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News Corp Australia CEO Resigns; China Box-Office Standoff: Hollywood Could Get Payments Soon; Venice Fest Adds Films, Jury Members

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News Corp Australia CEO Kim Williams Resigns

The departure comes at the end of a week where News Corp chair Rupert Murdoch and Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd engaged in a bitter pre-election war of words. | Read More

China Box-Office Standoff: Hollywood Could Receive Back Payments Soon

Sources say the powerful China Film Group is mulling a temporary settlement to resolve the tax dispute, with a permanent solution in the works. | Read More

LATEST MOVIE NEWS

Venice Fest Adds New Films to Lineup, Names New Jury Members

Among the new additions is Patrice Leconte's pre-World War I romantic drama "A Promise" and three documentaries. | Read More

Stephen Chow Developing Film With Thai Studio GTH

The thriller project will be a Thailand-China co-production for the Chinese market, directed by GTH hitmaker Banjong Pisanthanakun. | Read More

Former Viacom18 India Top Executive Launches Indie Film Banner

Vikram Malhotra, who earned a reputation for offbeat releases that performed well, says his Abundantia Entertainment will focus on "progressive" cinema. | Read More

LATEST TV NEWS

Oprah Had Racist Experience in Switzerland, Gets Apology

UPDATE: The media mogul says a Zurich shop assistant refused to show her a handbag because it was "too expensive" for her, the owner says it was a "misunderstanding." | Read More

'Doctor Who' Lead Revelation Draws Ratings in U.S., Canada, Australia

BBC Worldwide, the commercial arm of U.K. public broadcaster BBC, says more than 1.5 million people tuned in for the show on two continents. | Read More

Canada's City Picks Up NBC's 'The Million Second Quiz'

The acquisition comes as another NBC broadcast reality show, "America's Got Talent," gains momentum on the Canadian network. | Read More

THE BUSINESS

Italy's Silvio Berlusconi Sees Wealth Rise 26 Percent to $7.6 Billion

Now under house arrest, the beleaguered media mogul has encountered many obstacles in the last year. But he also got richer. | Read More

Moody's Upgrades Debt Ratings on U.K.'s ITV

"The company has continued to successfully increase its total non-net advertising related revenues," says analyst Christian Azzi in lauding "the success of ITV Studios." | Read More

Scotland Yard Mulls BBC Fraud Probe (Report)

Politicians have criticized severance payments to former top executives of the U.K. public broadcaster that exceeded contractual promises. | Read More

REVIEWS

Holy Field Holy War: FIDMarseille Review

Veteran Polish-American documentarian Lech Kowalski tackles the controversial subject of 'fracking' in a film which picked up three awards at the French festival. | Read More

When Evening Falls on Bucharest or Metabolism: Locarno Review

The cerebral and absurdly witty vision of Romanian auteur Corneliu Porumboiu is applied to the world of filmmaking in his film about making a film that was shot on film. | Read More