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HappyNewYear
"Cheers to a New Year and another chance for us to
get it right."
~Oprah Winfrey
"Always bear in mind that your own resolution to
succeed is more important than any one thing."
~ Abraham Lincoln
"The future belongs to those who believe in the
beauty of their dreams."
~ Eleanor Roosevelt
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CoolTheaters
Radio City Music Hall
Radio City Music Hall is
the largest indoor
theatre in the world.
Its marquee is a full
city-block long. Its
auditorium measures 160
feet from back to stage
and the ceiling reaches
a height of 84 feet.
Since 1933 more than 700
movies have opened here.
They include the
original King Kong;
National Velvet, the
film that secured
Elizabeth Taylor's hold
on the silver screen;
White Christmas; Mame;
Breakfast at Tiffany's;
To Kill a Mockingbird,
starring former Radio
City usher, Gregory
Peck; Mary Poppins; 101
Dalmatians; and The Lion
King.
Grauman's Chinese
Theatre
The grand opening of
Grauman's Chinese
Theatre in Hollywood on
May 18, 1927, was the
most spectacular theatre
opening in motion
picture history. The
film being premiered
that night was Cecil B.
DeMille's “The King of
Kings,” which was
preceded by "Glories of
the Scriptures," a live
prologue devised by
master showman Sid
Grauman. A Wurlitzer
organ and 65-piece
orchestra provided music
for the prologue. The
theatre opened to the
public the following
day, May 19, 1927.
The Alabama Theatre
 The
Alabama Theatre was
built in 1927 by
Paramount Studios as an
Alabama showcase for
Paramount films. It was
used primarily as a
movie palace for 55
years, with the
exception of the annual
Miss Alabama pagent and
the weekly Mickey Mouse
Club. In 1998, the
Theatre underwent a
complete front door to
back door restoration.
The work was done by
EverGreene Studios from
New York City. In 8
months, the theatre went
from its look of faded
grandeur to a sparkling
1927 look with all the
gold leaf paint either
replaced or cleaned.
CoolExhibits
Birmingham, AL
Through 2/23/08:
Magic of Model Trains.
A new collection of
model trains ranging in
size from G-scale to
Z-scale. McWane Science
Center. Details:
714-8300 or
www.mcwane.org.
Birmingham, AL
Through 1/28/08:
POMPEII: Tales from an
Eruption. This
groundbreaking
exhibition will, for the
first time, tell the
intriguing stories of
the final days of
Pompeii and the nearby
resort cities of
Herculaneum, Oplontis
and Terzigno following
the eruption of Mount
Vesuvius in August of 79
AD. Visit
www.artsbma.org.
Atlanta, GA
Through 4/20/08: Street
Life: American
Photographs from the
1960s and 70s.
This permanent
collection exhibition
features photographs by
Garry Winogrand, Danny
Lyon, Susan Meiselas,
and Dennis Carlyle
Darling made in America
in the 1960s and 1970s.
Visit
www.high.org.
CoolArticle
 From
the Associated Press
NEW YORK - The
Times Square New Year's
Eve ball is celebrating
its centennial by going
green.
The star of the
world-famous holiday
extravaganza was
revamped this year with
9,576 energy-efficient
bulbs that use about the
same amount of
electricity as 10
toasters.
Philips Lighting, which
created the
light-emitting diodes,
or LED bulbs,
specifically for the
event, says they are
smaller but more than
twice as bright as last
year's lights, which
were a mix of more than
600 incandescent and
halogen bulbs. And the
new lights can create
more than 16 million
colors for a
kaleidoscope of hues
against the 672
Waterford Crystal
triangles.
"The whole world looks
up to New York's New
Year's Eve. I'm proud to
be able to save energy
and show off this
technology to the world
with such a special
event," said Kaj den
Daas, chairman of
Philips Lighting North
America.
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