ATLANTA – Japan won the Women’s World Cup Sunday night, stunning the United States 3-1 in a penalty shootout after finishing in a 2-2 tie.

11Alive News joined some 500 soccer fans at Brewhouse in Little Five Points, where faces went from elation to disbelief as the game progressed. 

Shannon Boxx, Carli Lloyd and Tobin Heath all missed penalties for the Americans, who squandered dozens of chances throughout the game and blew a lead just six minutes from winning their third World Cup title.

The Americans had taken the lead in the 104th minute off a header by Abby Wambach. Alex Morgan, who scored the first American goal, came up with a blocked cross and sent it to Wambach, who was camped in front of the goal on the 6-yard line. Stan

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“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2,” the eighth and final film based on J.K. Rowling’s beloved book series, took in $168.6 million domestically from Friday to Sunday. That beats the previous best opening weekend of $158.4 million, also held by Warner Bros. for 2008′s Batman blockbuster “The Dark Knight,” according to the Associated Press.

Overseas, the Harry Potter finale added $307 million in 59 countries since it began rolling out Wednesday, topping the previous best international debut of $260.4 million set in May by Disney’s “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.”

Worldwide, “Deathly Hallows: Part 2″ topped $475 million in a matter of days, putting it on course to become the franchise’s first billion-dollar worldwide hit, according to the AP.

As anticipated, the last adventure for The Boy Who Lived is shaping up to become the biggest at the box office. The current franchise h

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Rapper Jeffrey Atkins, also known as Ja Rule, was sentenced Monday to 28 months in prison for failing to file tax returns with the IRS after admitting that he did not file his taxes for five years, the Justice Department said in a news release Monday.

The 35-year-old performer from Saddle River, New Jersey, had pleaded guilty to three of five counts before U.S. Magistrate Judge Patty Shwartz, who imposed the sentence in Newark federal court.

From 2004 through 2008, Atkins received royalties from ASJA Inc. and performance income from Rule Tours Inc., but failed to file returns that would have mandated he pay the government $1,137,912, the release said. Read the rest of article…

LOS ANGELES Harry Potter has cast his biggest spell yet with a recordbreaking first day at the box office for his final film.

Distributor Warner Bros. reports that “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2″ summoned up $92.1 million domestically on opening day Friday.

That’s nearly $20 million more than the previous recordholder, “The Twilight Saga: New Moon,” which took in $72.7 million in its first day two years ago.

The first 3D film in the series, “Deathly Hallows: Part 2″ benefited from the higher price theaters charge for 3D tickets, which cost a few dollars more than 2D.

In a single day, “Deathly Hallows: Part 2″ took in more money than four of the previous seven “Harry Potter” films did over their entire opening weekends.

The finale of the “Harry Potter” saga also set a record for midnight screenings with $43.5 million. Read the rest of article…

K Space Contemporary is pleased to announce the exhibition of Exquisite Corpus featuring works of art that were inspired by the theories and ideas of the Surrealists. Much of the work in this exhibition is collaborative and was created on-site during events held in June. Exquisite Corpus is presented in the main gallery of K Space Contemporary. Some of the participating artists include Jennifer Arnold, Grace Barraza Vega, Matthew Barton, Diana Byers, Amorette Garza, Eric Payne, Rachel Payne, Jimmy Peña, Miguel Peña, David Phillips, ReFormat, Roland Reyna, Ricky Ruiz, Ricardo Ruiz, Tristan Schrobar, Michelle Smythe, Day Wheeler. Other artists TBA.

Exquisite Corpus: Surrealist-inspired works of art by local artists.

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