| |
Under The Same Moon Breaks Box Office Record
|
|
 |
| |
Under the Same Moon, director Patrica Riggen’s feature film debut, surpassed the record for the biggest opening of a Spanish-language film in the U.S., previously set by Ladrón Que Roba a Ladrón, which opened with $1.6 million last Labor Day weekend, the Associated Press reports.
Under the Same Moon grossed $2.77 million in 266 theaters, and rounded out the weekend’s top 10 films at number 10. The film, which opened Wednesday of last week, has earned $3.5 million in total.
Fox Searchlight and the Weinstein Co., who are distributing the film, plan to gradually roll Under the Same Moon out to more theaters in the coming weeks.
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
Mario Lopez Releases Fitness Book
|
|
| |
Mario Lopez, everyone’s favorite Bayside High wrestler, is promoting his new book Mario Lopez’s Knockout Fitness co-written with Jeff O’Connel. Lopez will take a hiatus from his stint on Broadway’s production of A Chorus Line to promote his book, which hits shelves May 13.
For a complete list of appearances, click here.
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
Bardem and Cruz Together on The Silver Screen Once Again
|
|
| |
Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem who teamed up in Woody Allen’s upcoming film, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, will once again step in front of the camera together in the new Bob Marshall musical flick, Nine, reports broadway.com.
Nine, originally a musical homage to Fellini, is the story of director Guido Contini (Bardem) and the women of his life. The film also stars Sophia Loren, and Oscar winner, Marion Cotillard (La Vie en Rose).
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
Supreme Court Rejects President Bush’s Claim on Current Death Cases
|
|
| |
The Supreme Court ruled that President Bush does not have the "unilateral authority" to force state officials to comply with international treaties, LAtimes.com reports.
The ruling comes from an intervention that President Bush attempted on behalf of 51 Mexican nationals who were under death sentences in Texas, California and several other states. Bush sided with The International Court of Justice, which cited that the U.S. had violated an international treaty, and called for hearings for the prisoners.
Chief Justice John G. Roberts said the Constitution gives the president the power "to execute the laws, not make them." Unless Congress passes a law to enforce a treaty, the president usually cannot do it on his own, Roberts said.
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
Spanish screenwriter, Rafael Azcona Dies at 81
|
|
| |
Spanish novelist and screenwriter Rafael Azcona, known for films such as the Oscar-winning comedy Belle Epoque, which starred Penelope Cruz and Maribel Verdú (Pan’s Labyrinth), died at the age of 81, NYdailynews.com reports.
"He was one of the greatest writers in European cinema, not just Spanish cinema," Angeles Gonzalez-Sinde, president of Spain's Cinema Academy, told the newspaper El Pais.
Chief Justice John G. Roberts said the Constitution gives the president the power "to execute the laws, not make them." Unless Congress passes a law to enforce a treaty, the president usually cannot do it on his own, Roberts said.
Azcona, who suffered from Cancer, died in his home, and is survived by his wife Susi.
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
|
|
| |