Rossellini to head Berlin Film Festival jury (AFP)

1 hr 15 mins ago BERLIN (AFP) – Italian-American actress and director Isabella Rossellini will head the international jury at the 61st Berlin Film Festival from February 10-20, organisers said on Monday. “It’s fantastic that Isabella Rossellini will be the president of the Berlinale Jury in 2011,” said festival director Dieter Kosslick. “She is a multifaceted, creative film artist [...]

Jolie to film love story set in Bosnia war (Reuters)

Sat Aug 21, 4:36 pm ET SARAJEVO (Reuters) – Hollywood star Angelina Jolie said after a visit to Sarajevo Saturday she would soon start work on a love story set during the 1992-95 Bosnian War. Jolie said in a statement issued by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), for whom she is a Goodwill Ambassador, that shooting [...]

Julia Roberts to receive award at San Sebastian film fest (AFP)

Sat Aug 14, 2:24 pm ET MADRID (AFP) – US actress Julia Roberts, star of Hollywood blockbusters, will receive an award for her movie career at next month’s film festival in San Sebastian in northern Spain, organisers said Saturday. Roberts will also attend the film fest to promote her latest movie “Eat Pray Love” by US director Ryan Murphy [...]