Venice honors Burton
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Tim Burton, master of macabre movies like "Corpse Bride" and "Edward Scissorhands", was honored with a career award at the Venice film festival on Wednesday.
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VENICE, Italy  - 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.
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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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Prince Charles hosted a charity premiere of "The Merchant of Venice," and praised Al Pacino, the film's star and the prince's friend.
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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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Franco Zeffirelli, the legendary filmmaker  who has directed greats like Elizabeth Taylor and Placido  Domingo, will be the first Italian to receive an honorary  knighthood from Britain Wednesday.
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For the first time at the Venice Film Festival, all films vying for the top Golden Lion award will make their world premiere at the late summer event, organizers said Thursday.
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"The Queen," a superbly acted   reconstruction of the crisis within the British monarchy caused   by Princess Diana's death in 1997, is the early favorite to   land the big prizes at the Venice Film Festival this year.
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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.
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Mike Leigh's "Vera Drake," a film about an underground abortionist in 1950s England, won the Golden Lion for best picture Saturday at the close of the 11-day Venice Film Festival.
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VENICE, Italy - Mike Leigh's "Vera Drake," a film about an underground abortionist in 1950s England, won the Golden Lion for best picture Saturday at the close of the 11-day Venice Film Festival.   "Vera Drake" is another of Leigh's raw, naturalistic films dealing with social issues in Britain...
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Fans of Japan's distinctive style of full-length animated films gave a standing ovation at this year's Venice Film Festival to the latest movie from Japan's famed Studio Ghibli.
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Tom Cruise and Scarlett Johansson are among the stars expected at the 61st Venice Film Festival this week.
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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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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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Tim Burton, master of macabre movies  like &quot;Corpse Bride&quot; and &quot;Edward Scissorhands,&quot; was honored with  a career award at the Venice film festival on Wednesday.
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"Vera Drake," Mike Leigh's tough tale of a working-class mother who is caught performing illegal abortions in 1950s England, scooped up the prizes at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday, including the coveted Golden Lion.