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Nursing Home Heavyweight Champion

> Hollywood sources confirmed last night that Sylvester Stallone has agreed to star in the sixth instalment of the Rocky saga. > Filming starts in Los Angeles in December and Stallone, who will turn 60 next year, is also lined up to direct. Link [http://www.thisislondon.com/films/articles/

Let Us Give Thanks

> The Simple Life is over--at least on Fox. The network said Wednesday it has canceled the Paris Hilton-Nicole Richie reality series after the show's two stars no longer proved compatible. WaPo Link [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/12/AR2005101201981.html] .

Rolling Grave Stones

If this doesn't sound the death knell of rock-n-roll, nothing will: > Rock 'n' roll is dead – the Rolling Stones have inked a deal to debut their latest video on the NBC soap opera "The Days of our Lives" next week. > The video

Americanization of the Globe Continues

> Europeans have nearly 4,000 television channels to choose from, but less and less quality programming to watch, according to a report released Tuesday by a European watchdog group. Link [http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EUROPE_TELEVISION?SITE=NYNYD&SECTION=ENTERTAINMENT&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT] .

Continuing the Narnia Build-Up

Matthew's House Project is sponsoring a series of lectures on Narnia. Its website has a variety of interesting articles on Lewis. Link [http://www.narniaontour.com/articles.htm].

Beautiful Virgins

It's a nice effort. I'm not sure how effective, but nice: > A new television series being broadcast around the Middle East tells the story of Arabs living in residential compounds in Saudi Arabia and the militant Islamists who want to blow them up so they

Faith Chips

There's nothing wrong with a little gambling, and one should never forget who he is, regardless of the setting. But I'm not sure I like these faith poker chips. Link [http://www.kerusso.com/detail.taf?listing_id=1524&r=790383225].

LOTR: The Musical Almost Here

It should have a lot of great beer-drinking songs from the Shire: > When the stage version of J. R. R. Tolkien's "Lord of the Rings" opens [in Toronto]next spring, the show is expected to feature about 18 songs, a cast of 55 and about

I Doubt Hollywood is Wringing Its Hands

> Teenage boys and young men lead disillusioned US movie-goers in staying away from cinemas as ticket prices rise and the quality of home entertainment soars, a new survey showed. > As Hollywood wages an epic battle against falling ticket sales, the poll revealed that one of the industry'

Narnia Review

Barbara Nicolosi gives The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe high marks. Link [http://churchofthemasses.blogspot.com/2005/10/narnia-deep-magic.html]. Excerpt: > The movie is lovely. The print we saw had some special effects still in stages, but it didn't detract from the stunning vision the movie