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Meteorology is like the main character in The Perfect Storm. Which makes sense on The Weather Channel - but as the network will soon find out, climate-centric movies aren't exactly a well-stocked cinematic genre.

FILMS IN THE FORECAST: The Weather Channel will start airing weather-related movies on Fridays, including "The Perfect Storm" and "Misery" . It's the channel's attempt to draw a younger audience, a trend among niche cable networks.

Do It Today: Stay or The New Century , sneak peek at 11:11 October 27, 2009 at 12:00 am by Franki Weddington In the midst of its successful run of Woman in Black , Gorilla Theatre presents a one-night-only staged reading of Stay , a new play by Sheila Cowley, starring Eugenie Bondurant, Christopher Rutherford, Nicole Jeannine Smith, Fred Lasday, ...

For the first time in its history, The Weather Channel is going to be showing movies.

Quotes of the Day>> Get & Share " 'Misery' is a bit of a stretch. " GEOFFREY DARBY, executive vice president of programming for the Weather Channel, on its decision to air the 1990 Kathy Bates thriller, which features a snowstorm; the channel announced that it will show weather-related movies More Quotes>>

In a game of seduction, never fall in love. "I can't criticize his character, mainly because he doesn't seem to have one." Lea is a highly-regarded courtesan living in early 20th Century France.

Paul Sheldon has made his reputation as a writer thanks to a character named Misery, the star of his series of historical romance novels.

TheatreWorks New Milford will present a free staged reading of Stephen King's Misery by playwright Simon Moore on October 22 at 8:00 pm at the Theatre, 5 Brookside Ave, in New Milford.

So here we are in October, when the fare at your local multiplex is usually split among leftover summer blockbusters, a "date movie" or two and horror movies.

Forget heroes. I find villains much more interesting. Here's a wonderful montage titled: Heart of Darkness, a Montage, Cinema's Top Human Villains , by YouTube user hh, listing 45 of the best Hollywood baddies.

DVR Numbers Help "Diaries," "Fringe" >> SyFy's latest mini-series, "Alice" will debut on December 6. Here's what the network has to say about the upcoming mini-series event.

Memphis-born Oscar-winner Kathy Bates will discuss her career and her battle with cancer at the eighth annual Methodist Cancer Center Luncheon on Nov.

Fall Frights: MISERY Friday, October 02, 2009 12:42 AM Glenn Kay DVD & Blu-Ray Anyone who remembers the early 80's knows that one couldn't throw a rock without hitting a movie theater playing a horror title.

One of the "classier" Stephen King adaptations hits Blu-Ray and, man, does it ever hold up.

A classic Jessica Lange comedy and the great 1980s Western Silverado are among this week's top picks on DVD.

"The rain. Sometimes it gives me the blues. When you first came here, I only loved the writer part of Paul Sheldon.

Parking can be a very emotional issue. Just a few weeks ago, The Evening News reported how business owners along Clarksville's Eastern Boulevard were angry about road improvements that would take away some of their parking spaces.

Not only is Misery the best adaptation of a Stephen King book ever made, it's the only good one ever made.

Sydney Bristow, Lara Croft, Sarah Connor . . . I get them. I really do. They kick butt, and they take names.

The movie theater is a miniature mental asylum. A temporary home made of cushioned seats for the bereft, the dazed, the longing, the beautiful losers; men and women who need images almost as much as they need real people.