Christopher Tookey of the Mail Online says Eat Pray Love is pretty awful. No. He is not dismissing the romantic comedy, he means the leading character of Elizabeth Gilbert played by American leading lady of the screen Julia Roberts.

The Story
While trying to get pregnant, a happily married woman realizes her life needs to go in a different direction, and after a painful divorce, she takes off on a round-the-world journey.

The film is an adaptation of the 2006 memoir “Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia” by American author Elizabeth Gilbert.

Eat Pray Love has a poor rating of 38% from 143 reviews so far, but had the highest debut at the box office with Roberts in a lead role since America’s Sweethearts in 2001. Apparently Julia Roberts is the only reason why people should see this movie as she “plays cinema’s most irritating leading lady for years,” said Tookey.

Crew
Directed by Ryan Murphy
Produced by Brad Pitt
Dede Gardner
Jeremy Kleiner
Julia Roberts
Stan Wlodkowski
Tabrez Noorani
Screenplay by Ryan Murphy
Jennifer Salt
Story by Elizabeth Gilbert (novel)
Narrated by Julia Roberts
Starring Julia Roberts
Billy Crudup
James Franco
Javier Bardem
Viola Davis
Richard Jenkins
Christine Hakim
Music by Dario Marianelli
Cinematography Robert Richardson
Editing by Bradley Buecker
Studio Plan B Entertainment
Distributed by Columbia Pictures
Release date(s) August 13, 2010
Running time 134 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $60 million
Gross revenue $81,928,119

Cast

Julia Roberts as Elizabeth Gilbert
Javier Bardem as Felipe, a man Gilbert falls in love with on her journey
Billy Crudup as Steven, Gilbert’s former husband
Richard Jenkins as Richard, a Texan whom Gilbert befriends at an Indian ashram
Viola Davis as Delia, Gilbert’s best friend
James Franco as David
Christine Hakim as Wayan, Gilbert’s best friend in Bali
El Hadji Diouf as Koko, a man Gilbert meets in Senegal.
Hadi Subiyanto as Ketut Liyer, Gilbert’s advisor in Bali
Tuva Novotny as Sofi, Gilbert’s best friend in Rome
Luca Argentero as Giovanni
Giuseppe Gandini as Luca Spaghetti
Rushita Singh as Tulsi, Gilbert’s best friend at the Indian ashram
Anakia Lapae as Tutti, Wayan’s daughter
Arlene Tur as Armenia, Wayan’s best friend

17 Sep 2010 19:22 Africa/Lagos

American Airlines Sponsored Los Angeles Premiere of WAITING FOR ‘SUPERMAN’

WHAT: AMERICAN AIRLINES SPONSORED LOS ANGELES PREMIERE OF WAITING
—– FOR “SUPERMAN”

A documentary from Davis Guggenheim and Lesley Chilcott,
filmmakers of “An Inconvenient Truth,” presented by
Paramount Vantage, Participant Media and Walden Media

WHEN: Monday, September 20, 2010
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Press Check-in at 6:00p.m.
Red Carpet Arrivals begin at 6:30p.m.
Screening starts promptly at 7:30p.m.

WHERE: PARAMOUNT THEATRE
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At Paramount Pictures
5555 Melrose Avenue
Hollywood

WHO: Davis Guggenheim (Director), Lesley Chilcott (Producer) and
—- Geoffrey Canada (President & CEO of Harlem Children’s Zone),
Diane Weyerman (EVP Documentary Production at Participant),
Billy Kimball (Writer), Greg Finton (Editor)

Celebrities attending include: Jason Bateman
(Up in the Air), Dane Cook (My Best Friend’s Girl),
Cheryl Hines (Curb Your Enthusiasm), Jason Lee
(My Name is Earl), Kevin Eubanks (Musician), Rob Reiner
(Director), Colleen Camp (Die Hard: With a Vengeance),
Robert Carradine (Lizzie McGuire), Justin Henry
(Kramer vs. Kramer), Timothy Blake (The Bad News Bears),
Crispin Glover, (Hot Tub Time Machine),
Mimi Rogers (The Loop)

ABOUT WAITING FOR “SUPERMAN”
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From “An Inconvenient Truth” director Davis Guggenheim comes
“Waiting for ‘Superman,” a provocative and cogent examination of
the crisis of public education in the United States told through
multiple interlocking stories-from a handful of students and their
families whose futures hang in the balance, to the educators and
reformers trying to find real and lasting solutions within a
dysfunctional system.

Waiting for ‘Superman’ opens limited (NY/LA) on 9/24 and expands
nationwide in October.

This film has been rated PG for some thematic material, mild
language and incidental smoking.

ALL PRESS MUST BE ACCREDITED TO COVER THE EVENT
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For further information, please contact:
Broadcast – Gail Silverman – gail_silverman@paramount.com
Print/Online – Wendy Martino – wendy_martino@paramount.com
Photo – photo_rsvp@paramount.com
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The 67th Venice International Film Festival was held from September 1-11, 2010. The news video of the highlights was shown on Supple magazine from the opening ceremony to the closing day.

