entertainment - "event"

Celebrate Bastille Day at FIAF's annual day-long event. Sample traditional French foods on the street or wine and cheese at the FIAF gallery, or cycle away the afternoon at the new york Health & Raquet Club.

Now that the 2008 WSOP is winding down, it's time to look forward to the next tournament. Many players take a few weeks off to rest and take a well-deserved vacation to ready them for the next season. However, for the women who...

HBO's miniseries Generation Kill debuts Sunday at 9 p.m. ET, and will air for seven weeks, following a Marine battalion as they prepare to enter into Iraq back in 2003. The film is a work of fiction that stars actors, but it is based so much on fact that I think it's worthy of a mention despite my relentless focus on unscripted TV. It's probably more real than several reality shows currently airing.In a press release, HBO notes that 'Real events are depicted. Real names are used. As much as possible, the film employs the precise dialogue reported by Wright, a Rolling Stone correspondent assigned to First Recon Battalion during their last weeks in Kuwait. The filmmakers made every effort to recreate Wright's account...'They've even duplicated one Marine's tattoos. Writer and executive producer David Simon (of The Wire) told TV critics in L.A. Thursday that the filmmakers screened the film Wednesday night at Camp Pendleton, and said, 'I got to watch Colbert's face when that scene cam

Recently, a studio representative called to ask, in the event that "Hellboy II" and "Mama Mia" screened on the same night, which I would choose to attend.

Weekly: Pay cabler involved in Chicago, Vegas events -- The U.S. comedy festival business took a hit last year when its principal benefactor, Chris Albrecht, ankled HBO.

Film Festivals: 'Righteous Kill' likely to screen at festival -- David Cronenberg and Michael Cimino will attend the Rome Film Festival, where Robert De Niro/Al Pacino starrer 'Righteous Kill' is expected to unspool in the official selection of the event, which is undergoing some largely cosmetic changes.

Weekly: Fanboys force studios to take event seriously -- It's easy to dismiss Comic-Con as Nerdapalooza. It's hard not to, when attendees dress up as Storm Troopers, Spider-Man or Spartans from '300' and geek out over the newest graphic novel, action figure or 'Star Trek' poster.

Deep inside the Rio All-Suites Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas is the Amazon Room. For the past six weeks, this cavernous space has been home to the largest poker tournament series ever held: the 2008 World Series of Poker. With the Main event playing down to the final nine players on Monday, July 14th, the eyes of the poker world will be intently focused on the action for at least the next few days. PocketFivesLive.com has been live at the Rio for the entire WSOP, bringing its readers the best coverage of online poker players available. (PRWeb Jul 11, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/07/prweb1095084.htm

Boston (Massachusetts), USA - On June 7, the heritage and culture of Greece was celebrated at Boston’s Symphony Hall with the first concert in recent history that brought together several genres of contemporary Greek music in one event - Pops Goes Hellenic. The night was a sold-out success, with more than 2,200 guests from around the world in attendance. Before the concert, Diane Kochilas, one of the world’s foremost authorities on Greek cuisine, took part in a special reception featuring gourmet Hellenic cuisine created from her recipes. The first half of the Pops Goes Hellenic concert was dedicated to orchestral music by Greek composers. At one point the entire audience cheered as the orchestra put on their Greek fisherman’s caps and Lockhart amused the audience as he danced to the...