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Today's Entertainment - Reuters Celebrity/Gossip News Headlines - Yahoo! News: Second "Hobbit" movie gets new name, July 2014 release for third Hollywood invades Broadway: Who to watch Eastwood, empty chair hijack Republican media coverage Animation Guild ratifies deal with Hollywood producers Nun sues Disney for $1 billion over "Sister Act" Neil Armstrong signature triples in value after his death Did Clint Eastwood lose the plot at Romney's convention? Swipe Films to sell "Winter of Discontent" Nat Geo drops "Hardcore Huntress" amid protests Bryan Cranston, Catherine O'Hara to guest on "30 Rock" Zac Efron to star in rom-com "Are We Officially Dating?" LGBT groups, Utah station to meet about "New Normal" Robin Williams may return to TV in David E. Kelley series "The Redemption of Cain" a go at Sony Former papal candidate, Milan archbishop Martini dies at 85 Box office preview: "Possession" leads wacky Labor Day pack Depardieu, Adjani to star in France's Strauss-Kahn movie Mother of U.S. morning TV host Robin Roberts dies Rising star Efron sees film career at crossroads Eastwood "did a unique thing last night":Ann Romney Lee brings Michael Jackson "Bad" magic to big screen Margaret Thatcher power suits go under the hammer Pentagon threatens legal action over bin Laden book Sylvester Stallone's son died of heart attack: coroner Venice warms to a chilling portrait of a killer Black camerawoman hit with nuts at RNC "not surprised" "Oogieloves" poised to make wrong kind of history Photo library can license Marilyn Monroe images, court rules Taylor Schilling to star in "Weeds" creator's Netflix series The Oscar race: So far, it's looking beastly "For a Good Time, Call ...": delivers dirty-mouthed diversion "Lawless" director John Hillcoat talks tunes and punches Surprise guest at Republican convention: Clint Eastwood One Direction sets November release for album "Take Me Home" Antitrust group asks for Universal, EMI deal to be stopped Shia LaBeouf shifts movie gears, goes "Lawless" Charlize Theron in talks for film on Marie Colvin HBO to go online without cable in Nordic countries Puzo family wants Paramount out of "The Godfather" Venice opens with 9/11 film, aims to build bridges Second "Hobbit" movie gets new name, July 2014 release for third Fri,31 Aug 2012 06:15 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The third film in the upcoming "Hobbit" movie trilogy will be released worldwide in July 2014, the movie studios behind the venture said on Friday, and the second film now has a new name. The third film -- "The Hobbit: There and Back Again" -- will open in movie theaters on July 18, 2014 - just seven months after the newly titled second film "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug" arrives on December 13, 2013. The second film originally carried the "There and Back Again" title. ... Full Story Top Hollywood invades Broadway: Who to watch Fri,31 Aug 2012 05:04 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Like East Coast snowbirds heading south to Florida, Hollywood stars are prepping to make their annual trek east to the Broadway stages. Jessica Chastain, Katie Holmes and Al Pacino are among the actors scheduled to hit the boards in high-profile plays on Broadway. Others, including Jake Gyllenhaal and Gretchen Mol will perform off-Broadway. Their names above the title often mean the difference between box-office boom or bomb. ... Full Story Top Eastwood, empty chair hijack Republican media coverage Fri,31 Aug 2012 03:48 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Months of careful planning for the Republican National Convention were hijacked by actor Clint Eastwood as traditional and social media erupted in a frenzy of scratched heads and parodies that experts said largely overshadowed presidential contender Mitt Romney's moment in the spotlight. Eastwood's rambling, unscripted address at Thursday's convention to an absent President Barack Obama in an empty chair inspired an instant satirical Twitter account, @InvisibleObama, that quickly went viral, demonstrating the power of social media to upset tightly scripted image ... Full Story Top Animation Guild ratifies deal with Hollywood producers Fri,31 Aug 2012 03:47 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - The Animation Guild has ratified its latest collective bargaining agreement with Hollywood producers, the local union announced on Friday. The deal, which runs from August 1 to July 31, 2015, calls for a two percent wage increase, as well as a series of benefits, such as health and pension. The Animation Guild