Around the World in 80 Ways: Rob Mariano Returns to Reality TV -- Where's the Finish Line?

Dennis Anderson and Rob Mariano He's competed on four seasons of Survivor. He's traveled the world at least twice for The Amazing Race. And last year, he did the impossible and finally took home the $1 million grand prize in front of millions of TV viewers on Survivor: Redemption Island. So what in the world is "Boston Rob" Mariano doing back on TV less than a year after his triumphant win? "I love adventure and I always have," Mariano tells TVGuide.com of his latest reality TV venture, Around the World in 80 Ways. "I never got into Survivor or The Amazing Race or any of these shows to be on TV. I got on originally because I wanted to make some money for my family, and because I love the adventure of it." Around the World in 80 Ways is heavy on adventure, but unlike so many of Mariano's other TV appearances, there's no finish line or final Tribal Council to name a winner. On the series, which premieres Sunday, Oct. 2 at 10/9c on History, Mariano partners with monster truck driver Dennis Anderson to travel thousands of miles in 10 weeks using every possible mode of transportation: from mules to steamboats to waterskis. "Sometimes we failed and sometimes we did well," Anderson says, "but it's one of those times where if you make it, you're a hero and if you fail, you're still a hero for trying." Check out all the familiar faces returning to TV this year Although there's no winners and losers on Around the World in 80 Ways, Mariano says being on Survivor and Race gave him an important foundation. "My competitive nature and my ability to want to take chances helps me in any type of situation. But with this show, it wasn't so much about a prize at the end," Mariano says. "You're going to see the relationship between Dennis and me and the focus is obviously on the transportation." After having to compete against 17 other castaways on Survivor and 10 other teams on The Amazing Race, the real draw is the odd couple-like relationship between Mariano and Anderson. Mariano is a Boston native, while Anderson is a small town boy from North Carolina. Mariano has traveled to exotic places all over the world, while Anderson has never been outside of North America. There's also the generation gap (Mariano is 35 and Anderson is 50). "The challenge for me this time was not so much traveling around the world because I've been able to do that and I know what to expect, but the interpersonal relationship with Dennis that I have," Mariano says. "It was totally like a roller coaster: one minute we're best friends and the next minute, we want to friggin' kill each other." Fall TV: Get the lowdown on this season's must-see new shows Anderson admits there was tension at times between the two, but says traveling in foreign territory for the first time with Mariano had its advantages. "We had our ups and downs. I was so sick of Rob sometimes just because he would outsmart me," Anderson says. "But Rob was just so savvy about directions and how to go and where to go. That's where the world-travel part of him came out." Mariano interjects with a laugh: "He's being really nice to me today. He wasn't this nice to me before." Traveling around the world in front of the cameras may sound like fun, but with a wife (Survivor: All-Stars winner Amber Mariano) and two young kids at home (the couple's daughters are 2 years old and 9 months old, respectively),shouldn't Mariano be changing diapers instead of riding tut-tuts in India? "Reality TV has provided a good life for me and my family. Publicly, we've made millions of dollars, and I like to do it," he says. "I'm fortunate enough that I have a wife who supports me. She's totally, like, 'Go and do it.' My kids are young enough now that realistically they're not going to remember [when I'm not there]." Mariano envisions himself eventually transitioning to the production side of the business, but is he done with competing? It doesn't sound like it. "I always said that when it stopped being profitable or it stopped being fun, I wouldn't do it anymore.'" Mariano says. "As long as it's fun and it's profitable, I'll do it."

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George C. Wolfe can get this years Mr. Abbott Award, the lifetime achievement kudo given out with the Stage Company company directors and Choreographers Foundation as well as the legit helmers' union connected using the org. Thesps whom Wolfe has directed formerly -- including Elaine Stritch ("Elaine Stritch at Liberty"), Jeffrey Wright ("Angels within the usaInch) and Ellen Barkin ("The Conventional Heart") -- look incorporated inside a tribute perf, composed by John Guare ("A Free Of Charge Guy of Color") and helmed by Jack O'Brien. Composer Jeanine Tesori ("Caroline, or Change") provides music direction. Kudo remains gave in prior years to Harold Prince, Susan Stroman and Michael Bennett, among others. Wolfe can get the laurel inside a gala fund-raiser March. 3 at Gotham's Edison Ballroom. Contact Gordon Cox at gordon.cox@variety.com

Fantastic Fest: Rom-Com Extraterrestrial , Erotic Musical Underwater Love Charm with Lies and Turtle Sex

