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The cardsharp playing blackjack at the Riviera Hotel & Casino didn't say "hit me," but he got hit anyway, and hard. After a remarkably profitable run at Riviera's tables, the man was dragged off by a casino security detail and hustled into a room, where he was promptly pummeled. The scene, part of the beat-the-dealer movie "21," which opens Friday, is not exactly a slam-dunk sales pitch for the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. Yet the Riviera's representatives said they had no problem having the loosely factual story of a team of card counters be filmed on their casino floor.

The cardsharp playing blackjack at the Riviera Hotel & Casino didn't say "hit me," but he got hit anyway, and hard. After a remarkably profitable run at Riviera's tables, the man was dragged off by a casino security detail and hustled into a room, where he was promptly pummeled. The scene, part of the beat-the-dealer movie "21," which opens Friday, is not exactly a slam-dunk sales pitch for the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. Yet the Riviera's representatives said they had no problem having the loosely factual story of a team of card counters be filmed on their casino floor.

Edwards Cinemas has agreed to bring to South Gate what is being touted as the largest movie theater in southeast Los Angeles County, city officials announced. The company has agreed to operate a 21-screen movie theater with more than 4,500 seats, covering 98,000 square feet, said Ruben Lopez, director of South Gate's community development.

Edwards Cinemas has agreed to bring to South Gate what is being touted as the largest movie theater in southeast Los Angeles County, city officials announced. The company has agreed to operate a 21-screen movie theater with more than 4,500 seats, covering 98,000 square feet, said Ruben Lopez, director of South Gate's community development.

Paramount's "The Godfather, Part III," Columbia's "Awakenings," Universal's "Kindergarten Cop" and Disney's "Three Men and a Little Lady" are the four films likeliest to rack up the highest box-office grosses this Christmas season, according to people in the industry who bank on their ability to predict these things. This year, the schedule is more jammed than usual, with the major studios set to release 21 feature films, three more than last Christmas.

Construction on what could be the nation's largest cinema complex--a 135,000-square-foot theater center with seating for 5,800 moviegoers--begins today just north of the El Toro Y, where the Santa Ana and San Diego freeways merge. The cinema complex, part of a $30-million entertainment and retail center designed to resemble a Moroccan village, will have 21 screens. Four of the theaters will have screens more than three stories tall and seat 500 moviegoers each.

With the phenomenal success of the Al Jolson musical "The Jazz Singer" in 1927, Hollywood quickly made the transition from silents to talkies. However, injecting color into movies was a much harder sell. In fact, it took the founder of Technicolor more than two decades to convince movie makers about the viability of color. The new Turner Classic Movies documentary "Glorious Technicolor," premiering Monday, examines the tangled history of color movies, as well as the life and career of Herbert T.

A 17-year-old Granada Hills High School senior known for his quirky, intelligent and sometimes dark personality pulled his Toyota MR2 sports car onto the campus parking lot early Friday, set up a video camera and, after turning up the radio, shot himself to death in front of classmates. "It was horrible," said Gina Romero, a 10th-grader who saw the shooting. "He put on some music, I don't know what, set up a camera, then shot himself in the head." Students who watched the 7 a.m.

Weekend box office, May 19-21 *--* MOVIE 3-DAY TOTAL (MILLIONS) VENUES AVERAGE PER VENUE WEEKS (STUDIO) GROSS (MILLION S) 1 The Da $77.1 $77.1 3,735 $20,635 1 Vinci Code (Sony) 2 Over the $38.5 $38.5 4,059 $9,475 1 Hedge (DreamWo rks Animatio n) 3 Mission: $11.3 $103.5 3,450 $3,290 3 Impossibl e III (Paramou nt) 4 Poseidon $9.2 $36.8 3,555 $2,595 2 (Warner Bros.) 5 RV $5.0 $50.3 2,925 $1,711 4 (Sony) 6 See No $4.6 $4.6 1,257 $3,645 1 Evil (Lionsga te) 7 Just My $3.4 $10.

In your Jan. 21 movie overview, New Line Cinema's Mark Ordesky states that " 'Lord of the Rings' was the 'Harry Potter' of the previous generation" ("Something Familiar This Way Comes," by Richard Natale). I think Ordesky needs to do a little more research. To compare Tolkien's epic series to current popular literature is like saying that the Bolshoi Theatre was the "American Bandstand" of long ago. "Lord of the Rings" is a literary classic, set on a huge scale with characters that stay with readers forever.

Construction on what could be the nation's largest cinema complex--a 135,000-square-foot theater center with seating for 5,800 moviegoers--begins today just north of the El Toro Y, where the Santa Ana and San Diego freeways merge. The cinema complex, part of a $30-million entertainment and retail center designed to resemble a Moroccan village, will have 21 screens. Four of the theaters will have screens more than three stories tall and seat 500 moviegoers each.

Paramount's "The Godfather, Part III," Columbia's "Awakenings," Universal's "Kindergarten Cop" and Disney's "Three Men and a Little Lady" are the four films likeliest to rack up the highest box-office grosses this Christmas season, according to people in the industry who bank on their ability to predict these things. This year, the schedule is more jammed than usual, with the major studios set to release 21 feature films, three more than last Christmas.

'Dying' Day: Twentieth Century Fox said Thursday it will open the romantic drama "Dying Young," starring Julia Roberts, on June 21. The movie's release date had been a major question mark on summer movie schedules. The June 21 opening puts the movie in direct competition with Touchstone Pictures' "The Rocketeer." Fox president of worldwide production Roger Birnbaum said that the studio held back on setting the opening date so five minutes of footage shot last week could be added.

Sales in the U.S. and Canada, Oct. 19-21: Movie (studio): 1. 30 Days of Night (Sony) 3-day gross (millions): $16.0 Total (millions): $16.0 Venues: 2,855 Average per venue: $5,587 Weeks: 1 -- Movie (studio): 2. Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married? (Lions Gate) 3-day gross (millions): $12.2 Total (millions): $39.0 Venues: 2,034 Average per venue: $5,991 Weeks: 2 -- Movie (studio): 3. The Game Plan (Disney) 3-day gross (millions): $8.2 Total (millions): $69.