is local union 139 of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and represents 2,600 artists, writers and technicians employed in the animation industry. ... Full Story Top Nun sues Disney for $1 billion over "Sister Act" Fri,31 Aug 2012 03:47 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Apparently, imitation isn't always the sincerest form of flattery. At least in the case of "Sister Act." The Walt Disney Company and Touchstone Pictures are being sued for $1 billion - yes, with a "b" - by a nun who claims that her life story was stolen and used in the 1992 film "Sister Act." In a suit filed in New York Supreme Court last week, Queen Mother Dr. ... Full Story Top Neil Armstrong signature triples in value after his death Fri,31 Aug 2012 03:09 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A postcard signed by the first man on the moon, Neil Armstrong, has sold for $2,384, more than three times its pre-sale estimate, signifying a "hot market" since the American astronaut died last week. The undated postcard of Vero Beach, Florida, addressed "To Steven" and signed by Armstrong, had an estimated value of $700 before the auction. It was one of thousands that the Apollo 11 astronaut signed for fans and collectors for many years after his historic trip to the moon in July 1969. Armstrong died on August 25 at the age of 82 after complications from heart ... Full Story Top Did Clint Eastwood lose the plot at Romney's convention? Fri,31 Aug 2012 02:37 PM PDT Reuters - TAMPA, Florida (Reuters) - Republicans may have made Mitt Romney's day with the presidential nomination he long sought, but it was Dirty Harry himself who nearly hijacked the show with a rambling diatribe against President Barack Obama - addressed to an empty chair. Hollywood icon Clint Eastwood brought his star power and trademark gravelly voice to the stage of the convention hall in Tampa on Thursday, jetting in as a surprise last-minute speaker to warm up the crowd for Romney's acceptance speech. ... Full Story Top Swipe Films to sell "Winter of Discontent" Fri,31 Aug 2012 02:27 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Swipe Films been appointed international sales agent for the Egyptian movie "Winter of Discontent," which will have its world premiere at the 69th Venice International Film Festival this week, the company said Friday. Set against the backdrop of the growing protests in Cairo's Tahrir Square in January 2011, the film takes the viewer on a journey into the intertwined lives of an activist, a journalist and a state security officer caught up in the demonstrations. ... Full Story Top Nat Geo drops "Hardcore Huntress" amid protests Fri,31 Aug 2012 02:12 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - The National Geographic Channel has dropped a woman known as the "Hardcore Huntress" from an upcoming survival show after protests from people who objected to killing animals for sport. A Change.org petition asking the network to remove Melissa Bachman from the series "Ultimate Survivor Alaska" resulted in more than 13,000 signatures in less than 24 hours. The network responded by dropping Bachman, a lifelong hunter from Minnesota who also produces and hosts wilderness programming and blogs as the "Hardcore Huntress. ... Full Story Top Bryan Cranston, Catherine O'Hara to guest on "30 Rock" Fri,31 Aug 2012 02:10 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Watch out, Jack Donaghy; Heisenberg's coming your way, and you know how he deals with rival alpha males. "Breaking Bad" star Bryan Cranston will guest-star on "30 Rock" this season, along with Catherine O'Hara, NBC told TheWrap. O'Hara and Cranston will play the mother of NBC page-turned-janitor Kenneth Parcell (Jack McBrayer) on an upcoming episode. "30 Rock" returns for its seventh and final season of 13 episodes October 4. Cranston recently took part in another NBC sitcom, albeit behind the camera. The actor directed an episode of "The Office" earlier this month. ... Full Story Top Zac Efron to star in rom-com "Are We Officially Dating?" Fri,31 Aug 2012 01:10 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Zac Efron has signed on to star in the romantic comedy "Are We Officially Dating?" for Treehouse Pictures. Tom Gormican will direct the film from his own screenplay about three friends in New York City who make a pact to remain single just as they each start to fall in love. The film will start production this fall in New York. Treehouse Pictures' Justin Nappi and Kevin Turen are producing the film with Scott Aversano and Andrew O'Connor. QED International is handling international sales. ... Full