"The Queen," "Bobby" lead race for Venice awards
603983
Stephen Frears' "The Queen" is the   critics' favourite to take the best picture award at the Venice   Film Festival this year, with Emilio Estevez's star-packed   "Bobby" leading a strong chasing pack.
588955
A gracious monarch and a charismatic dictator took the top prizes Sunday at the British Academy Film Awards.Comment
257207
Actress Scarlett Johansson will launch the Venice Film Festival with the world premiere of The Black Dahlia.
469675
Cate Blanchett is named best actress at the Venice Film Festival while Brad Pitt wins best actor.
638095
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.
240091
Loneliness and a desperate quest for  happiness are at the center of veteran French director Alain  Resnais' new film, which has won critical acclaim in Venice  where it is in competition.
351216
French star Catherine Deneuve,  named best actress at 1998&#039;s Venice International Film  Festival, will head the main competition jury at the 63rd  edition of the event, organizers said on Wednesday.
115833
The Queen, about the days after the death of Princess Diana, is tipped to win at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday.
89078
Films exploring an aviation visionary's flight into fame, a female boxer's long day's journey into night and two buddies bumbling through wine and romance are expected to dominate the Oscar nominations on Tuesday.
41671
Two movies about the Iraq war and its impact on Americans back home are among 22 competition entries at the Venice Film Festival this year, lending political weight to a cinema showcase laden with Hollywood productions.
537877
The guessing game is almost over at the Venice film festival, where few clear frontrunners for the Golden Lion award for best picture have emerged ahead of the prize ceremony on Saturday evening. By the end of the annual 11-day marathon of movies, press conferences, interviews and parties, critics and journalists normally agree on a handful of films they think could win the top honor, although their predictions are not always correct.
390794
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.
663968
Arts & entertainment: Â· Surreal biopic wins praise at Venice film festivalÂ· Gere among five other actors portraying singer
558637
Hollywood's annual Oscar race heats  up this week with a key group of U.S. movie awards and  nominations that is expected to narrow contenders for the  world's top movie awards.
223669
Long considered the favorite to take home the coveted Oscars statuette, Mirren fought off stiff competition from Penelope Cruz , Meryl Streep and fellow Britons Judi Dench and Kate Winslet .Comment
176430
Arts & entertainment: Four English directors in contention for film festival's top prize, the Golden Lion.
719732
Zhang Yimou's martial arts epic "House of Flying Daggers" and Alejandro Amenabar's social issue drama "The Sea Inside" are among the 49 vying for a foreign-language Oscar nomination.