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Today's Entertainment - Reuters Celebrity/Gossip News Headlines - Yahoo! News: Oscar-winning Japanese director Miyazaki to retire, studio head says 'One Direction' edges 'Butler', sings its way to box office win Perversion pervades Venice film fest with modern Greek tragedy JFK assassination film 'Parkland' shows gore, avoids conspiracy U.S. group Avenged Sevenfold top British album chart for the first time Egypt expels Al Jazeera journalists in crackdown on Qatari channel Broadcaster David Frost, famed for Nixon apology, dies

Oscar-winning Japanese director Miyazaki to retire, studio head says  Sunday, Sep 01, 2013 01:11 PM PDT VENICE (Reuters) - Hayao Miyazaki, the Japanese director known for animated films like the Oscar-winning "Spirited Away", plans to retire from film-making after a five-decade career, his production company said on Sunday at the Venice Film Festival. "Next week Miyazaki will have a press conference held in Tokyo to announce his withdrawal from active working," Koji Hoshino, head of Studio Ghibli, which was co-founded by Miyazaki, said at a festival news conference. Hoshino gave no further explanation for the decision by the director who is sometimes described as the Walt Disney of Japan. ... Full Story	Top
'One Direction' edges 'Butler', sings its way to box office win  Sunday, Sep 01, 2013 12:05 PM PDT By Ronald Grover and Chris Michaud LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Concert film "One Direction: This is Us," a Sony Pictures/TriStar release featuring the red-hot British boy band One Direction, won the weekend box office race with ticket sales of $17 million, edging the civil rights drama "Lee Daniels' The Butler" which had been the top film for the past two weeks. The Weinstein Company's "The Butler," starring Forest Whitaker as a long-serving White House butler, generated $14. ... Full Story	Top
Perversion pervades Venice film fest with modern Greek tragedy  Sunday, Sep 01, 2013 11:58 AM PDT By Isla Binnie VENICE (Reuters) - A modern Greek tragedy of incest, prostitution and violence continued on Sunday the theme of sexual and moral perversion which has emerged at this year's Venice Film Festival. The audience flinched during "Miss Violence" as traditional family relationships were shown to be hideously corrupted after one of the children commits suicide on her 11th birthday. Films about necrophilia, child prostitution and domestic violence are among 20 new works vying for the coveted Golden Lion award at the 70th annual festival on the leafy Venice Lido. ... Full Story	Top
JFK assassination film 'Parkland' shows gore, avoids conspiracy  Sunday, Sep 01, 2013 11:37 AM PDT By Michael Roddy VENICE (Reuters) - U.S. President John F Kennedy's assassination 50 years ago this year in Dallas is re-created in graphic detail, with a blood-smeared operating room and the famous film showing the actual event, in "Parkland" which had its premiere on Sunday in Venice. "What a shitty place to die," an aide to Kennedy says in the film named for the Dallas hospital where Kennedy was treated and died on the operating table. Zac Efron, former teen hearthrob from the "High School Musical" films, plays Dr. Charles Carrico, who started the emergency treatment of JFK. ... Full Story	Top
U.S. group Avenged Sevenfold top British album chart for the first time  Sunday, Sep 01, 2013 11:05 AM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - American heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold topped the British album chart for the first time with "Hail to the King", the Official Charts Company said on Sunday. The band's sixth studio album put an end to four weeks at number one for TV talent show stars Richard and Adam Johnson with their album "The Impossible Dream". Naughty Boy narrowly missed out on the top spot with "Hotel Cabana" debuting in second place, followed by Ellie Goulding's "Halcyon" rising over 20 places to third. ... Full Story	Top
Egypt expels Al Jazeera journalists in crackdown on Qatari channel  Sunday, Sep 01, 2013 09:41 AM PDT CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt deported three Al Jazeera journalists on Sunday, days after the Qatari-owned channel carried appeals from leaders of ousted President Mohamed Mursi's Muslim Brotherhood to stage protests against the army-backed government. The Gulf emirate was a strong financial backer of Brotherhood rule and vehemently opposes the army's overthrow of Mursi and the ensuing bloody crackdown on his movement. ... Full Story	Top
Broadcaster David Frost, famed for Nixon apology, dies  Sunday, Sep 01, 2013 07:28 AM PDT By Costas Pitas LONDON (Reuters) - British broadcaster David Frost, a master of the television interview, famed for coaxing an apology for Watergate from Richard Nixon, has died suddenly, his family said on Sunday. Aged 74, he had a heart attack late on Saturday aboard a luxury cruise liner where he had a speaking engagement. His sudden death brought tributes from international celebrities and political leaders, many of whom called him a good friend as well as an acute interrogator. ... Full Story	Top

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