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Vradenburg to receive Hassanein Award_

Film News: Exec to be feted at ShowEast convention -- Todd Vradenburg, executive director of the Will Rogers Motion Picture Pioneers Foundation, has been selected to receive the Salah M. Hassanein Humanitarian Award at the upcoming ShowEast convention.

  

Scorsese documentary on Kazan set for DVD via Fox_

Top News: 'Letter' will go out on disc after PBS airing -- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment will release Martin Scorsese and Kent Jones' documentary "A Letter to Elia" on DVD Nov. 9, one month after the film airs on PBS' "American Masters" series.

  

Michael Caine set for 'Journey 2'_

Top News: Actor to star in New Line sequel -- Michael Caine is in talks with New Line to star in "Journey 2: The Mysterious Island" opposite Josh Hutcherson and Dwayne Johnson.

  

Pieces of Vincent_

Legit Reviews: Script and experimental staging are only partially successful in Watson's low-key mood piece.

  

Candide_

Music Reviews: A bountiful flowering of Bernstein's underrated melodic gift.

  

Godard to skip honorary Oscars_

Film News: Maestro is too old to fly for 'a bit of metal,' girlfriend says -- French film maestro Jean-Luc Godard won't attend the Nov. 13 ceremony to collect his honorary Oscar.

  

'Believed' tackles turbulent past, present_

Film Festivals: Helmer Martone dealt tragic news in connection to epic -- Italy's turbulent history -- both past and present -- made big waves on the Lido Tuesday, as helmer Mario Martone's 19th century-set drama "We Believed," about the revolutionary turmoil that led to Italy's unification, unspooled.

  

Italo pic deals proliferate at Venice_

Film Festivals: Local distributors move in for pick ups ahead of Toronto -- France's Funny Balloons has sold Pablo Larrain's Venice competition player "Post Mortem" to Archibald Films in Italy.

  

Kennedy Center unveils honorees_

Music News: McCartney, Winfrey, Haggard to be feted -- Country singer/songwriter Merle Haggard, dancer/choreographer Bill T. Jones, composer/lyricist Jerry Herman, ex-Beatle Paul McCartney, and TV host/actor/producer Oprah Winfrey have been selected to receive this year's Kennedy Center Honors, the Center said Monday.

  

Kitano commits to 'Outrage2'_

International News: Original was a flop with crix, but hit with auds -- Takeshi Kitano will make a sequel to his 2010 Cannes competition entry "Outrage," his Office Kitano agency has announced.

  

Lorber nabs 'Quattro Volte' in U.S._

International News: Frammartino pic screened at Telluride -- Lorber Films has picked up U.S. rights to Michelangelo Frammartino's Italian pic "Le Quattro Volte," currently making the rounds of North American film fests.

  

Gaul bows digital funding for small theaters_

Technology News: CNC will help houses with less than three screens -- French film, TV board launches conversion system to help more than 1,000 screens switch to digital.