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Veteran Italian screenwriter Cecchi D'Amico dies
(AP)
Saturday, July 31, 2010
AP - Screenwriter Suso Cecchi D'Amico, who emerged from the male-dominated post-war Italian cinema to become a celebrated artist and contribute to such milestones as "Bicycle Thieves" and "The Leopard," died Saturday at age 96.
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Gibson's ex-girlfriend urges him `tell the truth'
(AP)
Friday, July 30, 2010
AP - Mel Gibson's ex-girlfriend says she's the victim of a "smear campaign" and never tried to extort money from the Oscar-winning star.
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Terrence Howard to join `Law & Order: Los Angeles'
(AP)
Friday, July 30, 2010
AP - "Law & Order: Los Angeles" is getting another big-name prosecutor.
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Branagh: Shakespeare's superheroes are like `Thor'
(AP)
Friday, July 30, 2010
AP - Kenneth Branagh is directing "Thor" for Marvel Studios, and some think it's a stretch for him to take on a superhero movie. He's more Shakespearean, having adapted several of the Bard's films for the big screen.
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Sarajevo becomes biggest regional film market
(Reuters)
Friday, July 30, 2010
Reuters - Romanian film director Florin Serban was overwhelmed after showing his debut film this week to 2,000 spectators at the Sarajevo film festival, where he had shopped around his script as an unknown three years before.
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Hugh Hefner: Rebel with a cause
(Reuters)
Friday, July 30, 2010
Reuters - At 84 years-old, Playboy founder Hugh Hefner embodies the lifestyle of sexual freedom that his men's magazine has espoused since it was founded in 1953, featuring a nude centerfold of Marilyn Monroe.
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Box Office Preview: 'Inception' vs. the 'Schmucks'
(AP)
Friday, July 30, 2010
AP - Chris Nolan's "Inception" has been the No. 1 film every day since it opened earlier this month. Yet it could face a formidable challenge from the debuting comedy "Dinner for Schmucks" for the top spot at this weekend's box office.
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"Underworld" director eyes "Total" remake
(Reuters)
Friday, July 30, 2010
Reuters - Len Wiseman, the filmmaker behind the "Underworld" movies, is in negotiations to direct "Total Recall," a remake of the 1990 Arnold Schwarzenegger sci-fi action movie.
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Paparazzo gets his due in "Smash His Camera"
(Reuters)
Friday, July 30, 2010
Reuters - One of the more memorable lines from "Chinatown" said something to the effect that, with enough time, old whores, politicians and ugly buildings become respectable.
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Sid Vicious absolved in erratic documentary
(Reuters)
Friday, July 30, 2010
Reuters - The title of "Who Killed Nancy" -- a new documentary opening Friday about the death of Nancy Spungen -- is a little misleading.
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