http://www.citytools.net Your news, your way. Stories on CityTools where either written by members or are existing stories shared by members. In the case of shared stories, all rights reside with the original creator. en 2008-08-30T00:19:26 2008-08-30T00:19:26 httpd:/www.citytools.net/essentials/rss_docs.html http://www.citytools.net/images/rss_logo.jpg http://www.citytools.net 182 35 citytools image http://www.citytools.net/showstory/FCEF66DE-760A-11DD-8240-F3337A10A9B7/ LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Boy wizard Harry Potter won&#39;t be whipping up his magic when the fall film season begins next week, but Hollywood is hoping momentum from summer hits like &quot;The Dark Knight&quot; and a wide mix of new movies will keep audiences happy into the holidays. <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/entertainment/~3/378382171/idUSN2948771820080829">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/754FDE32-75E9-11DD-8240-F3337A10A9B7/ VENICE, Italy (AP) -- Guillermo Arriaga&#39;s directorial debut, &quot;The Burning Plain,&quot; opens with a wide shot of a trailer ablaze in the New Mexico desert. While the landscape appears barren and exposed, it is concealing secrets that drive the story....<a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/V/VENICE_FILM_FESTIVAL_BURNING_PLAIN?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/62EA0394-75D0-11DD-8240-F3337A10A9B7/ VENICE (Reuters) - A new film on Giacomo Puccini has uncovered letters and documents suggesting the composer may have a second living descendant, in a tangled tale of infidelity and vengeance befitting one of his operas. <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/entertainment/~3/378052057/idUSLS72398320080829">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/6089D336-75D0-11DD-8240-F3337A10A9B7/ VENICE (Reuters) - Oscar winners Kim Basinger and Charlize Theron play mother and daughter in &quot;The Burning Plain&quot;, an intense story of love and betrayal and the directorial debut by acclaimed Mexican screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga. <a href="http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/entertainment/~3/378038172/idUSLT43223520080829">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/39C636D6-75B7-11DD-8240-F3337A10A9B7/ Small-town rifts are convincingly exposed as hatred is unleashed. In &quot;Red,&quot; an elegant and deceptively straightforward dramatic thriller, Av Ludlow (Brian Cox) is out fishing one day with his old dog when a trio of teenagers comes along and shoots the pooch dead for no reason. That act of violence sets in motion a chain of events that profoundly changes the characters, with effects more far-ranging than any can imagine.<a href="http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/calendarlive/movies/reviews/~3/377848128/cl-et-red29-2008aug29,0,4103415.story">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/68ACC5D4-75A6-11DD-8240-F3337A10A9B7/ The music documentaries “Youssou N’Dour: Return to Gorée” and “Maria Bethânia: Music Is Perfume” are mellow as buttermilk and twice as nutritious. <a href="http://movies.nytimes.com/2008/08/29/movies/29yous.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss">[original story]</a> http://www.citytools.net/showstory/07544F94-759E-11DD-8240-F3337A10A9B7/ Aaron Sorkin is writing a movie about the online social networking site Facebook, Variety reported. <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/29/arts/29arts-SORKINTOWRIT_BRF.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss">[original story]</a>