Following the biopic/drama about Leo Tolstoy presented last week, the Sunrise Theater’s SunFlix Series continues the genre with Creation, which depicts Charles Darwin’s plunge into the creation of his classic On the Origin of Species following the death of his daughter, Annie. The film stars Paul Bettany, Jennifer Connelly, Jeremy Northam, Toby Jones and Benedict Cumberbatch. Creation will be shown on May 6, 8-10 (no show on Friday, May 7) — weekdays at 7:30 p.m. with Saturday and Sunday shows at 2:30, 5 and 7:30 p.m. This movie is rated PG-13 and runs for 1 hour and 48 minutes. The historic Sunrise Theater, located at 250 N.W. Broad St. in Southern Pines, is nonprofit. Ticket prices are $7 for evening shows and $6 for matinees. Refreshments, including beer and wine, are available, and all movies are commercial free. Contact the theater at (910) 692-3611 or at www.sunrisetheater.com

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Real-life couple Jennifer Connelly and Paul Bettany will kick off the Toronto International Film Festival with the life story of Charles Darwin. Bettany stars as the theory-of-evolution pioneer and Connelly plays his wife in Creation, which opens the festival Sept. 10. The film is directed by Jon Amiel, whose credits include The Core and Entrapment. The Toronto event is among a flurry of film showcases, including the Venice and Telluride festivals, that help launch Hollywood’s awards season each year. Creation premieres in the year marking the 200th anniversary of Darwin’s birth. Adapted from the book Annie’s Box, the movie centers on Darwin’s struggle between science and God as he refines his theories amid his wife’s deep religious conviction and grief over the death of his young daughter. “The tension between faith and reason is prominent in contemporary culture, and this intimate look at Darwin puts a human face on a man whose theory remains controversial to this day,” said festival director Piers Handling.

U.S. actresses Jennifer Connelly and Jessica Alba and talk show host Jimmy Fallon will preside over the 2009 Revlon Run/Walk for Women, organizers said. Connelly and Alba are Revlon spokeswomen. The race is to take place May 2 in New York. Christina Applegate, Miley Cyrus, her mother Tish Cyrus, Revlon spokeswoman Beau Garrett and Carrie Ann Inaba are set to join take part the Los Angeles version of the event May 9. The Entertainment Industry Foundation’s Revlon Run/Walk is one of the nation’s largest single-day fundraisers to support women’s cancer research, counseling and outreach programs in New York and Los Angeles, organizers said. “Hundreds of thousands of women and men have come out year after year to support the cause and for loved ones who have been personally affected by cancer. Their devotion and commitment to finding a cure is what has made the EIF Revlon Run/Walk so successful,” Ronald O. Perelman, chairman of Revlon, Inc., co-founder of the Run/Walk and co-founder of the Revlon/UCLA Women’s Cancer Research Program, said in a statement. “Through significant advancement in education and research, so many women today are finding resources and treatments made available to them and with that aid they are beating the odds and surviving cancer.”