IMAX Corporation announced that Alice in Wonderland, directed by Tim Burton and starring Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter, Anne Hathaway as the White Queen and Mia Wasikowska as Alice, will open in 188 domestic IMAX®theatres simultaneously with the film’s wide release on March 5, 2010. The film will also open in 53 IMAX theatres internationally this weekend, and ultimately will play in 82 international IMAX theatres for a total of 270 IMAX runs, which marks a new record. The special IMAX® 3D release has been digitally re-mastered into the unparalleled image and sound quality of The IMAX Experience® with IMAX DMR® (Digital Re-Mastering) technology.

Commenting on the announcement, Chuck Viane, President, Distribution, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, said, “This fantastic interpretation of Alice in Wonderland is a film that truly deserves to be presented in Disney Digital 3D™ and the premium IMAX 3D format. It delivers an eye-popping cinematic experience, where moviegoers are taken down the rabbit hole and into dimensional worlds filled with incredible characters, sly humor, and wild adventures.”

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The Maui Celebrity Series, which began in December as the brainchild of crooner Brian Evans (who opens for the likes of Jay Leno and Joan Rivers in Las Vegas) launched the series with himself and William Shatner. That was followed by Roseanne Barr. Now…the stars are lining up to be a part of the monthly concert series.

“This started with myself, Mark Biltz, and Arman Zajic,” says Evans. “It was an idea to help bring the tourists back to Hawaii, where the economy had been severely hurting tourism here.”

The Governor of Hawaii apparently agreed, and issued Commendations to all of the producers for creating the show aimed at doing just that.

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