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Tuesday, February 18, 2014
‘Lego Movie’ blocks ‘RoboCop,’ ‘About Last Night’ Associated Press Writer
LOS ANGELES — “The Lego Movie” built a huge lead on top of the weekend’s new releases at the box office. In its second outing, the Warner Bros. animated film featuring the voices of Chris Pratt, Elizabeth Banks and Will Arnett earned $48.8 million to take first place, according to studio estimates Sunday. That brings the film based on the toy brick-building franchise’s domestic box office total to $129.1 million, cementing it was one of the biggest blockbusters of the year. “It’s crossing over to all audiences,” said Paul Dergarabedian, senior media analyst for box-office tracker Rentrak. “It’s not just a kids’ movie. There’s something for boys, girls and adults, as well. The likeability is astronomical. That acrossthe-board appeal is giving ‘The Lego Movie’ unstoppable momentum, even in a weekend loaded with new competitors.” “The Lego Movie” earned an additional $27.7 million from 42 international territories, including the United
Kingdom, Holland, Sweden and Norway. The worldwide total box office for “Lego Movie” now stands at $180.3 million. Sony’s romantic comedy “About Last Night” starring Kevin Hart and Michael Ealy came in second place with $27 million. The strong showing further demonstrated Hart’s clout as a box-office draw. The actor-comedian’s other film, the buddy-cop comedy “Ride Along” with Ice Cube, nabbed $8.8 million in its fifth weekend to take the sixth spot at the box office.
“I don’t think there’s anyone funnier out there today than Kevin Hart,” said Rory Bruer, head of distribution for Sony. “He’s at the top, and he couldn’t be a nicer or more hardworking guy. He got out there and promoted ‘About Last Night’ really, really hard. The chemistry that he brings to the table is just infectious. You can’t help but wanna take the ride with him.” The action-packed “RoboCop” reboot from Sony and MGM featuring Joel Kinnaman, Gary Oldman and Michael Keaton captured
third place with $21.5 million. The update to the original 1987 sci-fi film starring Peter Weller as a rob o t i c o ffi c e r performed bett e r ove r s e a s , AP Photo/Columbia Pictures - Sony, Kerry Hayes e a r n i n g $ 3 5 This image released by Columbia Pictures shows Gary Oldman in m i l l i o n f r o m a scene from the film, “RoboCop.” 37 international markets, including France, Australia and Germany. The weekend’s other new releases, Universal’s comingof-age drama “Endless Love” and the Warner Bros. novel adaptation “Winter’s Tale,” respectively earned the fifth and seventh spots at the box office. “Endless Love,” starring Alex Pettyfer and Gabriella Wilde, wooed $13.4 million, while the Colin Farrell drama “Winter’s Tale” made a chilly $7.8 million.
‘12 Years a Slave’ named best film at UK awards Associated Press Writer
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Cate Blanchett, winner of best actress poses for photographers in the winners room at the EE British Academy Film Awards held at the Royal Opera House on Sunday Feb. 16, 2014, in London.
LONDON — The force of “Gravity” was strong at the British Academy Film Awards on Sunday — but it was unflinching drama “12 Years a Slave” that took the top prize. Steve McQueen’s visceral, violent story of a free black man kidnapped into servitude in the 19th-century U.S. South was named best picture. Its star, Chiwetel Ejiofor, took the male acting trophy. Ejiofor thanked McQueen, a visual artist who turned to filmmaking with “Hunger” and “Shame,” for bringing the story to the screen. Holding the trophy, the British actor told McQueen: “This is yours. I’m going to keep it — that’s the kind of guy I am — but it’s yours.” McQueen reminded the ceremony’s black-tie audience that, in some parts of the world, slavery is not a thing of the past. “There are 21 million people in slavery as we sit here,” he said. “I just hope 150 years from now our ambivalence will not allow another filmmaker to make this film.” The prizes, coming two weeks before Hollywood’s Academy Awards, are watched as an indicator of likely Oscars success. It was a good night for lost-in-space thriller “Gravity,” which won six prizes, including best director for Alfonso Cuaron. The 3-D special effects extravaganza also took the awards for sound, music, cinematography and visual effects. And despite its mixed parentage — made in Britain by a Mexican director and starring American actors —it was named best British film. Cuaron paid tribute to star Sandra Bullock, who is alone onscreen for much of the film. “Without her performance, everything would have been nonsense,” he said.
