(1) But the Hawaii-set romance Aloha , which features A-list stars Emma Stone, Bradley Cooper and Rachel McAdams, opened during a month of traditionally stronger box office returns.
(2) Cameron Crowe has apologised for casting the white actor Emma Stone as a “part-Asian” Hawaiian in controversial “whitewashed” romance Aloha.
(3) A watchdog group once calculated that the Aloha state trips cost taxpayers $3.5m a pop – in airfare, security arrangements, communications and medical staff.
(4) So many of us are hungry for stories with more racial diversity, more truth in representation, and I am anxious to help tell those stories in the future.” Aloha review – inspiration overdose at the pixie-dust buffet Read more Aloha stars Bradley Cooper as a defence contractor who falls for Stone’s US Air Force pilot after being assigned to oversee the launch of a military satellite from Hawaii.
(5) Aloha review – inspiration overdose at the pixie-dust buffet Read more US box office chart, 5-8 June Spy – $30m, new San Andreas – $26.4m, $99m Insidious: Chapter 3 – $23m, new Entourage – $10.4m, new Mad Max: Fury Road – $7.9m, $130.8m Pitch Perfect 2 – $7.7m, $161m Tomorrowland – $7m, $76m Avengers: Age of Ultron – $6.2m, $483m Aloha – $3.3m, $16.3m Poltergeist – $2.8m, $44.4m
(6) In truth, I don’t really understand it because I don’t feel if people were sitting down to interview Bradley Cooper they’d be like ‘let’s talk about [his flops] Aloha and Burnt’, or if they were sitting down with Robert De Niro, ‘let’s talk about Dirty Grandpa’ – and that feels sort of different with me.
(7) Analysts are predicting that Aloha, opening against earthquake thriller San Andreas , could bring in $12m on its opening weekend, though the negative reviews could reduce takings.
(8) Aside from the option of deep-fried cheeseburger sushi – "I won't say it's the most delicious thing ever," says Hua – Yatta offers innovations such as the barbecue and pineapple Sweet Aloha Hawaiian roll and the opportunity for budding foodies to build their own sushi by selecting coloured sticks from the counter, each colour representing a different ingredient.
(9) But Cameron Crowe’s controversial, critically panned Aloha opened in sixth place with just $10m.
(10) While some have been quick to judge a movie they haven’t seen and a script they haven’t read, the film Aloha respectfully showcases the spirit and culture of the Hawaiian people,” it said last week.
(11) The bad buzz has been building for months and finally this week US critics were allowed to judge whether Cameron Crowe’s new film Aloha was worthy of a garland.
(12) Picoplankton from Atlantic Ocean (Hydrostation S, Sargasso Sea) and Pacific Ocean (Aloha Station) sites were collected in a three-stage process: (i) collection of seawater through an intake covered with 10-microns-pore Nytex; (ii) concentration by a tangential flow filtration device equipped with 10 ft2 (0.929 m2) of 0.1-micron-pore fluorocarbon membrane; (iii) collection of cells from concentrate by centrifugation.
(13) Oscar nominations 2016: The Revenant leads field, Mad Max in second place Read more In the last few years, there has been Emma Stone’s casting as an Asian-American in Aloha , and the all-white casts of Gods of Egypt, Exodus: Gods and Kings, and Noah.
(14) We believe the film will be around for many, many weeks to come.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest The tale of a defence contractor who falls for a US air force pilot while working in Hawaii, Aloha has attracted criticism from campaigners who allege Crowe “whitewashed” the state’s Asian-Pacific islander population .
(15) The star attraction is Morgan’s Vintage Dance Hall (46 High Street) offering dance lessons from swing to samba and a Saturday night party with punters clad in 1940s gear, all two-tone shoes, A-line dresses and Aloha shirts.
(16) Same-sex couples are taking advantage of Hawaii's newfound aloha for gay weddings.
