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• A Quixotic Quest - FilmStew.com
  How does a 74-year-old directing an 86-year-old in a big screen version of a literary classic that is over 400 years old sound? It hasn’t happened yet, but if Spanish actor-director Paul Naschy (a.k.a. Jacinto Molina) and British star Christopher Lee have their way, a feature film version of Miguel de Cervantes’ Don Quixote will roll before one or both of them rides off to the big windmill in the sky.
• Kirsten Dunst in North Dakota for vote documentary - AP
  In making a documentary about how the nation votes, actress Kirsten Dunst and filmmaker Jacob Soboroff were drawn to North Dakota, the only state without voter registration.
• REVIEW | The Other Side of the Fence: Mark Herman's "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas" - indieWIRE
  [An indieWIRE review from Reverse Shot.]
• Holiday highlights: Bond, Nixon, `Madagascar' gang - AP
  Nixon's back. So are Kate and Leo, Nicole and Baz, a herd of stranded zoo animals and a very vengeful James Bond.
• Fashion maven Ford adds actors to directing debut - Reuters
  Ginnifer Goodwin and Nicholas Hoult are about to make fashion designer Tom Ford less of "A Single Man."
• Soderbergh overseeing true-life mob thriller - Reuters
  Steven Soderbergh is executive-producing a movie based on the true story of an FBI undercover agent who nearly became a made man in the mob.
• Michael Douglas to be honored by movie producers - Reuters
  Michael Douglas will receive a lifetime achievement award from the Producers Guild of America during the group's annual bash at the Hollywood Palladium on January 24, it said Monday.
• South Korean erotic film fest restricts women - Reuters
  Erotic movies are making a tentative comeback in South Korea, where they were banned as recently as the late 1990s.
• Three Stooges bringing zany antics to big screen - Reuters
  The Three Stooges may have finally found their way back home.
• iW BOT | Sony Classics Trio Help Lead Out Fall Season - indieWIRE
  The unofficial transition from "Fall" to "Holiday" season happens in the film industry over the next few weeks and specialty distribs react by breaking out their big awards guns, from this month's "Slumdog Millionaire" and "Milk," to December's dozen or so options. But a lucky few will bleed business between seasons and it appears Sony Pictures Classics' promising trio of "Rachel Getting Married," "Synecdoche, New York" and "I've Loved You So Long" are good possibilities to be among them. None...
• Jury: Keanu Reeves doesn't owe paparazzo - AP
  It's a most excellent outcome for Keanu Reeves: The "Matrix" actor doesn't owe a dime to the paparazzo who sued him.
• `HSM3' takes box-office curtain call with $15.3M - AP
  "High School Musical 3: Senior Year" had an encore performance as Hollywood's top movie for the second weekend in a row, taking in $15.3 million.
• Review: `Madagascar' serves up same old menagerie - AP
  A giraffe in love with a hippo, a zebra with an identity crisis, a lion desperate to win his newfound daddy's respect the makers of "Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa" could have plunked their heroes down in a therapist's office for an animals-with-issues session.
• Bollywood's Shah Rukh will play his age - Reuters
  Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan sheds his Casanova image for a new film, basing his character on a middle-aged man he met while hosting a popular game show on Indian television.
• Jury reaches verdict in Keanu Reeves civil case - AP
  The jury has reached a verdict in a paparazzo's civil case against Keanu Reeves.
• Deliberations under way in Reeves civil case - AP
  A paparazzo's civil case against Keanu Reeves is in the hands of jurors.
• Mourners gather for private Hudson family funeral - AP
  Hundreds of mourners streamed into a private funeral service for Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson's slain mother, brother and nephew Monday at a South Side church.
• A Deranged DEXTER Fan - FilmStew.com
  The case of 29-year-old married aspiring Edmonton filmmaker Mark Twitchell, who was arrested on Halloween and charged with first degree murder, is both too fantastical to believe and too gruesome to ignore. Fresh from working on a self-funded Star Wars tribute film (Star Wars: Secrets of the Rebellion) that reportedly stars the British actor who once played Boba Fett for George Lucas (Jeremy Bulloch), Twitchell apparently decided to carry out his own personal version of the Showtime TV series...
• indieWIRE PROFILE | "A Christmas Tale" Director Arnaud Desplechin - indieWIRE
  Fresh on the heels of 2005's critical hit "Kings And Queen," Arnaud Desplechin is returning to American screens this fall with his new film, "A Christmas Tale" (Un Conte de Noel). Already a hit on the international festival circuit, "A Christmas Tale" is also Desplechin's most successful release to date; international box-office receipts for the film have exceeded $4,000,000. indieWIRE caught up with Desplechin after his recent New York Film Festival screenings to discuss the film and his...
• Private funeral for slain Hudson relatives - AP
  A church on the city's South Side was readied Monday for a private funeral service for the slain mother, brother and nephew of singer-actress Jennifer Hudson, a day after a public memorial that drew hundreds of friends, family and fans.
• Bond breaks British box office record - Reuters
  The new James Bond film "Quantum of Solace" enjoyed a record opening weekend in Britain, earning 15.4 million pounds ($25 million) at the box office, Hollywood studio Sony Pictures Entertainment said on Monday.
• Joaquin Phoenix confirms he's done with movies - AP
  The writing on Joaquin Phoenix's fists said it all.
• Mourners celebrate lives of slain Hudson relatives - AP
  Mourners in Jennifer Hudson's childhood church Sunday listened as the second-grade teacher of the entertainer's slain nephew read aloud from journals written by his classmates including one who lamented that Julian King didn't live long enough to become president.
• 'High School Musical 3' is head of class at movies - AP
  Hollywood made audiences repeat senior year. Disney's "High School Musical 3: Senior Year" hauled in $15 million to remain the top movie for the second straight weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday.

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