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Luc Besson says the French are his harshest critics
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - French film director Luc Besson, known worldwide for blockbusters like "The Big Blue" and "The Fifth Element," says his movies face the toughest criticism at home where they are seen as not quite "French enough."
November 28, 2009, 4:51 am -
Indie Spirit Awards hit milestone 25th year
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - When organizers for the independent film world's Spirit Awards unveil nominees for its honours this coming Tuesday, they will be doing more than just singling out top movies in the low-budget, art house arena.
November 28, 2009, 4:50 am -
Top 10 movie flops of the decade
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Movie flops aren't just about losing money.
November 28, 2009, 4:32 am -
Luc Besson says the French are his harshest critics
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - French film director Luc Besson, known worldwide for blockbusters like "The Big Blue" and "The Fifth Element," says his movies face the toughest criticism at home where they are seen as not quite "French enough."
November 28, 2009, 4:29 am -
Activision says "Call of Duty" series tops $3 billion
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Activision Blizzard Inc said on Friday its "Call of Duty" video game franchise pushed past the $3 billion mark in global retail sales.
November 28, 2009, 4:28 am -
Louvre, Versailles face closure by striking French workers
PARIS (AFP) - The Louvre, the world?s most visited museum, the chateau of Versailles and a host of other top French tourist sites could shut next week due to strike action over planned job cuts, unions warned Friday.
November 28, 2009, 4:27 am -
Auctioneers and owners bank on Russian recovery
LONDON (Reuters) - Auction houses are banking on a recovery at next week's series of big Russian art sales in London, at which they expect to show that the market dominated by new money is through the worst of the recession.
November 28, 2009, 4:25 am -
Indie Spirit Awards hit milestone 25th year
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - When organizers for the independent film world's Spirit Awards unveil nominees for its honors this coming Tuesday, they will be doing more than just singling out top movies in the low-budget, art house arena.
November 28, 2009, 4:23 am -
"District 9" no alien to Oscar buzz
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - In a year full of surprise hits without stars, "District 9" stands out as an even more unlikely box office champion than the crowd-pleasing comedy "The Hangover" or the supernatural thriller "Paranormal Activity."
November 28, 2009, 4:17 am -
"District 9" no alien to Oscar buzz
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - In a year full of surprise hits without stars, "District 9" stands out as an even more unlikely box office champion than the crowd-pleasing comedy "The Hangover" or the supernatural thriller "Paranormal Activity."
November 28, 2009, 4:13 am -
British tabloids inspire Russia's school for scandal
MOSCOW (AFP) - As students scribble in notebooks, a lecturer draws on a flipchart in what might look like any regular night class -- except these are budding reporters picking up tips from the editor of Russia's most muck-raking tabloid.
November 28, 2009, 4:08 am -
BBC chief predicts smaller corporation after 2012
LONDON (AFP) - BBC director general Mark Thompson has predicted the corporation will become "smaller" in the future as all broadcasters go digital, with the BBC website likely to be cut back.
November 28, 2009, 4:03 am -
Thompson tips growth in Aussie films
Jack Thompson believes there's some good things around the corner for the Australian film industry.
November 28, 2009, 2:31 am -
Robbie Williams "proposal" was a joke-spokesman
LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Singer Robbie Williams "proposed" to his actress girlfriend, Ayda Field, live on Australian radio on Friday, but his spokesman later said it was a joke.
November 27, 2009, 11:30 pm -
Swiss will not release Polanski before Monday
ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss authorities will not release Roman Polanski into house arrest at his luxury Alpine chalet until Monday at the earliest as bail conditions still have to be met.
November 27, 2009, 8:59 pm -
Pinewood Shepperton says district council rejects project plan
(Reuters) - Film studios Pinewood Shepperton Plc said its planning application to expand its Pinewood Studios and create a living and working community for the creative industries was rejected on the grounds that it comprised development in a green belt.
November 27, 2009, 8:48 pm -
Newsreader Ian Ross says goodbye
Veteran newsreader Ian Ross has thanked viewers as he read the news for the final time on the Seven Network.
November 27, 2009, 7:36 pm -
Top French chefs take bluefin tuna off the menu
PARIS (AFP) - Top French chefs this week pledged to keep bluefin tuna and other threatened fish species off the menu, whatever the cost.
November 27, 2009, 1:59 pm -
Jackson payment justified: Stanhope
ACT Chief Minister Jon Stanhope has dismissed suggestions that it was financially reckless for the Government to subsidise basketballer Lauren Jackson's return to Canberra.
ABC - November 27, 2009, 1:47 pm -
Chinese cadre's family at Paris debutantes ball
PARIS (AFP) - Blessed by the privilege of wealth, birth or both, 24 teenage girls on Saturday descend on Paris' debutantes ball, an aristocratic tradition that survived France's guillotining of royalty over 200 years ago.
November 27, 2009, 1:40 pm
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