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Sundance question: How to spend a billion dollars (AP)

Writer/directors Tim Heidecker, left, and Eric Wareheim, from the film 'Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie,' pose for a portrait during the 2012 Sundance Film Festival on Saturday, Jan. 21, 2012, in Park City, Utah. (AP Photo/Victoria Will)AP - The million-dollar question at the Sundance Film Festival, home of low-budget stories shot on begged and borrowed cash, is this: What would you do if you had $1 billion to make your movie?


Unreleased ABBA track on new album (AP)

In this June 14, 1974 file photo, Swedish pop group ABBA, Bjorn Ulvaeus, back left, Benny Andersson, back right, Agnetha Faltskog, front left, and Anni-Frid Lyngstad  are shown. ABBA fans will soon again be saying 'Thank you for the music' with the release of a new track on a special edition of the disbanded 70's pop group's 'The Visitors' album. (AP Photo, file)AP - Mamma Mia, here they go again.


Factbox: Main competition films at Berlin festival (Reuters)

Reuters - The 62nd Berlin film festival opens on Thursday February 9. and ends on February 19., with the awards ceremony taking place on February 18.

Arab Spring, Fukushima star at hard-hitting Berlinale (Reuters)

Reuters - Social upheaval and political awakening will form the focal themes of the 62nd Berlin film festival, director Dieter Kosslick said, as films depicting the Arab Spring and Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear facility take centre stage.

HBO places its bets on horse racing drama `Luck' (AP)

In this image released by HBO, Dennis Farina, left, and Dustin Hoffman are shown in a scene from the series 'Luck,' , debuting Sunday on HBO at 9 p.m. EST. (AP Photo/HBO, Gusmano Cesaretti)AP - David Milch had the script for a horse racing drama kicking around in his head for 30 years. The screenwriter and producer was just too busy living it to put words to paper.


AP Interview: Chris Isaak makes Memphis album (AP)

U.S musician Chris Isaak plays on his guitar during an interview with Associated Press Television in a west London hotel, to promote the launch of his new album 'Beyond The Sun', Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)AP - Chris Isaak is returning to the roots of rock 'n' roll and doing it old-school: All in one take.


Winslet to receive honorary French 'Cesar' (AP)

FILE- In this Jan. 15, 2012, file photo showing Kate Winslet arrives on the red carpet before the 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards in Los Angeles, USA.  It is announced Friday Jan. 27, 2012, that British actress Kate Winslet is to receive an honorary Cesar award next month from organizers of the French equivalent of the Academy Awards, for her body of work.(AP Photo/Matt Sayles, file)AP - British actress Kate Winslet is to receive an honorary award next month from organizers of the French equivalent of the Academy Awards.


Robert Hegyes, played Epstein on 'Kotter,' dies (AP)

FILE - In this 1978 file photo, Robert Hegyes portrays Juan Epstein from the comedy series 'Welcome Back Kotter.' The actor best known for playing the Jewish Puerto Rican student on the 1970s TV show has died. He was 60. (AP Photo, file)AP - Robert Hegyes, the actor best known for playing Jewish Puerto Rican student Juan Epstein on the 1970s TV show "Welcome Back Kotter" has died. He was 60.


Michael Jackson's legacy cemented by children (Reuters)

Reuters - Late pop star Michael Jackson was immortalized in cement on Thursday when his three children stamped the "Thriller" singer's glove and shoe prints in the hallowed concrete courtyard of Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood.

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