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Venice: Tsui revives Chinese hero Detective Dee (AP)
September 9, 2010
AP - Hong Kong's action film master Tsui Hark returns to the big screen with "Detective Dee and the Mystery of Phantom Flame", a new cloak-and-dagger martial arts blockbuster set in the Tang dynasty.
Hong Kong model arrested after Nevada desert event (AP)
September 9, 2010
AP - A Hong Kong fashion model was busted on felony drug charges at the Burning Man counterculture festival in Nevada and crashed her rented motor home into Reno's landmark arch the next day, authorities said Wednesday.
Ronald Reagan movie planned for 2011 (Reuters)
September 9, 2010Reuters - The story of Ronald Reagan's life -- from boyhood to Hollywood actor to leader of the free world -- is about to spill out on the big screen in a way quite different from the miniseries that caused such a stir seven years ago.
Stephen King's "Tower" gets film, TV treatment (Reuters)
September 9, 2010Reuters - Stephen King's epic fantasy series "The Dark Tower" is being turned into a film and television franchise by the Oscar-winning team behind "A Beautiful Mind."
National Lampoon CEO gets 45 months for conspiracy (AP)
September 9, 2010AP - The former CEO of entertainment company National Lampoon Inc. has been sentenced in Philadelphia to nearly four years in prison in a stock price manipulation scheme.
Disney hires new marketing guru for "Pirates 4" (Reuters)
September 9, 2010Reuters - Disney has taken the unusual step of bringing in a consultant to handle the marketing of its fourth "Pirates of the Caribbean" film, a move bound to raise questions about the marketing boss hired by the studio five months ago.
Review: 'I'm Still Here' self-indulgent, pointless (AP)
September 9, 2010AP - Joaquin Phoenix may truly have walked away from a much-heralded acting career two years ago to pursue his artistic expression as a rapper. His look, which went from dark and mysterious to shaggy and doughy, may simply have been part of his transformative process.
Dafoe likes 'pure, personal cinema' of 'A Woman' (AP)
September 9, 2010
AP - Willem Dafoe says "A Woman," one of his latest projects, is the kind of "pure personal cinema" that he wants to keep on doing.
Carrie Underwood gives herself good marks for film (AP)
September 9, 2010AP - Carrie Underwood thought she'd walk away from her first movie experience vowing to stick to her day job.
5 most explosive music documentaries (AP)
September 9, 2010
AP - There are music documentaries that are all about the music — concert films that focus solely on the artistry and thrill of live performance — and then there are juicy ones that are all about backstage ego and volatility.
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