A new deluxe movie cinema is set to open this October in suburban Chicago, one of 50 multiplexes set for construction in the U.S. over the next five years. These new theaters will offer plush reserved reclining armchair seats with footrests, a lounge and bar serving cocktails and appetizer, and upscale food and beverage offerings with seat-side waiter service.

You’ll get to pick your seats online and simply pull your car up to valet service. When you get to your arm-chair reclining seats, just push a button and your server will show up to take your order from a gourmet menu.

Some of this is already offered in the estimated 300 premium theaters around the country, but what Village Roadshow Gold Class Cinema hopes to bring to the table is a 40-seat-maximum patron capacity and an even higher-end atmosphere. Each complex will typically house eight screens, and will be housed in high-end shopping centers and malls.

So how much will this high end experience cost? An estimated $35 a ticket ($25 for matinee) ! The only way I would pay $35 to see a film was if they guaranteed people in the audience wouldn’t talk through the entire movie, or make really loud chewing sounds by eating with their mouth completely open ^_^

Everybody likes to hear about vastly wealthy people failing, particularly during the credit crunch. That is why Forbes Magazine, well-known for its lists - including its lists of the richest Americans (the Forbes 400) and its list of billionaires - has made a list to see which actors are the most “overpaid”.

The magazine has done some research about how much money Hollywood actors are actually worth – not how much they are paid, but how much profit they generate, compared with how much they are paid.

Forbes got their figures by looking at the last three films each actor had made, and found that Nicole Kidman, whose films have made a dollar for every dollar she was paid, is therefore the “most overpaid” actor in Hollywood.

Resale value for Oscars won after 1950 are limited because the Academy makes all winning celebrities sign an agreement that if they want to sell they have to first offer the statue back to them for $1.

Based on the current price of the gold if melted down each Oscar is worth about $500.

If sold on the sly (or for pre-1950 Oscars that can be sold in the open) big-name Oscars will easily clear $60,000+, with many hitting 6 figures. Via Luxist & environmentalgraffiti