New movie theater opens next week
The curtain will soon go up on a big player at the Shops at Lake Havasu Regional Lifestyle Center. UltraStar Cinemas announced Thursday that the company?s second Arizona operation ? UltraStar Lake Havasu 10 Cinemas ? will open to the public a week from today.

PROFILE: Kidman cops a battering in Australia
Sydney - She's a Hollywood actor whose flawless face radiates from a thousand magazine covers. An Oscar-winner and new mother, she's married to another big-name Australian in the performing arts. She's Cate Blanchett and Australians adore her. With p...

Digital Imax cinema first in Europe
A digital Imax auditorium, the first of its kind in Europe, has been previewed in Britain, paving the way for a new generation of cinemas. Odeon has splashed out £1.5 million on two new digital Imax auditoriums at cinemas in Wimbledon and Greenwich.

PIAF promises a great season
PERTH International Arts Festival artistic director Shelagh Magadza announced her second Great Southern program last week, promising a feast of acts to stimulate and enthrall audiences.

What's Happening - Fort Bragg - Mendocino Coast Calendar of Events
- Mendocino Coast District Hospital Hospice Light Up a Life 2008 and Memory Tree Lighting Ceremony, 7 p.m., registration lobby, Fort Bragg. 961-4617. - C.V. Starr Community Center Master Site Plan Evaluation, 5:30 p.m., Redwood Elementary School Multi-purpose Room, Fort Bragg. 964-9446.

Mark Your Calendar
FRIDAY, Dec. 5 Festival of Trees to be held from 9:30 to 4 p.m. daily through Sunday, Dec. 14, at the Environmental Education Center, 190 Lord Stirling Road, Basking Ridge. Extended hours will be from 9:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 11. This annual holiday tradition displays over 50 trees and wreaths decorated by community members. Suggested donations are $4 for adults, $2 for children ...

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SATURDAY, Nov. 29 Art Show at The Cottage School, 88 Claremont Road, Bernardsville, from Saturday, Nov. 29, to Saturday, Dec. 6. Times vary. This weeklong art show will benefit the soon-to-be opened early childhood school. Local and regional artists? work will be on display. In addition, two information sessions about the school will be held from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 30 and from ...

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Out & About
The Port Theatre proudly presents stars of The Trailer Park Boys -- The Ricky, Julian and Bubbles Community Service Variety Show on Jan. 11 and 12, 2009 at 7:30 p.m. Call (250) 754-8550 for tickets. Please visit www.porttheatre.com for more information.

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Fox Adds To 3D HD Momentum
Will bring live 3D broadcast of BCS Championship to CES, theaters

Mark your calendar
WEDNESDAY, Dec. 3 Food and wine pairing event Scleroderma meeting will be held at 7 p.m. at Trinity United Church, 118 King George Road, Warren. This meeting will have Tina Eckenrode discussing pulmonary complications and hypertension in scleroderma, an autoimmune disease. For further information, contact Chris Frascella at (908) 604-6054.

Helen Bonham Carter voices advert condemning verbal abuse in the home
Actor Helena Bonham Carter has lent her voice to an MTV ad on domestic abuse, reciting a passage about love from the book of Corinthians in the Bible. By Mark Sweney

New heart-throb is born at Twilight premiere
Thousands of screaming teenage girls braved the freezing cold for the premiere of vampire love story Twilight.

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HOLIDAY CALENDAR 2008
Orlando Jazz Orchestra A jazzy night of music and revelry. 7 pm Thursday. The Village at Hunter?s Creek, John Young Parkway and State Road 417; free; 407-333-7700.

Built on action
As an action movie, Kinta is set to go places ? even if the film didn?t turn out to be what the director initially planned it to be.

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This week's Latino happenings
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2009 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL EXPANDS CINEMATIC STORYTELLING BEYOND ITS THEATRES WITH NEW FRONTIER
Park City, UT?The 2009 Sundance Film Festival announced today the selection of artists and scientists whose work will be presented at the 2009 edition of New Frontier.