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		<title>&#8220;Eat, Pray, Love&#8221; should be satisfied in Second Position</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Film Eat, Pray, Love (EPL), starring actress-actor Oscar winner, Julia Roberts and Javier Bardem, apparently unable to stem the presence of film actor Sylvester Stallone concern, The Expendables, on the steps of the movie box office.
Action film that delivers the action actors, like Bruce Willis, Jet Li, Jason Statham, Dolph Lundgren, Mickey Rourke, Steve Austin [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.lvco.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/eat-pray-love.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-293" title="eat-pray-love" src="http://www.lvco.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/eat-pray-love-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></a>Film Eat, Pray, Love (EPL), starring actress-actor Oscar winner, Julia Roberts and Javier Bardem, apparently unable to stem the presence of film actor Sylvester Stallone concern, The Expendables, on the steps of the movie box office.</p>
<p>Action film that delivers the action actors, like Bruce Willis, Jet Li, Jason Statham, Dolph Lundgren, Mickey Rourke, Steve Austin to Stallone himself, it immediately ranks first by collecting 35 million dollar figure.</p>
<p>The figure was attached to half of the revenue collected on three days EPL theaters in Japan, which reaches 23 million U.S. dollars. The amount is placed in second position, in the movie The Other Guys, who scooped this week&#8217;s earnings amounted to 18 million U.S. dollars.</p>
<p>Scott Pilgrim vs.. the World, which also recently released movie in this week only able to penetrate the fifth digit in the box office with revenues reaching 10.5 million U.S. dollars.</p>
<p>Inception, the movie could become champion for a few weeks ago, had to settle for fourth position with 11.5 million U.S. dollar figures. Since its release, the film which stars veteran actor Leonardo DiCaprio, it has received total revenue reached 249 million U.S. dollars.</p>
<p>Success also followed Despicable Inception film Me. Until now, the total revenue has reached 222 million U.S. dollars and is ranked sixth. This week, Despicable me only able to obtain a revenue of 6.77 or greater than the film Salt (6.35), which is now in eighth position</p>
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		<title>Top Ten Richest Musicians 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 05:37:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a list of top ten the Richest Musicians 2010 version of Forbes magazine, USA. The list was created based on their earnings from the months of June 2009 &#8211; June 2010. Inclusion in the form of album sales, tours inside and outside the country, advertising contracts with various companies, sales merchandiser, song royalties [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is a list of top ten the Richest Musicians 2010 version of Forbes magazine, USA. The list was created based on their earnings from the months of June 2009 &#8211; June 2010. Inclusion in the form of album sales, tours inside and outside the country, advertising contracts with various companies, sales merchandiser, song royalties received and forth.</p>
<p>U2 Champion this year with earnings of USD 130 million is currently the world&#8217;s most expensive band U2. What is interesting is the rock band AC / DC formed in 1973 to USD 114 successfully grossed an incredible amount menginagt their old age. Average personnel AC / DC 57-year-old. Achievement is also achieved by Britney Spears which was hit hard in recent years and badly shaken by the news influential on his career and his image. But Britney is able to rise from the ruins and made it into the list of &#8216;Top 10&#8242;. Also achieved great success he managed to defeat the Lady Gaga Madonna.</p>
<p>While Beyonce is still the champion position dipuncak specifically for women, with revenues of USD 87 Million Beyonce beat Britney Spears, Lady Gaga and Madonna. Ke10 where there are three musicians who earned the same income of USD 48 million of the Black Eyed Peas, Cold Play and Toby Keith. A complete list of top ten Richest Musicians 2010 :</p>
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<li>U2 earn USD 130 million</li>
<li>AC/DC earn USD 114 million</li>
<li>Beyonce Knowles earn USD 87 million</li>
<li>Bruce Springsteen earn USD 70 million</li>
<li>Britney Spears earn USD 64 million</li>
<li>Jay-Z earn USD 63 million</li>
<li>Lady Gaga earn USD 62 million</li>
<li>Madonna earn USD 58 million</li>
<li>Kenny Chesney earn USD 50 million</li>
<li>Blac Eyed Peas, Coldplay and Toby Keith earns USD 40 million</li>
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		<title>Justin Bieber Will Starring his 3D Movie</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 14:58:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After appearing on the silver screen as a series guest star of CSI (Crime Scene Investigation), now Justin Bieber will make its debut on the big screen in a film that will release in February next year.
