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POPSWhy Americans Are Shunning Hollywood’s Wares
aside to make movies that embody traditional values, it often scores big with the public. Consider 2004’s Spider-Man 2, a sequel far better than the original. The movie is a fable about duty and heroism. The movie resonated powerfully with the public, grossing a whopping $374 million domestically, and it took in another $400 million or so overseas. Factor in DVD sales, and you’re getting close to a billion-dollar movie. The Incredibles affectionately embraces the bourgeois family, flaws and all. The Parrs have their difficulties: teenager Violet is sullen, the kids fight, Mom and Dad bicker, Bob hates his drab insurance job, but for the Parr kids, the family bond is all-important. Pixar’s 2003 runaway winner Finding Nemo, the movie shows children “what adults are supposed to do,” writes author Frederica Mathewes-Green on National Review Online—“to be brave and self-sacrificing, to defend children even at risk to themselves, to give, even in the face of ingratitude.”
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POPSMan caught climbing NYTimes building I've got friends who work in that building, I wonder if they saw him! All things considered, with the ladder-like bars that go in front of the windows there, I don't know if this was that much of a challenge.
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POPSRoberto Osti's View Of The World In Watercolors Osti, who now teaches scientific illustration at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia and at the Caspersen School of Graduate Studies at Drew University in Madison, N.J., began illustrating for Scientific American in 1993. His highly detailed and wonderfully composed paintings delighted both readers and authors, many of whom wondered over the years if the originals were for sale. His work has been exhibited in Bologna, Milan, New York City and Philadelphia.
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POPSRepublican slime machine... It's in full swing -- you don't see many emails about McCain, but my box is full of emails about Obama and how he doesn't wear a flag label pin... What a joke...
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POPSAnimal mojo all in the tail I always thought animals had tails so they had something to chase when they got bored. Now it seems they've discovered that rats use their tails to get bored.
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