me to give up on. Further surprising me, the attendant returned after lunch for a second time with a beverage cart. “We’re offering a complimentary...
...junior netminder with 4:04 left in the final frame, but the play was contested by Harvard, as it seemed that Yale’s Brian O’Neill had charged the goalie. The referees reviewed the play, and though O’Neill was sent to the box for the infraction, the Yale goal was allowed.Riley now has a team-high save percentage of .898 for the season, with 53 saves and six goals allowed. His career save percentage is .906, topping both Hoyle and Carroll’s percentages.Freshman Matt Hoyle, who served as the Crimson?...