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...summer weekend, a movie usually needs a star name or an action-film punch, or it needs to be a sequel to or the remake of a blockbuster. Except, that is, for new Pixar releases. Rising on the propulsion of a brand name known for quality entertainment, the studio's 10th animated feature, Up, surpassed most predictions by earning $68.2 million this weekend, according to official projections. Buoyed by higher ticket prices in theaters showing the 3-D version and rhapsodic reviews that tallied a 98% positive rating on Rotten Tomatoes, Up scored the strongest Pixar opening since The Incredibles...
...other debut film, the gypsy-curse shocker Drag Me to Hell, looks to come in an O.K. third, with $16.6 million. Like Up, it's a film with no stars, but a star director of sorts: Sam Raimi, who did the Spider-Man movies and, ages ago, the Evil Dead cult trilogy. Credit Drag Me to Hell's success to a generous PG-13 rating and to the loyalty of genre fans who haven't been able to go to a new horror film in, gee, almost two months. (See TIME's video "Making Drag Me to Hell More Hellish...
...Picard, the New York-based lawyer who could have easily doubled for actor Frederic March in film Inherit the Wind, is at the turbulent center of the post-Madoff world, a world that includes multi-billion dollar feeder fund lawsuits, multi-million dollar deals with international banks, and, less grand, the issuing of multi-hundred thousand dollar checks to the nearly 7,000 direct account holders caught up in Madoff's massive Ponzi scheme. (See pictures of the demise of Bernard Madoff...
...either Penn or the Bulldogs—two of the better programs in the Ancient Eight.“We knew all we needed was a slight opening of the door,” Pizzotti said. “We went down to the locker room and watched film every night. We weren’t going to let anything get in the way of us being Ivy champions again.”And Pizzotti answered the call. In Harvard’s 24-21 victory over Penn, the Crimson held the ball for just 20:19, but Pizzotti worked...
...about what he does and about our team, and he puts so much time into it,” Rhodes added. “His excitement kind of spreads to the team.”Leone drew praise for his tireless efforts compiling extensive scouting reports and editing game film, as well as his motivational techniques.“You need that special ingredient to make everything click, and I think what Ray does a really good job at is spending the time to figure out our strategy against specific teams,” Hagner said...