Paramount Pictures will release biopik 3D movie about the Canadian singer&#8217;s life on February 11, 2011. Bieber will play [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.lvco.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/justinB.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-287" title="justinB" src="http://www.lvco.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/justinB-300x153.jpg" alt="" width="240" height="122" /></a>After appearing on the silver screen as a series guest star of CSI (Crime Scene Investigation), now Justin Bieber will make its debut on the big screen in a film that will release in February next year.</p>
<p>Paramount Pictures will release biopik 3D movie about the Canadian singer&#8217;s life on February 11, 2011. Bieber will play a role as himself in the film.</p>
<p>The film that does not yet have a title that will include footage Bieber current tour. Davis Guggenheim, who won an Oscar as directed Al Gore in An Inconvenient Truth, is in negotiations to direct a film.</p>
<p>Bieber said the film project as a &#8220;wonderful news&#8221;. &#8220;In our upcoming Valentine&#8217;s Day will come with a 3D movie with Oscar-winning director and also making a movie tour in MSG (Madison Square Garden) in NYC (New York City),&#8221; said 16-year-old singer was in his Twitter account, as quoted from Reuters.</p>
<p>In October, Bieber will release his memoir titled Justin Bieber: First Step 2 Forever: My Story.</p>
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		<title>Katie Holmes Without a Bob Hairstyle</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 01:33:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Actress Katie Holmes (31) look different. This time he never again appeared with short hair and a stylish bob, but with his long hair slightly curly.
He showed his new appearance when attending the premiere of her latest film, The Extra Man, in New York, United States, beginning this weekend.
Wife of actor Tom Cruise is always [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.lvco.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/katie.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-284" title="katie" src="http://www.lvco.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/katie-300x153.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="153" /></a>Actress Katie Holmes (31) look different. This time he never again appeared with short hair and a stylish bob, but with his long hair slightly curly.</p>
<p>He showed his new appearance when attending the premiere of her latest film, The Extra Man, in New York, United States, beginning this weekend.</p>
<p>Wife of actor Tom Cruise is always presenting something new to look at the red carpet and when the streets of New York.</p>
<p>Now, Holmes is busy in a History Channel miniseries, The Kennedys. Holmes believed portrayed Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. &#8220;I feel fortunate to be part of this miniseries and get that role,&#8221; said Holmes.</p>
<p>He even flew by helicopter from the shooting of The Kennedys in Toronto, Canada, to promote his new film, The Extra Man, in New York. Holmes said that the helicopter was undertaken by the Cruise.</p>
<p>&#8220;My husband is getting the helicopter so I can come to New York. His efforts really sweet,&#8221; said the Dawson&#8217;s Creek star is.</p>
<p>Other news to mention, Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes made a documentary film for the reality show on television that highlight their personal lives with their children, Suri Cruise</p>
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		<title>Titanic 3-D release Just 100th Year Sinking Ship</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2010 19:37:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following the success of the film Avatar in 3-D version, James Cameron plans to create another successful film that is Titanic in 3-D version
The plan, which stars Leonardo DiCaprio movie will be released in 3-D versions in April 2012, coinciding with 100 years tenggalamnya vessel, quoted from Aceshowbiz okezone, Tuesday (06/07/2010).
Known, the first time the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.lvco.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/titanic.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-277" title="titanic" src="http://www.lvco.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/titanic-300x199.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="199" /></a>Following the success of the film Avatar in 3-D version, James Cameron plans to create another successful film that is Titanic in 3-D version</p>
<p>The plan, which stars Leonardo DiCaprio movie will be released in 3-D versions in April 2012, coinciding with 100 years tenggalamnya vessel, quoted from Aceshowbiz okezone, Tuesday (06/07/2010).</p>
<p>Known, the first time the Titanic departed from the port of Southampton, England on April 10, 1912. Four days later, 14 April 1912 the ship sank after hitting an iceberg.</p>
<p>If you see the calendar of history, Slash Film Titanis suggested that the film 3-D version was released 10 or 13 April, the day was a perfect day to release the film.</p>
<p>This romantic film is based on a large disaster that occurred at that time, 84 years after the event, the 100-year-old woman named Rose DeWitt Bukator survivors of the tragedy is told entirely from the departure, until the death of the Titanic.</p>
<p>Including the story of his love with a drifter and artist named Jack Dawson. This film later became hits and picked up several names such as Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet.</p>
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		<title>&#8216;Jonah Hex&#8217;, the hunted hunter</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 12:04:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is the review of &#8216;Jonah Hex&#8217; movie :

 Thomas Jane showed an interest in the role of Jonah Hex to the point that she photographed herself in the costume comes with a special makeup for their re scars on the face of Jonah Hex.
