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Reuters - HBO Films is developing a biopic about Katharine Graham, the venerable publisher of the Washington Post who oversaw the paper's Watergate coverage leading to the resignation of President Nixon.

AN experimental film consisting of one long zoom shot with a fixed camera from one end of an 80 foot loft to the other is to be shown at the Edinburgh Filmhouse.

Thoughts and comments by Polish filmmaker Kasia Adamik.

Reuters - "Rachel getting married . . . ," Donald Harrison Jr. muses before the friends and family assembled at a fictional wedding. The setting is director Jonathan Demme's latest critically acclaimed work, starring Anne Hathaway; Harrison's opening line is the film's title.

Reuters - Ahead of next Friday's release of the eagerly anticipated vampire romance "Twilight," indie studio Summit Entertainment is moving potential future installments in the franchise into the development pipeline.

The women in Blaxploitation pics didn't accept victimization and often fought for causes larger than themselves. Imagine what they would do today.

Film News: Forster's 'Quantum' earns $27 million on Friday -- James Bond lured moviegoers en masse Friday as Sony-MGM's "Quantum of Solace" set an opening day record for the 007 franchise with a boffo $27 million.

Reuters - Fresh from his triumphant swing across movie theaters overseas, James Bond was on track for a record opening in North America, according to preliminary data issued on Saturday.

Film News: Andrew Rona in talks to become president -- Rogue Pictures president Andrew Rona is in discussions to become president of Silver Pictures for Warner Bros.-based producer Joel Silver.