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Gurinder Chadha's story of a young Asian female football fanatic, Bend it like Beckham, which became an instant hit, suddenly placed the west London town of Southall on the international tourist map. Also, television programmes such as the children's favourite, Balamory as well as Monarch of the Glen have opened up new parts of Scotland to visitors who in the past might have swung past Edinburgh Castle and Loch Ness before heading home. (Independent)
Brady Bunch helmer hired for soap adaptation. Aug 25, 2007
Variety's Michael Fleming breaks the news about the revived project that has floundered twice previously with Bend It Like Beckham director Gurinder Chadha, and Robert Luketic at the helm. Pam Brady (South Park) has been brought on board to pen the script. (IGN)
Dallas film 'set to be a comedy' Aug 25, 2007
The film version of 1980s TV hit Dallas could be turned into a comedy after the departure of Bend It Like Beckham director Gurinder Chadha. Trade paper Variety reports that Betty Thomas - behind spoof film The Brady Bunch - is now in talks to direct it. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Betty Thomas takes on 'Dallas' Aug 24, 2007
When the movie was derailed late last year, Gurinder Chadha ("Bend It Like Beckham") was directing. Luke Wilson was attached to play Bobby Ewing with Shirley MacLaine to play Miss Ellie, while producers were talking with Meg Ryan to play Sue Ellen after Jennifer Lopez dropped out. (Variety)
Knightley unimpressed by fame Aug 22, 2007
The Bend It Like Beckham actress admitted that she was puzzled by children whose only aim in life is to become wealthy and famous. She told the Radio Times: "It frightens me when kids go, 'I want to be famous'."Why. (Digital Spy)
FIFA 08 Preview Aug 22, 2007
IGN: FIFA Soccer 08 Preview. SECTIONS CHANNELS ; GET GAMES. (IGN PS2)
Knightley criticises fame-seekers Aug 22, 2007
" The actress added that she preferred to watch films from 50 years ago because she prefers not to know about the actors' private lives. "The magic is in the screen, not knowing what's behind it, because that ruins the magic," she said. Oscar nomination Kinghtley won a best actress nomination at the 2006 Oscars Knightley's latest film, Atonement, opens the Venice Film Festival later this month, where it is in contention for the event's top prize, the Golden Lion. Based on an Ian McEwan novel, it... (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Fire and ice Aug 22, 2007
In 2002, he melted hearts as the girls football coach in Bend It Like Beckham. In 2005, he scored an Emmy nomination and won a Golden Globe for Best Actor in a mini-series as Elvis Presley in CBS Elvis. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
'Go and work on the stock market' Aug 22, 2007
The star who found fame in Bend it Like Beckham thinks the nation's fame-seeking youth would be far better off getting a day job. on the stock market. (Channel 4 News)
Why Beckham hype won't play here Aug 15, 2007
"Bend It Like Beckham" notwithstanding, Beckham is not a striker, as soccer scorers are called. He is a midfield player and a server. (Boston Globe)
'Natural flaws' inspired Chanel to make Knightley its new face Aug 14, 2007
from The Independent & The Independent on Sunday. Natural flaws' inspired Chanel to make Knightley its new face. (Independent)
Bollywoods hegemony Aug 14, 2007
Bend it Like Beckham still remains a landmark of Asian-English cinema, replicating its success across the Atlantic. Siren s song. (Hindu)
Having a field day Aug 11, 2007
Sometimes, they just form a background to an entertaining story, like Bend it like Beckham. Sometimes they use the compelling screenplay to tell out a true story which could either be a gut wrenching Remember the Titans or Miracle , or a wildly comic Cool Runnings or Shaolin Soccer. (Hindu)
Sony Pictures Classics nabs 'Brick' Aug 8, 2007
It stars Tannishtha Chatterjee, Satish Kaushik, Christopher Simpson, Zafreen and Harvey Virdi ("Bend It Like Beckham"). Gavron's first film, the telepic "This Little Life," took home several awards. (Variety)
Mmm ... Smells Like Beckhams! Aug 7, 2007
(AP) You don't have to bend it like Beckham to smell like the soccer star. David Beckham and his Spice Girl wife, Victoria, now have their own brand of his-and-hers fragrances Intimately Beckham. (CBS News -- US)
Penalty shoot out Aug 6, 2007
