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'Chronicle' edges Radcliffe's 'Woman' with $22M
(AP)
 AP - Some unknown kids with superpowers have nudged out the actor who plays the world's most famous teen wizard at the weekend box office.
Director, writer, producer Zalman King dead at 70
(AP)
 AP - Actor and filmmaker Zalman King, who became known for his erotic work after writing and producing his breakthrough film "9 1/2 Weeks," has died. He was 70.
"Woman in Black" delivers scares in abundance
(Reuters)
Reuters - From a London choking in smoke and fumes to a chilly marshland blanketed in fog, early 20th century England seems tailor-made for an atmospheric horror film, and "The Woman in Black" takes full advantage of all that built-in creepiness.
"Chronicle" wins tight box office race
(Reuters)
Reuters - Teen boys with superpowers helped lift the movie box office to unexpected heights over Super Bowl weekend as thriller "Chronicle" edged "Harry Potter" star Daniel Radcliffe's haunted house movie "The Woman in Black."
Cannon says he is completely healthy after illness
(AP)
AP - What do you do after recovering from a serious illness? If you're Nick Cannon, you celebrate by attending the Super Bowl.
"Hugo," "Harry Potter," "'Dragon Tattoo" honored for design
(Reuters)
Reuters - "Hugo," "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2" and "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" have won the top prizes from the Art Directors Guild, which handed out its annual awards for film and television work on Saturday night.
App developer gets Oscar nomination for film that doubles as iPad app
(Appolicious)
Appolicious - The nominations for the 84th Academy Awards are upon us, and there's one unexpected nominee among the usual list of Hollywood studios, crew and actors - an iPad developer.
US, Australian filmmakers die in helicopter crash
(AP)
AP - Award-winning American cinematographer Mike deGruy and Australian television writer-producer Andrew Wight have died in a helicopter crash in eastern Australia, their employer National Geographic said Sunday.
"Artist" star Dujardin in French film poster flap
(Reuters)
Reuters - Oscar nominee and SAG best actor winner Jean Dujardin is in the midst of a tempest over salacious French posters for a new movie in which he appears.
Michael Sheen replaces Paul Bettany in "Masters of Sex"
(Reuters)
Reuters - Michael Sheen is stepping into Paul Bettany's sex-researcher shoes.
Erotica director Zalman King dies from cancer
(Reuters)
Reuters - Director Zalman King, best known for erotic film "9 1/2 Weeks" and television series "Red Shoe Diaries," died on Friday in Santa Monica, Calif., after a long battle with cancer. He was 69.
Popular character actor Ben Gazzara dies in NY
(AP)
 AP - Ben Gazzara, whose powerful dramatic performances brought an intensity to a variety of roles and made him a memorable presence in such iconic productions over the decades as the original "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" on Broadway and the film "The Big Lebowski," has died at age 81.
Filmmakers Mike deGruy, Andrew Wight killed in copter crash
(Reuters)
Reuters - Cinematographer Mike deGruy and Australian television writer-producer Andrew Wight have died in a helicopter crash in eastern Australia, their employer National Geographic said Sunday.
Johansson, Washington get German acting awards
(AP)
 AP - U.S. actors Scarlett Johansson and Denzel Washington have received Germany's most prestigious film award as best international actors.
Congress makes it tougher to shoot in U.S. capitol
(Reuters)
Reuters - Last year was a banner year for production in the nation's capital -- more than a dozen high-budget film and television projects ranging from "Bourne Identity 4 to "Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss 'Obese' Season 2" spent time in the city -- but its future as a film location may be in jeopardy.
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Legend, Kennedy Center program honor Marvin Gaye
(AP)
 AP - Grammy award-winning singer John Legend surprised a high school choir Tuesday at the Kennedy Center to help start a program encouraging young artists to confront social issues with their art, in honor of the late Marvin Gaye.
Christie's 2011 art sales hit record
(Reuters)
Reuters - Christie's shrugged off the euro zone crisis and slowing economic growth in 2011 to post record revenues, selling art worth 3.6 billion pounds, or nine percent more than in 2010.
Anselm Kiefer's World of Devastation Is Captured in the Documentary "Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow"
(ARTINFO)
ARTINFO - If Pompeii hadn't been excavated, if the towns and villages on the Western Front hadn't been rebuilt after World War I, and if the site of the World Trade Center had been left as it was after 9/11, they might partially resemble the ruins Anselm Kiefer constructed in the South of France. Moving from Germany in 1993, Kiefer took over the 35 hectares of the industrial wasteland La Ribaute, near Barjac, and turned the atelier into a sprawling Gesamtkunstwerk, or "total work of art," consisting of 47 buildings, an amphitheater, bridges, caves, an underground labyrinth that invoke the guts of the Pyramids or the gas chambers of the Nazi concentration camps. In the concrete rooms, he installed artworks - twisted strips of metallic film, a dormitory cast in lead, a child's garment decorated with shards of glass, and other totems of catastrophe.
Irishman makes "billion-euro home" of shredded notes
(Reuters)
Reuters - An unemployed Irish artist has built a home from the shredded remains of 1.4 billion euros ($1.82 billion), a monument to the "madness" he says has been wrought on Ireland by the single currency, from a spectacular construction boom to a wrenching bust.
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Power of Europe's boardrooms captured in new book
(Reuters)
Reuters - For 15 years, New York-based Dutch photographer Jacqueline Hassink has been making her mark with global art projects, covering subjects as diverse as Haute Couture fitting rooms in Paris, the gardens of Kyoto and the boardrooms of Europe's leading corporations.
French brand Courreges takes retro fashion online
(Reuters)
Reuters - Courreges, the futuristic fashion brand of the 1960s, is poised to bring its vinyl boots and A-line mini-dresses back into vogue, relaunching the French name online.
Chinese haute-couture steps up at HK Fashion Week
(Reuters)
Reuters - China at one time may have been better known for fashion knockoffs than catwalk creations, but Chinese haute-couture is now finding its feet on the international stage -- even as it grows ever more popular with customers at home.
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