News on Amelia Earhart

You couldn't make it up: offbeat stories from 2009

2010-02-23T09:00:11Z

<div><p>Weird, wild and wonderful stories from 2009:</p><p>- Anti-corruption officials in the Nepalese capital Kathmandu found a way to literally stop airport workers from pocketing bribes. They issued them with pocketless trousers.</p><p>- A Norwegian man landed himself in hot water when police caught him having sex with his girlfriend as he raced at over 130 kil...

Shuttle crew includes surgeon and former NFL pick

2010-02-24T04:42:38Z

<div><p>The first orthopedic surgeon in space is flying aboard shuttle Atlantis, along with two former college football players, one of them an NFL pick, and the grandson of Amelia Earhart's personal photographer.</p><p>A brief look at the six shuttle astronauts:</p><p>___&lt...

Jackson movie thrills North America box-office

2010-02-24T10:56:58Z

<div><p>Michael Jackson delivered a posthumous thriller at the North American box office this weekend as the movie of his aborted comeback "This Is It" took top spot, final figures showed Monday.</p><p>The acclaimed film -- put together from footage of Jackson rehearsing for a series of London concerts due to start just a few weeks afte...

Michael Jackson's 'This Is It' thrills movie-goers

2010-02-24T11:27:56Z

<div><p>"This Is It," a backstage look at the late Michael Jackson's rehearsals for his last concerts, rocked to the top of the North American box office at the weekend, early estimates showed Sunday.</p><p>The Jackson film, cashing in on the outpouring of affection for the US pop icon after his death earlier this year, ea...

'Paranormal Activity' slays 'Saw' with $22 million

2010-02-24T17:03:56Z

<div id="subtitle">'Paranormal Activity' hauls in $22M to slay 'Saw VI' in weekend battle of fright flicks</div><div><p>"Paranormal Activity" has won a weekend battle of fright films over part six of the "Saw" franchise.</p><p>Paramount's upstart chiller "Paranormal Activity" went into nationwide release and took over the No. 1 spot with $22 million. That compares to just $14.8 million for the debut of "Saw VI," ...

"Paranormal Activity" scares up box office win

2010-02-24T15:26:45Z

<div><p>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Low-budget fright film "Paranormal Activity" scored a kill over the sixth picture in the perennial "Saw" franchise, with a pre-Halloween weekend box office draw of $22 million.</p><p>Lionsgate's "Saw ...

Swank soars in old-fashioned Earhart biopic

2010-02-24T15:36:08Z

<div><p>LONDON (Hollywood Reporter) - Freckle-faced, prairie-voiced and fiercely independent, Hilary Swank's depiction of aviator Amelia Earhart in Mira Nair's biographical film "Amelia" is of a high order. It ranks with recent po...

Famed US aviator's hair actually 'piece of thread'

2010-02-24T15:48:50Z

<div><p> An aviation museum inthe US state of Ohio that believed it was displaying a hair sample from famed flyer Amelia Earhart made an unfortunate discovery, after DNA analysis revealed it to be a piece of thread.</p><p>"In a disappointing turn of events," as US state of Ohio that believed it was displaying a hair sample from famed flyer Amelia Earhart made an unfortunate discovery, after DNA analysis revealed it to be a piece of thread.</p><p>"In a disappointing turn of events," as Amelia Earhart causes renewed interest in Purdue University's big collection of memorabilia about her life.</p><p&gt...

Aviator style from 'Amelia' lands on runways, too

2010-02-24T15:59:54Z

<div id="subtitle">Connection made: Old-school aviation styles in 'Amelia,' on runways link fashion and function</div><div><p>Before they became staples of the runway, bomber jackets, flight suits and protective aviator sunglasses were born in the cockpit of an early — and cold — airplane.</p><p>They were necessary in drafty flying machines with metal doors that were a struggle just to keep closed. But as aviatio...

SUSAN LARSON (President of The 99s, a group co-founded by Amelia Earhart)...

2009-10-21T09:47:44Z

SUSAN LARSON (President of The 99s, a group co-founded by Amelia Earhart) arriving at the world premiere of "Amelia" at The Paris Theater in New York City on 10-20-2009. Photo by Henry McGee-Globe Photos, Inc. ©2009.

Amelia Earhart 'hair' exhibited by museum in Cleveland is really just thread</div><div><p>A Cleveland museum has learned that what it thought was a lock of hair from Amelia Earhart is just thread.</p><p>A group looking for DNA evidence of the pioneer aviator on a Pacific ...

Vampires, werewolves, liars lead fall film cast

2010-02-25T13:56:13Z

<div id="subtitle">Stars behaving badly: Vampires, werewolves, liars and fakes lead Hollywood's fall film cast</div><div><p>Hollywood might be telling its own life story this fall, presenting a lineup of liars, phonies, smooth talkers, bloodsuckers and greedy old men.</p><p>Granted, there are heroes in the mix, including Robert Downey Jr. as the gr...