All Screen articles in 11 September 2006 – Page 8

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    Jia's Still Life added to Venice competition

    2006-09-05T00:00:00Z

    Chinese director JiaZhangke's Still Life (Sanxia Haoren) has been added to thecompetition section of this year's Venice International Film Festival, whichwraps on Saturday.Shot in the village of Fengjie on the Yangtze River, the film is set in the very near future when thevillage has been submerged by the Three Gorges ...

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    Freston ousted as Viacom CEO after 26 years at the company

    2006-09-05T00:00:00Z

    Viacom chairman Sumner Redstone made his second decisive move intwo weeks as chief executive officer Tom Freston was ousted from the company yesterdayafter more than 25 years of service.Philippe P Dauman, the 52-year-old former deputy chairman,replaces Freston as the new president and chief executive officer, and Thomas EDooley has been ...