John Woo the accomplised Asian and Hollywood director was awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement.

The following is the complete list of the winners.

Official Awards of the 67th Venice Film Festival

VENEZIA 67
Golden Lion for Best Film:
Somewhere by Sofia Coppola (USA)

Silver Lion for Best Director:
Álex de la Iglesia for the film Balada triste de trompeta (Spain, France)

Special Jury Prize:
Essential Killing by Jerzy Skolimowski (Poland, Norway, Hungary, Ireland)

Coppa Volpi for Best Actor:
Vincent Gallo in the film Essential Killing by Jerzy Skolimowski (Poland, Norway, Hungary, Ireland)

Coppa Volpi for Best Actress:
Ariane Labed in the film Attenberg by Athina Rachel Tsangari (Greece)

Marcello Mastroianni Award for Best Young Actor or Actress:
Mila Kunis in the film Black Swan by Darren Aronofsky (USA)

Osella for Best Cinematography:
Mikhail Krichman for the film Ovsyanki (Silent Souls) by Aleksei Fedorchenko (Russia)

Osella for Best Screenplay:Álex de la Iglesia for the film Balada triste de trompeta by Álex de la Iglesia (Spain, France)

Special Lion: Monte Hellman
‘Monte Hellman is a great cinema artist and minimalistic poet. His work has inspired this jury and it’s our honour to honor him’

ORIZZONTI
Orizzonti Award (full-length films):
Verano de Goliat by Nicolás Pereda (Mexico, Canada)

Orizzonti Special Jury Prize (full-length films):
The Forgotten Space by Nöel Burch and Allan Sekula (Netherlands, Austria)

Orizzonti Award (medium-length films):
Tse (Out) by Roee Rosen (Israel)

Orizzonti Award (short films):
Coming Attractions by Peter Tscherkassky (Austria)

Special Mention:
Jean Gentil by Laura Amelia Guzmán and Israel Cárdenas (Dominican Republic, Mexico, Germany)

The Jury, after viewing the 21 European short films in the Orizzonti competition, has decided the Venice Short Film Nominee for the European Film Awards: The External World by David Oreilly (Germany)

CONTROCAMPO ITALIANO
Controcampo Italiano Award:
20 sigarette by Aureliano Amadei (Italy)

Special Mention: Vinicio Marchioni in the film 20 sigarette

LION OF THE FUTURE – “LUIGI DE LAURENTIIS” VENICE AWARD FOR A DEBUT FILM
Cogunluk (Majority) by SerenYüce(Turkey) – Giornate degli Autori – Venice Days

as well as a prize of 100,000 USD donated by Filmauro di Aurelio e Luigi De Laurentiis to be divided equally between director and producer

PERSOL 3-D AWARD FOR THE MOST CREATIVE 3-D FILM STEREOSCOPIC FILM OF THE YEAR:
Avatar by James Cameron (USA, UK)
How to Train Your Dragon by Chris Sanders and Dean Deblois (USA)

JAEGER-LECOULTRE GLORY TO THE FILMMAKER AWARD 2010:
Mani Ratnam

Premio L’Oréal Paris per il Cinema:
Vittoria Puccini

Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement
John Woo

67th Venice Film Festival- Introduction by Marco Müller
- Statistics of the 67th Venice Film Festival
- Countries represented at the 67th Venice Film Festival
- Ten possible route maps for “Orizzonti”
- John Woo, Golden Lion Award for Lifetime Achievement
- Tickets and Passes

Photo: GERMANY, Berlin : French director Claude Chabrol pretends to film with his trophy after being awarded the Berlinale Camera prize in 2009.

The Berlinale was deeply saddened to hear of the death of the great French director Claude Chabrol. As one of the founders of the Nouvelle Vague, he ranked among the most celebrated and productive filmmakers of French cinema. He made 71 films over the 50 years of his career.

Nine of his films were presented at the Berlin International Film Festival. In 1959, he first participated in the Berlinale with his second feature film Les cousins (The Cousins), which won the Golden Bear. In more recent years, his entries to the Berlinale Competition included La fleur du mal (The Flower of Evil, 2003) and L’ivresse du pouvoir (A Comedy of Power, 2006). Claude Chabrol was invited to the Berlinale in 2009 to screen Bellamy. On this occasion, he was awarded the Berlinale Camera for his impressive oeuvre and remarkable contribution to film.

Photo: A scene from Claude Chabrol’s 58th film “Bellamy”.

Berlinale Director Dieter Kosslick says of Claude Chabrol’s death: “We have lost a superb director, a critical mind and a bon vivant. In his psychological dramas and crime films, he relentlessly cast a critical eye on the bourgeoisie. Claude Chabrol was full of humour, and knew how to mix social criticism with fun and entertainment. Known for being a gourmet, he also attached great importance to excellent cooking for himself and his team when shooting his films.”

Press Office
September 13, 2010