In fact, the film is a sport movie in the league of Bend it Like Beckham and a Hollywood movie starring Tom Hanks called A League of Their Own ... "There have been very few films on women's sports. The similarity with A League is that this too is about a team sport, a team of women. Bend It Like Beckham, A League... and Chak De... are sister films, you could say. But there the similarity ends." Hockey being a national sport, the film has an Indianness to it; a feeling of patriotism comes in,... (The Statesman)
Hai Caramba! Theyre here! Aug 6, 2007
Bart: I got so into Bend It Like Beckham that I yelled You go girl. instead of Boring. (Deccan Herald)
Marketing blitzes, not on-field ones, find favor in Reggie Bush Jul 31, 2007
In pads or pinstripes, Saints' Bush all business - USATODAY.com. NEWS AND INFORMATION. (USA Today -- Sports)
Soccer: Beckham tries to sidestep the boot controversy Jul 25, 2007
Bend It Like Beckham grew into a trendy item that costs close to $200 a pair, or 10 times the cost of a cheap pair of soccer shoes. Johnston had nothing to do with the culling of kangaroos for his boot. (International Herald Tribune)
High-heeled Posh joins the soccer moms in LA... Jul 19, 2007 Posh: We'll stay in LA forever Jul 15, 2007 Beckham's new world Jul 15, 2007 Becks' brand of soccer glitz set to make splash across the pond Jul 13, 2007 Beckham hopes to use charisma to fit in U.S. Jul 13, 2007 Paramount Vantage ups promo duo Jul 13, 2007 NITTY GRITTY -- It's in the way that you bend it Jul 10, 2007 The Beckham Circus Comes to Town Jul 10, 2007 The Cougar Lounge - A 3-Ring Fun Romp Jul 9, 2007 Beckham and other bent offerings Jul 8, 2007 Meyers won't date actresses Jul 5, 2007 Where East meets West Jul 2, 2007 Producer eyes better TV, film roles for Muslims Jun 26, 2007 Ad campaign stirs up buzz in states Jun 25, 2007 'A Mighty Heart': Appointment in Karachi, By Kurt Loder Jun 23, 2007 Indian cinema inching closer to finding global script Jun 11, 2007 For the love of family and a game in 'Gracie' Jun 1, 2007 'Gracie' falls short of goal Jun 1, 2007 UK map targets Bollywood fans May 30, 2007 Come, gentle Bollywood fans, and fall on Sloughs town centre May 30, 2007 UK to attract more tourists to Bollywood film locations May 28, 2007 Gracie under pressure May 27, 2007 Goal oriented May 27, 2007 Bollywood boundGHS senior scores role in Cannes Film Festival entrant May 27, 2007 Short and sweet love letters from Paris May 25, 2007 Keira Knightley Wins 'Anorexia' Libel Case May 24, 2007 Andrews, Nagra star in 'Fallen Hero' May 24, 2007 Seductive Champions League May 23, 2007 Film review: Jason Solomons May 20, 2007 Games people play May 18, 2007 Paris, Je Taime an inspiring, eclectic mix May 16, 2007 Now it's Paris's turn for love, actually May 13, 2007 A hard day's Knightley May 6, 2007 Knightley may retire to escape celebrity culture May 3, 2007 Knightley sick of celebrity May 3, 2007 Stardom? I'd rather be an insignificant speck, claims Keira May 3, 2007 Americanizing Shelley Apr 27, 2007 Rhys Meyers in rehab Apr 26, 2007 Jonathan Rhys Meyers checks into rehab Apr 26, 2007 'Bend It Like Beckham' star Jonathan Rhys Meyers goes to rehab Apr 26, 2007 Indian cinema, still far away from the global Apr 26, 2007 Beyond the berets, it's love, drugs and vampires Apr 14, 2007 Beckham, MLS set for opener Apr 6, 2007 No gimmicks needed Apr 5, 2007 Waiting for Becks: Beckham signing trumps all as MLS begins 12th season Apr 5, 2007 MLS Preview: League hopes Beckham sells Apr 5, 2007 The Namesake Mar 30, 2007 Showtime's Henry VIII: tyrant and hottie Mar 30, 2007 NRI film directors score box office hits Mar 26, 2007 Fry: Americans confuse British accents for talent Mar 20, 2007 G. Allen Johnson's picks Mar 11, 2007 'Kumar' makes a name for himself Mar 8, 2007 JOE HAWK: 'Hawkadamus' summons powers, sees Mountain West title for Rebels Mar 6, 2007 - Celluloid ceiling? Female film directors talk Mar 4, 2007 Mr. Soccer: FREE-KICK KING Feb 25, 2007 - Where have our black and Asian actors gone? Feb 24, 2007 Sports movies, couch potatoes Feb 22, 2007 A. HOFSTETTER: The Oscars have nothing on sports Feb 21, 2007 Gurinder`s Twin delight Feb 19, 2007 The daily dish ... Feb 17, 2007 Gurinder Chadha to direct movie for Paramount NEW! Feb 15, 2007 In brief: Dench benched on Oscars night Feb 13, 2007 Goal(den) couple Jan 29, 2007 Beckhams are bent on stardom Jan 29, 2007 Knightley sues over illness claim Jan 23, 2007
Bend it like Beckham: Brooklyn's skills on the ball are reminiscent of famous footballing dad David Beckham. If Victoria was disappointed about the critical mauling her documentary Victoria Beckham: Coming to America received, it didn't show. (The Drudge Report)
Beckham is about Beckham Jul 17, 2007
