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...left field," she said backstage. "I didn't aspire to this." Bullock had even said no to The Blind Side part, along with Julia Roberts, before she eventually changed her mind. But even after coming on board, she still struggled with the role, calling her first week on set the worst she had ever had. But somehow the role crystallized, and the family-friendly movie proved a major force at the 2009 box office. It was also the first female-led film to hit the $200 million mark...
...late 1990s, the DIA hired Graham Beal, who formerly headed the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, to serve as its CEO. He arrived just as the DIA was set to launch a six-year, $158 million renovation and expansion. Beal's mandate: "to rethink how we present art to the general public." That meant tripling the amount of space devoted to the DIA's Native American art collection and opening a department to curate a collection of African-American art. Beal ordered that exhibit labels be more accessible to the masses. In one gallery, he added a virtual dining...
...Hurt Locker's Oscar haul had less to do with the movie's merits than with the Academy membership's make-up and mind-set. Remember, to win Best Picture you don't have to make the best picture; you have to make the picture that appeals to the voters, who are older, politically liberal and artistically conservative. Here's how those and other factors may have played in The Hurt Locker's favor - and doomed Avatar...
...doesn't mean there will be one. But we also need someone who will look for a European perspective on things governments think of nationally. I chair the E.U.'s Foreign Affairs Council, which is a monthly meeting of foreign ministers, where we come together over an agenda, set by me, based on what I know member states want to discuss. It aims to find consensus. My job is to lead the development of European foreign policy ideas. But I recognize that on some issues, there will not be a consensus. There will be different views. (See pictures of immigration...
...makes you larger and went wide in 3-D. Of its 3,728 North American venues, 2,063 were on 3D screens, plus another 180 in Imax 3-D. So Alice topped Avatar as the all-time biggest opener in the stereoptic format. "It also shattered Avatar's recently set IMAX record," the industry web site The Wrap reported, "selling out each of the 188 digital 3-D outlets on the way to a weekend total of $11.9 million." Overseas, Alice was just as impressive, ending Avatar's 11-week reign by earning $94 million abroad, for a worldwide total...