Splash

A high-spirited mermaid fantasy and romantic comedy, with Tom Hanks (pictured) and John Candy drowned in the loveliness of fin-flipping Daryl Hannah (pictured). It's not as good as it seemed in 1984, but director Ron Howard and the actors give it a nice bright bounce and splash.

When the dust settled at the box office this past weekend, two biblical-themed films found themselves at opposite ends of the top 10: The modestly budgeted family drama "Heaven Is for Real" earned an impressive $22.5 million to debut in the No. 2 slot, and Darren Aronofsky's Old Testament epic, "Noah," took in $5 million over its fourth weekend, putting it in the No. 9 spot. In a year when religious movies are fruitful and multiplying, "Heaven" and "Noah" represent two very different examples of Hollywood courting Christian audiences, and together they demonstrate some of the potential rewards and risks of doing so. "Noah" has proved by far the most controversial biblical-themed movie this year, and in the months leading up to its release, it came under fire for taking artistic license with Scripture.

Bath time at Catherine Lacey Dodd's home is a photo-friendly affair. “I have a love of capturing my boys in the water to record both anticipation and the moment of impact,” the photographer said. “This one was a one-take success.” Dodd used her Canon 5D Mark III and 16-28 mm Tokina lens. Follow Trishna on Twitter . Each week, we're featuring photos of Southern California submitted by readers. Share your photos on our  Flickr page  or  reader submission gallery .  Follow us on Twitter  or visit  latimes.com/socalmoments  for more on this photo series.

There was less than a minute remaining, the score was tied, and where was the Clippers' most valuable player, biggest star and human billboard? Blake Griffin was standing on the sidelines having just fouled out. He was angrily staring up at the giant video screen. In his right hand he was holding a paper cup filled with water. Suddenly, he shouted something, spread his arms out in disgust, and dumped the entire cup over his right shoulder. Where it, um, coincidentally emptied upon a courtside fan wearing a Golden State Warriors T-shirt.

On Friday celebrate local art, music and culture while enjoying a few drinks at Nights at the Aquarium . Sunday the Aquarium of the Pacific will be open late to offer photographers a chance to capture marine life withoutdistractions. Aquarium of the Pacific, 100 Aquarium Way. Night Dive, 7 p.m. Friday, $11.95. Photographer's Night, 6:30 p.m. Sunday, $23.95. (562) 590-3100. www.aquariumofpacific.org.

"Splash," the celebrity diving competition on ABC, appears to have claimed another injury. Nicole Eggert, the former "Baywatch" actress, was injured after a bad landing from a dive during a taping of the show on Thursday. TMZ first reported the accident, which an ABC rep confirmed with The Times. According to the report, Eggert was pulled from the water after her dive, which involved multiple backflips, and rushed to a nearby hospital. ABC confirmed that Eggert was consulting with a doctor.

Opponent--Sacramento Knights Site--The Pond Time--7:35 Records--Splash 14-11; Knights 13-11 Splash update--Bernie Lilavois was named the Continental Indoor Soccer League's player of the week after scoring six goals in two victories over Arizona. Lilavois, with 40 goals, trails Houston's Paul Dougherty (43) and Indiana's Mirko Castillo (41) for the goal-scoring title. Lilavois is third in total points (55), and second in shooting percentage (.364).

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar made his debut on the new ABC show "Splash. " Abdul-Jabbar joins Louis Anderson, Drake Bell, Kendra Wilkinson, Rory Bushfield, Keshia Knight Pulliam, Ndamukong Suh, Katherine Webb, Brandi Chastain and Nicole Eggert in an eight-week competitive-diving competition . With his first dive, Abdul-Jabbar survived the first week of the competition with a score of 7.25. A brief snippet of Abdul-Jabbar's flop-flip in the "Splash" premiere can be found on YouTube . The Milwaukee Bucks also released a clip of an Abdul-Jabbar practice dive.

In September, Roy Reel and his wife, Patricia, traveled to Hawaii to celebrate their 10th wedding anniversary, staying at the Kauai Marriott Resort in Lihue. At the pond near the hotel's entrance, Reel photographed these colorful koi during a feeding frenzy. The Culver City resident used a Nikon N75 film camera. To submit your photos, click the upload button below. When you upload your photos, tell us where they were taken and when. The more we know about a photo, the more likely it is that we'll feature it in "Your Scene," a weekly photo feature that appears online and in print.

