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| Blanchett wins top Venice award | Blanchett wins top Venice award |
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| Cate Blanchett has been named best actress at the Venice Film Festival for her role in the biopic of Bob Dylan, I'm Not There. | Cate Blanchett has been named best actress at the Venice Film Festival for her role in the biopic of Bob Dylan, I'm Not There. |
| The actress has been hotly tipped to be nominated for an Academy Award for her performance in the Todd Haynes film. | The actress has been hotly tipped to be nominated for an Academy Award for her performance in the Todd Haynes film. |
| Brad Pitt was named best actor for his role in The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Harold Ford. | Brad Pitt was named best actor for his role in The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Harold Ford. |
| Ang Lee's Lust, Caution won the Golden Lion for best film, two years after winning with Brokeback Mountain. | Ang Lee's Lust, Caution won the Golden Lion for best film, two years after winning with Brokeback Mountain. |
| Lee's sexually explicit thriller is set in Shanghai during World War II. | Lee's sexually explicit thriller is set in Shanghai during World War II. |
| It tells the story of an idealistic young acting troupe who devise a plot toassassinate a Chinese official collaborating with the Japanese. | It tells the story of an idealistic young acting troupe who devise a plot toassassinate a Chinese official collaborating with the Japanese. |
| Neither Blanchett nor Pitt could be present at Saturday's awards ceremony but the actress had sent a note of thanks. | Neither Blanchett nor Pitt could be present at Saturday's awards ceremony but the actress had sent a note of thanks. |
| Media favourites 'Brangelina' dominated the festival headlines | |
| "I'm sorry I can't stand here throwing my arms around Todd, weeping just like a woman," she said in a statement. | "I'm sorry I can't stand here throwing my arms around Todd, weeping just like a woman," she said in a statement. |
| In I'm Not There, Blanchett is one of several actors who play the singer Bob Dylan at various stages during his life. | |
| Pitt and his partner Angelina Jolie had grabbed all the headlines when they arrived at the festival earlier in the week. | |
| But Pitt's best actor win for his portrayal of legendary outlaw Jesse James came as something as a surprise. | |
| It was his co-star, Casey Affleck, who played James' killer Ford asa creepy social misfit, who had been widely expected to scoop theprize. | |
| Brian De Palma won the 11-day-long festival's award for best direction for his hard-hitting Iraq war fim Redacted. | |
| The film shocked audiences in Venice with its brutal reconstruction of the real-life rape and murder of a 14-year-old Iraqi girl by US soldiers. | The film shocked audiences in Venice with its brutal reconstruction of the real-life rape and murder of a 14-year-old Iraqi girl by US soldiers. |