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Director David Cronenberg arrives on the red carpet during the Rome International Film Festival in Rome on October 23, 2008. Cronenberg is in Rome with a show of his film stills called "Chromosomes". (UPI Photo/David Silpa)
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NEW YORK, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- Film stars Charlize Theron and Gary Oldman, and director David Cronenberg will be honored at the 21st annual Gotham Independent Film Awards in New York.
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 11 (UPI) -- U.S. actor Tom Cruise is in talks to star with Denzel Washington in Robert Ludlum's spy thriller "The Matarese Circle," Variety reported Wednesday.
ROME, Nov. 3 (UPI) -- Giacomo Battiato's political drama "Resolution 819" won the gold Marcus Aurelius award for best film voted by the public at the Rome Film Festival.
UPI Almanac for Thursday, May 15, 2008.
OTTAWA, Feb. 29 (UPI) -- A conservative Canadian Christian group is taking credit for lobbying the Conservative government to withhold tax credits for films themed on sex or violence.
LOS ANGELES, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- Many nominees say they will not cross a Writers Guild of America picket line if there is one in front of the upcoming Golden Globe awards ceremony.
TORONTO, July 18 (UPI) -- David Cronenberg, Denys Arcand and Francois Girard are among Canadian directors whose films will be featured at the Toronto Film Festival.
HOLLYWOOD, June 7 (UPI) -- "The Painted Veil" star Naomi Watts is set to headline the Hollywood adaptation of "We Are All the Same" for the Bureau of Moving Pictures production company.
CANNES, France, May 21 (UPI) -- Oscar-winning director Roman Polanski criticized the media attending the 60th Cannes Film Festival in France, chiding reporters for "such poor questions."
UPI almanac for Tuesday, May 15, 2007.
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