The top-5 renting video game titles at Blockbuster stores in the United States for the week ending

December 25, 2010 at 12:00a.m.

The top-5 renting video game titles at Blockbuster stores in the United States for the week ending Dec. 19:

v“Call of Duty: Black Ops” (Xbox 360)

v“Call of Duty: Black Ops” (PlayStation 3)

v“Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood” (Xbox 360)

v“Donkey Kong Country Returns” (Wii)

v“Fallout New Vegas” (Xbox 360)

“Scrooged” (8 p.m., AMC): Bill Murray was at the top of his game in the hilarious 1988 film “Scrooged.” He plays a miserly TV executive who has a bah-humbug attitude until some ghostly visits change his ways.

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LOCAL TOPICS ON TV

“Community Connection” (6:30 a.m. Sunday, 21 WFMJ-TV; and 10 a.m. Tuesday on Time Warner Cable community access channel): First Night International is a community and family New Year’s Eve celebration, and Canfield and Youngstown will take part. Tracy Schuler will join host Madonna Chism Pinkard to talk about First Night Canfield, then Lyndsey Hughes of First Night Youngstown.

Next, Susan Viars and New Middletown Police Chief Vince D’Egidio of the Mahoning Safe Communities will discuss the impact of drinking and driving over the holidays. Both will share information on impaired driving and the consequences of getting arrested.

“Sunday Morning with Dee” (8 a.m. Sunday, WKBN-TV 27): Guests are John Wilson, Mahoning-Youngstown Community Action Partnership interim director; and Tito Brown, board president. They will discuss services provided by their agency.

ENTERTAINMENT NEWS

5th annual MessFest

PITTSBURGH

Carnegie Science Center will break out its messiest activities for its fifth annual MessFest on Jan. 2. In previous years, MessFest took place on New Year’s Day, but this year the Science Center will be closed that day because of the Winter Classic hockey game.

MessFest will feature hands-on activities from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Visitors can get slimy with Oobleck, a gooey substance that feels solid when picked up, but then slips through the fingers like a liquid.

The Egg Drop activity invites visitors to encase a raw egg in various packing materials, then drop it over the outdoor railing to see whether it breaks.

Kids can be messy artists with finger-painting, create their own “Mars” soil as they explore the characteristics of the planet’s dirt, make sidewalk chalk out of plaster of Paris and tempera paint, and blow bubbles of all sizes.

In addition to a messy load of hands-on activity tables, visitors also can experience the Science Center’s most explosive, high-energy and grossly entertaining theater programs. “Blow it Up Extravaganza” will highlight the physics and chemistry of everyday items as they interact with one another. “Plant Pop Extreme,” in the Kitchen Theater, features fizzy reactions between baking soda and vinegar. Returning this year is “Do You Dare … MessFest Challenge,” a family trivia game that will test how much science the contestants know, then dare them to take on physical challenges.

MessFest activities are included with general admission to the Science Center: $17.95 for adults, $9.95 for children age 3-12, and free for children under 3.