Anti-Hollywood activists try to upstage Venice fest
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While stars sip martinis poolside at the Venice Film Festival, down the beach hundreds of activists are staging a "camp-in" to protest against Hollywood blockbusters and high ticket prices at the competition.
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The Venice Film Festival is past the  halfway point and the buzz ahead of the prize ceremony on  Saturday is building.
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VENICE, Italy  - The Venice Film Festival dazzled  like never before this year with its string of Hollywood stars  and hot arthouse directors, but the festival's new chief may  find delays and embarrassing blunders are what people remember.
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Two very different movies about the Iraq war are among the favorites for awards at this year'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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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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Actress Keira Knightley's forthcoming film Atonement is selected to open this year's Venice Film Festival.
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Films competing for the top prize at Venice Film Festival will receive their world premiere at the event.
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Venice Film Festival Director Marco Mueller likens the 75-year-old festival to a seismograph that picks up emerging cinematic trends. If his instincts are right, the film world is about to be jolted by a new movement focusing on atonement.
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The Venice Film Festival gets serious  this year with competition films about the Iraq war and its  impact on U.S. society, police brutality in Egypt, big  corporation corruption and the mafia in Italy.
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The Venice Film Festival opened its 75th anniversary edition Wednesday with an all-world premiere competition for the coveted Golden Lion and a cascade of stars including George Clooney, Keira Knightley and Woody Allen.
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Dark tales of real-life crime dominate  Hollywood's star-studded assault on the Venice Film Festival  this year, with U.S. directors drawing inspiration from murder  mysteries of the 1940s, 50s and 60s.
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VENICE, Italy  - Security measures at   the Venice International Film Festival are tighter than ever,   though some officials said the greatest threat this year may   come from protesters rather than any kind of terrorist plot.
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The Venice Film Festival opens its 75th anniversary edition Wednesday with an all-world premiere competition for the coveted Golden Lion, a cascade of stars such as George Clooney and Keira Knightley, and its share of international controversy.
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The world's oldest running film festival, the Venice Biennale, is used to imitators. But this year, the upstarts are just a little too close to home.
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This year's Venice Film Festival has  been hailed as Hollywood on the Lido, but American stars have  had to share the stage with U.S. politics as movies like Tim  Robbins' "Embedded-Live" hit the screen.
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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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Director Mike Leigh premieres a controversial film about abortion at Venice Film Festival.