Los Angeles - Extended editions of every film that make up the Hobbit trilogy, directed by New Zealand filmmaker Peter Jackson, are set to show in US theaters on October 5.

The third part of the saga, The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, is the shortest trilogy film, with 174-minute extended version, while An Unexpected Journey has 182 and The Desolation of Smaug, 186.

Havana, Cuba - Alina Rodriguez one of the most important Cuban actresses of all time, admired for her exceptional theatrical talents and much loved by her nobility as a human being, died in Havana, victim of cancer.

Born in Havana on October 4, 1951, one of her most valued performance recently was the character of teacher Carmela in the award-winning film Conducta, by Ernesto Daranas.

Fidel Castro, the world´s most watched man, according to Discovery ChannelHAVANA, Cuba, Jul 31 (acn) Discovery Channel announced the premiere of a documentary on Cuban Revolution leader Fidel Castro, whom has been the world´s most watched man by US intelligence services, according to the documentary.

The one-hour video includes testimonies by US spies, CIA analysts and agents of Russia´s former KGB. The documentary, whose transmission has not yet been announced, also portraits declassified documents never seen before.

Managua - The Cuban children''s theater company La Colmenita dazzled Nicaraguan audiences with the play "La Cucarachita Martina", a show full of music and dance with the participation of children from this Central American country.

The performances of a little cockroach looking for a boyfriend and other characters like the grumble bear or the little mouse that finally conquer the protagonist, attracted the audience at the "Ruben Dario" National Theater in this capital.

San Antonio de los Baños, Artemisa, Cuba - The Culture House Raymundo Valenzuela in this town, opened to the public "Quidiello´s students Hall" in its seventh edition dedicated to the centennial of Rubén Suárez Quidiello.

The exhibition features 9 works of visual arts by authors like Jessica Hernández, Angel Manuel Rodríguez, Edel Vega, Andy del Pino and Manolo Rodríguez, among others.

Havana - The admirers of Cuban traditional trova today said farewell to one of its greatest exponents, singer Adriano Rodríguez, who died on Thursday at the age of 91.

The burial of the 2013 National Music Prize, to be held this morning in Guanabacoa, the Havana municipality where he was born, lived and was also known locally as Pedro Vargas, by the admiration that he professed to that Mexican tenor, his favorite singer.