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Film News: White House Correspondents event overshadowed — This year had many wondering whether Hollywood has started to upstage the Saturday evening event itself.

Film News: Guild presses White House to take more action — The Writers Guild of America, West, pressed the White House for increased measures to fight online piracy.

Film News: Hollywood urges White House to combat copyright theft — A coalition of studios, record labels and labor unions on Wednesday urged the White House to deploy a broad array of techniques to combat piracy.

Film News: L.A. destruction one of pic’s best scenes — After blowing up the White House in “Independence Day” and flooding New York in “The Day After Tomorrow,” Roland Emmerich manages to top his earlier disaster scenarios in “2012.”

Film News: Showbiz chiefs pleased with White House commitment — Vice President Joe Biden pledged Tuesday to employ all the resources of the federal government to mount a coordinated, multi-faceted approach to stem the increasing problem concerning the piracy and theft of intellectual property.