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| Cruise rings in New Year at top of box office Posted: 02 Jan 2012 07:31 AM PST  Tom Cruise attending the 'Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol' US premiere. – AFP/Getty Images The action film, the fourth in the series, thus far has taken in US$133 million, according to Exhibitor Relations. In second place was "Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows," a sequel to the 2009 film about the detective created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. It took in US$22.1 million in the third week since its release. In third place with US$18.3 million was "Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked," the third animated film about the adorable singing critters. Fourth place went to Steven Spielberg's "War Horse," about the bond between a boy and his horse during World War I, which was expected to reap in US$16.9 million. "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" – the Hollywood adaptation of the wildly popular Stieg Larsson novel, starring Daniel Craig and Rooney Mara – took in US$16.3 million for fifth place. Family film "We Bought A Zoo" starring Matt Damon finished in sixth place, taking in US$14.3 million. Another Spielberg film, "The Adventures of Tintin," about an intrepid Belgian boy reporter, was seventh with US$12 million. Star-studded holiday romance "New Year's Eve" earned US$6.7 million for eighth place, while thriller "The Darkest Hour" took ninth place with US$4.3 million. Rounding out the top 10 was "The Descendants" starring George Clooney, which grossed US$3.7 million. Final figures were due out tomorrow, after the four-day New Year's holiday weekend. – AFP Full content generated by Get Full RSS. |
| Placido Domingo sings in ‘Enchanted Island’ in NY Posted: 02 Jan 2012 03:58 AM PST
The 70-year-old singer (picture), who performed the role of King Neptune, was warmly welcomed by the audience as he appeared at the end of the first act. "The Enchanted Island," directed by Jeremy Sams of Britain, is one of the main productions of the famed opera house for its 2011-2012 season. Sams said he created the role of Neptune specifically for Domingo after Peter Gelb, director general of the Metropolitan Opera, had invited the tenor to perform. "Peter invited him to join the production and asked if I could create a role for him," Sams wrote on the theatre's website. "Could I? Thus the role of Neptune was born. And very handy he proved for plot purposes." This year, Domingo also plans to perform in Los Angeles, Madrid, Berlin, Zurich and Santiago de Chile among other cities. – AFP Full content generated by Get Full RSS. |
NEW YORK, Jan 2 – Famous Spanish tenor Placido Domingo debuted late Saturday in a new opera, "The Enchanted Island," that premiered at the Metropolitan Opera theatre here on New Year's Eve.| You are subscribed to email updates from The Malaysian Insider :: Showbiz To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
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