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NEWS ABOUT: Titanic

Titanic stories: 12 news summaries
GLOSSIES

 Cameron's 
 Avatar 
 May Be a 
 Revolution 

Director recalls drama of earlier films, inspiration for return to the big screen

Oct 19, 09 11:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - People always seem to want James Cameron to fail, most notably when he embarked upon the $200 million adventure of making Titanic. Suffice it to say that the pressure is on for his $230 million 3-D epic Avatar, marking a return to the big screen after 12 years... More »

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entertainment • James Cameron • film • film director • Titanic

OPINION

 Box Office Records Are Bunk 

Measuring a film's success in dollars is misleading

Jul 6, 09 6:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Not a year seems to go by without a film breaking a box-office records: Dark Knight a contender for biggest all-time earner! Bourne Ultimatum the top August opener! But that’s not because the films actually draw more viewers than the previous record-holders; it's because the figures are in... More »

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film • Spider-Man • box office • The Bourne Ultimatum • Titanic • The Dark Knight • Star Wars • broken records • movies • The Sound of Music • Shrek • Gone With the Wind • E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial

(Newser) - The last Titanic survivor has died at age 97, with no memory of the disaster but pleased by the attention it brought her, the BBC reports. Millvina Dean was 9 weeks old when the ship sank in 1912 and claimed her father's life, but spared her mother and brother. The... More »

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James Cameron • Leonardo DiCaprio • shipwreck • Titanic • survivors • Kate Winslet

 The Most Undeserved Oscars 

SF Chronicle serves up its 'Titanic Awards'

Feb 22, 09 6:07 AM CST
(Newser) - Oscars go to undeserving flicks so often that the San Francisco Chronicle has a prize for them: the Titanic Award. Pop culture critic Peter Hartlaub targets some of the most egregious offenders:
  • Best Picture: Titanic. The award’s namesake, which somehow beat LA Confidential, needs no explanation.
  • Best
... More »

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Academy Awards • film • Al Pacino • list • Titanic • Gwyneth Paltrow • LA Confidential • movies • Oscars

Manners Killed Titanic's Brits as Yanks Fled: Study

British were more likely to line up for lifeboats, researcher contends

Jan 21, 09 4:12 PM CST
(Newser) - British passengers aboard the Titanic were most likely to die because their sense of propriety inclined them to line up for lifeboats while Americans elbowed past to save themselves, claims an Australian researcher who is studying how people react in life-threatening disasters. Americans were 8.5% more likely than other... More »

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British • culture • psychology • Americans • Titanic • altruism • stranded passengers

 Mamma Mia! Drowns 
 Titanic's UK Take 

Money, Money, Money at UK box office

Dec 17, 08 9:40 AM CST
(Newser) - The movie version of the fluffy romantic musical Mamma Mia! has become Britain's biggest box office hit of all time, E! Online reports. The Meryl Streep flick, based on the tunes of the '70s Swedish pop group ABBA, earned $107.7 million in 22 weeks in theaters, sailing beyond... More »

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United Kingdom • box office • Titanic • Meryl Streep • ABBA • Mamma Mia!

GLOSSIES

 Winslet's Back, 
 With Eyes on Oscar 

Actress reunites with DiCaprio, stars in two films likely to earn her some hardware

Nov 5, 08 9:00 PM CST
(Newser) - Kate Winslet isn’t a demure lady, she just plays one on the screen. The foul-mouthed, roll-your-own-smokes former “fat girl” was ecstatic to be the youngest actress with five Oscar nominations two years ago, but “you bet your (expletive) ass” she wants to actually win one this time... More »

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Leonardo DiCaprio • Academy Awards • Titanic • profile • movies • Kate Winslet • Sam Mendes • Ralph Fiennes • Revolutionary Road • The Reader

  Bambi Is Best Weepy: Poll  

Ghost edges out Titanic, and cartoons are well represented in online outcome

Oct 13, 08 2:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Bambi is the best “tear-jerker” ever, the Daily Telegraph reports. An online poll puts the Disney cartoon at the top of the list, and it should be no surprise: Even Paul McCartney credits the death of Bambi’s mother for his vegetarianism. Ghost, the sentimental story of the relationship... More »

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film • poll • Whoopi Goldberg • cartoon • Tom Hanks • E.T. • tear jerkers • Bambi • Titanic • Demi Moore • Patrick Swayze • Ghost • The Lion King

 Rubber Duckies 
 Tracking Glacier 

Bathtub toys to reveal glacier's flow

Sep 22, 08 2:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - A key experiment that may help unlock more secrets of global warming involves planting 90 rubber duckies into one of Greenland's fastest moving glaciers, Reuters reports. US scientists are hoping some of the ducks will be found as they emerge into Baffin Bay to help track rate and movement of... More »

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NASA • global warming • Greenland • Titanic • Jakobshavn Glacier • icebergs • rubber ducks • moulins • Alberto Behar

 SOS Signals Century Mark 

* * * / - - - / * * * saved thousands of lives in first 100 years

Jul 1, 08 4:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Take a moment today to honor the 100th birthday of the SOS signal—the Morse code dots and dashes that have saved thousands of lives. The distress call was introduced in 1908 to replace an older code, "CQD," which was easier to confuse with other signals, the Times... More »

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Titanic • SOS • Morse code

Tanker Crash Spilled 'Nastiest' Oil Into SF Bay

58,000 gallons dumped in collision with bridge; contamination could linger decades

Nov 8, 07 9:46 AM CST
(Newser) - A massive container ship traveling in dense fog crashed into the San Francisco’s Bay Bridge yesterday, spilling 58,000 gallons of noxious oil lethal to marine life. It was unclear whether mechanical or human error was at fault, but a spill cleaner said the bunker fuel oil is “... More »

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San Francisco • oil spill • Titanic • Bay Bridge • marine life • container ship

Reuters Posts 'Titanic' Frame in Arctic Gaffe

Agency pinched movie still for North Pole report

Aug 10, 07 5:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Reuters was caught in another photo pas today, when it revealed pics used in a report on Russia's flag-planting at the North Pole last week were actually lifted frames from the 1997 blockbuster Titanic. An image captioned with descriptions of Russian submersibles on an Arctic seabed was actually a still... More »

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Russia • James Cameron • Reuters • North Pole • photograph • picture • Finland • Titanic • flag

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