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Festival announces 79 world premieres for Venice (AP)

July 29, 2010

AP - Sofia Coppola's comic drama "Somewhere," and Darren Aronofsky's "Black Swan" will make their world premieres at the Venice Film Festival, among 22 titles that organizers announced Thursday will vie for the prestigious Golden Lion.

Sofia Coppola, Aronofsky lead Venice film lineup (Reuters)

July 29, 2010

Reuters - World premieres by directors Sofia Coppola and Darren Aronofsky as well as the hotly anticipated adaptation of cult novel "Barney's Version" will be among the highlights of this year's Venice film festival.

A Minute With: Director Phillip Noyce on "Salt" (Reuters)

July 29, 2010

Reuters - Australian director Phillip Noyce returned to directing Angelina Jolie in the new Russian spy action thriller "Salt," more than ten years after he worked with her in "The Bone Collector."

Lineup of films competing at Venice Film Festival (AP)

July 29, 2010

AP - A list of the films in competition for the Golden Lion at the 67th Venice Film Festival, which will run from Sept. 1-11.

America Ferrera writes new chapter in acting career (Reuters)

July 29, 2010

Reuters - After four years playing an exuberant young office worker on TV comedy "Ugly Betty," actress America Ferrera is all grown up and taking a decidedly more serious turn in a movie she worked tirelessly to make.

Review: `Dinner for Schmucks' an unsatisfying meal (AP)

July 29, 2010

AP - There's a lot less bite in "Dinner for Schmucks" than there was in the classic French farce that was its inspiration.

Capsule reviews: `Dinner for Schmucks' and others (AP)

July 29, 2010

AP - Capsule reviews of films opening this week:

Imax posts 5-fold rise in Q2 profit (Reuters)

July 29, 2010

Reuters - Big-screen movie company Imax Corp posted a five-fold increase in quarterly profit and raised its theater system installation outlook by about 25 percent for the year.

BSkyB Q4 net profit up nearly fourfold (AP)

July 29, 2010

AP - British Sky Broadcasting's profit nearly quadrupled in its fourth quarter, the satellite broadcaster said Thursday as it announced an exclusive deal to carry new Home Box Office programming in the U.K.

On the Red Carpet with Jay Roach and His Schmucks

July 29, 2010

ComingSoon.net hits the New York red carpet at the premiere of Jay Roach's new comedy Dinner for Schmucks , starring Paul Rudd, Steve Carell, Zach Galiafanakis and a cast of dozens of schmucks.

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