Story Top LGBT groups, Utah station to meet about "New Normal" Fri,31 Aug 2012 12:02 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - GLAAD will join with Utah LGBT groups to present a panel discussion and screening of Ryan Murphy's upcoming NBC series "The New Normal" in light of a Salt Lake City station's decision not to air it. The Mormon church-owned KSL-TV, which also does not air "Saturday Night Live" and last season declined to show "The Playboy Club," announced last week that it would not broadcast "The New Normal," which follows a gay couple's efforts to have a child with a surrogate's help. ... Full Story Top Robin Williams may return to TV in David E. Kelley series Fri,31 Aug 2012 11:54 AM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - CBS is in talks with Oscar winner Robin Williams and producer David E. Kelley about a series set at an advertising firm in which Williams would star. No deal is done. But the show would mark a surprising return to television for Williams, who rose to fame in the "Happy Days" spinoff "Mork and Mindy," a series that ended three decades ago. Kelley has a knack for shepherding movie stars into TV shows: He recently led the Kathy Bates vehicle "Harry's Law," which was canceled after two seasons, and presided over "Boston Legal" with James Spader and William Shatner. ... Full Story Top "The Redemption of Cain" a go at Sony Fri,31 Aug 2012 11:53 AM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Sony Pictures Entertainment is moving forward with "The Redemption of Cain," an epic retelling of the Biblical tale of sibling rivalry. The project has been greenlit and is scheduled to begin filming in July 2013, a person familiar with the deal told TheWrap. The film, which tells the story of Cain and Abel with a vampiric twist, will shoot in London and Jordan, with the exteriors shot in Morocco. Will Smith's Overbrook Entertainment is producing the film. Francine Maisler is coming on to cast the film in the next few weeks. ... Full Story Top Former papal candidate, Milan archbishop Martini dies at 85 Fri,31 Aug 2012 11:21 AM PDT Reuters - ROME (Reuters) - Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini, former archbishop of Milan and a favorite of Vatican progressives to succeed Pope John Paul II in 2005, died on Friday aged 85, the Milan diocese said on its website. In a letter marking Martini's death, Pope Benedict remembered him as a "skilful teacher and preeminent biblical scholar," and recalled his dedication to Christian works. ... Full Story Top Box office preview: "Possession" leads wacky Labor Day pack Fri,31 Aug 2012 10:53 AM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - The Labor Day weekend is shaping up as one of the summer's softest at the box office, but it doesn't lack for variety. Moviegoers will be choosing from a film about the anti-Christ, Shia LaBeouf as a bootlegger, Sly Stallone's bad-ass geezers, an anti-Obama documentary, and a toddler-targeting cartoon that posted one of the worst debuts in history. ... Full Story Top Depardieu, Adjani to star in France's Strauss-Kahn movie Fri,31 Aug 2012 09:49 AM PDT Reuters - PARIS (Reuters) - The disgraced power couple of Dominique Strauss-Kahn and Anne Sinclair will be played by two of France's best-known actors, Gerard Depardieu and Isabelle Adjani, in an upcoming movie about sex, politics and love on the rocks. Rape charges in New York, later dropped, against Strauss-Kahn in May 2011 shocked the world and shattered the reputation of the former International Monetary Fund head, costing him his job and his marriage to Sinclair, a popular TV journalist. ... Full Story Top Mother of U.S. morning TV host Robin Roberts dies Fri,31 Aug 2012 08:21 AM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. morning television host Robin Roberts was mourning the death of her mother on Friday, just a day after she left the "Good Morning America" show to prepare for a bone marrow transplant to treat a rare blood disorder. Roberts left the ABC news program on Thursday, a day earlier than scheduled, to see her ailing 88-year-old mother, Lucimarian Tolliver Roberts, in Mississippi. Jeffrey W. Schneider, senior vice president of ABC News, said Lucimarian died Thursday night. "Robin did make it to say goodbye," her co-host George Stephanopoulos told viewers on Friday's show. ... Full Story Top Rising star Efron sees film career at crossroads Fri,31 Aug 2012 07:47 AM PDT Reuters - VENICE (Reuters) - Zac Efron says his movie career is at a crossroads, and the former Disney teen idol is tempted more by less pay and hard graft than blockbusters and big