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Film schools a maze of varied opportunities

The path to Hollywood success still tends to run through film school, where aspiring Spielbergs can learn the basic craft and gain invaluable connections. But how to sort through hundreds of expensive choices to find that one program that will suit a student's gifts and point him or her toward a job in the business?More

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Selling of a sex doll 'Lars' calls his own

Marketing "Lars and the Real Girl," a comedy starring Ryan Gosling about a churchgoer who falls in love with his sex doll, is definitely a challenge for Sidney Kimmel Entertainment, GREGG GOLDSTEIN writes.More

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Honor role

Actor Ryan Gosling talks about portraying romance with a sex doll in "Lars and the Real Girl."

Dialogue: New Line

The Hollywood Reporter speaks with New Line Cinema's Michael Lynne and Robert Shaye, pictured, on the studio's 40th anni.

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Things We Lost in the Fire

Despite the challenges of blending a European sensibility into a Hollywood production that stars Halle Berry and Benikcio Del Toro, the film holds together not all that badly. Denmark's Susanne Bier brings her audience into the film, to live the story with the characters in a manner highly unusual in an American film. More

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By the Numbers

Top 50 3-day weekend gross	$95,764,374
% change from last weekend	+6%
% change from last year	-23%
Average top 12 per-theater average	$2,945
% change from last year	-26%
3-day total for all reported films	$96,398,568
Source: The Hollywood Reporter. Weekend of Oct. 5-7

	Release	Wknd. B.O.	Cume B.O.
1.	Ratatouille	$19.3	$245.7
2.	Resident Evil: Extinction	$8.3	$28.0
3.	Chuck and Larry	$6.0	$47.8
4.	The Heartbreak Kid	$5.7	$5.7
5.	The Bourne Ultimatum	$5.7	$172.1
Weekend of Oct. 5-7. Estimated figures in millions.
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New York's indie scene expands to outer boroughs

With production thriving at never-before-seen levels in New York City, indie and low-budget filmmakers are broadening their geographical horizons. Thanks to a flurry of directors, producers and actors living and congregating in trendy Brooklyn, Queens and Bronx cafes over the past few years, the creative center of New York's indie scene is shifting, too.More

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