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ATHENS, Greece - The chief executive of Fox Filmed Entertainment said Monday the U.S. should join France in cutting off the Internet connection of users who repeatedly download copyright-protected films.

BERLIN (Reuters) - German director Werner Herzog will head the jury at the 2010 Berlin film festival, organizers said on Thursday.

In Cormac McCarthy's post-apocalyptic novel "The Road," no word is repeated so often and with such steady emphasis as "ash."

PARIS (AFP) - France's first lady, singing ex-supermodel Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, has agreed to star in US auteur Woody Allen's next movie, she told a television interviewer.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Josh Klausner has been tapped to adapt Adena Halpern's novel "The Ten Best Days of My Life," which 20th Century Fox is developing as a starring vehicle for Amy Adams and directing vehicle for Shawn Levy.

LOS ANGELES - The King of Pop is still winning awards and setting records doing it.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Eddie Murphy will produce the buddy comedy "The Misadventures of Fluffy."

HONG KONG - How do you say school's out in Chinese?

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Marc Shaiman has been named music director of the 82nd Academy Awards.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Michael Scott's young adult fantasy novels, "The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel," will be adapted as a series of feature films.

MADRID - Seven bulls being used on the set of a film starring Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz have broken free in Spain and slightly injured two people.

LOS ANGELES (AFP) - The "Twilight" vampire romance sequel "New Moon" took a record-breaking bite out of the North American box office this weekend, final figures showed Monday.

LOS ANGELES - Vampires and werewolves have vanquished a dark knight. "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" took in $72.7 million in its first day to break the single day domestic box office record previously held by "The Dark Knight," which had a $67.2 million opening day last year.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Penelope Cruz feels uncomfortable talking about nude scenes and says she has "an allergy to labels," but she becomes effusive when discussing her "dream year" with two special films about to hit theaters.

OCALA, Fla. - John Travolta and his family made their first public appearance in their adopted Florida hometown since his son's death, helping raise thousands of dollars for charity at a screening of the actor's new comedy Friday night.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - In "The Twilight Saga: New Moon," lovelorn character Bella Swan gets dumped by her vampire man, sinks into depression and later flies to Italy to pursue him. While that may sound too extreme, actress Kristen Stewart thinks Bella is setting a good example to girls.

ST. CLAIRSVILLE, Ohio - The jury in the trial of an Ohio police chief accused of breaking into the home of a woman who carried twins for Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick ended five hours of deliberations Friday without a verdict.

PHILADELPHIA - A surprisingly strong weekend opening for the second movie in the Twilight vampire series, "New Moon," led analysts to raise their box office forecasts and support a more upbeat outlook for theater chains.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Demian Bichir, who played the young Fidel Castro in Steven Soderbergh's "Che," will play another revolutionary in the Mexican film "Hidalgo-Moliere."

NEW YORK - "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" has set a box-office record for midnight screenings.

ATLANTA - Wesley Snipes' attorneys asked a federal appeals court Friday to review an "unreasonable" three-year prison sentence for the film star, who was convicted a year ago on federal tax charges.

HAVANA - Fidel Castro was 32 and building his new government on the fly.

BEIJING - When the apocalypse comes, China will save the world.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - The simple yet powerful story of the Prodigal Son was given a vigorous new interpretation in the 2004 Danish film "Brothers," directed by Susanne Bier.

MADRID (AFP) - Two women were slightly hurt when they were struck by bulls that escaped the set of a new film that stars Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz, local police and officials said.

MADRID (AFP) - Antonio Banderas wants to ramp up production at his vineyard in the north of Spain and build a hotel there, the Hollywood film star said in an interview published on Sunday.

STOCKHOLM (AFP) - American actress Susan Sarandon was on Saturday honoured with a lifetime achievement award at the Stockholm film festival.

LOS ANGELES (AFP) - All the hype surrounding the "Twilight" vampire romance sequel is scoring big at the box office, with industry reports estimating Saturday it took in the largest opening-day receipts on record.

NEW YORK (AFP) - Manny Pacquiao's 12th-round TKO of Miguel Cotto was the top-drawing pay-per-view bout of 2009 with 1.25 million purchases worth 70 million dollars in revenue, Home Box Office Sports said Friday.

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Audrey Hepburn once declared her look was "attainable" and an upcoming auction of some of the fashionable film star's wardrobe will make that possible.