Calendar in the Month of October

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Happy Children's Day!
For the kid in all of us.

Celebrity Birthday
Celebrate Dame Julie Andrew's birthday as she turns 68.

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At the Movies
American Beauty Kate Hudson and Naomi Watts star in this new romantic comedy - Lé Divorce.

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At the Movies
Child star Haley Joel Osment, and Oscar winners, Michael Caine and Robert Duvall star in Secondhand Lions - a story about an introvert boy sent to stay with his 2 eccentric great-uncles. The show hits the cinemas today.

Local Scene
Have a heart for animals? If you do, drop by Parco Bugis Junction between 11am - 9.30pm for the World Animal Day 2003 to find out more about the causes of animal welfare groups. The exhibition's on till Oct 5.

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Local Scene
Enjoy yourself at the Music in the BirdPark, the first time that the Singapore Chinese Orchestra performs about the birds and nature in the park. Tickets are available from www.sistic.com.sg at $5 for adults, and all proceeds will go towards the Jurong BirdPark's Bird Conservation Fund.

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Local Scene
Last day to grab your tickets for the Japanese Film Festival. Tickets at $9.50 ($7.50 for Singapore Film Society members) are available from GV Marina Square and all AXS stations.

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Local Scene
Missed the chance to watch Kit Chan's musical Forbidden City: Portrait of an Empress? Don't kick yourself, catch Inside Forbidden City: Portrait of an Empress on Arts Central at 10.30pm.

TV Highlights
Can't get enough of Matrix star Keanu Reeves? Then don't forget to watch him and Morgan Freeman in Chain Reaction on Ch 5 at 7.30pm.

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TV Highlights
Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes star in one of Shakespeare's most famous tragedies - Romeo and Juliet. It airs on Ch 5 at 10.30pm.

Long before there were werewolves in Underworld they were wreaking havoc in An American Werewolf in Paris on Ch I at 10pm.

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Local Scene
The Home That Kuo Pao Kun Built - a photograph exhibition of the late Kuo Pao Kun's work will leave the Guinness Theatre Gallery of the Substation after today. Admission is free.

Celebrity Birthday
Aliens star Sigourney Weaver cuts her 54th birthday cake.

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At the Movies
2 movies open today:
Kate Beckinsale and Felicity star, Scott Speedman are leads in Underworld. She's a vampire who hunts werewolves, but meets and falls in love with one (Speedman).

Jason Biggs and Alyson Hannigan return as Jim and Michelle in American Pie: The Wedding. You're invited to join them in their wedding ceremony and reception.

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At the Movies
Before catching the final instalment in the Matrix trilogy - Matrix Revolutions, get yourself a copy of the Matrix Reloaded DVD or VCD to remember the ending first.

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TV Highlights
Today on SCV HBO: Russell Crowe stars in A Beautiful Mind as math prodigy, John Forbes Nash Jr. in a true-story adaptation of how he overcame his many years of schizophrenia to win the Nobel Prize in 1994.

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TV Highlights
Catch Star Wars: A New Hope on Ch 5 at 7pm.

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Celebrity Birthday
Fashion designer Ralph Lauren blows out 64 candles on his cake.

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Celebrity Birthday
Actress Angela Lansbury turns a grand 78 today.

Author Oscar Wilde would be blowing out 149 candles on his cake if he wasn't composing witty works in his grave.

TV Highlights
Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson stars in the action film - The Rundown, about him trying to bring home a rich man's son - Seann William Scott, and how it all goes wrong.

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Local Scene
Said to be the new Joni Mitchell, singer/songwriter Amy Wadge plays and sings in the Esplanade Recital Studio. Get your tickets from www.sistic.com.sg at $36.

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Ice Age - the cartoon movie about a sloth, mammoth, sabre-toothed cat and a little girl airs on SCV's Star Movies.

Local Scene
If you're a fan of Japanese singer, Kazaumasa Oda, then you definitely can't miss Kazumasa Oda Asian Tour. Catch him sing his famous hits such as "Kira Kira", "My Home Town" and many others at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. Tickets are available from www.sistic.com.sg from $79 - $149.

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Local Scene
Action Theatre presents the Asian Premiere of Iron - the story about the reunion of a young woman and her mother (still imprisoned for murdering her own husband). Karen Tan and Emma Yong are cast in the Singapore production of one of West End's hottest plays. It will run at Jubilee Hall, Raffles Hotel, till Oct 26. Tickets from $18 - $52 are available from www.ticketcharge.com.sg.

TV Highlights
Singapore's favourite contractor, Phua Chu Kang returns today on Ch 5 at 8pm.

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23 At the Movies...
After their recent bomb, Charlie's Angels, Cameron Diaz And Lucy Liu return in the movie Kill Bill: Volume 1. The similarities stop there.
24 Local Scene
Celebrate the Indian Festival of Lights or Deepavali with the part of the Indian community that celebrates it. If you have the time, go on down to Little India to take a look at the beautiful decorations, especially at night.

TV Highlights
Who's Andrew going to tell to go home tonight? Find out on The Bachelor on Ch 5 at 10pm.

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Local Scene
Taiwanese rock group, May Day returns to Singapore for a 1-night only concert - May Day: The Reunion. Hurry, get your tickets from sistic.com.sg and rush down to the Singapore Indoor Stadium before you miss the chance to see them.

Famous veteran French mime artist, Marcel Marceau, shows off his skills at the Victoria Theatre. Tickets are available from www.sistic.com.sg at $36 - $76.

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28 Celebrity Birthday
Celebrate with Pretty Woman, Julia Roberts as she turns 36 today.

Local Scene
Make a date to attend the French Film Festival at the Alliance Francaise. The festival runs till Nov 11. Tickets are at $9 ($7 - concessions) and available from www.sistic.com.sg for the Alliance Francaise screening, while tickets for the screenings at Cathay Orchard are available from Cathay cinemas.

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Local Scene
Hurry down today to Little India to take a final look at this year's Deepavali Light-Up before it's taken down.

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Go scare yourself silly with many others in the Starlight Cinema - Asia's Largest Outdoor Cinema Festival, as they screen horror movies to celebrate Halloween. It's held at the Fort Canning Green and tickets are available at all Ticketcharge outlets at $10 (Thurs), $13 per night (Fri - Sat). Don't forget the picnic basket.
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Don't know what to do during Halloween? Hop on down to the Jurong BirdPark for Hocus Pocus Nite, and catch MediaCorp characters such as Phua Chu Kang, or scare yourself at the Park's World of Darkness. Tickets are at $15 (adults), $8 (children aged 3 - 12 years old).

Dress up in your most fanciful clothes and go trick-a-treating today as it's Halloween.