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Monday, Aug. 30, 2010
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Womb

Womb -- Film Review
Bit of a stretch for Oedipus Rex in a wishy-washy tale about human cloning.

The Fantastic Water Babes -- Film Review
A frivolous but endearing romantic fantasy.

The Human Resources Manager -- Film Review
Fine mix of comedy and drama as a personnel officer is charged with seeing that an employee's body makes it to her far off home.

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'Jersey Shore' breaks another ratings record
TORONTO -- The bronze tans, the tantrums, the six-packs: Canadians can't get enough of "Jersey Shore." MTV's latest hit series is closing in on "The Hills" as its best-ever performing reality show on Canadian TV.

Bed bugs infesting Toronto festival site
TORONTO -- The Toronto International Film Festival is already buzzing with more than word-of-mouth. Blood-sucking bed bugs now threaten to swarm the Sept. 9-19 event.

D Films nabs Canadian rights to Joaquin Phoenix doc
TORONTO – Indie distributor D Films has picked up the Canadian rights to Casey Affleck's "I'm Still Here: The Lost Year of Joaquin Phoenix," a documentary about actor Joaquin Phoenix, from Magnolia Pictures.


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Toronto Film Fest enacts paparazzi rules
TORONTO – Reservations are the new red carpet rule for paparazzi at the Toronto International Film Festival, where media outlets this September will be required to RSVP before being assigned nightly vantage points to snap the stars.

Emmy winner Emi to head PIFF jury
SEOUL -- Wada Emi, a renowned Japanese costume designer, who received an Emmy Award for Best Costume Design for Julie Taymor’s television opera “Oedipus Rex,” will head the Pusan International Film Festival jury for New Currents, a selection of films by emerging Asian directors.

French director Alain Corneau dies at 67

PARIS -- French director Alain Corneau died of cancer Sunday night at age 67, Corneau's agent confirmed on Monday. The announcement comes just before Corneau's latest film "Love Crimes," starring Kristin Scott Thomas and Ludivine Sagnier, is set to premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Jordan, Morocco pics to screen at San Seb sidebar
MADRID -- Four projects from Iraq, Jordan and Morocco will screen in the Cinema in Motion sidebar at the 58th San Sebastian International Film Festival, which showcases nearly finished films from Maghreb and awards post-production financing.

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UFC expands presence in China, Asia


BEIJING – Former NBA executive Mark Fischer has been tapped to set up the Asia office of the Ultimate Fighting Championship with the goal of expanding the Boston-based company’s mixed martial arts television programming across the region.


MTV Japan names Numakura SVP, MD
TOKYO -- MTV Networks Japan has appointed Shigeo Numakura senior vice president and managing director, returning to the company after a two-year stint heading KNTV, a Japanese cable channel that broadcasts Korean content.

Grade: Channel 4 should get BBC's license fee
EDINBURGH -- Channel 4 should end its dependence on advertising revenue and be funded from the BBC license fee instead, former BBC chairman Michael Grade said Sunday.

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U2 stars in Music of Ireland doc

IRISH MUSIC DOCUMENTARY: U2, Glen Hansard, Damien Rice and the Script will star in the second installment of the "Music of Ireland" documentary series, which originally premiered on PBS stations in February.


Aamir Khan

Q&A: Aamir Khan
The Bollywood actor-producer on branching out, resisting Hollywood and how U.S. studios can succeed in India.

Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps Hollywood's economic woes no match for nation's
COMMENTARY: Watching the market take another dive and Washington politicos confess that things were bleaker than they thought is a scary omen.
Emmys

Will rookies dominate the Emmys?
AWARDS WATCH: Momentum building for TV's fresh faces.


FINANCE

Orange eyes selling movie channels to Canal Plus
PARIS -- French pay TV rivals Canal Plus and Orange may be making love and not war with the media groups contemplating a 50-50 merger, French newspapers Le Figaro and La Tribune reported.

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