bucks. The 24-year-old, who became a household name in "High School Musical", was in Venice on Friday for the world premiere of "At Any Price", set in the cut-throat world of agriculture in which he plays Dean and Dennis Quaid his father Henry. ... Full Story Top Eastwood "did a unique thing last night":Ann Romney Fri,31 Aug 2012 07:46 AM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Ann Romney called Hollywood actor and director Clint Eastwood "a unique guy" after his rambling, one-sided conversation with an imaginary President Barack Obama just ahead of her husband Mitt Romney's prime-time speech at the Republican National Convention. Eastwood was a surprise speaker at the Tampa convention Thursday night as Mitt Romney accepted the Republican nomination to run against Obama in the November 6 election. Eastwood spoke to an empty chair, ad-libbing as he pretended Obama was seated in it, and bounced from topic to topic. ... Full Story Top Lee brings Michael Jackson "Bad" magic to big screen Fri,31 Aug 2012 07:21 AM PDT Reuters - VENICE (Reuters) - Spike Lee's film about the making of Michael Jackson's 1987 album "Bad" may border on hagiography at times, but live footage and the singer's attention to detail when at the peak of his powers are a reminder of why he remains the "King of Pop". The two-hour documentary called "Bad 25", which has its world premiere at the Venice film festival on Friday, is a familiar mix of talking heads - choreographers, producers and stars - and film of concerts, rehearsals and music videos. ... Full Story Top Margaret Thatcher power suits go under the hammer Fri,31 Aug 2012 03:42 AM PDT Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - Seven suits worn by Britain's first female Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher before she took up office will go on sale for up to 1,500 pounds ($2,400) each on Monday. A bright turquoise ensemble she wore on the day she was elected leader of the Conservative Party in February 1975 and a striking yellow dress and jacket are included in the sale by Christie's in London. Other outfits include a gold and silver cocktail ensemble and a dark greatcoat with distinctive red lapel stitching. ... Full Story Top Pentagon threatens legal action over bin Laden book Thu,30 Aug 2012 07:47 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon warned on Thursday that it was considering legal action against a former U.S. Navy SEAL for material breach of non-disclosure agreements with his first-hand account of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden. In a letter obtained by Reuters, and subsequently released by the Pentagon, the Pentagon's top attorney said the Department of Defense was also considering legal action against anyone "acting in concert" with the author. It hinted that the book's royalties might be subject to government claims. ... Full Story Top Sylvester Stallone's son died of heart attack: coroner Thu,30 Aug 2012 05:53 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Sage Stallone, the son of actor Sylvester Stallone, died of a heart attack and a toxicology report showed no signs of excessive drug use, an official with the Los Angeles County Coroner said on Thursday. Stallone, who died at age 36 on July 13, suffered from coronary heart disease caused by atherosclerosis, which brought on the heart attack, Lt. Fred Corral of the coroner's investigative division said. "There were no signs of an overdose. It was just a natural death," Corral said. ... Full Story Top Venice warms to a chilling portrait of a killer Thu,30 Aug 2012 05:27 PM PDT Reuters - VENICE (Reuters) - Audiences watching "The Iceman", a new film about real-life hitman Richard Kuklinski who killed more than 100 people, may come away with the uncomfortable feeling that they have been rooting for the bad guy. Israel-born director Ariel Vromen sets out to paint a rounded picture of the notorious mob enforcer, who died in jail in 2006, portraying him not only as a cold-blooded killer but also a charming, devoted husband and father of two girls. ... Full Story Top Black camerawoman hit with nuts at RNC "not surprised" Thu,30 Aug 2012 05:13 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Patricia Carroll, the black CNN camerawoman who was hit with peanuts and called an "animal" as she covered the Republican National Convention, said in her first interview since the incident that she was "not surprised" it occurred. "I hate that it happened, but I'm not surprised at all," she told Richard Prince's Journal-isms. "This situation could happen to me at the Democratic convention or standing on the street