THE BUZZ.Byline: - Staff and Wire Services The `Horror' of it all: ``Halloween Horror Nights Halloween Horror Nights could refer to:
An interactive haunted encounter filled with excitement and terror, ``Halloween Horror Nights III'' will feature five all-new spine-chilling mazes, including ``The Thrilling, Chilling World of Rob Zombie A computer that has been covertly taken over in order to perform some nefarious task. It is estimated that millions of PCs around the world have been compromised and, under the control of a third party, routinely transmit messages unbeknownst to the user. ,'' ``Clive Barker's Hell,'' ``Cleaver's Meat Locker'' and ``The Mummy.'' The spine-tingling adventures of Universal Studios attractions also will remain open, including ``Terminator 2: 3D,'' ``Backdraft A backdraft is a situation which can occur when a fire is starved of oxygen; consequently combustion ceases but the fuel gases and smoke remain at high temperature. If oxygen is re-introduced to the fire, eg. ,'' and ``Back to the Future: The Ride.'' Event dates are Oct. 15-16, 22-23 and 29-31. Hours of operation will be 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. Tickets are $38 and can be purchased at Universal Studios, all Ticketmaster locations, (213) 480-3232 or via the Web at www.Halloween99.com. For more information, call (818) 622-3801. `Northwest' revisited: Alfred Hitchcock's masterful ``North by Northwest'' opens Wednesday for a nine-day run at the Landmark Cecchi Gori Gori (gô`rē), city (1989 pop. 68,924), central Georgia. It has food processing plants. Mentioned in the 7th cent. as Tontio, it was later named after a fortress. Gori passed to Russia in 1801. Stalin was born in the city. Fine Arts Theater with a special appearance by actor Martin Landau and birthday cake for the first 100 patrons. The 1957 thriller about a case of mistaken identity mistaken identity n → erreur f d'identité mistaken identity mistake n → Verwechslung f mistaken identity n that has Cary Grant running for his life co-starred Landau, Eva Marie Saint and James Mason. Landau is scheduled to speak at the 7 p.m. screening, in honor of the late director's 100th birthday. This new print of ``North by Northwest'' features digital sound. Tickets are $8, and the film shows five times daily. For show times, call (310) 652-1330. The theater is at 8556 Wilshire Blvd. Animated `Powers' short-circuited: HBO Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO) A form of oxygen therapy in which the patient breathes oxygen in a pressurized chamber. Mentioned in: Ozone Therapy has postponed indefinitely plans to bring an animated version of ``Austin Powers'' from New Line Television to the small screen. Sources close to the film's star, Mike Myers, said it was mutually agreed between Myers and New Line Cinema to delay the show out of fear that it might get in the way of a third installment of the movie franchise. While no negotiations have been taking place for ``Powers III,'' sources said Myers was strongly veering toward making the follow-up to ``Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery'' and this summer's blockbuster ``Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged shag 1 n. 1. A tangle or mass, especially of rough matted hair. 2. a. A coarse long nap, as on a woolen cloth. b. Cloth having such a nap. 3. A rug with a thick rough pile. Me.'' |
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