Rivalry takes back seat as Venice fest opens
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VENICE, Italy  - Venice Film Festival   organizers suspended a war of words with their upcoming Rome   rival as this year's event kicked off in low-key fashion   Wednesday with the world premiere of Brian De Palma's murder   mystery "The Black Dalhia."
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A mix of big Hollywood productions and   arty European movies will mark Rome's first international film   festival next month, organizers said on Tuesday as they played   down rivalry with Venice's venerable film contest.
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Hollywood's premier cash-and-award magnet Steven Spielberg was kicking off the Venice Film Festival on Wednesday &#151; just the man to inspire money-scooping moguls and prize-hungry artists alike during 11 days of glitz and film magic.
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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.
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Italians are bracing themselves for   blood on the red carpet as Rome launches its own film festival   next month in what many see as a challenge to Venice.
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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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The Venice Film Festival opened its 75th-anniversary edition on Wednesday with a cascade of stars.
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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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Actress Scarlett Johansson will launch the Venice Film Festival with the world premiere of The Black Dahlia.
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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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With an acceptance speech that included a dig at the Cannes Film Festival, Mike Leigh&#39;s &quot;Vera Drake&quot; won the Leone d&#39;Oro for best film, closing out a controversial edition of the Venice Film Festival marked with some organizational snafus.
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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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Gondoliers raced rowboats down Venice's  canals on Sunday in their annual regatta, but a row over  speeding motorboats threatened to overshadow one of the lagoon  city's most treasured traditions.
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The Venice film festival has a  reputation for screening obscure auteur movies.
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Security has been stepped up for the arrival of Nicole Kidman at the Venice Film Festival after a series of gaffes at Al Pacino&#39;s premiere on Tuesday.
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A string of embarrassing blunders, including one which left Al Pacino with no seat at the premiere of his latest movie, have plagued this year's Venice Film Festival.
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A satirical opera about Italy's controversial prime minister and television magnate, Silvio Berlusconi, has opened in Venice.