Calendar in the Month of January

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Happy New Year!
TheUrbanwire.com wishes all its readers a wonderful year ahead!

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Local Scene
Like concert band music? Then head down to the Esplanade Concert Hall for the ACJC Band Annual Concert. Tickets are available from SISTIC.

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Celebrity Birthday
Mr Bean’s alter ego, Rowan Atkinson, turns 49 today.

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At the Movies...
Ben Affleck and Uma Thurman star in the new action movie – Paycheck, which opens in cinemas.

Based on a true story of an Irish journalist who was killed, Veronica Guerin stars Cate Blanchett.

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Local Scene
Local singer, Ho Yeow Sun holds her ‘Lonely Travel’ Tour 2004 at the Singapore Indoor Stadium. Get your tickets from SISTIC.

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Celebrity Birthday
Pipped to be the next big thing in Hollywood, Orlando Bloom blows out 27 candles today.

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Local Scene
Get your tickets for Luna-id’s newest play – The Lover & the Dumb Waiter. It plays at the DBS Arts Centre, and runs till Jan 18. Tickets are available from SISTIC.

TV Highlights
For Love or Money – the latest reality series born from Joe Millionaire and The Bachelor, airs on Star World at 10 pm.

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TV Highlights
Mark Wahlberg stars in Planet of the Apes, which airs on Ch 5 at 7pm.

A pre-LOTR Viggo Mortensen and Gwyneth Paltrow star in the mystery movie, A Perfect Murder. It airs on Ch 5 at 10pm.

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Catch the world’s best tennis players at the 2004 Australian Open on Supersports at 9pm.
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TV Highlights
Delicious Russell Wong stars in Eat a Bowl of Tea which airs on Ch i at 10 pm.

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Get those greeting proverbs all ready, because it’s Chinese New Year.

At the Movies...
Tom Cruise stars as Captain Woodrow Algren in The Last Samurai, which fights its way to our shores today.

Revive that eternal child in you alongside Peter Pan, which opens in cinemas.

TV Highlights
Who will supplant Clay and the velvet teddy? To find out, tune into Ch 5 for the debut of American Idol 3 at 10pm.

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What will happen to the folks in Toa Payoh? Tune into Ch 8 to catch the final episode of Home in Toa Payoh at 9pm.
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TV Highlights
Before watching Spiderman 2, featuring Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst, watch them both in the first instalment - Spiderman, on HBO at 8pm.

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Which movie will score at the 1st award ceremony this year? To find out, don’t miss the live telecast of the 61st Annual Golden Globe Awards on Ch 5 at 8 am.
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The most famous Hobbit, Elijah Wood cuts his 23rd birthday cake today.

Local Scene
Catch Adrian Pang and Ramesh Panicker in Singapore Repertory Theatre’s newest comedy – The Odd Couple. It runs until Feb 21. Tickets available from Sistic.

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At the Movies...
Talk about harnessing beauty and the beast. Dissimilar Matt Damon and Greg Kinnear play a pair of Siamese twins in Stuck On You, which opens in cinemas today.

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