Reuters - Jury president Quentin Tarantino faces a tough choice as the Venice film festival winds to a close Saturday, with no clear frontrunner emerging for the coveted Golden Lion awarded each year to the best picture.

The Broadway premiere of Brief Encounter, the Kneehigh Theatre's highly theatrical and widely acclaimed adaptation of Noël Coward's stage and film romance, starts Sept. 10 at Studio 54. The staging, adapted and directed by Emma Rice, includes songs, incidental music, dance, melodrama, film projections and comedy to create a unique hybrid.

Reed Birney, Halley Feiffer, Natasha Lyonne and John Magaro populate Kim Rosenstock's Tigers Be Still — a dark comedy about an art therapist seeking personal and professional happiness — Sept. 10-Nov. 21 in the Roundabout Underground program Off-Broadway.

AFP - American actor Martin Sheen joined striking hotel workers on the picket line on Friday outside a downtown hotel while here for the Toronto film festival.

AP - Aretha Franklin wants Halle Berry to show her some R-E-S-P-E-C-T and sign on to portray a younger version of the Queen of Soul in an upcoming biopic.

AP - Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson is coming to the Oprah Winfrey Network next year.

AP - 'Barney's Version,' which made its debut at the Venice Film Festival's last main day, spans four decades in the life of a flawed man and took 10 years to reach the screen.

AP - It's not clear who's more daring, the German threesome or the French foursome.

AP - A judge has granted Leonardo DiCaprio a three-year restraining order from a woman who he said claims to be his wife and carrying his baby.

AP - Don't expect a duet between Kanye West and Taylor Swift at the MTV Video Music Awards.

Reuters - A bittersweet comedy premiering at the Venice film festival brings to the big screen the cult book "Barney's Version," the witty story of a politically incorrect Jewish man spanning four decades and three marriages.

Reuters - Like debutantes at a cotillion, movies that harbor Oscar hopes are about to be presented to the world at the Toronto International Film Festival, which got underway Thursday night.

AP - Representatives say Glenn Beck will donate his speaking fee from his upcoming appearance with Sarah Palin in Anchorage.

AP - Diane Lane, Marcia Cross and Mark Harmon are set to join more than 100 celebrities for Friday's "Stand Up To Cancer" telethon.

AP - Diane Lane, Marcia Cross and Mark Harmon are set to join more than 100 celebrities for Friday's "Stand Up To Cancer" telethon.

Reuters - Want to know who's replacing Steve Carell on "The Office"?

Reuters - "Score: A Hockey Musical," the movie that opened the Toronto Film Festival on Thursday, is both a departure and a return to tradition for one of Canada's signature cultural events.

Reuters - "Score: A Hockey Musical," the movie that opened the Toronto Film Festival on Thursday, is both a departure and a return to tradition for one of Canada's signature cultural events.

Reuters - Look out Hollywood! Three actresses are delving into movie directing for the first time, thanks to Glamour Magazine.

AP - More than a half-dozen public employees snooped in confidential state records for personal information on "American Idol" runner-up Crystal Bowersox, officials said Thursday.

AP - Capsule reviews of films opening this week:

AP - The 25th and final season of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" starts airing Monday and the talk show host says she plans to focus on the people she thinks are responsible for the show's success: the viewers.

Reuters - Get ready for a high-stakes, star-packed game of musical chairs as the 35th Toronto International Film Festival gets under way Thursday.