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De Niro's Raging Bull voted 'best sports movie' (Go To Top) Washington: Raging Bull, in which Robert De Niro portrayed a boxer, 'Jake La Motta', has been voted the best sports movie of all time in a poll conducted by a US magazine. The cult 1980 film took the top slot after beating golf comedy 'Caddyshack', which came in second on the Entertainment Weekly list, reports Contactmusic. Hoosiers, the basketball classic, claimed the third position, followed by Rocky at the fourth and Bull Durham at the fifth place. The top 10 films on the new list are: 1. Raging Bull 2. Caddyshack 3. Hoosiers 4. Rocky 5. Bull Durham 6. Million Dollar Baby 7. Breaking Away 8. The Bad News Bear 9. Friday Night Lights 10. Slap Shot . Harry Potter sets box office on fire (Go To Top) Washington: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire has cast a spell over the moviegoers during the weekend, as the fourth film in the fantasy series about a bespectacled boy wizard smashed sales record around the world. According to the estimates of Exhibitor Relations, the latest Potter movie sold an estimated 181.4 million dollars worth of tickets, including 101.4 million dollars in North America, in its debut weekend, where it ranked as the fourth-best opening of all time, behind "Spider-Man" at 114.8 million dollars in 2002 and "Star Wars: Episode III Revenge of the Sith" and "Shrek 2," at 108 million dollars each. Harry and pals were followed by "Walk the Line", the Johnny Cash biopic, which debuted in second place with 22.4 million dollars, while last week's leader ,"Chicken Little" came in third with 14.7 million dollars, reports E!Online. "Zathura" with 5.1 million dollars was beaten by "Derailed", which took the fourth place, with 6.5 million dollars. A rundown of the top 10 films, based on preliminary studio estimates compiled by Exhibitor Relations are: 1. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, $101.4 million 2. Walk the Line, $22.4 million 3. Chicken Little, $14.7 million 4. Derailed, $6.5 million 5. Zathura, $5.1 million 6. Jarhead, $4.8 million 7. Get Rich or Die Tryin', $4.3 million 8. Saw II, $3.9 million 9. The Legend of Zorro, $2.3 million 10. Pride & Prejudice, $2.1 million . 'Harry Potter' is Britain's richest teenager (Go To Top) Washington: Harry Potter star Daiel Radcliffe, who shot to stardom at the age of 11, after starring in JK Rowling's first magical wizard movie Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, is reportedly Britain's richest teenager today. The actor, now 16 is richer than fellow teenagers Charlotte Church and Joss Stone. However, the director of Harry Potter and the Goblet Of Fire, Mike Newell is relieved that Radcliffe and co-stars Rupert Grint and Emma Watson have not been carried away by their wealth. "They all know exactly what they're worth but they have not become impossible.My worst fear is that they would have realised that they are absolutely the stars," Newell was quoted by Contactmusic, as saying. Radcliffe has just signed a 14.4 million dollars deal to make the fifth movie in the Harry Potter series, The Order Of The Phoenix. Zeta-Jones' nippletape therapy (Go To Top) London: Welsh beauty, Catherine Zeta-Jones, has a body that women all around the world would die for. However, during the filming of her latest action flick, "The Legend of Zorro", the actress has revealed that she put sticker tapes on her breasts to stop her nipples from poking through her costume due to the cold. An insider revealed that the actress did not want to reveal more than what was necessary, and that her trick of taping her breasts seemed to work. "She has a great body. But she didnt want her nipples constantly on show to the world. It was decided to tape them down inside her costume and that seemed to do the trick," The Sun quoted the insider, as saying. |
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