(17) Sinking to the bottom of the chart was Aloha, Cameron Crowe’s critically trashed romantic comedy about a defence contractor (Bradley Cooper) falling for a pilot (Emma Stone) while working in Hawaii .
(18) Cameron Crowe's new film Aloha accused of 'whitewashing' Hawaii Read more Producers of Aloha were doing their best to play up the film’s performance, despite its low opening chart position.
(19) Aloha opened at No 6 in the US box office chart with $10m at the weekend, on par with Cameron’s previous film, We Bought a Zoo, which went on to make $120m.
Alpha
Definition:
(n.) The first letter in the Greek alphabet, answering to A, and hence used to denote the beginning.
Example Sentences:
(1) In contrast, DNA polymerase alpha, the enzyme involved in chromosomal DNA replication, was relatively insensitive to CA1.
(2) The urinary excretion of PGF2 alpha was not affected by atenolol.
(3) The accumulation of lipids and enzymes such as simple estarase, lipase, beta-HDH, alpha-GDH and NADPH-reductase in those areas, suggests that lipids are not a simple excretory product.
(4) We used the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) to amplify the breakpoint area of alpha-thalassemia-1 of Southeast Asia type and several parts of the alpha-globin gene cluster to make a differential diagnosis between alpha-thalassemia-1 and Hb Bart's hydrops fetalis.
(5) Comparison of the S100 alpha-binding protein profiles in fast- and slow-twitch fibers of various species revealed few, if any, species- or fiber type-specific S100 binding proteins.
(6) The low affinity of several N1-alkylpyrroleethylamines suggests that the benzene portion of the alpha-methyltryptamines is necessary for significant affinity.
(7) alpha 1-Adrenergic agonists, phenylephrine and norfenefrine, did not affect the synthesis.
(8) We have examined the insertion of bovine 17 alpha-hydroxylase (P45017 alpha) into the endoplasmic reticulum of COS 1 cells to evaluate the functional role of its hydrophobic amino-terminal sequence and membrane insertion.
(9) We sought additional evidence for an inverse relationship between functional CTL-target cell affinity on the one hand, and susceptibility of the CTL-mediated killing to inhibition by alpha LFA-1 and alpha Lyt-2,3 monoclonal antibodies on the other hand.
(10) Incubation with IFN alpha or IFN gamma for 24 h resulted in only modest cytokinetic alterations, and they did not modify the effects of FUra.
(11) It was also able to inhibit the binding both of alpha-bungarotoxin and rabies virus glycoprotein to the acetylcholine receptor.
(12) The mobility on sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis is anomalous since the undenatured, cross-linked proteins have the same Stokes radius as the native, uncross-linked alpha beta gamma heterotrimer.
(13) The statistical T value calculated for the LP-TAE group showed that the administration of LP, the tumor size, intrahepatic metastasis, portal vein infiltration, and serum total bilirubin and alpha-fetoprotein levels significantly (P < 0.01) affected the patients' survival.
(14) The mothers of these babies do not show any evidence of alpha-thalassaemia.
(15) Needle acupuncture did, however, increase the pain threshold compared with the initial value (alpha = 0.1%).
(16) Starvation increased the rate of alpha-decarboxylation of leucine.
(17) Concentrations of alpha-lactalbumin and alpha s1-casein were measured in media and explant homogenates by radioimmunoassay, as an index of lactogenesis.
(18) Bradykinin also stimulated arachidonic acid release in decidual fibroblasts, an effect which was potentiated in the presence of epidermal growth factor (EGF), but which was not accompanied by an increase in PGF2 alpha production.
(19) A novel bicyclic prostaglandin analogue, (1S)-[1 alpha,2 alpha(Z),3 alpha,4 alpha]-7-[3-[(hexylthio)methyl]-7- oxabicyclo [2.2.1]hept-2-yl]-5-heptenoic acid ((-)-10), and its cogeners were found to be potent antagonists at the TxA2 receptor.
(20) Zinc in plasma and urine and serum albumin and alpha 2-macroglobulin were measured in 48 patients with burns.