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ROME (AFP) - The Venice film festival has added "Essential Killing" by Polish director Jerzy Skolimowski to the movies competing for this year's Golden Lion, organisers said Monday.Published: 08/09/2010 at 16:33:41 GMT |
TUNIS (AFP) - A musical show scheduled for the Carthage International Festival was called off Monday after its actors sparked outrage on the Internet for performing for Israelis.Published: 08/09/2010 at 16:05:30 GMT |
BEIJING (AFP) - A film about an earthquake that devastated a Chinese city more than 30 years ago has become the highest-grossing domestic film, raking in 532 million yuan (79 million dollars), state media said Monday.Published: 08/09/2010 at 16:05:14 GMT |
SALZBURG, Austria (AFP) - What better way for the Salzburg festival to celebrate its 90th anniversary than with a new production of an opera by Richard Strauss and Hugo von Hofmannsthal, two of the festival's founders.Published: 08/09/2010 at 16:05:09 GMT |
PAJU, South Korea (AFP) - More than 30 years after the untimely death of Elvis Presley, devotees worldwide are still paying fervent tribute to the King of Rock'n Roll.Published: 08/09/2010 at 05:39:32 GMT |
LOS ANGELES (AFP) - It took a pair of bungling desk cops played by Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg to knock Leonardo DiCaprio's "Inception" from its three-week perch atop the North American box office over the weekend, early figures showed Sunday.Published: 08/08/2010 at 20:35:43 GMT |
HELSINKI (AFP) - A severe thunderstorm hit the Sonisphere heavy metal music festival in southwestern Finland Sunday, injuring dozens and damaging the equipment of several bands including Motley Crue, organisers said.Published: 08/08/2010 at 20:00:28 GMT |
MADRID (AFP) - Spain's economic crisis has forced authorities to cut back on traditional summer festivals, employing disc jockeys instead of live performers and cancelling fireworks displays, a news report said Sunday.Published: 08/08/2010 at 12:11:22 GMT |
LONDON (AFP) - British pop star Robbie Williams has married his US actress girlfriend, newspapers reported on Sunday.Published: 08/08/2010 at 11:40:42 GMT |
HONG KONG (AFP) - A group of Hong Kong filmmakers have started shooting what they claim will be the world's first 3D pornographic film, a report said Sunday.Published: 08/08/2010 at 06:03:04 GMT |
