Starts switch on London Christmas lights

Dunya News

Jim Carrey and other Hollywood stars switched on London's Christmas lights and attended the world premiere of the 3-D film A Christmas Carol. The actors came to the British capital to promote Robert Zemeckis' animated movie, which features their voices. He turned on the lights at Oxford Circus and Regent Street London's main shopping areas and at St. Paul's Cathedral. After that, tenor Andrea Bocelli and the St. Paul's Cathedral Choir led more than 14,000 people in a Christmas carol event. The new movie was later screened at a cinema on central London's Leicester Square. Artists also performed on this occasion. The films will be screened at 13 European locations simultaneously which is a record for any 3-D film.