SARAJEVO- Bosnian actress Zana Marjanovic has landed the lead in US screen siren Angelina Jolie's directorial debut, a movie about the 1992-95 war in Bosnia, the 27-year-old told BHR1 Bosnian radio...
SAO PAULO- A movie tracing the life of Brazil's popular President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been entered into the race for best foreign-language film nominations at the 2011 Oscars, the Brazilian...
LOS ANGELES- Singer and actress Jennifer Lopez and Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler were named Wednesday as new judges on US talent show "American Idol", seeking to revive ailing viewing figures....
DAMASCUS, Dominique Soguel- When Rashid al-Hallak was a boy, all of the coffee shops in the Syrian capital had their own storytellers or hakawatis who would recite tales deep into the night of great...
SAN FRANCISCO- YouTube videos are becoming high art.
The Guggenheim Museum on Monday culled 125 final contenders from more than 23,000 videos submitted for consideration as part of an exhibit that...
SAN SEBASTIAN- Oscar-winning US actress Julia Roberts was on Monday honoured with a lifetime achievement award at the San Sebastian film festival in Spain.
The 42-year-old received the festival's...
HANOI, Aude Genet- The title of French author Alexis de Tocqueville's seminal work, "Democracy in America", was not well received by authorities in communist Vietnam so it appeared under another...
LOS ANGELES- "The Town", Ben Affleck's fast-paced bank heist flick set in his hometown of Boston debuted as the top movie at North American theaters this weekend, industry estimates showed on...
SADEC, Aude Genet- For years the home of the main male character in French writer Marguerite Duras' steamy novel "The Lover" was closed to the public in Vietnam.
Now it is recognised as a national...
SAN SEBASTIAN, Elisa Santafe- Graphic scenes in the ultra-violent South Korean thriller "I Saw the Devil" had some viewers heading for the exits at the San Sebastian Film Festival Saturday....
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