Actors hit Venice despite protest
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Actors Al Pacino, Kate Winslet and Johnny Depp have attended the Venice Film Festival amid complaints that Hollywood films dominate the event.
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Many film stars embarking on their seventh decade have been known to have a facelift. But the Venice film festival&#39;s make-over attempts are proving more controversial than most.
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Robert De Niro splashed up in Venice as  a tough-talking gangster with fins for the spectacular world  premiere of "Shark Tale" on Friday, which was screened for  thousands in the city's famous St. Mark's square.
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Anti-globalization and far-left activists from across Italy were converging on the capital Saturday to protest against President Bush during his visit to Rome and the Vatican.
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Venice International Film Festival organizers declared a collective mea culpa Monday after the first half of the event was beset with exasperating delays and logistical problems.
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The old adage about never performing with children or animals will not have been lost on Nicole Kidman during her 21 years in showbusiness, but two appearances with her latest co-star in Venice
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Cate Blanchett is named best actress at the Venice Film Festival while Brad Pitt wins best actor.
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The Venice Film Festival is grappling with its perennial tag as the No. 2 movie extravaganza in Europe &#151; still a little brother to Cannes in terms of stars, marketing and buzz, even though it's older.
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Some visitors to the ancient Croatian city of Dubrovnik got an unexpected souvenir: a photo with Tom Cruise, who came for a brief visit after promoting his new movie, "Collateral," at the Venice Film Festival.
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They are demonstrating against US movie blockbusters and the amount of money flying around Hollywood. Dozens of protestors lined the red carpet for the premiere of Tom Hanks&#39; movie The Terminal on Wednesday.
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LOS ANGELES  -- The Venice Film Festival honored British filmmaker Mike Leigh&#39;s &quot;Vera Drake,&quot; a period film about an abortion rights activist in the 1950s.
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Thousands of Venetians have left the sea-locked city to escape the swarms of tourists who have complicated their daily lives.
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Hollywood high flyers Tom Hanks and  Steven Spielberg launched Wednesday what is being hailed as  Venice's most ambitious film festival in years, but their  romantic comedy "The Terminal" failed to take it to new  heights.
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Two very different movies about the Iraq  war are among the favorites for awards at this year&#39;s Venice  film festival as it passes the halfway stage, and an unusually  high number of male leads have stood out.
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The Venice Film Festival has got under way with the world premiere of The Black Dahlia, starring Scarlett Johansson.
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The film in which Dame Helen Mirren portrays the Queen is being premiered at the Venice festival.
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With a strong American presence at this year's Venice International Film Festival, it didn't take long for U.S. politics to rear its controversial head.