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UB presents 'Lost in Translation'\nUnion Board Films presents "Lost in Translation," a movie about two Americans-- a washed-up TV star (Bill Murray) in town for a TV whiskey commercial shoot and the young wife (Scarlett Johansson) of a photographer-- who meet in Tokyo and end up spending a weekend hanging out together on a "soul-searching mission." The film runs at 8 and 11 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday at the Whittenberger Auditorium in the Indiana Memorial Union Admission is free with a valid IU student ID and $2 for non-students. \nBSO presents Valentine's dance\nPinnacle Properties presents the "26th Night in Old Vienna Ball," a romantic evening of music, dancing and dining for you and your valentine at 6 p.m. Saturday at Alumni Hall in the Indiana Memorial Union. The Bloomington Symphony Orchestra presents music and beauty with waltzes, latin, swing and traditional dancing. The event also includes a traditional gourmet Viennese buffet, Viennese desserts and coffee, a raffle of premium goods and services, entertainments, dance exhibitions and a cash bar, including champagne and soft drinks. Dinner and dancing is $50 per person and dessert and dancing $25 per person.\nComCast considers buying Disney\nNEW YORK -- In a stunning move, cable TV giant ComCast Corp. proposed Wednesday to buy Walt Disney Co. for stock valued at about $54 billion. The Disney board said it would study the offer, which would create the world's largest communications company.\nComCast, the nation's biggest cable systems operator, said Disney chief Michael Eisner had rebuffed its request to talk earlier this week. ComCast's chief executive Brian Roberts said Wednesday the "ball is now in Disney's court." Disney's board of directors released a statement later Wednesday saying it had received ComCast's offer and would "carefully evaluate" it. "In the meantime, there is no action for shareholders to take," the directors said. Disney, which owns ABC and ESPN, and ComCast, whose businesses include the Philadelphia Flyers hockey team, together had $45 billion in revenues last year. Time Warner Inc.'s $39.6 billion in revenues last year made it the world's largest media and communications company.\nMuseum unpacks 18th century treasures\nCHICAGO -- Workers at the Field Museum used protective gloves and lots of concentration as they unpacked crates containing rare and priceless artifacts from 18th century China, some never before displayed outside the Forbidden City. The nearly 400 objects have been shipped to Chicago for "Splendors of China's Forbidden City: The Glorious Reign of Emperor Qianlong," an exhibit opening Mar. 12 at the museum. The Forbidden City is the walled palace complex where Qianlong ruled for almost 60 years. Today, it houses Beijing's Palace Museum, a repository of China's national treasures. \nMany of the objects that will be on display at the Field Museum through mid-September have never been seen outside the former imperial palace, said exhibit curator Chuimei Ho. About 10 percent are classified in China as "class one," designating the highest possible cultural value. The collection includes the emperor's throne, as well as jade-handled swords and silk robes.\nUnpacking began a week ago with the installation of a solid gold statue of a Buddhist god of mercy. One of the major projects Friday involved placing two large enamel and copper elephants and their intricate box stands into display cases.