Final scene Megan Fox were photographed 48 hours before the cast [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.lvco.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/JonahHex.jpg"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-272 alignright" title="JonahHex" src="http://www.lvco.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/JonahHex-150x150.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="150" /></a>Here is the review of &#8216;Jonah Hex&#8217; movie :</p>
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<li> Thomas Jane showed an interest in the role of Jonah Hex to the point that she photographed herself in the costume comes with a special makeup for their re scars on the face of Jonah Hex.</li>
<li>Final scene Megan Fox were photographed 48 hours before the cast and crew attended the San Diego Comic Con in 2009.</li>
<li>Emile Hirsch had to be considered for the role of the main characters in this film.</li>
<li>Matthew McConaughey could be considered to participate incorporated in this film.</li>
<li>WITH In The Tonight Show Conan O&#8217;Brien (2009), Josh Brolin revealed that he broke his thumb and fix the penalty shot when John Malkovich in a fight scene.</li>
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		<title>Tom Cruise will make Sequel &#8216;TOP GUN&#8217;?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 11:42:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For fans of Tom Cruise surely will not forget this as a pilot action and actors in the movie TOP GUN. After 25 years, this film will reportedly be made sequel. Producer Jerry Bruckheimer talk about the possibility of a sequel is made.
Bruckheimer is known to have produced Pirates of the Caribbean movie and TV [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For fans of Tom Cruise surely will not forget this as a pilot action and actors in the movie TOP GUN. After 25 years, this film will reportedly be made sequel. Producer Jerry Bruckheimer talk about the possibility of a sequel is made.</p>
<p>Bruckheimer is known to have produced Pirates of the Caribbean movie and TV hits CSI. In an interview on MTV, Bruckheimer said that previously they had to make a sequel to the film development that catapulted Tom Cruise&#8217;s name.</p>
<p>This producer also stated, Cruise took over this project and has yet to materialize. But now discussed again in order to realize this project.</p>
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		<title>Get Him to the Greek</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 03:56:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Opening: June 4
Starring: Jonah Hill, Russell Brand, Rose Byrne, Sean Combs, Elisabeth Moss, and multiple rock star cameos.
What It&#8217;s About: Russell Brand reprises his &#8216;Forgetting Sarah Marshall&#8217; role of Aldous Snow, a nearly burnt-out rock-star cliche. Jonah Hill is also doing his role from that same film, Annoyingly Hilarious Fat Guy. But we&#8217;re not complaining, [...]]]></description>
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Starring: Jonah Hill, Russell Brand, Rose Byrne, Sean Combs, Elisabeth Moss, and multiple rock star cameos.<br />
What It&#8217;s About: Russell Brand reprises his &#8216;Forgetting Sarah Marshall&#8217; role of Aldous Snow, a nearly burnt-out rock-star cliche. Jonah Hill is also doing his role from that same film, Annoyingly Hilarious Fat Guy. But we&#8217;re not complaining, they both do it so well &#8212; especially together. Instead of a waiter/fanboy, Hill is now a record company assistant attempting to bring the hard-partying Snow from London to the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles. After roughly 90 minutes of vomit, booze and toilet jokes, they somehow make it to the gig.<br />
<strong>Synopsis</strong><br />
An ambitious young record company executive attempts to transport an unpredictable rock star to L.A.&#8217;s Greek Theatre in time for his hotly anticipated comeback performance in this spin-off of the comedy hit Forgetting Sarah Marshall. Aaron Green (Jonah Hill) has just landed his dream job in the record industry, and he&#8217;s eager to prove his worth. His first assignment: travel to London and escort British o<br />
ck god Aldous Snow (Russell Brand) to the show that will re-ignite his career. Before he departs, Aaron is warned by his boss Sergio Roma (Sean Combs) to never let Aldous out of his sight, and never underestimate his capacity for mayhem. Immensely talented yet deeply tortured, Aldous hit the bottle hard after his popularity began to wane and his girl walked out on him. Aldous is locked in the midst of an existential crisis, and rues the thought of being accompanied across the pond by an insincere sycophant. Though it seems like sex is the only thing Aldous ever thinks about, his thoughts turn to romance when he discovers that gorgeous model/pop singer Jackie Q (Rose Byrne) will be in Los Angeles at the time of his concert, too. Jackie Q is the love of Aldous&#8217; life, and he&#8217;ll do anything and everything to win her heart. With the concert fast approaching and Aaron&#8217;s fledgling career on the line, the race is on to get Aldous to the Greek, and ensure the big show goes off without a hitch</p>
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		<title>Is &#8216;The Last Airbender&#8217; Racist  or Just Drawn That Way?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some viewers heads are spinning over the look of &#8216;The Last Airbender,&#8217; which opens July 1. Not over the fantasy-action 3-D special effects, but over the faces of the main characters, which are largely white in the movie but Asian and Inuit in the popular Nickelodeon cartoon that inspired the film.
