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'Thriller' was made because Michael Jackson wanted to be a monster
VENICE Music video "Thriller" was not the product of a brilliant idea but was made because pop star Michael Jackson wanted to be a monster, director John Landis said at the Venice film festival on Monday. | Video
- Film on rivalry of tennis greats Borg and McEnroe premiers in Stockholm
- Putin: no censorship or pressure behind arrest of prominent director
- Frances McDormand used John Wayne as model in small-town revenge drama
- U.S. Box Office: 'Hitman's Bodyguard' leads slowest Labor Day weekend in about two years
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Making movies gets more frightening with age, Judi Dench says
VENICE Making movies gets more terrifying the older you get, British actress Judi Dench said on Monday, a day after her latest royal comedy drama "Victoria & Abdul" premiered at the Venice film festival. | Video
Rap star Lil Wayne suffers seizures, is hospitalized: reports
Grammy-winning rap star Lil Wayne was taken to hospital on Sunday after suffering a seizure and being found unconscious in his Chicago hotel room, TMZ said on its web site. | Video
Walter Becker, Steely Dan's jazz-loving co-founder, dead at 67
Walter Becker, co-founder of the influential jazz-rock band Steely Dan, died on Sunday at age 67, according to his website, which did not disclose the cause of death.
George Clooney tackles 'original sin' of slavery and racism in dark comedy
VENICE Breaking the brittle veneer of the picture-perfect suburbs of 1950s America, George Clooney's new satire tackles racial prejudice which the actor and director said on Saturday continues to erupt in today's angry society. | Video
'La La Land''s Chazelle partners with Netflix for Paris TV musical
LOS ANGELES Damien Chazelle, the Oscar-winning director of hit movie "La La Land," has another musical in the works, this time a multilingual television series set in Paris.
British author Rowling says Trump has a right to be bigoted
NEW YORK Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling labeled U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump bigoted after receiving the PEN/Allen Foundation Literary Service Award in New York. | Video
