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Cameron: Earth's deepest spot desolate, foreboding
WASHINGTON (AP) — The last frontier on Earth is out-of-this-world, desolate, foreboding, and moon-like, James Cameron said after diving to the deepest part of the ocean. And he loved it. Cameron, who knows a little about alien worlds having made...
Tags: Personal Service, Washington, DC, Petroleum Industry, James Cameron, Pacific Ocean
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'Roommate' earns top box-office bunk with $15.6M
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The college thriller "The Roommate" has moved into the top spot at the box office with a $15.6 million debut over a typically slow Super Bowl weekend as the NFL championship game preoccupies movie fans. The Sony release features...Tags: Anthony Hopkins, The Roommate (movie) , Sanctum (movie), Football, Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc.
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From Star Wars to comics to gamers, Florida has events to satisfy your inner nerd
Orlando SentinelFlorida's got fanboy down. Where else can you count on an annual Wookie sighting? Disney's Star Wars Weekends, though, going on from May 17 to June 9 at Disney's Hollywood Studios, is just one of Florida's great offerings for movies, TV, comics and...Tags: Battlestar Galactica (tv program), Auction Service, SeaWorld, Port Canaveral, Primetime Emmy Awards
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SeaWorld's Antarctica could further tilt Orlando's tourism market
Three years ago, Harry Potter loosened Mickey Mouse's grip on Orlando's theme-park market. Now, Puck the Penguin is ready to try pulling Mickey's fingers even farther apart. After more than a year of construction, SeaWorld Orlando this week will...
Tags: The Walt Disney Co., SeaWorld, International Travel, Corporate Officers, Islands of Adventure
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Director James Cameron to broadcast 3D 'Swan Lake' live from Russia
ReutersLONDON, May 13 (Reuters) - "Avatar" director James Cameron and Russian conductor Valery Gergiev will beam the world's first live 3D ballet broadcast to 50 countries from Russia's Mariinsky theatre in June. Cinema audiences across Europe, the United...Tags: Russia, James Cameron
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'Iron Man 3' rockets to second-best opening ever
"Iron Man 3" surpassed everything except "The Avengers." The third Tony Stark movie from Disney’s Marvel Studios enjoyed the second-best opening in box-office history, grossing an estimated $175.3 million in its debut weekend, Disney said Sunday....Tags: The Avengers (movie, 2012), Iron Man 3 (movie), Thor (movie), Malaysia, Iron Man 2 (movie)
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'Iron Man 3' One-Ups U.S. Debut With Huge 2nd Week at Overseas Box Office
ReutersMay 05 (TheWrap.com) - It's not easy to upstage a $175.3 million, second-best-ever debut at the U.S. box office, but that's what "Iron Man 3" did this weekend. Disney and Marvel's superhero sequel actually topped that figure, behind only the $207 million...Tags: Russia, Iron Man (movie), The Avengers (movie, 2012), Iron Man 3 (movie), Thor (movie)
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Sci-fi worthy of Malthus
In the new sci-fi movie "Oblivion," Earth's most precious resource is Tom Cruise. But running a close second (spoiler alert) is water. Aliens want it. All of it. This is old hat, science fiction-wise. In "The War of the Worlds," H.G. Wells had...Tags: Environmental Issues, Science and Technology, V (tv program), Viral Diseases and Infections, Fiction
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Weekend Preview: Get your party on, get your swede in
Here's what's on our mind this weekend: Low-budget movies, cheap drinks, free music, Ben Taylor, Mike Piazza and two leading curators of the cultural drift: Augusten Burroughs and KRS-One. SWEDE ME, BABY Organizers of the second annual South Florida...
Tags: Bruce Springsteen, Broward County, New River (Broward, Florida), Star Wars (movie), Palm Beach Gardens
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'Iron Man 3' Ticket Prices Soaring Up to $25 in China
ReutersMay 01 (TheWrap.com) - Big-city moviegoers in China are paying up to $25 per person to see "Iron Man 3," which opened Wednesday, while their rural counterparts could pay as little as $3 a ticket to see the same movie. In that crucial, and growing, market...Tags: G.I. Joe: Retaliation (movie), Services and Shopping, The Avengers (movie, 2012), Iron Man 3 (movie), Prices
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Huge 'Iron Man 3' Overseas Debut Validates 'Super Sequel' Strategy
ReutersApr 29 (TheWrap.com) - Disney and Marvel's "super sequel" strategy has already begun to pay off handsomely with "Iron Man 3." The superhero movie, which brought in $195 million from international markets over the weekend, opened No. 1 in all 27 foreign...Tags: Thor: The Dark World (movie), Iron Man (movie), Globalization, The Avengers (movie, 2012), Iron Man 3 (movie)
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Brazil fines McDonald's $1.6M over Happy Meal marketing
ReutersThe Procon consumer agency in Sao Paulo, Brazil, has fined McDonald's 3.2 million reais ($1.6 million) for targeting children with its advertising and toys. The action against the Happy Meal adds fuel to a global debate about fast food and public health....Tags: Punishment, Marketing, Brazil, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Consumers
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