PHOENIX -- The last time the Dodgers were at Chase Field, they won the National League West and celebrated by leaping into the swimming pool on the other side of the short wall in right-center field. A controversy ensued, as some of the Arizona Diamondbacks claimed they felt disrespected. Sen. John McCain blasted the Dodgers on behalf of his home state. The Dodgers rolled their eyes, pointing to this as the latest small-minded complaint by their middle-market division rivals. If any bad blood remains from the incident, it didn't resurface Friday, when Adrian Gonzalez drove in five runs and Hyun-Jin Ryu had a strong outing in the Dodgers' 6-0 victory over the last-place Diamondbacks.

Bath time at Catherine Lacey Dodd's home is a photo-friendly affair. “I have a love of capturing my boys in the water to record both anticipation and the moment of impact,” the photographer said. “This one was a one-take success.” Dodd used her Canon 5D Mark III and 16-28 mm Tokina lens. Follow Trishna on Twitter . Each week, we're featuring photos of Southern California submitted by readers. Share your photos on our  Flickr page  or  reader submission gallery .  Follow us on Twitter  or visit  latimes.com/socalmoments  for more on this photo series.

This has been a relatively quiet off-season for the Dodgers. They have spent nearly $80 million on free agents, but haven't added any headline acts to their star-studded roster. That could be a reflection of the Dodgers' necessities, or lack thereof. The three players who signed nine-figure contracts with other teams - Robinson Cano, Jacoby Ellsbury and Shin-Soo Choo - play positions at which the Dodgers are set for the foreseeable future. Or, that could be an indication the formerly free-spending team is close to hitting its financial limit, self-imposed or otherwise.

Emergency crews recovered a man spotted near the end of the Balboa Pier on Tuesday after he tumbled from a helicopter flying off the Newport Beach coastline. Authorities said the man, who has not been identified, was pulled from the water and rushed to a nearby hospital.  A busboy at the Ruby's Diner at the end of the Balboa Pier was outside cleaning tables when he saw a man falling from an unmarked, white helicopter about 300 feet above the ocean, said General Manager David Saighani.

As water from the Eastern Sierra began gushing down a hillside into the San Fernando Valley on Tuesday, an actor dressed as William Mulholland hollered on cue, "There it is! Take it!"  Exactly 100 years after the opening of the aqueduct that would transform the young city and its surrounding orchards and dust-and-tumbleweed ranches into modern Los Angeles, the 1913 celebration of its completion was reenacted at the Santa Susana foothills site where mountain water still splashes down a sluice.

The Dodgers' celebrating by jumping in the Diamondbacks' pool was insulting and tacky. I loved every minute of it! Paul Zimmelman Marina del Rey :: I waited all year for the Dodgers to retaliate for the Diamondbacks hitting Yasiel Puig and Zack Greinke. Jumping in their pool after clinching the West did it 10 times over. Vincent Martinez Arcadia :: Regarding the Diamondbacks' players and fans upset about Dodgers celebrating in their pool after clinching the division: You have a swimming pool in your ballpark.

The Splash gave up only 10 shots on goal in the second half, but Sacramento scored four times to win, 9-6, in a Continental Indoor Soccer League game Saturday at Arco Arena. The Splash dropped to 11-11, two games behind first-place San Diego in the Western Division. Second-place Sacramento (13-11) is one game behind the Sockers. The Splash had 12 minutes of penalties, the Knights none, and Sacramento converted two of its three power-play chances against the league's best penalty-killing unit.

The unsigned article, "Project Makes a Splash" (Feb. 28), about the proposed Santa Monica "water garden," provoked me to reply. Make A Splash, according to the dictionary, means "to attract great, often brief attention by doing something striking, spectacular or ostentatious." The author of this article hit the nail on the head. This 1,370,717-square-foot complex has indeed made its splash, and soon my once quiet, uncongested and relatively pollution-free neighborhood will come away soaking wet. JERRY POMERANTZ Santa Monica

The sharks have really taken over. Taking a playful cue from Discovery's favorite event-viewing "Shark Week," ABC has announced it has commissioned "Shark Tank Week. " The network will air a week's worth of episodes of its hit business-skewed reality series "Shark Tank" in September. The strip of programming will consist of fan-favorite episodes from the past four seasons, not new episodes. PHOTOS: TCA press tour: The Scene "We love the idea of 'Shark Tank week,'" said ABC president Paul Lee during the network's portion at the Television Critics Assn.

WASHINGTON - A woman was taken into custody Monday after someone splashed paint on two chapels inside the Washington National Cathedral, the third such incident in the nation's capital in four days. The Lincoln Memorial was defaced with paint Friday, as was a statue at one of the Smithsonian museums on the National Mall on Monday. The woman, whose identity was not immediately released, is expected to be charged with defacing public property in the cathedral incident, said District of Columbia Metropolitan Police spokesman Paul Metcalf.