Beckham s powerful kicks from the corner, bending across the goal mouth, even spawned a popular movie titled, Bend It Like Beckham. His beautiful footwork on the fields and his hot and cold and then hot again athletic prowess has made many soccer pundits wonder why he has come to America to ply his trade in what is certainly an inferior league with inferior players. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
" Victoria has been at full stretch since the spring trying to make the new house just so. A nanny has been hired for an astonishing 6,000 a week to take care of Brooklyn, Romeo and Cruz. Her qualifications are said to include excellent manners and an ability to help with Brooklyn's homework. Security has been a bit more of a challenge, with Victoria's father Tony, who is on the payroll, helping to put American bodyguards and security services in place. The children have their own security... (The Drudge Report)
Beckham may be best known in the United States for the movie "Bend It Like Beckham," about a teenage girl who idolized the star. The former captain of the English National team also drew headlines with the contract that brought him to the United States from Spain's Real Madrid. (CNN -- World)
That three-game package draws its name from the hit 2002 British film Bend It Like Beckham, which helped launch Becks from mortal to myth even though he and Victoria were played by stand-ins. Beckham's anticipated draw in the USA recently led his old team, Spain's Real Madrid whose all-star lineups and crisp white shirts are popular throughout Europe to try to capitalize on its ex-midfielder's move. (USA Today -- Sports)
The 2002 movie "Bend it Like Beckham" put his name on Americans' lips even if they weren't sure who he was and what he bends. The movie and Beckham's wife make him recognizable to many Americans who don't follow soccer. (Sunspot.net -- Sports)
Prior to joining Vantage, Colligan was VP of publicity at Fox Searchlight, spearheading campaigns for titles including "Thank You for Smoking," "Napoleon Dynamite," "Antoine Fisher" and "Bend It Like Beckham." She also oversaw the kudos campaign for Alexander Payne's "Sideways.". Endore-Kaiser previously worked at trailer powerhouse the Ant Farm, where he worked on films including "Sin City," "Spy Kids 3," "Over the Hedge" and "Match Point.". (Variety)
-- bend it like Beckham. With the help of Colorado Rapids coach Fernando Clavijo and midfielder Nico Colaluca, we're going to show you how to bend the ball in both directions. (Somerset Daily American, PA)
Beckham, former England captain whose virtuoso free kicks made him a national hero (and spawned the movie title Bend It Like Beckham) is also one of the country's most obsessively followed celebrities. His book, My Side, was the fastest-selling autobiography in British history. (Time.com)
But with the recent CONCACAF Gold Cup final between the USA and Mexico, televised on Univision and Fox Soccer Channel [available in only 30-million homes] attracting better ratings than the NHL's Stanley Cup final on NBC maybe M/C should have held out until 2010 or until Bend It Like Beckham made the top 100 AFI list [anything other than Nashville. While trying to figure out if 106-degree heat had any adverse effects on a Cougar Country Oreo cyclone [we are happy to report, there were none]... (Washington State Sports -- Rivals.com)
The network will doff its cap with a one-hour special on his lordship of the pitch, plus an expanded "SportsCenter'' and a half-hour pre-game show. A caution to viewers at home: Avoid drinking games where you have a snort every time you hear words such as "landmark'' or "historic.'' Your livers and local emergency rooms aren't up to the challenge. The hype about Beckham's arrival has been so overwhelming, you'd think nothing had been left out. But analysis and promotions so far have missed a... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
The 'Bend It Like Beckham' actor also admits he isn't very romantic and rarely sends his lovers thoughtful gifts. Jonathan - who is said to be in an on-off relationship with heiress Reena Hammer, daughter of make-up artist Ruby Hammer - said, "I'm not really the sending flowers type. I'm not very romantic. A nice box of chocolates once a month is always good when you can't get there to (explitive) your girlfriend! "I don't fancy skinny women. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Her Bhaji On the Beach, Bend it like Beckham and Provoked explore the confusions of people living with dual identities and are more credible than the films of Nair and Mehta. Nairs latest film Namesake however, throws up a microcosm of globalised cinema at its best. (The Tribune)
