Spotlight includes out-of-competition films with well-known cast members, high-profile directors or timely subject matter. Lineup includes “2 Days in Paris,” starring Julie Delpy, who also wrote, directed, edited, produced and composed music for the film; “The Grand,” a poker mockumentary directed by Zak Penn and starring Woody Harrelson, Werner Herzog, Cheryl Hines, David Cross, Ray Romano and Dennis Farina; and shorts collection “Invisibles,” featuring the work of helmers Mariano Barroso, Isabel Coixet, Javier Corcuera, Fernando Leon de Aranoa and Wim Wenders, and produced by Javier Bardem and Doctors Without Borders.

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The Closing Night Gala of Monaco Charity Film Festival, Monaco’s international film festival, will celebrate the festival’s 2nd anniversary with acclaimed actors Julie Delpy and Leonor Varela on Saturday, 19 May 2007 in the Salle Empire, Hotel de Paris. Julie Delpy, was first featured in Jean-Luc Godard’s Détective (1985) at the age of fourteen. She has starred in many American and European productions since then, including Disney’s The Three Musketeers (1993), Killing Zoe (1994), and Before Sunset with Ethan Hawke (2004). She graduated from NYU’s film school, and wrote and directed the short film Blah Blah Blah (1995), which screened at the Sundance Film Festival. Chilean born actress Leonor Varela is the daughter of famous Chilean biologist and philosopher Francisco Varela . After graduating from the Ecole du Passage and the Conservatoire Superieur de Paris, Leonor’s film career started in 1995 and since then she has featured in films such as The Man In The Iron Mask, Blade II and the British sleeper hit “Goal”.

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DAUGHTER … Mother … Grandmother … Governor … Film ambassador … BIKER CHICK.”

This is how the invitation to the Texas Film Hall of Fame reads. Its legend is “Ann Rides Again” and inside is the famous picture of then Gov. Ann Richards dressed in white leather straddling a “hog.”

This annual event to be held on March 9 is a tribute to the late Ann, who helped create the booming Lone Star State movie industry. Honorees are Elizabeth Avellan, Betty Buckley, Richard Linklater, Ann-Margret and Bill Paxton. Presenters will be Ellen Burstyn and Julie Delpy with special guests Lily Tomlin and Anna Deavere Smith. The Dixie Chicks are also being honored and will appear. Time Warner Cable and Public Strategies sponsor down in Austin.

Source: baltimoresun.com