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ROME (Reuters) -
The author of the best-selling book "Gomorra" about the mafia in Naples, which has been made into a hit movie, wants to leave Italy to try to have a more normal life after reports that the mob wants him dead by Christmas.
After reports that the "Camorra," as the Naples mafia is known, has added urgency in its threat to kill Roberto Saviano, the 29-year-old who has been in hiding for two years said he was tired of being a "prisoner" of his book's success.
"I'm going away from Italy, at least for a while, then I'll see," he told La Repubblica newspaper.
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LOS ANGELES - Kevin Smith made a movie with such a bothersome title he cannot even place ads for it in some places.
Some newspaper, TV and outdoor ads for Smith's comedy "Zack and Miri Make a Porno" have been rejected because of their content or the five-letter word that ends the title, said Gary Faber, head of marketing for the Weinstein Co., which is releasing the film.
Among those refusing to carry ads are about 15 newspapers and several TV stations and cable channels, Faber said. Commercials for the film during Los Angeles Dodgers games on Fox Sports were dropped at the team's request after some viewers complained, said Dodgers spokesman Josh Rawitch.
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VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -
The late Pope John Paul was wounded by a knife-wielding priest in 1982, a year after he was shot in St Peter's Square, but the injury was kept secret, his former top aide says in a documentary film.
Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz also discloses that when John Paul was unable to pronounce words several days before his death in 2005, he told his aides that if he could not speak any more the time had come for him to die.
Dziwisz, who is now cardinal of Krakow, Poland, was John Paul's private secretary and closest aide for nearly 40 years, including all of his 27 years as pontiff.
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LONDON (Reuters) -
The London Film Festival kicks off on Wednesday with the world premiere of "Frost/Nixon," a movie based on a play about the dramatic series of television interviews with Richard Nixon in 1977.
Dozens of feature films will be screened in the capital between October 15 and 30, including the world premiere of the latest James Bond installment "Quantum of Solace," expected to be one of this year's biggest box office hits.
Politics take a prominent place, starting with "Frost/Nixon" and moving on to Oliver Stone's George W. Bush biopic "W," Israeli director Ari Folman's animation war movie "Waltz With Bashir" and British director |
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WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. - Hollywood's leading men are usually perfect physical specimens. Those who aren't become character actors.
Except James Marsden. He's pursued quirky characters despite his leading-man looks. Marsden is the guy on the sidelines, the goofy one who doesn't get the girl. So his face is familiar but not immediately identifiable.
"Most people are like, `Didn't we go to high school together?'" said the 35-year-old actor, whose screen credits include "Superman Returns," "The Notebook" and three "X-Men" movies.
Marsden is taking a "slow-burn" approach; choosing roles that appeal to him in the hope that a gradual and meandering ascent will lead to a long and varied career.
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LOS ANGELES - When women make movies, Hollywood pays attention, as scores of A-listers turned out to see Demi Moore, Courteney Cox and screenwriter Kirsten "Kiwi" Smith make their directorial debuts.
Jennifer Aniston, Lucy Liu, Sheryl Crow, Kirsten Dunst, Sacha Baron Cohen, Ashton Kutcher and David Arquette were among the stars who gathered at the Directors Guild headquarters Tuesday for Glamour magazine's annual Reel Moments event, where Moore, Cox and Smith each showed a short film based on stories by Glamour readers.
"It's a tremendous gift" to have the opportunity to direct, Moore said. "I realized, besides being completely terrified about taking this on, that people had faith in me far more than I had i |
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