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Five years ago, Julie Delpy wrote, directed and starred in the amiably shaggy romantic comedy "2 Days in Paris," in which she and Adam Goldberg's young lovers went to France for a visit. Although the movie gods were not exactly crying out for a sequel, superfluousness is one of the virtues of the new follow-up, "2 Days in New York," a giddy and largely consequence-free romp that sends a group of out-of-place Frenchmen and woman into the maelstrom of Manhattan. Delpy's harried artist Marion is now raising the child she had with her ex-boyfriend (Goldberg's "Paris" character)

Either way, he won't make the playoffs Dallas forward Shawn Marion , on the possibility of being traded to another bad team: "If I'm going to get traded, they're going to tell me what's going on and where I'm going. Because if I'm going to a . . . situation, I'm not going. It's just that simple. " Waiting to exhale Miami forward Chris Andersen , on the all-out effort he gives the Heat: "No matter the situation, I'm just going to keep on playing until I'm out of breath.

The Toronto International Film Festival will end its 10-day gathering with the world premiere of Paul Andrew Williams' feel-good movie "Song for Marion. " "Song for Marion" stars Gemma Arterton, Vanessa Redgrave and Terrence Stamp and centers on a curmudgeonly older man (Stamp) who is coaxed out of his shell by a young choir director. The announcement of the closing night film comes along with news that Paul Thomas Anderson's "The Master" starring Joaquin Phoenix and Philip Seymour Hoffman will have its North American premiere at the Sept.

Zombies are people too. Or they were, before they became the flesh-craving, brain-eating undead. The new film "Warm Bodies," opening Friday, is an unlikely hybrid of horror film and young adult romantic comedy that transforms a zombie apocalypse into a last stand for feelings. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Isaac Marion, adapted for the screen and directed by Jonathan Levine. Set in a future where many people have inexplicably turned to zombies, the story opens with a zombie narrator (Nicholas Hoult)

A two-lane blacktop curves through woods and waters, through a remote refuge for deer, ducks and quail. At the end of the road, a gray concrete fortress looms. This is the U.S. Penitentiary at Marion, home to some of America's most dangerous criminals. The squat prison is surrounded by eight bulletproof guard towers and a pair of 14-foot-high fences topped with curling razor wire, Nowhere in America is there a tougher federal prison.

The more the Republican aspirants bark and snarl at one another, the more Bill Clinton becomes presidential. MARION D. BLYTH Los Angeles

To the people of Los Angeles: You've had more snow this year than we've had the entire season. Come visit sunny Iowa. DAVID V. WENDELL Marion, Iowa

Comments by critics of the anti-nuclear movement have suggested that justice may have been better served by a stronger and stiffer sentence for Marion Pack, executive director of the Alliance for Survival in Orange County. To clarify one point, Mrs. Pack chose the jail sentence (rather than the $500 fine) because she did not have the money to pay the fine, not for publicity! The survival of the alliance depends upon Marion Pack and her family. With the help of supporters and Mrs. Pack's salary, the organization continues, from month to month.

An elderly spinster kept the corpse of her sister seated for almost two months in front of the television she was apparently watching when she died. Police, acting on a tip from suspicious neighbors, forced their way into the Hoyle sisters' home Wednesday night and found the body of 67-year-old Marion wrapped in a blanket and seated in front of the television. Her 71-year-old sister Florence was carried out by police and is undergoing psychiatric treatment.

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She's described by director Jacques Audiard as "a diver," someone who "throws herself into a role head first. " So it's believable that the very first scene Marion Cotillard shot for "Rust and Bone" was the most harrowing one, in which she awakes in a hospital after an accident to discover that both her legs are gone. Her reaction is partly improvised - she leaps from the bed only to wind up crawling on the floor and sobbing in the arms of a friend who rushes to her aid. ENVELOPE SCREENING SERIES: "Rust and Bone" "My feeling was that, in that situation, which is so violent and horrifying, the shock must be so strong that you're in denial," says the acclaimed French actress over coffee at the Chateau Marmont.

