Movie projector: 'Harry Potter' to rule again as four new movies open, three competing for women

Movie theaters will be stuffed with four new releases for Thanksgiving, but the producers of last weekend's No. 1 film will have the most to be grateful for by Sunday.

“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 1,” which collected $125 million on its opening weekend and an additional $8.8 million on Monday, is certain to top the box-office charts again, people who closely follow ticket sales say. It should rake in $80 million to $90 million from Wednesday through Sunday as it continues to perform similarly to “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire,” which opened on the weekend before Thanksgiving in 2005.

Meanwhile, three new pictures — the 3-D animated fairy tale “Tangled,” musical “Burlesque” and romantic drama “Love & Other Drugs” — will compete for a primarily female audience, while action film “Faster” is the only one pursuing men.

Sport news

Roger Federer recorded a resounding 6-4 6-2 win over Britain's Andy Murray in their Group B match at the ATP World Tour Finals at the O2 Arena in London on Tuesday. Federer wasted little time in exploiting a misfiring Murray, breaking his second service game to love to establish an early 3-1 lead. He never looked back, holding his serve with ease, while continuing to make Murray work for his. Murray sniffed a chance to break back when Federer was serving for the set, taking the first two points of the game.

Arsenal's Cesc Fabregas sidelined for three weeks with fresh hamstring injury, says Arsène Wenger. Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas could be out of action for up to three weeks after injuring his hamstring in the side's Champions League defeat by Braga, manager Arsène Wenger has said.

RUGBY UNION England v South Africa: Martin Johnson says more players could fail drug tests. Martin Johnson said on Tuesday that he was surprised that more people did not fail drug tests given the fine margins involved in taking supplements to boost performance.

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Washington and Pine "Unstoppable" box office success

US director Tony Scott has paired up with Denzel Washington once again for his latest film “Unstoppable”.

Co-starring up-and-coming talent Chris Pine, it is the story of ordinary men thrown into an extraordinary situation – an hour and a half of pure adrenalin and entertainment.

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World of Warcraft's Cataclysm begins today

Although the Cataclysm expansion isn't out until December 7, World of Warcraft's patch 4.0.3a, which is released today, will transform Azeroth in preporation for the add-on as Deathwing rises from beneath it.
The patch will introduce a complete redesign of the Eastern Kingdoms and Kalimdor areas, completely revamping vanilla WoW areas such as the Barrens and Orgrimmar.

The full release of Cataclysm will raise the level cap from 80 to 85, introduce the Worgen and Goblin as playable races and add a number of new dungeons.

Yesterday Blizzard confirmed the official UK launch event for World of Warcraft: Cataclysm. Get your robe and wizard hat.

Update: While patch 4.0.3a is being deployed to US realms right now, EU players will have to wait until tomorrow morning to experience the shattering.

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Sega Football Manager 2011 has prevented Call of Duty: Black Ops to take the coveted first place this week in the UK.

Elsewhere, activity was minimal in the graph. The Sims 3: Late Night, The Sims 3 and Fallout: New Vegas keeps in the 3rd, 4th and 5th place respectively.

1. Football Manager 2011 (Sega)

2. Call of Duty Black Ops (Activision Blizzard)
3. The Sims 3: Late Night (EA Games)
4. The Sims 3 (EA Games)
5. Fallout: New Vegas (Bethesda)
6. Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit (EA Games)
7. The Sims 3: Ambitions (EA Games)
8. Civilization V (Take 2)
9. StarCraft 2 Wings of Liberty (Activison Blizzard)
10. World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King (Activision Blizzard)

London 2012 Olympic charity gets children up and running in Trinidad

Former Olympic hurdler Colin Jackson has visited the Caribbean island of Trinidad to see how Olympic charity International Inspirations is helping children use sport to improve their prospects.

When London won the race to host the 2012 Olympics, Lord Coe, made a promise to inspire young people around the world to choose sport.

London Jazz Festival roundup, review

From heavy lament to puckish sensibility: three performers create some undeniably impressive music. 

The travails of the African-American experience have always been at the root of jazz, but in recent years some musicians have given it a new political heat. Trumpeter Terence Blanchard, whose superb set electrified the audience at the London Jazz Festival last Sunday, is one of them. Another is Christian Scott, the young New Orleans trumpeter, who appeared the following day at the Festival Hall with his quintet. There’s a quality of heavy lament mingled with protest in Scott’s tone, which he seems to pull from somewhere deep inside himself. It’s undeniably impressive, but overall the effect of this set was dour, as if the gravity of the situation being expressed (such as the casual anti-black brutality of the New Orleans police) had crushed the inventiveness out of everyone.