Anti-Hollywood Activists Try to Upstage Venice Fest
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While stars sip martinis poolside at the Venice Film Festival, down the beach hundreds of activists are staging a "camp-in" to protest against Hollywood blockbusters and high ticket prices at the competition.
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Venice Film Festival Director Marco Mueller likens the 75-year-old festival to a seismograph that picks up emerging cinematic trends. If his instincts are right, the film world is about to be jolted by a new movement focusing on atonement.
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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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MALIBU, Calif. - Pierce Brosnan and other celebrities on Friday protested plans to build a liquefied natural gas terminal off the coast of Southern California.
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The Venice Film Festival opened its 75th-anniversary edition on Wednesday with a cascade of stars.
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This year's Venice Film Festival has  been hailed as Hollywood on the Lido, but American stars have  had to share the stage with U.S. politics as movies like Tim  Robbins' "Embedded-Live" hit the screen.
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ROME  - The 64th Venice Film Festival will open with Joe Wright's "Atonement," starring Keira Knightley, James McAvoy and Vanessa Redgrave, organizers said Friday.
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The Venice Film Festival opens its 75th anniversary edition Wednesday with an all-world premiere competition for the coveted Golden Lion, a cascade of stars such as George Clooney and Keira Knightley, and its share of international controversy.
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Media hordes descend on the Venice Vegas of the Orient
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The Venice Film Festival is past the  halfway point and the buzz ahead of the prize ceremony on  Saturday is building.
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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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The Venice Film Festival opened its 75th anniversary edition Wednesday with an all-world premiere competition for the coveted Golden Lion and a cascade of stars including George Clooney, Keira Knightley and Woody Allen.
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Director Mike Leigh premieres a controversial film about abortion at Venice Film Festival.
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Thousands of European activists flocked to London to defend the rights of workers and minorities as well as promote efforts to protect the environment and protest against the war in Iraq.
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Thousands of activists from across Europe are arriving in London for a weekend of anti-globalisation events and protests.
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US groups pledge to protest at screenings of a film about sexual researcher Alfred Kinsey.
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Richard Gere and Charlize Theron added their voices to a chorus of stars taking swipes at the Bush administration at the Venice Film Festival.