Nine - Trailer 3“NINE” is a vibrant and provocative musical that follows the life of world famous film director Guido Contini (Daniel Day-Lewis) as he reaches a creative and personal crisis of epic proportion, while balancing the numerous women in his life including his wife (Marion Cotillard), his mistress (Penelope Cruz), his film star muse (Nicole Kidman), his confidant and costume designer (Judi Dench), an American fashion journalist (Kate Hudson), the whore from his youth (Fergie) and his mother (Sophia Loren). The film is directed by Rob Marshall (CHICAGO). The original 1982 Broadway production of “NINE,” with music and lyrics by Maury Yeston, won five Tony Awards including Best Musical.Directed by: Rob MarshallStarring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard, Penelope Cruz, Judi Dench, Kate Hudson, Nicole Kidman, Sophia Loren

Christopher Eccleston ( G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra , "Doctor Who") will play John Lennon in BBC Four's upcoming "Naked Lennon," reports Variety .

Jeremy Piven and Kate Walsh are starring in indie ensemble drama Waska , directed by Gaby Dellal ( On a Clear Day ), says Variety .

Variety reports that Ghost House Pictures has made a deal with Uruguayan commercials director Fede Alvarez to direct his pitch for an alien invasion film.

A security service has been visiting the Swiss chalet owned by director Roman Polanski, who is expected to be released into house arrest soon.Polanski's posh holiday home in the ski resort of Gstaad is being prepared for the director.Security experts were at the home on Saturday, likely installing surveillance equipment.Swiss authorities have agreed to house arrest for the 76-year-old auteur, who was arrested in September when he arrived in Zurich from France to attend a film festival.Polanski's House Arrest* The director will have to arrange to get food and other supplies into his holiday chalet. * He can do whatever he wants and will be on his own schedule. * He can get the mail outside the house, hang out in the garden and he will have access to the telephone and email. * Polanski is also allowed to have as many visitors as he wants. He can even hold parties. * He has to pay $2,000 US for the monitor installation as well as a small monthly maintenance fee for the electronic ankle bracelet. * No special police protection or ...

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One of Quebec's greatest filmmakers, whose works won international praise, died early Saturday. Gilles Carle was 80.He battled Parkinson's disease for a number of years and was recently hospitalized following a heart attack and complications from pneumonia.Quebec Premier Jean Charest released a statement lamenting the death of a man who profoundly influenced Quebec culture."Gilles Carle was among the most important filmmakers in Quebec, a man of immense talent and who has been recognized internationally," Charest said.Carle gave his life to cinema.The prolific director is known for works like La vraie nature de Bernadette (The Real Bernadette), Maria Chapdelaine, Les Plouffes (The Plouffes) and Pudding Chomeur (Bread Pudding).Born in Maniwaki, Que., he grew up in Abitibi and later moved to Montreal in 1940 to study drawing. But he fell in love with film.Carle's passion for cinema spawned a decades-long career that produced 30 works, running the gamut from fiction to documentary and television specials.The themes of his films often touched on sexuality and the trials of everyday people.In 1961, he began working at the National Film Board of Canada and co-directed, with Louis Portugais, his first film, Manger (Eat).With 25 Genies and other Canadian prizes to his name, he is one ...

The father-daughter story No Puedo Vivir Sin Ti by Taiwanese director Leon Dai has triumphed at the Golden Horse Awards, taking home four trophies.The prizes, considered the Asian equivalent of the Oscars, were handed out Saturday in Taipei."I want to thank my parents, my mentor Edward Yang and the actors of the film," Dai told the audience.Dai's film, based on a true story and translated from the Spanish title as I Can't Live Without You, chronicles the efforts of a down-and-out man who fights the authorities to get custody of his daughter.The movie captured a directing prize for Dai as well as awards for best feature film, best screenplay and outstanding Taiwanese film of the year.The highly touted Like a Dream, by Australian-based filmmaker Clara Law, went in with nine nominations and was shut out. Law had previously been nominated four times in the director category.The other big winner at the gala was the documentary KJ: Music Life, which was handed trophies for best film editing, sound effects and top documentary.The non-fiction film examines the frustrations and ruminations of Hong Kong child prodigy Wong Ka-Jeng, who played with a professional orchestra in the Czech Republic at only 11 years old. ...

horse organization has named a scholarship in honour of the late actor Patrick Swayze, who died of pancreatic cancer in September.The Arabian Horse Foundation, located in Dayton, Ohio, said a scholarship will be awarded each spring to a young person involved with Arabian horses who wants a career in the performing arts.Swayze and his wife, Lisa Niemi, owned Arabian horses and also competed in shows.Foundation president Larry Kinneer said the scholarship honours the couple's "love of the Arabian breed and contributions over the years to AHA youth programs."The 57-year-old actor fought a public battle after revealing in March 2008 that he had the disease.Swayze, perhaps best known for his starring roles in Red Dawn, Dirty Dancing and Ghost, worked on the series The Beast while battling cancer.Forever linked to the coming-of-age movie Dirty Dancing, Swayze, himself an accomplished dancer, told an Australian newspaper this year that he was proud of that legacy."It's been the cult-following movies that have really surprised me. That's been the real reason why my career has lasted so long."

Hong Kong filmmaker Clara Law, who currently calls Australia home, is vying for nine Golden Horse Awards for her romance Like a Dream.The Golden Horse Awards, the Asian equivalent of the Oscars, are scheduled for Saturday in Taiwan.Law shot in China for the first time since 1994 with Like a Dream, a romance that jumps from Shanghai to Taipei to New York. The film is up for best film, Law has a nomination for best director and stars Daniel Wu and Daniel Wu and Yolanda Yuan have nods for best performance.The other nominees for best picture:* No Pudeo Vivir Sin Ti (I can't leave without you) by Taiwanese actor-turned-director Leon Dai. * Cow by China's Guan Hu. * Crazy Racer by China's Ning Hao. * Face by Malaysian-Chinese director Tsai Ming-liang.Cow, shown at the Venice film festival this year, is about a Chinese peasant and a Dutch cow who are the only survivors from the massacre of an entire village during the Sino-Japanese War. The film earned seven nominations, including best director of Hu, and best actor for little-known Huang Bo.Dai's No Pudeo Vivir Sin Ti, a ...