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MOVIES: Opening Friday, "Flicka" (G, Allison Lohman stars in classic story about a girl and her horse) and "Marie Antoinette" (PG-13, Kirsten Dunst as the young queen of France). On video/DVD: Arrived Tuesday, "Over the Hedge" and "The Break-Up." Oct.

18, Silverstein with It Dies Today, He Is Legend and Man Alive, Town Ballroom. Oct. 21, Christian musicians One Foot In Heaven and Tina Marie Williams, Lighthouse Cafe Coffee House at Lockport Alliance Church.

Oct. 29, Hellogoodbye, with Regie and the Full Effect, Cute Is What We Aim For and David Melillo, Buffalo Icon. Nov.

4, Christian singer-songwriter performs at The Chapel at CrossPoint in Getzville. Nov. 17, Rise Against and Thursday with Circa Survive and Billy Talent.

Dome Theater, Niagara Falls. GAMING: Tuesday, Rockstar Games' "Bully" arrives (rated T for teen); Nov. 17, PlayStation 3 arrives.

OTHER: Nov. 11, UB Centre for the Arts, "Break! The Urban Funk Spectacular.

" PURSES: Handbag designer Elissa Bloom is not just sitting around dreaming up pretty new purses. She also has jumped in to help out a good cause, and this year has a new option to support breast cancer awareness. She's created one of her classy hand-beaded coin purses (5 inches by 3.

5 inches) a classic pink ribbon. The coin purse ($19) - available year round - can be found at www.elissabloom.

com; $2 from every sale goes to support The Ellie Fund (www.elliefund.org).

The Ellie Fund is a nonprofit organization that helps families fighting breast cancer with their daily activities through their "Care for the Caregiver" program. BREAST EXAM: It is never too early to get in the habit of doing a monthly breast exam. To ease the learning curve, Bath Body Works has introduced the In Touch Breast Self-Exam Glove for the month of October.

The glove is designed to educate women on how to do the exam, while also making it easier. Filled with a pink, nontoxic liquid that helps reduce friction by 50 percent, the glove allows for heightened sensitivity in your fingertips so you can more easily detect abnormalities. Buy the glove ($9) at stores nationwide or at .

The glove's manufacturer is donating money to the American Breast Cancer Foundation and in addition, Bath Body Works is donating $1 from the sale of each glove to the foundation. SCENTS: Sweet scents for sweet acts of kindness: Shania by Stetson has a limited edition breast cancer awareness bottle, available only in October, featuring the same great scent you already love. Hints of grapefruit, berries, sandalwood and white amber will keep you dreaming of beautiful sunny days, even if you're stuck inside at your desk.

Plus, 4 percent of the proceeds of the sales of the limited edition bottle ($15.95) go to support the National Breast Cancer Foundation. Get Shania by Stetson at drugstores and retailers nationwide.

Thanks to the new Transportation Safety Administration rules, our carry-on bags have been lighter than ever. But just because you can't have liquids on you doesn't mean you have to do without stuff like body lotion on your cross-country flight. Pick up one of Lush's body butters - which come as solid squares.

We like The Soft Touch ($12.94), which doesn't require any water for application so you can choose to moisturize mid-flight. Just rub on your skin, or chip off a small piece and melt in your hands to liquefy and use as a regular moisturizer.

Be warned that may leave your fingers a tad greasy for a little while. Another cool thing from Lush is solid shampoo. It's a round cake in various fabulous scents.

The shampoo bars ($7.95) can be kept in a metal tin, which Lush provides if you buy two bars. Perfect for travel, regardless of TSA rules.

(So light!) Find products or locations at . "It drives me crazy that I can't bring a needle and thread on the plane, because I like to sew.

Nail files, sewing scissors - all that stuff, I'm denied." - Evangeline Lilly ("Lost"), complaining about flight restrictions, in US Weekly.