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...Hagner brought the crowd to its feet in the 16th minute, hitting the post with a powerful header off Baskind’s corner. Junior defender Lizzy Nichols then came close as well, serving in a free kick from close to midfield that took a wild bounce in the box, forcing Bulldog keeper Ayana Sumiyasu to push the ball over the bar. The complexion of the game changed after senior midfielders Rachael Lau and Erin Wylie were substituted at around the 20-minute mark. Play opened up with possession evening out, as the two sides traded attacks in each other?...
...Albany, Ga., are the writers, producers and directors of the surprise hit Fireproof. Shot on a $500,000 budget with an all-volunteer cast and donated sets and locations, their drama about a fire captain trying to rekindle his marriage made $6.8 million in its opening weekend at the box office, coming in fourth overall, between a Samuel L. Jackson thriller and a Coen brothers farce. On Oct. 10, Fireproof's distributor Samuel Goldwyn Films will add another 200 theaters to the movie's initial 850-theater...
...football and faith, that earned the Kendricks notice in Hollywood. Produced for $100,000, the movie was dismissed by mainstream critics as too earnest and heavy-handed. But due to the recommendations of pastors and Christian publications, the film went on to earn more than $10 million at the box office, and it sold 1.6 million DVDs...
...result was a movie that, in box office terms, held its own with A-list Hollywood stars and directors. "Hollywood is gifted at high production quality and acting," says Alex. "But their morals and life perspectives are so different from the rest of us. New York and California seem to have one type of culture and then there's the rest of America. We're trying to make movies that speak to what we believe the American family struggles with - communication, financing, intimacy...
...signed with us 1 1/2 years back," says Dinesh Chaturvedi, general secretary of the federation. The timing will hurt films slated for release around the Hindu festival of Diwali; along with this week's Muslim festival of Eid al-Fitr, this period usually triggers some of Bollywood's biggest box-office releases of the year. The strike isn't expected to affect the distribution of films during the holiday, but publicity will be most affected. The worst-hit area looks to be television, with the fate of dozens of serials, reality shows and daily programs looking grim...