Best TV Drama DVDs Of 2009

Directed by David Yates
Produced by David Heyman
David Barron
Written by Screenplay:
Steve Kloves
Novel:
J. K. Rowling
Starring Daniel Radcliffe
Rupert Grint
Emma Watson
Michael Gambon
Jim Broadbent
Alan Rickman
Tom Felton
Helena Bonham Carter
Music by Nicholas Hooper
Themes
John Williams
Cinematography Bruno Delbonnel
Editing by Mark Day
Studio Heyday Films
Distributed by Warner Bros.
Release date(s) 15 July 2009[1]
Running time 153 minutes[2]
Country United Kingdom
United States
Language English
Budget GBP£150 million
(USD$250 million)[3]
Gross revenue $629,318,990 [4]
Preceded by Order of the Phoenix
Followed by Deathly Hallows

The Disney 3D guinea pig film ‘G-Force’ took the No. 1 spot at the weekend box office, beating last week’s weekend winner ‘Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.’

‘G-Force’ — produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and featuring Bill Nighy, Nicolas Cage, Tracy Morgan, Will Arnett, Zach Galifianakis, Sam Rockwell, Jon Favreau, Penelope Cruz and Steve Buscemi — brought in $32.2 million, studio estimates show.

‘Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince’ came in at No. 2 at the weekend box office, making $30 million.

Katherine Heigl and Gerard Butler’s new romantic comedy ‘The Ugly Truth’ took the No. 3 spot with $27 million.

The horror film ‘Orphan’ followed with $12.8 million.

Michael Jackson’s personal chef, Kai Chase, opens up about the events that occurred at Jackson’s home on June 25, the day of the King of Pop’s death.

In an interview with the Associated Press, Chase says that she knew something was wrong that morning because Dr. Conrad Murray did not come downstairs to get the juice and granola he usually brought to Jackson for breakfast.

The 37-year-old chef tells the AP she had gotten used to seeing Murray coming and going at the house, and that he usually arrived around 9 or 9:30 p.m. and would stay at the house over night.

Chase also said she would sometimes see the doctor coming down the stairs with oxygen tanks, but never asked about them, and did not think that Jackson appeared to be on drugs or in poor health.

In the interview, Chase describes what she remembers from the day of Jackson’s death.

“I started preparing the lunch and then I looked at my cell phone and it was noon,” she says. “About 12:05 or 12:10 Dr. Murray runs down the steps and screams, ‘Go get Prince!’ He’s screaming very loud. I run into the den where the kids are playing. Prince (Jackson’s oldest son) runs to meet Dr. Murray and from that point on you could feel the energy in the house change.”

She goes on to explain that she saw paramedics running up the stairs, and that Jackson’s daughter Paris was crying. She says that security guards informed her at around 1:30 p.m. that her and the other staff needed to leave the house because Jackson was being taken to the hospital.

Jackson’s chef was originally hired by the late King of Pop in March, but was let go shortly after in May. She was asked to come back in June to help Jackson prepare for his London tour.

Chase tells the AP that she was asked to accompany Jackson in London for his “This is It” tour, and she had completed all the appropriate paperwork and was preparing to leave for London on July 3.

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Why is P90X so effective?

The P90X Workout uses the training science of Muscle Confusion. Over the course of 90 days as your body changes, so do the workouts. By constantly introducing new moves and routines every stage of P90X becomes as effective as the first.

Results form traditional workout programs diminish over time. The more the body adapts to a routine the less effective it becomes, a phenomenon known as the “Plateau Effect”. By alternating many different movements the P90X Workouts avoid this pitfall and challenge your muscles to continue to grow.

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The series centers around a freewheeling bachelor, Charlie, whose carefree lifestyle is interrupted when his newly separated brother Alan moves in along with his son, Jake. The show was co-created by executive producers Chuck Lorre and Lee Aronsohn. In its third season, starting September 2005, it moved to Mondays at 9:00 p.m. (taking Everybody Loves Raymond’s time slot). Two and a Half Men debuted in local syndication in September 2007, also soon to be syndicated on the FX cable network in 2010. Production on the show was halted on November 6, 2007 due to the 2007 WGA strike. The show returned March 17, 2008 with nine episodes to conclude the fifth season.  CBS also renewed the show for a sixth season, which premiered on September 22, 2008, five years after the first episode of the series initially aired.

Leading the NCIS (Naval Criminal Investigative Service) team that operates outside of the military chain of command is Special Agent Jethro Gibbs, a highly skilled investigator and interrogator who is smart, tough and willing to bend the rules to get the job done. Working under Gibbs is Special Agent Anthony DiNozzo, a former homicide detective who joined NCIS just a few years ago but who has instincts that come only from working on the streets. Joining them are Agent Caitlin Todd, a tough former Secret Service agent who’s gone head-to-head with Gibbs in the past, and forensics specialist Abby Sciuto, a gifted scientist whose dark wit matches her goth-style hair and clothes. Assisting the team is medical examiner Dr. Donald “Ducky” Mallard, who knows it all because he’s seen it all. From murder and espionage to terrorism and stolen submarines, these special agents travel the globe to investigate all crimes with Navy or Marine Corps ties.