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Labor Day Weekend.    Enjoy, relax, take a break.   Be cool.    Rope now playing at the Duke Energy Theatre through September 4.    Read our interview with Dexter Darden, look under Latest News.    Look under Latest News for information on some of the best, most interesting local arts events.
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GOING THE DISTANCE      There’s more romance than comedy in Going the Distance, but it makes both less appealing. Not that the romance is very compelling, which seems odd since it’s reported that Drew Barrymore (Erin) and Justin Long (Garrett) are a real-life couple. They are engaging actors. The main problem is that the movie lacks energy. Both Ms. Barrymore and Mr. Long are low-key performers, but still, what comes across is that the movie feels flat, and falls flat. .....more
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MARY POPPINS      As the title character of this whimsical musical sings, this production is “practically perfect, in every way.” Disney and Cameron Mackintosh bring us a lush, ebullient, and heartfelt reimagining of everyone’s favorite nanny. I have to confess, I was not looking forward to attending the musical last night. I had attended the West End production in London some years ago (before it had transferred to Broadway) and I was thoroughly unimpressed. The London production was amazing technically .....more
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Weekend Box Office Estimates
August 29, 2010


1.    The Last Exorcism    $21.3M
2.    Takers    $21M
3.    The Expendables    $9.5M
4.    Eat Pray Love    $7M
5.    The Other Guys    $6.6M
6.    Vampires Suck    $5.3M
7.    Inception    $5.1M
8.    Nanny McPhee    $4.7M
9.    The Switch    $4.6M
10.    Piranha 3D    $4.3M

The final weekend of August finds two new releases at the top of the weekend chart. The Last Exorcism and Takers are a very close one and two. The Other Guys is just about at $100M, and Inception continues to intrigue audiences coming in at #7 and over $270M. But, can't wait for the new fall films to start opening...

New York Times - August 27, 2010
Top 10 Hardcover Fiction Books


1   THE POSTCARD KILLERS by James Patterson and Liza Marklund. (Little, Brown)
2   THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET'S NEST by Stieg Larsson. (Knopf)
3   THE HELP by Kathryn Stockett. (Amy Einhorn/Putnam)
4   THE COBRA by Frederick Forsyth. (Putnam)
5    STAR ISLAND by Carl Hiaasen. (Knopf)
6   TOUGH CUSTOMER by Sandra Brown. (Simon & Schuster)
7   THREE STATIONS by Martin Cruz Smith. (Simon & Schuster)
8   THE RED QUEEN by Philippa Gregory. (Touchstone/Simon & Schuster)
9   LAST NIGHT AT THE CHATEAU MARMONT by Lauren Weisberger. (Atria)
10   THE REMBRANDT AFFAIR by Daniel Silva. (Putnam)

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