Redstone agrees partial sale of 1,500 cinemas
Media mogul Sumner Redstone has reached agreement with his daughter, Shari, to put some of National Amusement?s 1,500 cinemas on the block rather than the entire division, as part of debt-restructuring discussions to avoid selling more shares of Viacom and CBS , according to people familiar with the matter.

Chandler Cinemas shows 'REPO! The Genetic Opera' Dec. 4
Think the mortgage crisis is out of hand? Imagine a future in which an all-powerful biotech corporation sells replacement organs to desperately ill Americans, only to dispatch scalpel-wielding ?repo men? to retrieve the merchandise when the buyers fail to make their loan payments?

Redstone, Daughter Agree to Seek Sale of Some Theaters, FT Says
Dec. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Sumner Redstone and his daughter, Shari, have agreed to seek a buyer for some of the 1,500 cinemas owned by their family holding company, National Amusements Inc., the Financial Times reported.

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Sumner Redstone and his daughter Shari agreed to seek a buyer for some of the 1,500 cinemas owned by their family holding company, Dedham-based National Amusements, the Financial...

Man charged with robbing Premiere Cinemas
A Gadsden man remains in jail, charged with the June robbery at Premiere Cinemas in the Gadsden Mall.

Free canned drinks for movie-goers
Staying awake through a long movie at TGV cinemas in the country is now an easier task as movie-goers can now savour the tastes of chilled, canned Nescafe and Milo while there.

Cineplex to offer limited in-theatre drinking
People in two Cineplex Odeon VIP cinemas will soon be able to enjoy a beer or wine with their movie. But regular movie theatres aren't part of the plan.

Watch classic American movies at the new English cinema club
?In Paris you can find special cinemas which show only American and British films in English. In Berlin you also can watch films in original language. Even in Moscow you can do that.

Olney 9 Cinemas to close next year
The Carl M. Freeman Foundation and the Carl M. Freeman Companies are offering a free weekendHoliday Filmfest. For show times and to print out required tickets visit www.olneyfilmfest.com. No tickets will be available at the box office.

Q&A: Indian exhibition today
Pramod Arora, Group President: Where are the majority of your theatres located? About 65% of our cinemas are in North India, while going forward the skew shall be more evenly distributed across the country.

Diff to offer outdoor screening of cinemas
03 December 2008 The Dubai International Film Festival (Diff) will once again present its outdoor screening series Screen on the Green at the Dubai Media City Amphitheatre, offering free cinema on December 16 and 17 at 8pm.

DCM ramps up digital
LONDON - Digital Cinema Media, the cinema sales house formerly owned by ITV and known as Carlton Screen Advertising, plans to ramp up its digital presence with the aim of a third of its UK cinemas having digital capabilities by 2009.

Coming Soon To A Theatre Near You - Alcohol
How about a beer or some wine with your popcorn? Struggling cinemas think they may have a way to get you in front of the screen.

It's beginning to look lot like Christmas in Columbus
The daily commute for those traveling along 13th Street in Columbus became more festive Tuesday as workers completed installing a Christmas scene in front of the Carmike Cinemas building that has become a holiday tradition.

Christmas arrives at Carmike Cinemas building
The daily commute along 13th street in Uptown Columbus just became a little more cheery.

Luciano Pavarotti tribute hits cinemas, DVD
LONDON (Billboard) - The Luciano Pavarotti tribute concert staged recently in the world heritage site of Petra, Jordan, in front of only 500 people, now will be available to a much wider audience.

Thai King to Speak After Leader Ousted, Airports Open (Update1)
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Thailand?s King Bhumibol Adulyadej , the world?s longest reigning monarch, plans to address the nation today on the eve of his 81st birthday after months of anti-government street demonstrations by royalist protesters.

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

Moving out
Last Wednesday was moving day at Studio 28, as items that can be used at other Celebration Cinemas were loaded into a truck for transport. Here, workers load up digital projectors. The local movie landmark closed for business three days earlier.

Sundance competition lineup unveiled
It looks like the 25th annual Sundance Film Festival is borrowing the late Harvey Milk's famous line: You gotta give 'em hope.