entertainment - "event"

Head outside to the South Street Seaport and catch the International Yo-Yo Open and new york State Yo-Yo Contest. Catch modern day masters as they attempt tricks and eye-popping abilities in this ancient art, believed to have Chinese origins.

We got a chance to see what kind of hot new trends Koei's coming up with at its recent press event.

The PokerStars.com European Poker Tour has announced several recent developments, including the addition of a stop at Budapest, Hungary, October 28 - November 1, 2008. The ?4,350, four-day NLHE event will be capped at 500 players...

Online poker room Betfair Poker had a big prize on the offering for August, a hundred thousand dollar bonus to any player that could win both the $20k guaranteed and a $6k guaranteed event in the same month. To everyone's surprise the bonus was not only paid out, but it paid out on the first day of August. Betfair player redmist1 took down the $20k and the Nuts $6k on August 1st, earning a $100k prize in the process...

In Russia, poker is more than just a game, it is a sport. This is the official word as the Russian Government has sanctioned poker as a sport, which means the upcoming Zavidovo Open has a special stamp of approval. This event is the tip of the growing poker iceberg in Russia, where the sport is booming...

The pure hormonal vitality that courses through the Public Theater's exuberant production of 'Hair' is enough to make it the pick-me-up event of New York's dog days this year.

Get ready for one of the most lavishly covered events in TV history as NBC and its cable cousins kick off 3,600 hours of broadcasts ...

In this hilariously funny fish-out-of-water tale, How to Lose Friends & Alienate People tracks the outrageous escapades of Sidney Young (Simon Pegg), a smalltime, bumbling, British celebrity journalist who is hired by an upscale magazine in new york City. In spectacular fashion Sidney enters high society and burns bridges with bosses, peers and superstars. The film is based on Toby Young’s memoir of the same name and also stars Kirsten Dunst, Danny Huston, Gillian Anderson, Megan Gox, Max Minghella and Jeff Bridges. Directed by Robert Weide, the film will be released by MGM Distribution Co. on October 3, 2008. After disrupting one black-tie event by allowing a wild pig to run rampant, Sidney catches the attention of Clayton Harding (Jeff Bridges), editor of Sharp, and accepts a job with the magazine in New York City. Clayton warns Sidney that he’d better impress and charm everyone he can, if he wants to succeed. Instead, Sidney instantly insults and annoys fellow writ