NEWS
By CHRIS KALTENBACH | October 7, 2008
[Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment] Featuring the voices of Mary Costa, Bill Shirley, Eleanor Audley. Directed by Clyde Geronimi $29.99 (Blu-ray $35.99) *** 1/2 dvds The success of Disney's Enchanted helped revive the fortunes of its earlier Sleeping Beauty. Released in 1959, Sleeping Beauty was the last of the studio's classic fairy tale adaptations and, to many, the last film of the studio's vaunted Golden Age (though some argue that benchmark belongs to 1967's The Jungle Book, the last animated film Walt Disney actually worked on before his death in 1966)
NEWS
By Sam Sessa and Sam Sessa,Sun reporter | July 25, 2008
No rumbling monster trucks crushing junkyard cars. No throngs of tweens screaming as Hannah Montana takes the stage. And no elephants stomping down Pratt Street in the springtime. At least for a while. If all goes according to the plans announced yesterday, the antiquated 1st Mariner Arena will be torn down and replaced with a new, larger venue. Demolition and construction could take three years, which means Baltimore could temporarily go without annual events like the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, Disney on Ice and yes, even Hannah Montana.
FEATURES
By Capsules by Michael Sragow or Chris Kaltenbach, unless noted. Full reviews are at baltimore sun.com/movies | February 8, 2008
Atonement -- The crush of an upper-class teen on her housekeeper's son (James McAvoy) catalyzes a devastating accusation that ruins his life and that of the girl's older sister (Keira Knightley). This beautifully acted, remarkably visualized adaptation of Ian McEwan's novel sums up the need for charity and generosity in art and life. (M.S.) R 123 minutes A The Bucket List -- A pair of dying cancer patients (Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman) draw up a list of things to do before they kick the bucket.
FEATURES
By Chris Kaltenbach and Chris Kaltenbach,Sun reporter | August 7, 2008
For 16-year-old Chelsea Bradford, standing outside the 1st Mariner Arena last night, wearing a pair of sunglasses on which she had painted the words "Jonas Brothers," the question couldn't have been easier. Asked "What's so great about the Jonas Brothers?" she paused for about one-thousandth of a second before answering, with a look that suggested the answer should have been painfully obvious, "They're hot." There was a lot of that going around in Baltimore last night, as a few thousand teenage girls massed at the arena to welcome Disney's newest singing sensations to Charm City.
ENTERTAINMENT
November 9, 2006
Downloaded singles 1.My Love (single version), Justin Timberlake featuring T.I. 2.Fergalicious, Fergie 3.Smack That, Akon 4.Irreplaceable, Beyonce 5.How to Save a Life, The Fray [Courtesy iTunes] Downloaded albums 1.The Black Parade, My Chemical Romance 2.Continuum, John Mayer 3.Once Again, John Legend 4.How to Save a Life, The Fray 5.Hannah Montana (songs from and inspired by the TV series), Hannah Montana [Courtesy iTunes] Downloaded TV episodes 1.Diwali, The Office 2.The Cost of Living, Lost 3.Torn, Battlestar Galactica 4.Let the Angels Commit, Grey's Anatomy 5.Better Halves, Heroes [Courtesy iTunes]
ENTERTAINMENT
By Joe Burris and Joe Burris,Sun reporter | January 3, 2008
Ben Cummins of Baltimore purchased two Nintendo Wii game consoles during pre-Christmas shopping: one to give his 7-year-old daughter, Lauren, the other to trade for two tickets to Tuesday's Miley Cyrus/Hannah Montana concert at 1st Mariner Arena. Cummins, who last week had yet to tell Lauren that he was trying to secure tickets for her and her mom, wasn't picky about seating for the eagerly anticipated concert. "I'm just trying to get them in the building," he said. Yet since he advertised the console-for-concert trade on Craigslist on Dec. 20, he's had no takers.
ENTERTAINMENT
By NICHOLAS TESTA | March 13, 2008
Like the many unstoppable pop-rock machines before them, the Jonas Brothers have captured the hearts of America's youths. Having toured with Miley Cyrus, of Hannah Montana fame, the regulars on the Disney and Nickelodeon channels are now out on their own "Look Me in the Eyes" tour. The tour appears at the Patriot Center at 7 p.m. tomorrow. Tickets are $30-$50; availability is limited. The Patriot Center is at 4500 Patriot Circle, Fairfax, Va. Call 410-547-7328 or go to ticketmaster.com.