Yowazzup: A Directory of Happening Things

Avatar is James Cameron’s action adventure sci-fi thriller about a band of humans who are pitted in a battle against a distant planet’s indigenous population. Starring Sigourney Weaver, Sam Worthington, Michelle Rodriguez, Avatar opens on December 18, 2009.

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The Tale of Despereaux is an animated movie about the tale of three unlikely heroes, Despereaux (Matthew Broderick), a brave mouse who is banished to the dungeon for speaking with a human, Roscuro (Dustin Hoffman), a good-hearted rat and Princess Pea (Emma Watson).

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Tina Fey plays a career-driven single woman who hires a surrogate mother (Amy Poehler) to carry her baby.

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Starring Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox and Sigourney Weaver, Vantage Point is a thriller about the attempted assassination of the president told from five different perspectives.

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Though the weekend’s around the corner, tensions heat up in many places around the globe.

• ‘Milenyo’ death toll rises to 48.
• After killing many people and left many things destructed in Manila, Typhoon Xangsane now heads for Vietnam.
• Sony keep mum on notebooks using batteries that may catch fire.
• Paris Hilton and “Alien” star Sigourney Weaver may rocket into space before the decade is out, thanks to billionaire Sir Richard Branson, who owns Virgin Galatic spaceliner.
• Real Kutcher vs. Cartoon Kutcher at the boxoffice this weekend.

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