Margareth VENICE: Italian actress Margareth Made blows kisses as she arrives for the screening of her latest film ‘Baaria’ which opens the 66th edition of the Venice Film Festival. ap

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Cate Blanchett injured during live performance
Australian actor and theatre director Cate Blanchett suffered a head injury Wednesday after she was hit by a prop during a live performance, reports said. The Australian Associated Press reported that the incident occurred during a performance of ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ at The Sydney Theatre Company....

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Venice film festival kicks off with Italian epic
Italy hogged the limelight at the Venice film festival as ‘Cinema Paradiso’ director Giuseppe Tornatore took to the red carpet Wednesday with the leading lights of his epic Sicilian drama ‘Baaria.’
Fellow Sicilians Francesco Scianna and Margareth Made, the stars in a cast of thousands that included...

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Walkman outsells iPod in Japan
The Walkman outsold the iPod in Japan last week for the first time in four years, handing Japanese electronics giant Sony a rare victory over arch-rival Apple, a survey showed. Sony’s share of the Japanese market for portable music players stood at 43.0 percent in the week to August 30, ahead of Apple...

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Miss Universe 2009, Stefania Fernandez New York: Newly-crowned Miss Universe 2009, Stefania Fernandez of Venezuela poses for pictures at Top of the Rock in Rockefeller Centre. ap

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