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Film News: From the red carpet to inside the theater, celebs talk up the show — While there was no outrageous “Bruno” moment at this year’s MTV Movie Awards, hosted by Aziz Ansari, from the red carpet to inside Universal City’s Gibson Amphitheater, celebs seemed most excited to see Katy Perry and Christina Aguilera perform – and “Twilight” was again the big winner.

Film News: ‘Sebbe’ takes youth feature trophy — Czech Republic’s 50th Zlin Film Festival awarded Polish fairy tale “Magic Tree” by Andrzej Maleszka its top kids’ pic prize.

Film News: Film funding bill foes storm Transylvania fest ceremony — Romanian filmmakers stormed the stage of the National Theater in Cluj during the closing ceremony of the ninth Transylvania Film Festival on Saturday night to demand an end to “outdated and centralized” film funding.

Film News: He exec produced ‘Dirty Dancing,’ ‘Pretty Woman’ — Bel-Air Entertainment chairman Steven Reuther, who exec produced such hits as “Pretty Woman” and “Dirty Dancing,” died June 5 in Santa Monica of cancer. He was 58.

Film News: Art, commerce, branding also on Produced By agenda — The rapid evolution of film and television and how to monetize it were a common theme at the Producers Guild’s Produced By conference Saturday and Sunday on the Fox lot.

Film News: ‘City Island’ stands out among specialty films — While some wide releases struggle to give much lift to the box office, several specialty pics have made headway in an overall soggy B.O. playing field.

Film News: Distrib Unplugged left with no venues in the capital in runup to June 26 Japan release — Two more theaters have canceled screenings of helmer Louie Psihoyos’ Oscar-winning documentary “The Cove,” about Japan’s slaughter of dolphins for food, leaving distributor Unplugged without a Tokyo venue.

Film News: Int’l cooperation develops to restore films thought lost forever — A 1927 John Ford feature thought to have been lost is among a cache of 75 early U.S. pics recently uncovered in New Zealand.

Film News: Int’l cooperation develops to restore films thought lost forever — A 1927 John Ford feature thought to have been lost is among a cache of 75 early U.S. pics recently uncovered in New Zealand.

Film News: Int’l cooperation develops to restore films thought lost forever — A 1927 John Ford feature thought to have been lost is among a cache of 75 early U.S. pics recently uncovered in New Zealand.