Actress Elizabeth Taylor dies at 79

One of the 20th Century’s biggest movie stars died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles at the age of 79, her publicist said.

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The King’s Speech triumphs at the Oscars

The 83rd Academy Awards took place on Sunday evening in Los Angeles’ Kodak Theatre. James Franco and Anne Hathaway hosted the ceremony.

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Avatar most pirated movies in 2010

A file-sharing blog released data indicating that the most pirated film in 2010 was James Cameron’s blockbuster. Sci-fi epic Avatar was downloaded 16.6m times on one file-sharing site alone, TorrentFreak said.

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No 3D for Harry Potter 7 : part 1

Part 1 of the last Harry Potter film will be released on 19 November in the UK and the US, but the delay is too short for the 3D version to be completed. (photo, from bbcimg.co.uk)

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Eight oscars for Slumdog film

The cast and crew of widely acclaimed Slumdog Millionaire (photo, from bbc.co.uk) left Los Angelel with eight awards, including best picture and best director.

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Dutch anti-Islam MP to be prosecuted

Dutch politician and film-maker Geert Wilders (photo, from aljazeera.net), is to be prosecuted for inciting racial hatred against Muslims.

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Egyptian film director dies at 82

Youssef Chahine (photo, from lepoint.fr), 82, Egyptian film director and one of Arab cinema’s most admired figures, has died in Cairo, four weeks after suffering a brain haemorrhage.

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Record on Dark Knight opening night

By taking $66.4m, Batman film, The Dark Knight, has set a single-day box office record on its opening night, said distributor Warner Bros. The studio added that the movie, which debuted on Friday in the US, and has surpassed the previous record of $59.8m, set last year by Spider-Man 3.

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Tribute to Ledger in The Dark Knight

In an on-screen tribune in his final film, The Dark Knight, Heath Ledger (photo), the Australian actor who died of a drug overdose in January, will be remembered.

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Film director Sydney Pollack dies

The director of films such as “Tootsie” and Oscar-winning with “Out of Africa”, Sydney Pollack has died of cancer, said his agent.

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