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• Gorbaciof
  Film Reviews: Stefano Incerti's overall vision is mature and meticulously crafted. […]
• ASCAP launches iPhone/iPad app
  Music News: App is first of its kind for perf rights org -- The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, the performing rights organization made up of approximately 390 members, has announced the launch of ASCAP Mobile, an application for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. […]
• CBS peeks at Ludlum spy project
  TV News: 'CSI' maven Zuiker on board to exec produce -- CBS is eyeing a spy drama based on aspects of Robert Ludlum's novels about the spies who work for the secretive Treadstone Corp. […]
• Union merger central issue in election
  H'w'd and D.C.: Perlman sends missive to members -- With the Screen Actors Guild's election season in full swing, the renewed push for a merger between SAG and AFTRA has become the dominant issue in the guild's upcoming board election. […]
• Wigutow to pen 'Osterman Weekend'
  Film News: '8 Mile' scribe to rewrite Summit actioner -- Summit Entertainment's moving forward on "The Osterman Weekend," tapping Jesse Wigutow ("8 Mile") to rewrite its long-gestating action-thriller, based on Robert Ludlum's novel. […]
• 'Sarah's Key' to close San Sebastian
  International News: Olivia Williams to rep 'Ghost Writer' -- Gilles Paquet-Brenner's "Sarah's Key," toplining Kristin Scott Thomas, will close the 58th San Sebastian Film Festival. […]
• Guerin returns as 'Guest'
  Venice Show Dailies: Filmmaker blurs fact and fiction with latest offering -- For Venice audiences and critics, "In the City of Sylvia," which world preemed there in 2007, established Spaniard Jose Luis Guerin as a talent to track. […]
• 'Passion' plays for laughs
  Venice Show Dailies: Mazzacurati tackles contempo issues in Venice competition comedy -- There is somewhat of a paradox in Carlo Mazzacurati's comedy "The Passion," which screens today. […]
• Woo works to marry East and West
  International News: Golden Lion winner reflects on "Assassins," China and Hollywood -- John Woo dominated the Lido on Friday when he received the Venice Film Festival's Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement just as martial arts epic "Reign of Assassins," which he helmed with Su Chao-Pin, world preemed to warm response. […]
• Manuel de Ribera
  Film Reviews: A spare, slow-moving tale of a man with big plans who inherits an island. […]