corner. Racism is a global issue." The convention ejected the two people Tuesday who threw the peanuts and said, "This is what we feed animals. ... Full Story Top "Oogieloves" poised to make wrong kind of history Thu,30 Aug 2012 05:12 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - A new movie for toddlers, "Oogieloves in The Big Balloon Adventure," is making the wrong kind of box-office history. The movie opened Wednesday at 1,500 theaters and brought in $60,000 total. That's a sippy-cup-sized $40 per screen for the independently distributed G-rated cartoon. It has a shot at recording one of the worst wide-opening weekends ever. Last year's "Creature" set the standard when it averaged $217 on 1,507 screens. ... Full Story Top Photo library can license Marilyn Monroe images, court rules Thu,30 Aug 2012 05:01 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court has upheld the right of a Marilyn Monroe photo library to license images of the film star taken by a celebrity photographer who was one of her business partners. Milton H. Greene Archives Inc has been in a long-running court battle with Anna Strasberg, widow of Monroe's acting coach, Lee Strasberg, and her licensing agent CMG Worldwide, which controlled use of Monroe's image for years. In a ruling on Thursday, the 9th U.S. ... Full Story Top Taylor Schilling to star in "Weeds" creator's Netflix series Thu,30 Aug 2012 04:33 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (TheWrap.com) - Taylor Schilling, Zac Efron's co-star in "The Lucky One," has secured the lead role in "Orange is the New Black," the new Netflix series from "Weeds" creator Jenji Kohan. Based on Piper Kerman's book of the same name, the series is a one-hour drama about a Brooklyn woman sent to prison for a crime dating back to her college days. Schilling will star as Kerman, who was held in prison for more than a year, turning her comfortable New York lifestyle on its head. She must immerse herself in prison culture, getting used to a life of practical jokes and fights. ... Full Story Top The Oscar race: So far, it's looking beastly Thu,30 Aug 2012 04:25 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - If the Oscar eligibility period ended today, the race would be all about a little girl and a little movie. As the Venice Film Festival kicked off on Wednesday, with Telluride and Toronto waiting in the wings and New York to follow, most of the films that are likely to be in contention for the 85th Academy Awards have yet to be unveiled. The next month should bring a bevy of awards heavyweights, from Paul Thomas Anderson's "The Master" to Ben Affleck's "Argo," Ang Lee's "Life of Pi" to Terrence Malick's "To the Wonder. ... Full Story Top "For a Good Time, Call ...": delivers dirty-mouthed diversion Thu,30 Aug 2012 04:25 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Is phone sex still a thing? In this age of XTube and Chatroulette, are there still lonely men willing to pay $2.99 a minute to hear dirty talk from a breathy stranger? It's a testament to the entertainment value of "For a Good Time, Call..." that I stopped obsessing about whether its plot about telephonic titillation made any sense - parsing the realism of a silly farce seemed moot when the performances were so good and the big laughs so consistent. ... Full Story Top "Lawless" director John Hillcoat talks tunes and punches Thu,30 Aug 2012 04:24 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - John Hillcoat's high-octane action drama "Lawless" - about three bootlegging brothers from Prohibition-era Franklin County, W. Va. - has turned a neat trick. Since debuting at the Cannes in May, the film has rescued the world of moonshine-making, fast-driving Southerners from Burt Reynolds' jokey "Smokey and the Bandit" movies and putting it in arthouses and classy film festivals via the Weinstein Company. Despite mixed reviews, "Lawless" is an exuberant and violent genre mashup by a director whose last film was the brutally austere doomsday drama "The Road. ... Full Story Top Surprise guest at Republican convention: Clint Eastwood Thu,30 Aug 2012 03:08 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - "Dirty Harry" star Clint Eastwood will bring a touch of Hollywood glamour to the Republican National Convention on Thursday, jetting in as a surprise last-minute speaker to warm up the crowd for presidential candidate Mitt Romney, according to a Republican official. The Academy Award-winning director and actor endorsed Romney earlier this month, appearing at a fundraiser for him in Idaho. Eastwood, 82, was reluctantly drawn into the 2012 campaign earlier this