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Kate Winslet returned to the German film studio where she made the Oscar-winning film "The Reader" on Thursday evening to accept the 2009 Bambi Award for best international actress.

It doesn't matter what acting category you campaign for at the Academy Awards; voters can put you wherever they want.

Screen legend Sophia Loren felt uncomfortable working with Daniel Day-Lewis on movie musical Nine - because the actor is "scary" and "intimidating". The actress appears alongside a stellar line-up including Penelope Cruz, Nicole Kidman and Dame Judi Dench in the upcoming film.

Los Angeles 'Slumdog Millionaire' has not yet finished its victorious run at award ceremonies as the Mumbai-based potboiler has picked up five nods at the 2009 European Film Awards.

In honor of the 20th anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall, Eurocinema - the on-demand channel exclusively offering contemporary European and international feature films to U.S. and Canadian television viewers - has scheduled "The Tunnel," the compelling true-life drama recounting the most ambitious quest for freedom after the Wall went up.

The star has been tipped to land the coveted prize after the role won her an Academy Award earlier this year .

Kate Winslet is worth 60 million to Britain. The 'Reader' actress was the first celebrity to be "audited" by the UK Film Council, which looked to put a specific value on the country's creative industries and chose the English star as the first example for her success abroad and public profile.

Kate Winslet is among the British nominees at this year's European Film Awards , to be presented in the German city of Bochum next month.

Jacques Audiard's prison thriller "A Prophet" leads the nominations for this year's European Film Awards -Europe's equivalent of the Oscars - with six mentions.

THE Oscar-winning actress Kate Winslet is a 60m national treasure, according to an analysis of her value to Britain by economists funded by the government.

The French film "Un Prophete" has been nominated for six European Film awards, including best film and best director, the European Film Academy announced on Saturday at the Seville Europe Film Festival.

"The Reader" director Stephen Daldry will head the jury for the 2010 Berlin Today Award, the short-film prize awarded at the start of the Berlin Film Festival's Berlinale Talent Campus.

Rihanna plans to speak publicly for the first time about Chris Brown's assault on her.

LOS ANGELES - The first interview with Rihanna about Chris Brown's assault on her is airing this week on ABC.

Lawyers for Kate Winslet say the actress has accepted 25,000 pounds in damages after the Daily Mail falsely reported in January she lied about her exercise regime.

Oscar-winning actress Kate Winslet has accepted 25,000 libel damages over a claim made by the Daily Mail that she lied about her exercise regime.

In a 2005 guest appearance on the sitcom Extras Kate Winslet, playing herself as nun on a Holocaust film is asked "You doing this, it's so commendable, using your profile to keep the message alive about the Holocaust." Winslet responds: "God, I'm not doing it for that.

In case you missed it - the week in TV buzz: January's Golden Globe awards just got funnier, because comic genius and perpetual scene-stealer Ricky Gervais has agreed to host.

Ricky Gervais is to host the 67th annual Golden Globe Awards. The glitzy event is seen by many to be Hollywood's second biggest night of the year, trailing only to the Oscars in terms of prestige.

"The Wrestler" pummeled its opponents at the Spirit Awards on Saturday, winning three awards, including best feature at the independent film world's equivalent of the Oscars.