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Thursday, July 29, 2010

 Festival announces 79 world premieres for Venice (AP)
7/29/2010, 10:11 AM
Festival Director Marco Muller reacts during a press conference to present the 67th edition of the film festival in Rome, Thursday, July 29, 2010. In all, 79 world premieres will be shown at Venice from Sept. 1-11. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis)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)
7/29/2010, 09:38 AM
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)
7/29/2010, 09:13 AM
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)
7/29/2010, 06:36 AM
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)
7/29/2010, 05:41 AM
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)
7/29/2010, 03:20 AM
In this film publicity image released by Paramount Pictures, Christopher O'Dowd, left, and Zach Galifianakis are shown in a scene from 'Dinner for Schmucks.' (AP Photo/Paramount Pictures, Merie Weismiller Wallace)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)
7/29/2010, 02:59 AM
In this film publicity image released by Sony Pictures Classics, from left, Robert Duvall, Lucas Black and Bill Murray are shown in a scene from 'Get Low.' (AP Photo/Sony Pictures Classics, Sam Emerson)AP - Capsule reviews of films opening this week:

Imax posts 5-fold rise in Q2 profit (Reuters)
7/29/2010, 06:00 AM
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)
7/29/2010, 00:23 AM
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.


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