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WTF, CNN?

While on the treadmill yesterday, I watched CNN do a story on the opening weekend of Disney's The Princess and the Frog. This feature-length cartoon marks the first time Disney has featured an African American princess as a lead female character. It's a milestone worth celebrating. And as the CNN story reported, all over the country, young black girls attended the movie's opening dressed as princesses, not unlike these four lovelies.

Unfortunately, the CNN reporter referred to the young black girls at the theater as "fair maidens."

Movie Poster: Greenberg

 

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Interactive landing page for Shark Week

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50 highest grossing films of the decade

All but nine are sequels or adaptations.

   1. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (New Line; 2003) $1,119,110,941

   2. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest (Disney; 2006) $1,066,179,725

   3. The Dark Knight (Warner Bros.; 2008) $1,001,921,825

   4. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Warner Bros.; 2001) $974,733,550

   5. Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (Disney; 2007) $960,996,492

   6. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Warner Bros.; 2007) $938,212,738

   7. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Warner Bros.; 2009) $929,022,922

   8. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (New Line; 2002) $925,282,504

   9. Shrek 2 (DreamWorks; 2004) $919,838,758

   10. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Warner Bros.; 2005) $895,921,036

   11. Spider-Man 3 (Columbia; 2007) $890,871,626

   12. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Warner Bros.; 2002) $878,643,482

   13. Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (20th Century Fox; 2009) $878,615,229

   14. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (New Line; 2001) $870,761,744

   15. Finding Nemo (Disney/Pixar; 2003) $864,625,978

   16. Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (20th Century Fox; 2005) $848,754,768

   17. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (Paramount; 2009) $833,229,011

   18. Spider-Man (Columbia; 2002) $821,708,551

   19. Shrek the Third (DreamWorks; 2007) $798,958,162

   20. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Warner Bros.; 2004) $795,634,069

   21. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (Paramount; 2008) $786,636,033

   22. Spider-Man 2 (Columbia; 2004) $783,766,341

   23. The Da Vinci Code (Sony/Columbia; 2006) $758,239,851

   24. The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Disney; 2005) $745,011,272

   25. The Matrix Reloaded (Warner Bros.; 2003) $742,128,461

   26. Transformers *DreamWorks/Paramount; 2007) $709,709,780

   27. Ice Age: The Meltdown (20th Century Fox; 2006) $655,388,158

   28. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (Disney; 2003) $654,264,015

   29. Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (20th Century Fox; 2002) $649,398,328

   30. Kung Fu Panda (DreamWorks; 2008) $631,736,484

   31. The Incredibles (Disney/Pixar; 2004) $631,442,092

   32. Hancock (Columbia; 2008) $624,386,746

   33. Ratatouille (Disney/Pixar; 2007) $623,707,397

   34. The Passion of the Christ (Newmarket; 2004) $611,899,420

   35. Mamma Mia! (Universal; 2008) $609,841,637

   36. Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (DreamWorks; 2008) $603,900,344

   37. Casino Royale (MGM/Columbia; 2006) $594,239,066

   38. War of the Worlds (DreamWorks/Paramount; 2005) $591,745,540

   39. Quantum of Solace (MGM/Columbia; 2008) $586,090,727

   40. I Am Legend (Warner Bros.; 2007) $585,349,010

   41. Iron Man (Paramount; 2008) $585,133,287

   42. Night at the Museum (20th Century Fox; 2006) $574,480,450

   43. King Kong (Universal; 2005) $550,517,357

   44. Mission: Impossible II (Paramount; 2000) $546,388,105

   45. The Day After Tomorrow (20th Century Fox; 2004) $544,272,402

   46. Madagascar (DreamWorks; 2005) $532,680,671

   47. The Simpsons Movie (20th Century Fox; 2007) $527,071,022

   48. Monsters, Inc. (Disney/Pixar; 2001) $525,366,597

   49. WALL-E (Disney/Pixar; 2008) $521,268,237

   50. Meet the Fockers (Universal; 2004) $516,642,939

Source: Gawker

Movie Poster: Avatar

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Movie Poster: Bright Star

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Movie Posters: Alice in Wonderland

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Movie Poster: Men Who Stare at Goats

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Movie Poster: Precious

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Movie Poster: The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

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Menacing movie posters for Saw VI

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Movie Poster: The Lovely Bones

Haven't heard anything about this movie, but the book The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold was incredible.

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