Complicating the accusations of racial [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Some viewers heads are spinning over the look of &#8216;The Last Airbender,&#8217; which opens July 1. Not over the fantasy-action 3-D special effects, but over the faces of the main characters, which are largely white in the movie but Asian and Inuit in the popular Nickelodeon cartoon that inspired the film.</p>
<p>Complicating the accusations of racial insensitivity over the casting is the fact that those casting decisions were made by director M. Night Shyamalan, who is of Asian descent himself. In fact, Shyamalan bristles at the accusations and insists that, not only is his cast as multicultural as possible, but also that it&#8217;s his critics who are the real racists.</p>
<p><img id="vimage_3126888" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/insidemovies.moviefone.com/media/2010/06/last-airbender-rathbone-peltz-1277768432.jpg" border="1" alt="Jackson Rathbone and Nicola Peltz in 'The Last Airbender'" hspace="4" vspace="4" align="left" />The characters in the TV series &#8216;Avatar: The Last Airbender,&#8217; created by Bryan Konietzko and Michael Dante DiMartino, are clearly drawn from Asian and Inuit cultures, from their names to their costumes to their martial arts styles. The hero, Aang, is inspired by Tibetan Buddhist monks. His friends, Katara and Sokka, live in a realm of anoraks and igloos. Antagonist Zuko and his tribe appear as classical Chinese warriors.</p>
<p><img id="vimage_3126898" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/insidemovies.moviefone.com/media/2010/06/airbender-aang.jpg" border="1" alt="Aang in 'Avatar: The Last Airbender'" hspace="4" vspace="4" align="right" />In the movie, all four characters were initially cast as Caucasian actors: Noah Ringer (Aang), Nicola Peltz (Katara), Jackson Rathbone (Sokka), and Jesse McCartney (Zuko). Before shooting began, however, McCartney was replaced by Dev Patel, of &#8216;Slumdog Millionaire&#8217; fame. That change did not appease the project&#8217;s critics, who noted that the heroes were still all white Westerners, while the only Asian in the principal cast was the villain.</p>
<p><img id="vimage_3126911" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/insidemovies.moviefone.com/media/2010/06/airbender-katara.jpg" border="1" alt="Katara in 'Avatar: The Last Airbender'" hspace="4" vspace="4" align="left" />The clearinghouse for the protests has been the website Racebending, which is calling for a boycott of the film. &#8220;American actors of color rarely get to play the hero, if ever,&#8221; said Marissa Lee, one of Racebending&#8217;s co-founders, in a statement. &#8220;We&#8217;re really disappointed. Paramount felt that white actors were better suited to play heroes of color than hardworking, underrepresented actors who are actually of Asian or Inuit descent.&#8221;<br />
<strong>On the casting of &#8216;The Last Airbender,&#8217; from Racebending.com</strong><br />
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<p>Shyamalan has insisted he had no intention of whitewashing the characters. In a recent interview with Indie Movies Online, he went into great detail about the casting choices, which he said were entirely his and not Paramount&#8217;s. He argued that the complaints didn&#8217;t look beyond the principal players to note the entire cast, which consists of actors from multiple cultures and racial backgrounds playing the &#8216;Airbender&#8217; world&#8217;s four tribes. Of the protest, he said, &#8220;The irony of this statement enrages me to the point of &#8230; not even the accusation, but the misplacement of it. You&#8217;re coming at me, the one Asian filmmaker who has the right to cast anybody I want, and I&#8217;m casting this entire movie in this color blind way where everyone is represented. I even had one section of the Earth kingdom as African American, which obviously isn&#8217;t in the show, but I wanted to represent them, too!&#8221;</p>
