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...director took his risk, and it paid off, attracting all sectors of the audience, but especially women. This often-ignored demographic made Titanic the hit of all hits. (Alan Wade, a writer-director, argues that the movie resonated so strongly with women precisely because Jack, the hero, dies; in memory he remains their first, shining, lost love...
...three--Chávez, you struck out!" protesters chanted as they took to the streets in several Venezuelan cities after authorities closed six TV stations that refused to air a speech by President Hugo Chávez, as required by law. Two students were killed in clashes among protesters, Chávez supporters and police. One of the stations, a frequent critic of the President, has skirmished with the government since supporting the 2002 coup that briefly unseated...
...minutes into the period, Lin took the ball from the top of the key and drove hard down the middle of the lane for an uncontested lay-up. A little over two minutes later, the senior knocked down a three-pointer for the right corner, and in the ensuing possession, he drove and dished to Miller for an easy two. The stretch was part of a run that pushed Harvard’s lead to 17 points midway through the half...
...majority of the squad’s troubles took place behind the arc, where Harvard missed all but three of its 15 attempts. Most crippling was a string of seven straight long-range misses over a span of six minutes late in the first half, a drought coinciding with a 13-0 run by the Tigers...
...strategy of the folks at Screen Gems - the company that took on Dear John after New Line surrendered the property when the company got folded into its parent, Warner Bros. - was to open the movie on Super Bowl weekend, when American males, a big part of Avatar's constituency, were preoccupied with large men running, throwing and writhing in pain. Director Lasse Hallström, who has helmed such dewy fare as Chocolat, Something to Talk About and The Shipping News, gave the remaining femme audience the standard Harlequin cocktail of a handsome soldier (G.I. Joe's Channing Tatum...