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Estimated Weekend Movie Box Office: August 21 - August 23, 2009

Supreme Eyeball Productions is proud to present FAR OUT- the New Sci-Fi Musical Comedy (music by Brian Breen/lyrics by Michael Chartier) as part of the 13th annual New York International Fringe Festival-FringeNYC.

The Toronto International Film Festival is pleased to announce the addition of 7 Gala Presentations and 12 Special Presentations to the programming lineup, which runs September 10 to 19, 2009.

Snapping Turtle Productions presents the world premiere of Stress Positions, written by Daniel Sweren-Becker and directed by Robin A. Paterson (Humans Anonymous, Making Marilyn), as part of FringeNYC's 13th annual theater festival. The play offers a fierce exploration of one of today's most controversial issues - America's recent history of condoning and perpetrating torture.

The finalists for 2009 HUMANITAS Prize were announced August 17 by John Wells, HUMANITAS Prize President. A total of $95,000 in prize money will be handed out at the annual luncheon on September 17th in the Crystal Ballroom at The Beverly Hills Hotel.

One of the most animated festivals in the Safeco Insurance Festál series features colorful costumes, food, martial arts presentations and energetic music illuminating Brazil's African, Portuguese and indigenous roots at Safeco Insurance Festál: BrasilFest, Aug. 16, Noon - 5 p.m., on Seattle Center campus.

The Toronto International Film Festival is pleased to announce the addition of 7 Gala Presentations and 12 Special Presentations to the programming lineup, which runs September 10 to 19, 2009.

Elvis At 21: Photographs by Alfred Wertheimer, a new Smithsonian traveling exhibition, will debut at the GRAMMY Museum® at L.A. Live in Los Angeles on Jan. 8, 2010, Elvis Presley's 75th birthday.

Supreme Eyeball Productions is proud to present FAR OUT- the New Sci-Fi Musical Comedy (music by Brian Breen/lyrics by Michael Chartier) as part of the 13th annual New York International Fringe Festival-FringeNYC.

Al Pacino is set to star as 'Herod' in the upcoming film 'Mary, Mother of Christ.' The multi-award winning actor will star alongside Camilla Belle, Al Pacino, Peter O'Toole, Julia Ormond and Hollywood newcomer Diogo Morgado, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

The fifth mainstage summer production at Cortland Repertory Theatre will be the theatre's regional debut of the timely, riveting and highly theatrical courtroom drama Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde.

The fifth mainstage summer production at Cortland Repertory Theatre will be the theatre's regional debut of the timely, riveting and highly theatrical courtroom drama Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde. From August 5 - 15, playwright Moisés Kaufman's play will be on the CRT stage in the Edward Jones Playhouse at the Little York Pavilion.

Snapping Turtle Productions presents the world premiere of Stress Positions, written by Daniel Sweren-Becker and directed by Robin A. Paterson (Humans Anonymous, Making Marilyn), as part of FringeNYC's 13th annual theater festival. The play offers a fierce exploration of one of today's most controversial issues - America's recent history of condoning and perpetrating torture.

One of the most animated festivals in the Safeco Insurance Festál series features colorful costumes, food, martial arts presentations and energetic music illuminating Brazil's African, Portuguese and indigenous roots at Safeco Insurance Festál: BrasilFest, Aug. 16, Noon - 5 p.m., on Seattle Center campus.

EAST RIVER COMMEDIA IN ASSOCIATION WITH COLLECTIVE: UNCONSCIOUS PRESENT playgroundzero, a playreading series curated by Saviana Stanescu AS PART OF THE undergroundzero festival.

Following a sold-out run in June, The Brick Theater is extending the interactive ipod experience Suspicious Package:Rx due to popular demand. Told via provided Zune Media Players, the story unfolds as audience members (six at a time) are guided through their roles with both aural and visual cues. Video flashbacks and narrative voiceovers fill in your backstory while maps of locations and your dialogue are displayed on screen.

Whodunnit for Hire, Maryland's Traveling Murder Mystery Troupe, will be performing the musical comedy; 'The Great Clue Murder,' on Sunday, June 28 at 12noon at the Reisterstown Senior and Community Center.

Igor Stravinsky, Vaslav Nijinsky, Léon Bakst, Pablo Picasso, and George Balanchine are among the great collaborators who worked in Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, where they changed the face of modern ballet and influenced the course of the arts in the 20th century. Diaghilev's Theater of Marvels: The Ballets Russes and Its Aftermath, a new exhibition at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, draws on diverse materials from the Library's renowned collections to tell the remarkable story of the company and the impresario who founded it.

EAST RIVER COMMEDIA IN ASSOCIATION WITH COLLECTIVE: UNCONSCIOUS PRESENT playgroundzero, a playreading series curated by Saviana Stanescu AS PART OF THE undergroundzero festival.

Executive Producer Lou Spisto is thrilled to announce the addition of Robert Foxworth to the exclusive list of Old Globe Associate Artists. Foxworth is the 52nd artist named to the illustrious group that includes Paxton Whitehead, Marion Ross, A.R. Gurney and Richard Easton.