<p><img id="vimage_3126922" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/insidemovies.moviefone.com/media/2010/06/last-airbender-dev-patel.jpg" border="1" alt="Dev Patel in 'The Last Airbender'" hspace="4" vspace="4" align="right" />Why, then, did he cast white actors in the leads? &#8220;Noah Ringer walked in the door &#8212; and there was no other human being on the planet that could play Aang except for this kid,&#8221; the director said. &#8220;To me, he felt mixed race with an Asian quality to him. I made all the Air nomads mixed race – some of them are Hispanic, some of them are Korean.&#8221; Patel&#8217;s people had to look like him, too, which is the reason the members of the hot-tempered Fire tribe are all played by darker-hued actors.</p>
<p>With three of the tribes played by non-Caucasian actors, Shyamalan said he felt the fourth group, Katara and Sokka&#8217;s Water tribe, could be played by white actors. &#8220;If you don&#8217;t have an edict of &#8220;don&#8217;t put white people in the movie&#8221; then the Water tribe can be European/Caucasian,&#8221; he said. So, by his logic, casting white actors as Katara and Sokka was actually an act of inclusion, not exclusion. (It&#8217;s worth noting here, as Shyamalan has, that the cartoon&#8217;s adherence to the visual conventions of Japanese anime, including round eyes and light skin, have added to the racial confusion. If the characters are drawn with racially indeterminate features, why shouldn&#8217;t his casting follow suit?)</p>
<p><img id="vimage_3126926" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/insidemovies.moviefone.com/media/2010/06/airbender-zuko.jpg" border="1" alt="Zuko in 'Avatar: The Last Airbender'" hspace="4" vspace="4" align="left" />In fact, Shyamalan claims it&#8217;s his critics who are racist for assuming that the dark-skinned Patel is, in fact, the villain. (Over the course of the cartoon series, Zuko evolves into a more heroic character; Shyamalan is hoping to make two sequels which would explore his character arc.) &#8220;Dev Patel is the actual hero of the series, and he&#8217;s Indian, okay? The whole point of the movie is that there isn&#8217;t any bad or good. The irony is that I&#8217;m playing on the exact prejudices that the people who are claiming I&#8217;m racist are doing. They immediately assume that everyone with dark skin is a villain. That was an incredibly racist assumption which, as it turns out, is completely incorrect.&#8221;</p>
<p><strong>M. Night Shyamalan defends casting decisions in &#8216;The Last Airbender&#8217;</strong> <object id="myExp_syn_US_24508289" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="400" height="346" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0"><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><param name="flashVars" value="@videoPlayer=105179398001&amp;autoStart=false&amp;playerID=10032373001&amp;domain=embed&amp;" /><param name="base" value="http://admin.brightcove.com" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><param name="seamlesstabbing" value="false" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="swLiveConnect" value="true" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="src" value="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9/10032373001?isVid=1&amp;publisherID=1612833736" /><param name="name" value="myExp_syn_US_24508289" /><param name="flashvars" value="@videoPlayer=105179398001&amp;autoStart=false&amp;playerID=10032373001&amp;domain=embed&amp;" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><embed id="myExp_syn_US_24508289" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="346" src="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9/10032373001?isVid=1&amp;publisherID=1612833736" name="myExp_syn_US_24508289" allowscriptaccess="always" swliveconnect="true" allowfullscreen="true" seamlesstabbing="false" wmode="transparent" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" flashvars="@videoPlayer=105179398001&amp;autoStart=false&amp;playerID=10032373001&amp;domain=embed&amp;" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"></embed></object></p>
<p>Shyamalan isn&#8217;t the only one who says Racebending is itself guilty of racial insensitivity. Gwen Florio, who writes for Native American news blog The Buffalo Post, says Racebending is correct to note the apparent slight of Asian actors but pays insufficient attention to the short shrift given to Inuit actors as well. &#8220;Racebending&#8217;s extensive website has only the most cursory references to Katara and Sokka being drawn from Inuit culture,&#8221; she wrote in the Philadelphia Inquirer. Let&#8217;s just take a moment to appreciate the insult-to-injury fact that a protest of tone-deaf miscasting nearly completely ignores an entire facet of that miscasting.&#8221;</p>
