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Movies : Speed freaks
Belle Williams (Queen Latifah) is a speed demon.  Flying through the streets of New York in her tricked-out taxi, she's earned a rep as New York's fastest cabbie. But driving a taxi is only a pit stop for her real dream: Belle wants to be a race car champion.

On Screen : MOVIES COMING YOUR WAY...
Drama: THE LAZARUS CHILD (November 18, 2004) � When a 12-year-old boy babysitting his younger sister turns his back for a moment, she gets hit by a bus. Deep in a coma, the sister's condition further frays her estranged parents' relationship and plunges the brother into a deep depression. The only hope for his sister is a radical form of treatment devised by an eccentric researcher whereby someone enters the comatose person's mind and tries to communicate with them and bring them back to consciousness. With time running out, the guilt-racked brother volunteers for the job. Sound familiar? Yes, it's The Cell without J.Lo.

Movies : Unbreakable bond
What does it take to be the man who runs headlong into a burning building when everyone else is trying to get out? Ladder 49 is a moving look at how extraordinary heroes emerge out of ordinary lives, relationships and dreams.

Music : Sound Check
Usher
Confessions Special Edition
LaFace Records

Gossip : SIMPSON'S LIP-SYNCH SHOCKER
Ashlee Simpson, ugly-duckling sister of Jessica, was recently caught up in a scandal that could �torpedo her budding career,� according to Star Magazine. But what possibly could tarnish the talents of this highly talented and exceptional 20-year-old, you're probably asking yourselves. Lip synching, that's what � the same non-scandal the media has been milking for years.

Books : The Letter
Title: The Orange Girl
Fifteen-year-old Georg barely remembers his late father, who passed away some 11 years before. He only knows his dad from old photos. However, one day Georg comes upon a letter written to him by his dying father, intended to be read when he is old enough. Reading the letter, Georg finally gets to bond with his dad and learns more about himself as well.

Music : Golden Boy
Narkarin Khingsak (Pang) could be forgiven for assuming he has the Midas touch. The veteran rock singer-songwriter won the best male artist award at the Season Awards 2003 then spent eight months carefully crafting his fifth album, Leam Thong (Encased in Gold).

Music : Boys Next Door
With the current No. 1 song on the music charts, a hit follow-up album and the attention of music fans across the country, life isn't just heating up for I-Nam � in fact, it's absolutely steaming.

Music : Local Chart
1. Love the Unavailable (I-Nam)

TV : Star man
Following his success as part of the F4 phenomenon, Vic � or Zai Zai as he's better known to his fans � is back on our screens, this time in a TV adaptation of the comic book Mars.