Williamsburg will debut film about Jamestown

Williamsburg will debut film about Jamestown
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. -- Colonial Williamsburg is rolling out the red carpet for Hollywood's newest rendition of the old story of Capt. John Smith and Pocahontas.
"The New World," a big-budget movie about the settling of Jamestown in 1607, will make its East Coast debut Dec. 21 at Kimball Theatre.
It will have two red-carpet, invitation-only screenings, Colonial Williamsburg and the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation announced.
The film dramatizes encounters between white colonists and American Indians, focusing on the relationship between Smith, portrayed by Colin Farrell, and the Indian princess Pocahontas, who intervened to save him when he was captured by her tribe.
Q'orianka Kilcher plays Pocahontas. Christopher Plummer, Christian Bale and August Schellenberg also star.
Director Terrence Malick filmed scenes at Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in North America, and nearby locations.
"The New World" opens in limited release Dec. 25 and nationwide Jan. 13.
Chan says he guessed2 of 5 Olympic mascots
BEIJING -- Action star Jackie Chan said he guessed two of the five mascots for the 2008 Beijing Olympics before they were unveiled.
Chan made a surprise appearance Friday night at a nationally televised gala at a Beijing sports arena, where he danced on stage while carrying stuffed toys of the mascots.
The mascots, selected three months ago by Olympic officials, were a closely guarded secret. Their announcement marked the 1,000-day countdown to the event.Before the show, Chan said he made a bet with a friend on their identities, correctly guessing they would be a panda and a Tibetan antelope.
Thousands cheer Parton
ROANOKE RAPIDS, N.C. -- Dolly Parton stepped to a microphone Friday to cheers from thousands attending the groundbreaking of a theater her brother is developing in northeastern North Carolina.
"I wouldn't have missed this for anything in the world," Parton said as she stood at the future home of the Randy Parton Theater.
The theater will be the cornerstone of the planned 750-acre Carolina Crossroads Music and Entertainment District, which seeks to rival Branson, Mo., and Gatlinburg, Tenn., as a hub of country, pop, beach and gospel music.
The $129 million project is expected to create more than 12,000 jobs over the next five years. The first phase of the project, which includes Randy Parton's 1,500-seat theater, is to open in April 2007.
Picture this: you standingnext to your favorite star
NEW YORK -- Paparazzi go to extremes to snap photos of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie -- and according to a new survey, you'd like to be in the frame.
A poll conducted by TakeGreatPictures.com says that more people would like to have their picture taken with Pitt than any other male movie star, and more would love to pose with Jolie than any other female star.
Pitt's 36.1 percent of the online vote beat out Johnny Depp by just 60 votes. Jolie's closest competition was Halle Berry, only 42 votes shy of Jolie's 25.6 percent. Pitt's ex-wife, Jennifer Aniston, also came close with 23.2 percent.
Also receiving a high number of votes were George Clooney, Tom Cruise, Ben Affleck, Charlize Theron and Jennifer Lopez.
Today's birthdays
Former U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali is 83. Actress Kathleen Hughes is 77. Jazz musician Ellis Marsalis is 71. Actor Don Stewart is 70. Blues singer Carey Bell is 69. Pop singer Freddie Garrity (Freddie & amp; the Dreamers) is 65. Writer P.J. O'Rourke is 58. Zydeco singer-musician Buckwheat Zydeco is 58. Britain's Prince Charles is 57. Actor Robert Ginty is 57. Rock singer-musician James Young (Styx) is 56. Singer Stephen Bishop is 54. Actress Laura San Giacomo is 44. Actor D.B. Sweeney is 44. Rapper Reverend Run (Run-DMC) is 41. Actor Patrick Warburton is 41. Rock musician Nic Dalton (The Lemonheads) is 41. Rhythm-and-blues singer Jeanette Jurado (Expose) is 40. Rock singer Butch Walker is 36. Actor Josh Duhamel is 34. Rock musician Travis Barker (Blink 182) is 30. Rapper Shyheim is 28.
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