But change is happening, if one considers the popularity of films like "Monsoon Wedding" and "Bend It Like Beckham," as well as the celebrity status achieved by people like Indian-American director M. Knight Shyamalan ("The Sixth Sense") and Indian-Muslim actor Aasif Mandvi, who has become widely known as a correspondent on "The Daily Show." "Little Mosque on the Prairie," a sitcom that premiered this year on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and regularly netted a million viewers per... (Boston Globe)
On a field marked half for football and half for soccer, the video shows Beckham teaching Bush how to kick a soccer ball with the curve that inspired the movie Bend It Like Beckham. Bush tutors Beckham on kicking, throwing and catching an American football. (USA Today -- Sports)
Leaving Mariane in the care of his Karachi-based Journal colleague, Asra Nomani (the British actress Archie Panjabi, of "Bend It like Beckham"), Daniel departs for his rendezvous with the cleric on January 23. He never returns. (VHI.com -- Music News)
"Bend It Like Beckham," by British-Indian director Gurinder Chadha, about an Indian girl in Britain whose interest in soccer causes tension in her family, was a surprise hit in 2002, earning more than $100 million globally on a budget of only $4 million. Mira Nair, a New York-based Indian filmmaker, also has achieved some international success with films like "Monsoon Wedding," about an Indian family wedding in New Delhi. (Mangalorean.com)
"Gracie," in other words, doesn't make it easy, and that's a change from the rote moves of films like 2005's glossy "Goal! " It's more working-class than "Bend It Like Beckham, " too -- not a feel-good movie but a desperate-to-feel-anything movie, at times nearly hysterical with adolescent yearning. Not for nothing does Bruce Springsteen's "Growing Up " keen repeatedly on the soundtrack. (Boston Globe)
Bend It Like Beckham told a similar story of a girl pursuing her passion for soccer despite family and community obstacles. But it did so with verve, charm and an avoidance of clich. (USA Today -- Life)
Locations featured on the map include Moseley Football Club, seen in Bend It Like Beckham, and Bluewater Shopping Centre, which appears in Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham - until last year the highest-grossing Indian movie overseas. More traditional tourist attractions, including Windsor Castle, Trafalgar Square, Tower Bridge and Princes Street in Edinburgh, also feature. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
To the citizens of Slough it is simply a mundane shopping centre, but to visitors from India Queensmere could soon become a place of pilgrimage. For it is one of the more unlikely locations to feature on a new map showing where Bollywood movies were filmed. (Times Online)
Molesey FC featured in scenes from the NRI film director Gurinder Chadha's 'Bend It Like Beckham', the story of a daughter of orthodox Sikhs battling to realise her dream to be footballer, while Slough's Queensmere centre provided the backdrop for the 2001 Bollywood movie 'Yaadein. Other unusual attractions on the map include Bicester Village shopping centre in Oxfordshire, which featured in the 2001 film 'Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham,' and Dolbadarn Castle in north Wales, used in 'Kyun. (Hindu)
I was, like, the only non-lesbian on the team," Otto says. (Otto recently auditioned unsuccessfully for the lead role in an American version of soccer flick Bend it Like Beckham, which has the apt title Finding Gracie.) When Otto was in year 10, a teacher began taking the school's first film class, and Otto's interest in filmmaking slowly began to eclipse her passion for softball and football. She made videos of her teammates in action - sparky little movies that they could use in their... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
" Having beaten out many experienced athletes as well as fellow actresses, Schroeder still had to train long hours for 12 weeks to get in shape for the role. By the time cameras rolled, she could do a dozen chin ups and move well enough that she only carries a few lingering bruises from playing most of her unfailingly authentic scenes without shin guards.Andrew, who these days coaches youth soccer and has his own meticulously groomed backyard field for five-a-side games, says the only good... (Boston Globe)
Sethi said he's optimistic it will be picked up and that America is ready for a new Bollywood movie in the wake of a mainstream success such as "Bend It Like Beckham.". Much will happen while he awaits the movie's fate, though. (Greenwich Time)
