Perspiration - and inspiration Nov 1, 2009
And, while I m at it, what kind of idiot - or, in this case, idiots - ranks 48 sports-related movies, among them Jim Thorpe, All-American, ahead of Bend It Like Beckham. So this book is great fun. (Boston Globe)
Newsweek: Why are great girls' sports flicks so rare? Oct 3, 2009
With any luck, it won't be dismissed like Blue Crush or the great Bend It Like Beckham as a bubblegum PSA for Title IX. It's relatable for both boys and girls (ooh. the brutality. (MSNBC -- News)
Lace up your skates and go see 'Whip It' Oct 3, 2009
This is "Juno Meets Slap Shot," a well-directed, well-cast romp that doesn't quite transcend its worn formula but is still the best girl-powered sports film since "Bend it Like Beckham.". Page plays Bliss, a 17-year-old suffering the close-minded provincialism of tiny Bodeen, Texas. (Fresno Bee)
On Language: Bending The Curve Sep 30, 2009
That led to the Nations headline "Bend It Like Obama," a play on the movie title "Bend It Like Beckham.". Came the current recession, the graphic-metaphor crowd stopped worrying about a cost line bending inexorably upward and directed its attention to the need to get the upward-bending unemployment figures bending down. (India Times, India)
Favortie Babes of Summer Movies Aug 23, 2009
Knightly has come a long way from the days when she was playing soccer with the girl from ER in Bend It Like Beckham. Now she's a certified action movie starlet with fashion model looks and honest, no-fooling acting talent. (IGN FilmForce)
What Beckham really said to LA GALAZY fan... Jul 26, 2009
It was a mistake to bring this trash here and we should bend it like beckham back to the queen. By Jack. (The Drudge Report)
Imran is social, not sexual! Jul 17, 2009
We hope to target the same audience that enjoyed Gurinder Chadhas Bend It Like Beckham. . (India Times, India)
E-MAILING IT IN: The best All-Star Game in sports is ... Jul 15, 2009
If anything, this may make it acceptable for people to come out of the woodwork now and start to admit that they didn't really like Bend It Like Beckham in the first place. Rubenstein: I hereby apologize for starting the use of the word "brand" today. (SportsIllustrated.CNN)
Jonathan Rhys Meyers arrested after scuffle Jun 26, 2009
In addition to playing King Henry VIII on Showtimes The Tudors, Rhys Meyers has also starred in Woody Allens Match Point, Mission Impossible III, Elvis and Bend It Like Beckham. . (MSNBC -- News)
Boys are back in town, Cubbies too Jun 3, 2009
Bend it like Beckham. Phil also wrote that Gordon Beckham, an Atlanta native, former Georgia Bulldog and last years first round pick by the White Sox may be poised to replace Josh Fields at third base for the White Sox. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Sports)
'ER' Star Has Baby May 29, 2009
The 33-year-old actress also starred in the 2002 film "Bend It Like Beckham.". Us Weekly first reported the birth. (KIRO TV, WA)
A meeting with the Bollywood cast of It's A Wonderful Afterlife May 21, 2009
Like Chadha's previous works Bhaji on the Beach and Bend It Like Beckham, the new film centres around the lives of British Asians ... The other spirits are played by some of the original Bend It Like Beckham cast and have spent hours in make-up to get the "look". (BBC News -- South Asia)
Festival plans to push hard, pucker up and freak out May 15, 2009
Not so long ago Bend It Like Beckham was the stand-out hit at the Sydney Film Festival. Now a film featuring another soccer star, Eric Cantona, will open the venerable event. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Alvord: Somali pirates, meet Angus MacGyver Apr 12, 2009
Is this another bad sequel, starring Johnny Depp and that cute girl from Bend It Like Beckham. These particular pirates took the ship s captain hostage and fired machine guns at him when he jumped in the water and tried to swim to freedom. (Longview Daily News, WA)
Bollywood bug bites Sydney Apr 12, 2009
She's seen the burst in interest following other Bollywood movies, with similar trends occurring after Bend It Like Beckham and Bride And Prejudice. "[The movie] appealed to a lot of people who are new to Bollywood and the fact that they had a dance routine in there at the end, everyone went, 'Oh that's pretty cool,"' she says. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
ER closes doors, leaves satisfying legacy Mar 25, 2009
Nagra had caught Wells attention after she starred in the popular British film Bend It Like Beckham. Unlike hospitals in the real world which employ a large number of doctors of Indian descent, the fictional ER had none, and Wells wanted to rectify that. (MSNBC -- News)
Square roots Mar 19, 2009
Her credits also include the films Bend It Like Beckham and East is East. So you are joining EastEnders - tell us about your character. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Fox overhauls the leadership of its entertainment divisions Mar 13, 2009
Under Rice, the division had also distributed Academy Award-nominated films like "Juno," "Sideways" and "Little Miss Sunshine." Other Fox Searchlight films have included "The Full Monty," "Bend It Like Beckham" and "The Wrestler.". Several executives at Fox and the News Corporation said the move was being interpreted internally as an effort by the company chairman, Rupert Murdoch, to reward Rice with a significant promotion, one that would keep him in the company and not looking for a more... (International Herald Tribune -- Technology)
"Slumdog Millionaire" Soundtrack Re... Feb 25, 2009
The "Slumdog Millionaire" soundtrack arguably surpasses the catchy and active "Bend It Like Beckham" soundtrack as one of the most popular and catchy that have come out in years. Bend It Like Beckham debuted in March 2003 to a rousing success that is similar to the response of this newest soundtrack. (Suite101.com)
Women look ahead to new pro soccer league Feb 24, 2009
"Soccer leagues, men's and women's, indoor and outdoor have come and gone.They include, most famously, the North American Soccer League which spent millions on aging icons like Pele and Franz Beckenbauer to grab a brief share of the U.S. sporting spotlight before fading away after 16 years in 1984.NICHE FOUNDBorn out of the hugely successful 1999 women's World Cup, when over 90,000 spectators filled the Rose Bowl to watch the final between U.S. and China, WUSA looked to have found a niche.The... (MSNBC -- Sports)
The New Bollywood Feb 22, 2009
Films like "Slumdog" (and before it "Monsoon Wedding" and "Bend It Like Beckham") were all regarded as milestones, he says, but when it comes to the next project about India, "financiers develop amnesia.". The real test, says filmmaker Pal - whose own comedy about contemporary India, "The President Is Coming," is about to open in the United States - will be to see if "other films (and there are many to be made about modern India) dig a little deeper.". (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
REEL-TIME LOVE AFFAIR Feb 22, 2009
"Bend it Like Beckham" or "A League of Their Own?". Or maybe it's the soon-to-be-released "Hurricane Season," the story of John Ehret's 2006 state championship basketball team, that will wind up atop your list. (Nola.com -- Sports)
SNL: Alec Baldwin Shakes His Wii Feb 17, 2009
Matt Peckham can't shake it like Baldwin, but he can still bend it like Beckham at. Product Categories. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
