Knightley film to kick off Venice
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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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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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The Disney hit âHigh School Musicalâ is bound for London.
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Nicole Kidman is due to grace the Venice Film Festival later for the premiere of her controversial movie Birth. The actress stars in one of her most controversial parts to date as a woman who believes her
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Periodically, St Mark's Square in Venice is flooded by spring tides. On Friday night it was inundated with Hollywood executives and movie stars for the first film premiere to be staged in the historic piazza.
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British film Atonement, starring Keira Knightley, raises the curtain on the Venice Film Festival.
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Hit Disney movie High School Musical is to become a London stage show later this year.
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The 11-day Venice Film Festival winds up  on Saturday after a red carpet award ceremony on the glamorous  Lido beach front, with British entry "The Queen" and  Hollywood's "Bobby" favorites to take away the main prize.
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Director Mike Leigh premieres a controversial film about abortion at Venice Film Festival.
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Hollywood has packed its bags and headed  for the Venice Film Festival, where a whopping 20 American  films will be screened and dozens of the hottest stars are set  to inject glamour into the arthouse competition.
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The Queen, about the days after the death of Princess Diana, is tipped to win at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday.
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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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The Venice film festival opens on Wednesday with "Atonement", an adaptation of Ian McEwan's novel about a girl who makes a false accusation with tragic results and tries to atone for her mistake.
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Kenneth Branagh's movie of the Mozart opera The Magic Flute is to be launched later at the Venice Film Festival.
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Venice's St Mark's Square will be transformed into a giant cinema for the premiere of animation Shark Tale.
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A forest of golden lions line the red carpet leading to the Cinema Palace at the Venice Film Festival. Picture:Reuters. The Venice Film Festival amps up the star power, reports Stephanie Bunbury.
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One of the year's most anticipated movies, Stephen Frears' &quot;The Queen&quot; starring Helen Mirren, has become an early contender for the Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival when it was lauded by critics ahead of its world premiere.