(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.
Ciao
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(1) Google has been under investigation since November 2010, when Almunia's office opened an investigation into Google's dominance of search following complaints by the UK "vertical search" company Foundem, Microsoft-owned Ciao, and the French legal search engine ejustice.fr.
(2) But unless you’re under 30 or making an anthropological study of youthful drinking and mating rituals, opt for Kazimierz, a cosy candlelit wine bar tucked behind its sister restaurant, Cowboy Ciao.
(3) For active romantics, there are two Bella Ciao bikes on which to explore the city.
(4) The records of 36 patients (37 eyes) with central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO, 19 patients, 19 eyes), branch retinal artery occlusion (BRAO, 15 patients, 16 eyes), and cilioretinal artery occlusion (CIAO, 2 patients, 2 eyes) were reviewed with respect to underlying systemic disorders.
(5) To prove how marvelous a mascot he was, here is a clip of Ciao indulging in interpretive dance .
(6) After the vote was taken, Boldrini's party colleagues in the radical Left Ecology and Freedom (SEL) party broke into a chorus of the old partisan song Bella Ciao , prompting the M5S to respond with a rendition of the national anthem.
(7) Initially, for Google to explain why companies such as Foundem, eJustice and Microsoft-owned Ciao don't seem to rank in its search results.
(8) The Silicon Valley internet company revealed today that the commission has sent out formal questionnaires seeking information about complaints from three firms – the British price comparison site Foundem , a French legal search engine called eJustice and a shopping site, Ciao, which is owned by Microsoft.
(9) Ciao 4.17pm BST USA 99 - Lithuania 94, FINAL And the USA survive the scare, which is good news for them.
(10) November 27, 2013 Frederik Ducrozet (@fwred) CIAO November 27, 2013 Jamie McGeever (@ReutersJamie) Silvio Berlusgone November 27, 2013 As explained this morning, Berlusconi officially pulled his support for the country's coalition government last night.
(11) "As a child of five at the time," begins Adam Jackson, "Ciao the mascot or Football Man as I used to call him (in fact I didn't know his name til two days ago) had a massive influence on my development.
(12) The investigation follows complaints by three companies – Foundem , a British price comparison site; Microsoft-owned Ciao; and the French legal search engine justice.fr – that links to their services appear too low on Google's general search results.
(13) John Reid adds a smidgen of culture to the debate: "I can't believe while discussing World Cup mascots you have missed out Ciao, the legendary 'will-this-do' stickman of Italia 90.