Filmmaking 101

E! Online - Carmen Electra really isn’t all about sex. Really, she isn’t.

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Reuters - “Fool’s Gold” star Kate Hudson has been sued by a firm that says hair care products she developed with hair stylist-to-the-stars David Babaii are based on ideas for using volcanic ash that the firm developed.

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E! Online - The Tintin tag-teaming has begun.

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E! Online - Another day, another bout of negative publicity for Tom Cruise’s beseiged Valkyrie.

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Reuters - David Cronenberg’s sci-fi terror movie “The Fly” has taken on a new life in the Canadian director’s first foray into the world of opera.

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Reuters - Brad Pitt and George Clooney hit the red carpet on Wednesday with their latest movie “Burn After Reading,” a satirical comedy by Oscar winners the Coen brothers which opens this year’s Venice film festival.

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AP - When the two women first cross the river together — in the dead of winter, in a rickety Dodge Spirit — Melissa Leo’s character, Ray, says what the audience is thinking: “This is so … stupid.”

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E! Online - The upcoming Stand Up to Cancer benefit is beginning to look like the Oscars, the Emmys and the Grammys rolled into one.

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Reuters - Indian media company Reliance ADA Group’s expected deal to finance a new incarnation of the DreamWorks film studio signals broader changes for Bollywood moviemakers looking to reach Western audiences, experts said.

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Reuters - Twelve movie extras are seeking $11 million in damages from Tom Cruise and his production company after suffering broken bones, cuts and bruises in the filming of World War Two picture “Valkyrie” in Berlin last year.

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