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Film News: Animal rights org also honors Ellen DeGeneres, Tippi Hedren — “The Cove” and “Up” took top nods at the 24th Humane Society Genesis Awards.

Film News: Sidebar shifts focus to cutting-edge cinema — The Venice Film Festival is adding more nods to its overhauled Horizons section, which will include works in different formats.

Film News: Nominated producers talk filmmaking, award season — PGA prexy Marshall Herskovitz asserts that the idea of 10 best pic nods is working.

Film News: Bigelow, Cameron, Daniels, Reitman and Tarantino vie for top kudo — The DGA, which announced the nods Thursday, will reveal the winner Jan. 30.

Film News: ‘Blind Side,’ Jay-Z also nab multiple nods — “Precious” received nine nominations in the NAACP Image Awards features category.

Film News: Broadcast shows nab 17 Globe noms, cable grabs 35 — Once again, cable dominated the broadcast competition on the TV side of the Golden Globe. With an impressive 35 noms (though five less than last year), cable outdistanced the 17 nods notched by the broadcast nets.