The clumsy short from Gurinder Chadha , the woman who brought us "Bend It Like Beckham," further explains the lack of politics: it's hard to put across in two or three minutes. In Chadha's film, boy (Cyril Descours ) meets girl (Leila Bekhti ), the girl is Muslim and the boy is not. (Boston Globe)
The Bend It Like Beckham star claimed it implied she has been dishonest in denying having any such problems. Ms Knightley also challenged the suggestion she was responsible for the tragic death of a teenage girl by setting a bad example. (Sky News)
CANNES -- "Lost" star Naveen Andrews and Parminder Nagra ("ER," "Bend It Like Beckham") are to star in Rajasthan-set fable "Fallen Hero.". Story sees a soldier, pursued by his nightmares, return to his village in India to reclaim his life after eight years at war. (Variety)
Remember "Bend it Like Beckham". From his famous free kick and "brand", Beckham has signed an immense five-year deal with little-known Californian soccer club Galaxy for $250 million. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Editorial)
The stars of a new film about Asians and British football were in Cannes on Friday to talk about the project which develops some of the themes of Bend It Like Beckham. John Abraham and Bipasha Basu, both former models who have become top Indian film actors, are to appear in Goal which tells the story of Southall United, a club in crisis, with no stars, sponsors or spectators. (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
Bend it Like Beckham (2002): Memorable perhaps for the witty title, Bend it Like Beckham follows the adventures of an Indian girl who goes against her conservative familys wishes and tries her luck in womens professional football. This film also introduced the world to Keira Knightley and Parminder Nagra. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Gurinder Chadha (Bend It Like Beckham) presents a lovely slice of life with an early entry, Quais de Seine. Teenage Francois (Cyril Descours) goofs off with his buddies, hassling women walking by, until he sees a beautiful Muslim girl (Leila Bekhti) take a tumble right in front of him. (MSNBC -- Movies)
It is directed by Gurinder Chadha, the Kenyan-born British director of Bend it Like Beckham and Bride and Prejudice. Ossard, a Parisian by birth, explained: 'The diversity of Paris is very important, the life and heart of the city. (Guardian Unlimited)
Born in London in 1985 to an acting family (her father is jobbing British TV actor Will Knightley), Knightley started as a child, appearing in shows such as The Bill, but it wasn't until the 2002 indie hit Bend It Like Beckham that people started taking notice. She was an interesting choice for the role - almost too feminine, willowy and gorgeous to be believable as the tomboy soccer player. (The Age, Australia -- Entertainment)
Knightley's first film appearance was in 1999 in Star Wars: Episode I: The Phantom Menace, but she rose to fame in the English film Bend It Like Beckham. Since then, she has appeared in six blockbuster movies including Pirates of The Caribbean and Love, Actually, which she starred in when she was just 18. (Independent)
" Keira, 22 - who has been acting since the age of seven - shot to worldwide fame in 'Bend It Like Beckham' in 2002. The actress has previously hit out at accusations she suffers from an eating disorder, but admitted anorexia does run in her family. Keira said, "I've got a lot of experience with anorexia - my grandmother and great-grandmother suffered from it, and I had a lot of friends at school who suffered from it. I know it's not something to be taken lightly and I don't. (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
She made her breakthrough three years later playing a tomboy footballer in Bend It Like Beckham. This is not the first time the actress has complained about the downsides of fame. (Daily Mail)
Shaheen Khan, who played a similar matriarch in "Bend it Like Beckham," is Shalini's long-suffering mother; Gujral herself is a vivacious entity, and Bridges, getting away from the ineffectual characters he's tended to play lately, is a strong presence as the talent agency's Obi-Wan. He's the guy who gets the whole Shelley ball rolling. (Variety)
Screen credits for the 29-year-old Irish-born actor include "Bend It Like Beckham," "Match Point" and the upcoming "August Rush," opposite Robin Williams and Terrence Howard. ------ Showtime Networks Inc. is a division of CBS Corp. ------ On the Net: Showtime: http://www. (Newsday -- New York City)
