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GERMANY IS LAUNCHING ITS OWN OSCAR Germany is bidding to burst onto the international film circuit. The brand new German Film Academy aims to boost the status of the country’s “Lola” award, which until now has been the poor cousin of the Oscar. But the imitative is not without controversy. At the moment the movement has recruited around 100 of German cinema’s top dogs. The line up includes... well known actors Klaus-Maria Brandauer, Til Schweiger and Daniel Brühl, as well as star directors Volker Schlöndorff, Wim Wenders, Doris Dörrie and Detlev Buck. The Academy hopes it will have at least 1,000 supporters within the Industry over the next few years. for more information, click here
BONO PAYS TRIBUTE TO JOHNNY CASH U2 frontman Bono has paid tribute to the late Johnny Cash who passed away on September 18 at the age of 71. "I considered myself a friend, he considered me a fan - he indulged me"... Bono said in a statement. "He showed me around his house, his ranch, his zoo (seriously, he had a zoo in Nashville), his faith, his musicianship - it was a lot to take in. He was more than wise. In a garden full of weeds - the oak tree." U2 and Johnny Cash once recorded the song 'The Wanderer' together. The song was not written for but used in the Wim Wenders movie 'Faraway, So Close'.
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