year when an ad by Chrysler, titled "Halftime in America" and narrated by Eastwood, ran during halftime of the Super Bowl. ... Full Story Top One Direction sets November release for album "Take Me Home" Thu,30 Aug 2012 02:58 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - British-Irish boy band One Direction took the music industry by storm earlier this year when its debut album topped the U.S. Billboard chart, and now the group is planning a second wave of success with a new record due in November. The cheeky quintet, who rose to fame in 2010 on UK television talent show "The X Factor", will release their sophomore album "Take Me Home" on November 13, Columbia Records said on Thursday. "Take Me Home" will feature tracks co-written by the One Direction boys along with British artists such as Ed Sheeran and McFly's Tom Fletcher. ... Full Story Top Antitrust group asks for Universal, EMI deal to be stopped Thu,30 Aug 2012 02:55 PM PDT Reuters - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An independent antitrust group urged U.S. regulators on Thursday to stop Universal Music Group's plan to buy EMI Music's labels for $1.9 billion because it says the deal would give Universal too much power in the music industry. The independent American Antitrust Institute said the planned purchase raised substantial concerns because it would reduce the number of major music companies to three from four, and would give Universal life-or-death power over digital entrants that rely upon being able to license music. ... Full Story Top Shia LaBeouf shifts movie gears, goes "Lawless" Thu,30 Aug 2012 02:41 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - After a string of big-budget Hollywood flicks like the "Transformers" and "Indiana Jones" franchise films, actor Shia LaBeouf is downsizing his career and taking on new, dramatic challenges in movies such as "Lawless". The film, which opened Wednesday to mixed reviews, is based on author Matt Bondurant's "The Wettest County in the World," a fictional account of his family in Prohibition-era Virginia, and LaBeouf said the tale touched him due to his own upbringing. ... Full Story Top Charlize Theron in talks for film on Marie Colvin Thu,30 Aug 2012 02:35 PM PDT Reuters - LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Charlize Theron is in talks to produce and possibly star in a feature film about the slain war reporter Marie Colvin, a rep for Theron told TheWrap on Thursday. Thunder Road's Peter Lawson and Basil Iwanyk are producing, having optioned the rights to the Vanity Fair article, "Marie Colvin's Private War," written by Marie Brenner. Colvin was the American reporter who died covering the civil war in Syria last February for the U.K.'s Sunday Times. ... Full Story Top HBO to go online without cable in Nordic countries Thu,30 Aug 2012 02:17 PM PDT Reuters - (Reuters) - Premium TV channel HBO will launch a Web-only service in Nordic countries that does not require the customer to be signed up with a pay TV service such as cable or satellite. HBO Nordic, which is a joint venture between Time Warner Inc-owned HBO and Parsifal International, will roll out both a premium TV service and the Web service in Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland from mid-October. It will be going into competition with Netflix Inc which is expected launch its own Nordic streaming service imminently. ... Full Story Top Puzo family wants Paramount out of "The Godfather" Thu,30 Aug 2012 01:46 PM PDT Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - The family of "The Godfather" author Mario Puzo wants a federal judge to stop Paramount Pictures Corp from making movies based on sequels to the best-selling, Oscar-winning story of the Mafia. A lawyer for Puzo's heirs, Bertram Fields, said in Manhattan federal court on Thursday that Viacom Inc's Paramount breached a decades-old contract with Puzo by trying to stop publication last May of a new book, "The Family Corleone. ... Full Story Top Venice opens with 9/11 film, aims to build bridges Thu,30 Aug 2012 01:43 PM PDT Reuters - VENICE, Italy (Reuters) - The Venice film festival opens on Wednesday with "The Reluctant Fundamentalist", based on a novel of the same name which traces a young Pakistani's journey from Wall Street high flyer to suspected Islamist radical targeted by American intelligence. The adaptation of Mohsin Hamid's 2007 novel was directed by Mira Nair, an Indian who lives in New York where she said attitudes towards her and others from Asia quickly changed following the 9/11 attacks. ... Full Story Top

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