Screen credits for the 29-year-old Irish-born actor include "Bend It Like Beckham," "Match Point" and the upcoming "August Rush," opposite Robin Williams and Terrence Howard. . (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Bend It Like Beckham' star Jonathan Rhys Meyers goes to rehab ... Bend It Like Beckham, Match Point and the upcoming August Rush, opposite Robin Williams and Terrence Howard. (KHOU.com, TX)
"World cinema is like a window to the world. The problem with us is that if a formula clicks, we keep on repeating it. If Bend it like Beckham does well, then we make more movies based on the same concept," says Anurag Kashyap, of the Satya, Yuva, Black Friday and now Water, fame. He adds, "We have not explored much from the beaten tracks of typical Bollywood films. Every man on the streets is a story. We just tend to underestimate our potential.". (Daily News & Analysis)
When Gurinder Chadha, the British director of Bend It Like Beckham, was approached about joining the ensemble, she knew immediately she wanted to make a film about the Muslim veil. "At the time that was quite a controversial thing in Paris because all these young girls wanted to wear their veils to school but the French authorities had banned them," she says from London. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
The player who inspired the movie Bend It Like Beckham might not be the center of the universe, but he has certainly transformed the Galaxy - as in the Los Angeles Galaxy, his new team. advertisement. (AZCentral -- Sports)
The player who inspired the movie Bend It Like Beckham may not be the center of the universe (although some fans think he is), but he has certainly transformed the Galaxy as in the Los Angeles Galaxy, the team he will play for. advertisement. (MSNBC -- Sports)
The player who inspired the movie Bend It Like Beckham may not be the center of the universe (although some fans think he is), but he has certainly transformed the Galaxy as in the Los Angeles Galaxy, the team he will play for. Let me put it this way, Galaxy general manager Alexi Lalas said, the past couple of months have been unlike anything our organization and to be honest with you, our league and our sport has ever experienced. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Sports)
The player who inspired the movie "Bend It Like Beckham" may not be the center of the universe (although some fans think he is), but he has certainly transformed the Galaxy - as in the Los Angeles Galaxy, the team he will play for. "Let me put it this way," Galaxy general manager Alexi Lalas said, "the past couple of months have been unlike anything our organization - and to be honest with you, our league and our sport - has ever experienced. Incredible challenges, but all positive. It's been... (News & Observer -- Sports)
In Britain, by comparison, we've been spoilt by stories dealing with similar issues closer to home, such as East Is East, or Hanif Kureishi adaptations, or Ken Loach's Ae Fond Kiss - or even Bend It Like Beckham. At times, The Namesake is better than any of these, but there were just as many moments when I found myself wanting to refer to the book to find out what really happened. (Guardian Unlimited)
Rhys Meyers, whos starred in Bend It Like Beckham and Match Point, has become a face of Hugo Boss and Versace with his catwalk-model cheeks, lips and rail-thin physique. In other words, hes nothing like the pale, square-headed fatty in the famed Hans Holbein portraits. (MSNBC -- Television)
Her earlier film "Monsoon Wedding" was the highest box-office grosser for this genre until this one, and Gurinder Chadha's "Bend it Like Beckham" also raked in the moolah. Earlier, another NRI director, Deepa Mehta, made ripples when her film "Water" was nominated for the Best Foreign Film at the Oscars. (Economic Times)
The girl from Leicester who first came to prominence in Bend It Like Beckham alongside Keira Knightley is now one of the "golden girls" of ER. She plays Dr Neela Rasgostra in the long-running hospital drama, earning an estimated 1. 5m per series. (Independent)
"The Mistress of Spices" (Paul Mayeda Berges, UK/USA, 92 min.) There's something wrong when you feel like walking out of a film starring the astonishing beauty Aishwarya Rai, but former festival director Berges, the husband of director Gurinder Chadha (they wrote "Bend It Like Beckham," directed by Chadha) has made, quite frankly, an inept attempt at romantic mysticism. Set in San Francisco but quite obviously shot in London, it is an awkward tale of a woman who runs a spice shop who falls for a... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Star of the hit film "Bend It Like Beckham," she's now featured as Dr. Neela Rasgotra on the rejuvenated series "ER.". . (Newsday -- Entertainment)
