LOS ANGELES - THE Walt Disney Co. said Wednesday it agreed to deliver five movies via IMAX theaters beginning with the 3-D movie 'A Christmas Carol', starring Jim Carrey, in November 2009.

Future films may also include those made by director Tim Burton and producer Jerry Bruckheimer, the studio said.

AFTER a much-anticipated opening at the iconic Chrysler Building in New York City in January, home-grown sushi chain Sakae Sushi has shuttered its first United States outlet.

The 70-seat conveyor belt sushi restaurant closed last week due to the ailing US economy and poor business.

IT MAY be hard to imagine controversial playwright Alfian Sa'at penning a child-friendly, sentimental Christmas pantomime. But not any longer.

Known for his gay-themed plays - his last was Happy Endings: Asian Boys Vol 3 in 2007 which explored the politics of queer identity in Singapore - the 30-year-old is taking on the children's classic, Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs, this festive season.