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Japan divers found alive after days missing
Agence France-Presse
DENPASAR - Five Japanese divers have now been found alive off the Indonesian resort island of Bali more three days after going missing, a disaster agency official said Monday. Rudi Tjandi, from the Bali disaster agency, said officials found the divers holding on to a coral reef off Nusa Penida island, southeast of Bali. They were among seven Japanese divers, all women, who went missing Friday. Rescue efforts were hampered by poor weather Monday, with a helicopter only able to join the search in the afternoon after being grounded by heavy rain and strong winds in the morning. But around 3:30 pm (0730 GMT) four of the women were found alive in waters some 300 metres (1,000 feet) off the coast of Nusa Penida, an island just southeast of Bali, said local police chief Nyoman Suarsika. “They are now being res-
cued and taken to Sanur,” he added, referring to a beach area of southern Bali popular with tourists. He did not have news of the three women still missing, and could not immediately say exactly where the other four were rescued or give their names. Distraught relatives of the divers have been arriving in Bali, with a distressed husband of one of them spotted on Sanur beach. “I’m praying for her safety,” the mother of missing instructor Shoko Takahashi told reporters in Japan on Sunday before leaving for Bali, according to the Yomiuri Shim-
bun daily. “She is an active person with a dependable personality. She never does foolhardy things.” Takahashi and her husband had set up the operator known as Yellow Scuba that took the divers out on the trip, Japanese consular official Kenichi Takeyama confirmed. He said two members of her family had joined a small briefing on the search at the consulate in Bali. “The family members are understandably very concerned and they want to know all the details -- what the conditions were like, what the current and temperature was like,” Takeyama said.
Takeyama said Yellow Scuba had provided boats and staff for the search. The women were experienced scuba divers who had logged more than 50 dives each. The dive boat’s skipper said he was following the divers for some 20 minutes before a sudden downpour made the water cloudy, according to Japan’s Asahi Shimbun newspaper. He moved his 10-metre-long boat to a point some hundreds of metres away where the divers were expected to resurface at an agreed time, the report said. When they failed to resurface, the skipper said he searched for them for an hour before reporting the incident. But Bali
province search and rescue chief Didi Hamzar told reporters on Sunday he had received information that the skipper had run out of fuel at some point, and had to refuel before heading to the agreed meeting spot. John Chapman, a Briton who runs the World Diving Lembongan operation on the island where the women went missing, said the heavy rain and choppy sea could have been a factor in their disappearance. He said a sudden downpour would have made some safety procedures, such as meeting at a brightly marked buoy, difficult because of poor visibility. “Often operators coming from Bali, they don’t necessarily have the knowledge of the currents and conditions. Some areas are for experienced divers and anyone coming here should make sure they use a good operator,” he said. To assist rescue officials, Chapman on Sunday conducted a dive to simulate the group’s, saying the current was “quite gentle” but became much rougher when he surfaced. Hamzar said the divers left from Blue Point on Nusa Lembongan, an area recommended only for experienced divers because of its strong currents, which often strike suddenly. Japan’s Kyodo news agency said the missing women were named by police and rescue authorities as: Ritsuko Miyata, 59, Emi Yamamoto, 33, Nahomi Tomita, 28, Aya Morizono, 27, Atsumi Yoshinobe, 29, Shoko Takahashi, 29, and Saori Furukawa, 27. Indonesian navy rescue team members returns from a search mission for missing seven Japanese divers in Bali island, Indonesia, Monday, Feb. 17, 2014.