Word: passione
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...Ever since Mel Gibson proved with The Passion of the Christ in 2004 that church-goers are also movie-goers, Hollywood studios have tried to tap into the faith market. Disney's Chronicles of Narnia films have gained traction with Christian audiences, but no filmmakers have scored with the devout as consistently and economically as the Kendricks have. Fireproof is their third profitable Christian film. The monies they have earned have gone toward building an 82-acre community sports park in Albany...
...though conservatives aren't exactly known to rush the box office like comic-book fans, McEveety remains sanguine. "It's great business to service all audiences, including conservative audiences," he says. He has the experience to back up that strategy. He produced another movie the studios passed on, The Passion of the Christ, which, thanks to conservatives who showed up at cinemas in droves, became one of the most profitable films of all time...
...season comes a renewed set of challenges that Harvard is more than ready to face. By now, the fearsome foursome knows exactly what the slate of Ivy games will ask of them.“I think it also comes down to playing with heart and playing for the passion of the game, because a lot of the time the Ivy League doesn’t come down to skill,” Wylie said. “…at the end in Ivies, it’s just who wants it more.”Their freshman...
Uncharacteristically tentative and nervous, and sometimes spoke too fast. At times he appeared drained of the passion that animated his strongest debates as a presidential candidate. Grew more intense near the end, but without much personality or fire. Still, reassuringly stolid and tough...
...together, which ultimately extended for 36 verses. “It was a very unique and pleasant experience,” says Cranston. “It was the first time I ever had a student who was capable of doing that.” Coman’s passion for haiku stemmed from a general interest in writing poetry. “Before writing haiku I wrote free verse in Romanian and was published in a Romanian magazine, and the editor suggested that I write haiku, because it was similar,” Coman says. She has since founded...