<p><img id="vimage_3126930" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/insidemovies.moviefone.com/media/2010/06/airbender-sokka.jpg" border="1" alt="Sokka in 'Avatar: The Last Airbender'" hspace="4" vspace="4" align="right" />Is Florio being fair? A quick round of Google keyword searching turns up at least 45 instances of the word &#8220;Inuit&#8221; at racebending.com, compared to 133 instances of the word &#8220;Asian.&#8221; It&#8217;s not clear how many more times the word &#8220;Inuit&#8221; would have to appear to placate Florio, but then, no one ever claims to want quotas, just fairness.</p>
<p>Similarly, are Shyamalan&#8217;s critics being fair? After all, the &#8216;Airbender&#8217; characters are just fictional creations in a fantasy world; why can&#8217;t they be whatever color he chooses? Did anyone complain when African-American Will Smith played James West, a character who was originally white, in his adaptation of the TV series &#8216;Wild Wild West&#8217;? Did anyone complain when Michael Clarke Duncan played Kingpin in &#8216;Daredevil,&#8217; or when Samuel L. Jackson plays &#8216;Iron Man&#8217; character Nick Fury &#8212; both characters who originally appeared as white in the pages of Marvel Comics?</p>
<p>Well, context matters. All of those characters are relative ciphers, people who don&#8217;t have much backstory, and what little backstory they do have isn&#8217;t especially tied to their race or culture, the way it is for the main characters in &#8216;Airbender.&#8217; Also, white people don&#8217;t have a long history of being underrepresented in Hollywood films, or of being reduced to racial caricatures, or of only getting to play villains.</p>
<p>That&#8217;s why Racebending&#8217;s agenda is bigger than just this film. The protesters there would like to see more opportunities for Asian actors across the board. At the very least, the site argues, there&#8217;s something wrong when Asian actors are overlooked for characters conceived as Asians (like Jake Gyllenhaal&#8217;s character in &#8216;Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time&#8217;), or who are of Asian descent in real life, like the MIT students rewritten as white characters in the 2008 movie &#8216;21.&#8217;</p>
<p>The standard Hollywood argument used to be that Asian lead actors (like other actors of color) weren&#8217;t dependable draws at the box office. This argument hardly seems viable anymore at a time when overseas receipts make up a larger-than-ever portion of a Hollywood movie&#8217;s revenue stream, or when Will Smith and Jackie Chan are two of the most popular stars both inside and outside of America. Certainly, the relatively unknown stars of &#8216;Airbender&#8217; weren&#8217;t chosen for their proven box office strength; the biggest name in the cast is Patel. Rather, the movie&#8217;s selling point is its recreation of the fantasy world of the cartoon, a world that had already proved its ability to generate fan excitement.</p>
<p>Shyamalan should have trusted that world to tell the story it was designed to tell, and he should have trusted viewers to follow along.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who the hell are not familiar and fascinated with a Tom Cruise? Moreover, coupled with the grandeur and beauty of a Cameron Diaz. Two names can be said collateral to obtain advantage if the two of them paired in the film.
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<p>But that statement should think again. The latest film because they both tumbled Play it on the market. The reason, Tom Cruise is rumored to have fallen prestige.</p>
<p>Hollyscoop quoted as saying Thursday (24 / 6), Knights and Day on Wednesday premiere yesterday only received 3 million 800 thousand dollars only.  Although 20th Century Fox bosses targeted in at least the first day it was released when the movie could get five million dollars .</p>
<p>Is this perhaps because Tom Cruise&#8217;s career is currently being dim? What he was not able to attract an audience with the acting and charisma? Because Knight and Day &#8220;is actually quite interesting and fun.</p>
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