" ... Shame, shame, shame on the Mountain West coaches for voting Rebels guard Kevin Kruger to the all-conference third team Monday! He should have been a second-team cinch, and a great argument could be made for him being first team, what with the way the Rebels played this season. ... With a steeper-banked and rougher track that should increase speeds at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, can you imagine the fender-scraping -- not to mention the crashes -- this weekend? And that's just from those... (Las Vegas Review-Journal -- Sports)
We had a screening of Bend it Like Beckham in Manchester after the Oldham riots and a woman said to me afterwards that, for her, what the film revealed was that it doesn't matter who you are: Muslim, white, whatever, everyone wants the best for their kids and they're going to fight for that ... Bend it Like Beckham (2002): comedy about an Asian girl who struggles to balance her love for her family with her love for football. (Guardian Unlimited)
"Bend It Like Barry" doesn't have quite the ring of "Bend It Like Beckham." At least not yet ... The ability of English soccer legend David Beckham to bend the ball around a wall and into the goal - an ability he displayed at last year's World Cup when he scored on a free kick to beat Ecuador 1-0 - inspired a movie about youth soccer entitled Bend It Like Beckham. (The Clarion-Ledger)
Having fallen into acting almost by accident, Leicester born Nagra was building a reputation as a versatile performer in Asian theatre companies when Gurinder Chadha spotted her and built Bend It Like Beckham around her. The film was a global hit in 2002, winning her roles in two multicultural Channel 4 dramas loosely based around Shakespeare plays. (Guardian Unlimited)
g., "Finding Forrester" or "Bend It Like Beckham"). But does either of these formulas truly represent what sports are all about. (The Daily Targum, NJ)
Bend It Like Beckham won for best foreign film a few years ago. The big winner two years ago was Million Dollar Baby, a boxing movie. (SportsIllustrated.CNN)
The Anglo-Asian filmmaker who directed "Bend it Like Beckham" wants to name her twin babies after top Bollywood stars Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai, a newspaper reported on Thursday. "If I have a boy and a girl I will call them Ash and Abhishek," Gurinder Chadha, referring to Aishwarya's nickname, was quoted as saying in the Times of India. (SantaBanta.com)
" Stork report... Gurinder Chadha says she is expecting twins, and plans to name them after Bollywood stars Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan, who recently announced their engagement. Chadha, who directed 2002's "Bend It Like Beckham," said she has told Rai, a former Miss World, of her plans. "I told Aishwarya if I have a boy and a girl, I'll call them Ash and Abhishek," the 47-year-old filmmaker told the Times of India newspaper. The twins are expected to be born in June. "No film experience... (Buffalo News -- Entertainment)
She has also directed Bride and Prejudice starring Asihwarya Rai and Bend It Like Beckham. Rate this. (Business of Cinema)
Gurinder Chadha, the director of Bend It Like Beckham, is heading back to familiar teen-angst territory. She is to direct Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging, based on Louise Rennison's 1999 bestseller about a 16-year-old girl's diary. (Guardian Unlimited -- Film)
Although Beckham gained some American fame from the 2002 Keira Knightley indie film Bend It Like Beckham about soccer-playing teen girls. (He only appeared in the movie in archive footage). (San Diego Union Tribune)
Prior to the choke-on-your-crumpets contract that lured the couple here, his limited name recognition in the USA came from inspiring the indie hit Bend It Like Beckham, while her expired claim to fame was being a Spice Girl. But precisely because Becks and Posh as they're known in the British tabloids aren't familiar names, "everyone's talking about them," says Bryan Alexander, People magazine's deputy Los Angeles bureau chief. (USA Today)
She rose to fame in films Bend It Like Beckham and Pirates of the Caribbean. In a statement via her lawyers, Ms Knightley said she would also challenge the suggestion that she is responsible and to blame for the tragic death of the teenage girl by setting a bad example. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
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