Husam “Sam” Asi
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Soderbergh denies quitting film-making
Speaking at the Venice Film Festival, where his latest film Contagion is featured in competition for the Golden Lion, Oscar-winning director, Steven Soderbergh, dismissed reports that he is retiring from film-making.“It’s less dramatic than it sounds…
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Venice Film Festival kicks off with Clooneys film
George Clooney’s American presidential campaign drama Ides of March opened Venice Film Festival on Wednesday in a well-received gala screening. The film, starring George Clooney, Rayan Gosling, Philip Seymoure Hoffman and Paul Giamatti, follows a Democrat…
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Mel Gibson settles dispute with girlfriend
Mel Gibson will pay his former Russian girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva 750,000 as part of a settlement agreed in a Los Angeles Superior Court hearing on Wednesday, ending a bitter dispute over the custody over their 22…
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US Box office battered by Hurricane Irene
Forcing the closure of cinemas in major cities along the US east coast such as New York, Hurricane Irene knocked down the US domestic ticket sales by 23 compared to the taking of the same weekend…
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Bessons The Lady to open Rome Film Festival
Besson’s biopic of the Burmese pro-democracy activist, Aung San Suu Kayi, will open the 6th edition of Rome Film Festival next October, where it will have its European Premiere in the festival’s out-of-Competition. The premiere will…
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The BFI appoints director of partnerships
The founder and former chief exec of the Foundation of Art and Creative Technology in Liverpool, Eddie Berg, who had previously served as the artistic director of BFI Southbank since 2005, has been appointed by the…
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Dinard British Festival line up announced
The British Film Festival, which is held in the seaside resort Dinar in Brittany France and runs 5-9th of October, will feature British pictures including: Paddy Considine’s directorial debut Tyrannosaur, David Mackenzie’s You Instead, Jim Loach’s…
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The Help needs none in the box office
The Help needs none in the box officeThe relatively low-budget drama The Help has triumphed in the US-Canada box office in its third week, defeating remakes, reboots, prequels and sequels and accumulating over 71.8 million. Adapted…
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Brit film Page Eight is to close Toronto Film Festival
David Hare’s spy drama Page Eight, starring Rachel Weisz and Bill Neigh, will close next month’s Toronto Film Festival.The festival opens in September 8th with the documentary “From the Sky down” about the Rock band U2,…
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Film and TV due to start shooting in the UK
Comedy this month includes a new festive edition of the perennially popular Royle Family, duo Watson And Oliver get a full series after a successful pilot and Off Their Rockers imports the popular Belgian hidden camera…
