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For the first time since the show launched, CBS' "CSI: NY" will end the season with a cliffhanger episode that won't be settled until the show returns in September.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Soul legend Tina Turner on Friday unveiled plans to tour for the first time in eight years after her friend and film icon Sophia Loren told her it was time to hit the road again.

LONDON (Hollywood Reporter) - Director John Maybury's upcoming adaptation of "Wuthering Heights" is facing a casting crisis after Natalie Portman pulled out of one of the main roles.

Six years after he was charged with videotaping himself having sex with an underage girl, R&B superstar R. Kelly went on trial on Friday, with his alleged victim prepared to deny she is not the person on the tape.

Two sketches no bigger than a sheet of paper by the red-hot Tom Thomson will be the stars this auction season.

THE Scotsman's film critic ALISTAIR HARKNESS offers his pick of the EIFF's 2008 programme.

Small-town Norway couldn't contain the wild spirit of Ida Maria. Interview by DOUG JOHNSTONE..

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Reuters - When you've got a subject as colorful as legendary surfer Dr. Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz at your disposal, you'd have to mess up pretty seriously not to have an engaging documentary on your hands.

International News: Italy's oldest film awards bow in June -- Nanni Moretti starrer "Quiet Chaos" and Paolo Virzi's telemarketing satire "Her Whole Life Ahead of Her" are the top contenders for Italy's 62nd Nastri D'Argento (Silver Ribbons), the country's oldest film awards, with seven nominations each.