Venice News

Maxx in Florida Wednesday, November 18, 2009 Two masked men armed with guns entered a T.J...The final hostage, a 16-year-old girl, reportedly hid from the gunmen and was injured and dragged out of the store on a blanket...Shortly before midnight,...

Hundreds of people turned out on Saturday in Venice for a symbolic funeral procession to highlight the Italian city's dwindling population. A cortege of gondolas carrying empty coffins, decorated with wreaths, crossed the city to the sound of songs and...

Mal Peet's Exposure beat authors including Terry Pratchett to win the £1,500 prize at tonight's awards ceremony. "It feels absolutely great – I've always had my eye on the Guardian prize but it's always evaded me," said Peet. "My books...

It was the scene of Thomas Mann�s famous work, �Death in Venice� but now Venetians have held a mock funeral to highlight the Italian city�s sinking population. Carrying a coffin through Venice�s historic canals the event�s organizers say the watered...

VENICE: Omar Sharif, whose devilishly handsome looks delighted female fans decades ago, has returned to the big screen at the Venice Film Festival Thursday in a film about an elderly man's encounter with a woman he loved in his youth.'The...

Natural gas projects in Qatar, the world�s biggest producer of liquefied natural gas, have not suffered from the economic crisis, the Emir H H Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, said yesterday. The Emir said there have been signs of...

According to the Huffington Post , Michael Moore says his movie Capitalism: A Love Story is dedicated to “good people...who’ve had their lives ruined” by the quest for profit. Following a great deal of success at Cannes, Moore premiered the...

Bloomberg has reported that Michael Moore launched his film Capitalism: A Love Story at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday, staging an all-out attack on the free-market system and on the U.S. government bailout of financial institutions. "Capitalism is an...

For the first time in the history of the Venice Film Festival the Lifetime Achievement Award was given to a movie studio instead of the usual single filmmaker. John Lasseter and his fellow directors at Pixar Studios received the award....

Jury's President Chinese director Ang Lee poses as he walks on the Red Carpet during the 66th Venice International Film Festival at Venice Lido, Italy, Sept. 2, 2009. The 66th Venice International Film Festival was inaugurated at Venice Lido on...