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A list of nominees at Taiwan's Golden Horse Awards
By Associated Press - November 26, 2009
HONG KONG (AP) A list of nominees in the top categories at Taiwan's Golden Horse Awards, which will be announced this Saturday in Taipei: Best feature film: "No Pudeo Vivir Sin Ti," ''Cow," ''Crazy Racer," ''Face," ''Like a Dream" Best director: Clara Law, "Like a Dream;"...
Trio of art-house films top contenders at Taiwan's Golden Horse Awards
MIN LEE - November 26, 2009
HONG KONG (AP) An Australia-based director's romance, a Taiwanese family drama and the story of a Chinese peasant guarding a cow are the unlikely trio of top contenders at the Chinese-language equivalent of the Oscars to be announced on Saturday. Jurors for this year's Golden Horse...
Christie's to auction photo of Polanski and Tate, both topless, taken months before her death
By Associated Press - November 25, 2009
NEW YORK (AP) A nude photo of filmmaker Roman Polanski and Sharon Tate taken just months before her death will be sold at auction next month. The black and white photo by British photographer David Bailey will be sold by Christie's in New York on Dec. 7. It shows the topless couple...
In midst of recession, Jason Reitman's 'Up in the Air' touches down right on time
JAKE COYLE - November 25, 2009
NEW YORK (AP) "Up in the Air" has undergone the rarest of flights: It was delayed for a long time and its course was altered, yet it has arrived right on time. "Up in the Air" might be the timeliest movie of the year. Hard times and the frightening prospect of unemployment are at the...
Musicologist HC Robbins Landon, expert on Haydn and Mozart, dies at 83
ROBERT BARR - November 25, 2009
LONDON (AP) H.C. Robbins Landon, a musicologist noted for his pioneering research on Franz Joseph Haydn and for writing popular works on Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, has died at age 83. Records at the town hall in Rabastens in southern France, where Robbins Landon lived with his companion...
Polanski to remain in Swiss jail until at least Friday, still to pay $4.5 million bail
IRENE HARNISCHBERG - December 1, 2009
BERN, Switzerland (AP) Roman Polanski will be held in jail at least three more days because he needs more time to pay his $4.5 million bail, Swiss authorities said Tuesday. All other conditions have been satisfied for the 76-year-old director's house arrest at his Alpine chalet, and...
French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy says 'yes' to Woody Allen's film role proposal
By Associated Press - November 25, 2009
PARIS (AP) Woody Allen has successfully courted France's first lady, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy. The former supermodel and wife of President Nicolas Sarkozy says she's agreed to be in the famed director's next film, but doesn't know what role he has in store for her and admits she could be a...
27 years after 'Gandhi,' Kingsley to play Mogul emperor who built Taj Mahal
MIN LEE - November 25, 2009
HONG KONG (AP) Ben Kingsley, famous for his Oscar-winning portrayal of Indian independence hero Mohandas Gandhi, is reaching deeper into the country's history with a new role as the Mogul emperor who ordered the construction of the Taj Mahal. Kingsley will star as Shah Jahan in "Taj,"...
11 years after Disney animation, Hong Kong director takes on Mulan with real actors
MIN LEE - November 25, 2009
HONG KONG (AP) More than a decade after Disney made a blockbuster animated film out of a folk tale about a young woman in ancient China who takes her father's place on the battlefield, a Hong Kong director is taking on the story of Hua Mulan with real actors. Jingle Ma said his...
Movie review: Williams, Travolta deliver mangy mongrel of a comedy with 'Old Dogs'
DAVID GERMAIN - November 24, 2009
In case anyone in the audience isn't sure when to cackle, coo, snicker or sigh, the makers of "Old Dogs" have provided a handy on-screen prompt. It's an old dog, shown in closeup, reacting with little grunts of canine confusion or curiosity over the antics of Robin Williams and John...
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