Word: mia
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...last thing the LPGA wants is to end up like the short-lived Women’s United Soccer Association (WUSA), a female alternative to the popular men’s Major League Soccer. Despite attracting the brightest talents in the sport, from Brandi Chastain to Mia Hamm, WUSA suspended action after only three seasons due to lack of funds. The LPGA is far from that danger, but a gender disparity certainly applies in golf as well. The top women’s player in 2007 earned $2,381,048; the top male player earned...
...Robert Rodriguez-Frank Miller Sin City. On his few forays into late-night talk (one visit with David Letterman sticks in my mind), the host would breathe a sigh of relief to find Rourke roguishly charming; the bull hadn't demolished the china. But mostly his rep kept him MIA. When he came up for the role of Randy, he recalled in Venice, Aronofsky told him: "You're a really great actor, and you've just f--ked up your career for 15 years and nobody wants to hire...
...Studios found success with underserved groups this summer. Women's buddy movies Sex and the City ($152 million) and Mamma Mia! ($126 million) and the romantic comedy What Happens in Vegas ($80 million) were, if not home runs, all solid doubles built on female audiences apparently dying to leave the house. "The lesson was you don't need guys to make money on a movie," says Steve Mason, box-office analyst at FantasyMoguls.com. "You can make movies that are a little nichier and still do remarkably well." Animated films Wall-E ($216 million) and Kung Fu Panda ($212 million), meanwhile...
...Wolverine and sequels to Harry Potter, Transformers and The Da Vinci Code will bring built-in audiences. Bruno, Sacha Baron Cohen's follow-up to Borat, may pique some interest, as should Pixar's Up. Still missing from the slate is anything to capture that female-over-40 Mamma Mia! spirit. Madonna, perhaps now's the time to pitch your jukebox musical...
...Your review of Mamma Mia! was on the mark [Aug. 4]. With so many noisy, darkly violent movies filling our cinema screens, Mamma Mia! appears as a burst of sunshine. The verve of the cast and their exuberant renditions of Abba songs are both compelling and uplifting. Any small defects are obliterated by the sheer entertainment the movie gives. Tony Ferrier, Hamilton, New Zealand