Romantic but pitiless, fearlessly emotional as well as edgy, "Rust and Bone" is a powerhouse. It's the kind of risky venture only a consummate filmmaker could manage, and then only with the help of actors who are daring and accomplished. With director Jacques Audiard in charge and Marion Cotillard and Matthias Schoenaerts as stars, all the pieces have fallen exactly into place. Although "Rust and Bone" is old fashioned and sentimental at its core, this film's idea of romance is not everyone's, and it's certainly not Jane Austen's.

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"Show People," the 1928 satire of Hollywood, could be considered the great-grandfather of last year's "The Artist," the Oscar-winning homage to the early days of filmmaking. The fast-paced comedy, starring Marion Davies and directed by King Vidor, spoofs the top stars of the day (many of whom make cameos in the film, including John Gilbert and director John Ford). It screens Thursday at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater. "I think it's one of the most authentic films about Hollywood because it was made by somebody who was deep in the making of films and was a brilliant filmmaker himself," said Kevin Brownlow of Vidor.

Ang Lee's "Life of Pi," Walter Salles' "On the Road," Jacques Audiard's "Rust and Bone" and Dreamworks Animation's "Rise of the Guardians" will be the centerpiece galas at the 2012 AFI Fest, the American Film Institute announced Thursday. The "Rust and Bone" screening is to feature a tribute to its star, Marion Cotillard. The galas, red-carpet events presented at Grauman's Chinese Theatre, are traditionally a showcase for awards contenders. Additional special screenings announced by the festival Thursday include David O. Russell's "Silver Linings Playbook," Dustin Hoffman's "The Quartet" and Ken Burns' "The Central Park Five.

Oscar-winning French actress Marion Cotillard ("La Vie En Rose") will receive the Hollywood Actress Award at the Hollywood Film Awards on Oct. 22 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. "It is a privilege to honor her great talent, as well as her outstanding performance in 'Rust and Bone,'" said awards founder and executive director Carlos de Abreu in a statement Thursday morning. Cotillard has been receiving rave reviews for the Jacques Audiard film, which opens Dec. 7 in Los Angeles. She also earned acclaim for her role in "The Dark Knight Rises" this summer.

Laurence Weinberg, 87, copyright attorney and prolific musician. Educated at Stanford and its school of law, Weinberg was a lifelong fund-raiser for the university and a member of the law school's board of visitors. He was the author of "The Financing of Television Productions" and worked successively for Universal Studios, the law firms of Loeb & Loeb and Stapleton, Weinberg & Isen, and in solo practice.

The 88-year-old man sits on a bench and lights a cracked briar pipe. He looks out at the black void and sighs. The firestorm three months ago killed most of the sound here. No birds warble, no leaves flutter, no coyotes yelp in the night. The giant, tilted slabs of granite on the ridge peer like statues down on a moldering pyre. Jerome "Joe" Wier comes up here most days in his little Chevy pickup and secondhand clothes.

Following a Telluride tribute, Marion Cotillard arrived in Toronto on Thursday night for the festival premiere of French director Jacques Audiard's "Rust and Bone," a movie that wowed critics earlier this year at Cannes. Without revealing more than what's found in the trailer, Cotillard plays an orca whale trainer who, after losing her legs in an accident, begins an unlikely relationship with an unemployed bare-knuckle street brawler (Matthias Schoenaerts). Coming from the director of "A Prophet," the French-language film's melodrama and heightened emotions rate as something of a surprise, though hardly an unpleasant one. It's a movie full of passion and blunt force and fabulous acting from both of its leads.

NEW YORK - Maria Sharapova was dominating Nadia Petrova. Then she wasn't. Then it rained at the U.S. Open. And, boy, did that make a difference. Sharapova, seeded third at the U.S. Open and a one-time champion here, overcame a third-set deficit and held on to beat 19th-seeded Nadia Petrova. A 75-minute weather break in the third set, when she was behind already, 2-0, seemed to reinvigorate Sharapova. Petrova blasted a 116 mile-per-hour ace as her first point after the rain delay, but Sharapova withstood that big shot from the 30-year-old Russian veteran and earned a decisive win in the seventh game of the final set by pounding her service returns harder and harder.