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Sony chairman Howard Stringer led a major presentation at CES this morning, including a look at the technology behind Ron Howard's upcoming feature version of Da Vinci Code. Howard, prodcucer Brian Grazer, and star Tom Hanks all showed up to help Stringer shill, and according to our big brothers at Engadget, Hanks did a teleprompter-mocking schtick that made the morning. Paul Boutin writes:

"Hanks walks on and gets huge laughs by pretending to squint at the teleprompter:  "Thank you, Howard.  It's a great honor (SQUINTS) to be here today (SQUINTS) to deliver (SQUINTS) these heartfelt comments about Sony's new SXRD High-Definition Television.""

But I'm more interested in a bit of dialogue between Howard and Grazer. The duo, whose last collaboration, Cinderella Man, was one of the most infamous flops of a landmark low box office year, used the opportunity to agressively push moviegoing-as-mantra. At the end of a section of the talk on Sony's new digital theatrical projectors, Grazer said, "There are five or six movies every year that are a social experience ... I only want to see them by driving to a theater." Howard concurred: "Nothing's going to replace the shared social experience of going to a theater." Just keep on saying it, Ronnie ... eventually, even you'll believe it.

Feeling left out because all of your friends saw Crash the night you failed to find a babysitter? Looking to unload the kids for an afternoon without spending last month's entire paycheck? Or do you just need an escape to a place where the air-conditioning actually works?  Well, look no further, because for the next three weekends, you can catch two of this summer's hottest films for the price of one -- courtesy of a Loews Cineplex near you. The promotion, which is separated into three categories (Critics' Choice, Action Packed, Family Fun) kicks off this weekend with back to back showings of Cinderella Man and Crash. Click the link below for participating theatres in your neck of the woods. Oh, and may I suggest saving that extra 10 bucks for gas? You'll need it.

Russell Crowe visited the locker room of South Sydney's rugby team recently, although he apparently didn't speak to anyone. I thought this was strange at first and then read closer and saw it was just a halftime visit, and not, as I originally surmised, Crowe feeling some strange desire to hang out and watch men shower. The team was behind by halftime but came back to win the game with patches affixed to their uniforms promoting Crowe's Cinderella Man, which they had been wearing for weeks.