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- After Earth goodies
- 'Fast & Furious' rolls over Will Smith's 'After Earth'
- Angelina Jolie 'moved' by public support following surgery
| Posted: 03 Jun 2013 01:16 AM PDT One thousand years after cataclysmic events forced humanity's escape from Earth, Nova Prime has become mankind's new home. Legendary General Cypher Raige returns from an extended tour of duty to his estranged family, ready to be a father to his 13-year-old son, Kitai. When an asteroid storm damages Cypher and Kitai's craft, they crash-land on a now unfamiliar and dangerous Earth. As his father lies dying in the cockpit, Kitai must trek across the hostile terrain to recover their rescue beacon. His whole life, Kitai has wanted nothing more than to be a soldier like his father. Today, he gets his chance. Catch After Earth in cinemas this month. eCentral and Buena Vista Columbia TriStar are giving away movie premiums. To win, answer the questions below. 1. Name the father-son actors who play Cypher Raige and Kitai. 2. Name the director of After Earth. Email your answers with your details (name, address, IC number and contact number) to ecentralcontest@gmail.com by 7 June 2013. Title the subject AFTER EARTH. Movie Prizes 15 X After Earth USB wristband, backpack, torchlight tool set Rules & Regulations 1. The contest is open to all Malaysian residents residing in Malaysia only. 2. To qualify for a prize, contestants must include relevant personal details (full name, address, new IC number , contact number). Email your answers to ecentralcontest@gmail.com 3. Contestants may submit only one entry each. Multiple entries will be disqualified. 4. One prize is allowed per contestant only. 5. Prizes are not exchangeable for cash and the organizer reserves the right to exchange the prize with that of a similar value without prior notice. 6. Staff of The Star Publications (Malaysia) Berhad, sponsors and their immediate families are not allowed to participate. 7. Judges decision is final and no correspondence will be entertained. 8. Judges will be from The Star Online. 9. For enquiries, please e-mail ecentralmy@gmail.com 10. I hereby expressly consent to the collection, collation, use and/or disclosure of all my personal data by Star Publications (M) Berhad for the purposes of After Earth contest. 11. Winners will be notified by email. |
| 'Fast & Furious' rolls over Will Smith's 'After Earth' Posted: 02 Jun 2013 08:23 PM PDT REUTERS - Car chase sequel Fast & Furious 6 kept racing at U.S. and Canadian box offices, outpacing rival movies for a second straight weekend and finishing far in front of Will Smith's new sci-fi film After Earth. Fast & Furious racked up US$34.5 million from Friday through Sunday, according to studio estimates. The sixth installment in the billion-dollar franchise takes the action to London, where stars Vin Diesel and Dwyane Johnson lead their crew on a mission to take down an international ring of mercenary drivers. Comedy heist caper Now You See Me yielded a stronger-than-expected US$28.1 million in its debut at U.S. and Canadian theaters, finishing second. The post-apocalyptic After Earth, starring Smith and his teenage son, Jaden Smith, placed third with US$27 million. Analysts had expected a US$35-million to US$40-million opening. Fast & Furious maintained its speed after a roaring debut over Memorial Day weekend. Worldwide ticket sales reached US$480.6 million through Sunday, according to Universal Pictures, the Comcast Corp unit that released the movie. Distributor Universal said that Fast 6 has outearned international lifetime totals for each of the first four films in the franchise, and was on track to surpass the fifth. Critically panned After Earth settled for a third-place debut. The US$130-million production takes place 1,000 years after an apocalypse forced humans to abandon Earth. A boy and his father become stranded on the planet after a crash landing and look for help. Critics assailed After Earth, with just 12 percent recommending the film on Rotten Tomatoes, a website that aggregates movie reviews. Distributor Sony Pictures, a unit of Japan's Sony Corp, said it expects the film to do well internationally. "This has always been a worldwide play," said Rory Bruer, Sony Pictures' president of worldwide distribution. "We would have liked the movie to have done better domestically and I think people will be pretty happy about it when they see the international rollout." Bruer said the studio expects well over half of the film's gross to come from international sales. After Earth will open in 60 countries next week, and several more throughout June. Now You See Me beat projections for weekend sales of up to US$20 million. The film stars Jesse Eisenberg in the story of street magicians who stage large-scale shows during which they rob banks and distribute money to the audience. It cost US$75 million to produce, according to the website Box Office Mojo. Tied for fourth were the sci-fi sequel Star Trek Into Darkness, and animated family film Epic, each of which took in US$16.4 million in domestic sales. The Hangover Part III took in US$15.9 million to capture fifth place. |
| Angelina Jolie 'moved' by public support following surgery Posted: 02 Jun 2013 06:50 PM PDT LONDON - Oscar-winning actress Angelina Jolie said Sunday she had been "moved" by public support after she revealed she had had a double mastectomy to reduce her high risk of breast cancer. And she said she felt "wonderful" after the surgery. Speaking at the London premiere of husband Brad Pitt's film "World War Z", Jolie said she was thankful that her actions had brought the issue into the public arena. "I get moved to talk about it," she told media on the red carpet, her first such appearance since she announced her surgery in May. The 37-year-old added she was "very happy just to see the discussion about women's health expanded and that means the world to me. "After losing my mum to these issues, I'm very grateful for it and I've been very moved by the kind support from people," explained the actress. Jolie's mother Marcheline Bertrand died of ovarian cancer at the age of 56 and her aunt, Debbie Martin, died of breast cancer last week. Pitt insisted the decision had "certainly brought our family tighter together. "I mean the beautiful thing is that, for us, life will go on," he added. Three months of gruelling medical procedures including breast reconstruction ended in late April. Jolie, whose father is Oscar-winning actor Jon Voight, said her chances of developing breast cancer are now just five percent. Her doctors estimated she had an 87 percent risk of breast cancer and a 50 percent risk of ovarian cancer. Jolie said she went ahead with the procedures so her six children would not lose her at a young age. - AFP |
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