Four years after bringing his feature debut Timecrimes to Fantastic Fest (where it won the Best Picture award), Spanish director Nacho Vigalondo returned to Austin, a place so warm and familiar he liked it to returning to the womb. “It’s like going back into my mother’s vagina,” exclaimed Vigalondo, addressing the friendly crowd at the debut of his sophomore film, Extraterrestrial. “So I get inside my mother’s vagina, and for some reason you are all there inside!” Extraterrestrial is a vastly different film than Vigalondo’s time-travel thriller Timecrimes, but it’s just as well matched to the Fantastic Fest spirit, a sweet little romantic comedy in the guise of an alien invasion movie. It begins one day as Julio (Julin Villagrn) wakes up the morning after a drunken one night stand with Julia (Michelle Jenner), a gorgeous but mysteriously aloof young lady who can’t seem to wait for her hook-up to leave, already, until both realize the city outside is strangely quiet. While they’ve been asleep, alien ships have materialized in the skies and the population evacuated, leaving them alone with no internet, no cell service, and only each other to depend on. That is, until Julia’s awkward neighbor ngel (Carlos Areces, star of last year’s terrifically twisted Fantastic Fest entry The Last Circus) reveals he’s stayed behind as well, not so secretly because he’s desperately in love with Julia. And then Julia’s boyfriend Carlos (Ral Cimas) returns home for her, bearing tales of government quarantines, and leaving the foursome locked in an amusing mire of shifting relationships, shared lies, and increasingly paranoid fears that there might actually be a real alien among them. Vigalondo lends a sharp sense of humor to the proceedings, and despite occasionally using clumsy fade outs to get from scene to scene, the film makes its way to a sweet, unconventionally romantic ending. It is, at its core, more character-driven romantic comedy than science fiction film, the ultimate realization of which may turn off those expecting the latter. But, as Vigalondo explained of his misleading alien element, “There is no reason. It’s like The Birds. You like The Birds? It’s a classic!” — Speaking of sweetly romantic but unconventional Fantastic Fest entries, just try to wrap your head around Shinji Imaoka’s Underwater Love: It’s a pink film, meaning it follows in the grand tradition of Japanese softcore erotic cinema, it’s a musical featuring songs by German duo Stereo Total, and the story — well, it involves a thirty-something woman named Asuka (Sawa Masaki) visited by a former classmate, Aoki (Yoshir Umezawa), who died 17 years ago and came back to life as a dancing, cucumber-earing mythical turtle-like creature called a kappa. Then there’s the chain-smoking, dress-wearing supernatural hippie, the death clock, the inter-species coupling, and the anal pearls. But more on those delights later. Shot by renowned DP Christopher Doyle (whose love for the drink came up uncomfortably often in the film’s intro and Q&A), Underwater Love is disappointingly unpretty to look at, thanks perhaps to a limited budget but probably more to a decision to pursue a washed-out visual look. Still, every now and then comes a breathtaking Doyle composition; the blue sky reflected in a stream, or fast-motion time lapse lingering on the solemn body of a naked woman in a river. But shot in about a week and with a cheeky acceptance of its limitations (Example: The “kappa” is an actor wearing a visibly fake turtle mask. Just go with it!), Underwater Love gets the basic job done, which is to bring a wonderfully perverse (in a good way) and playful love story to life. The musical aspect, however, is a letdown, despite an opening number set in a factory that called to mind Bjork and Catherine Deneuve frolicking among machinery in Dancer in the Dark. Imaoka admitted he only included it because he was asked to by higher ups, and considering that the whole production completed filming within just eight days (a luxury by pink film standards, apparently), who can blame him for at least trying? If anything, the nonsensical lyrics and awkward choreography only lend more wild whimsy to the show. Which brings me to the anal pearls. Rest assured this is the only film in history that will feature comically childlike turtle-people having sex with human women (the turtle penis fellatio scene is a LOL-worthy highlight) and pulling magical rocks out of their crotches which, if inserted into a human’s anus, will avert death. And I guarantee you’ll never see a case of necrophilia-as-CPR again on film — at least, it couldn’t possibly be as desperately romantic as it is here. Read more coverage of Fantastic Fest 2011 and follow Movieline on Twitter.

Killer Elite Pretty Much Gives Up With New Red-Band Trailer

I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again: I enjoyed the Statham/De Niro/Owen assassin intrigue Killer Elite — more than most, it appears. But hoo boy, this new red-band opening-day trailer is misguided. At least two scenes here aren’t even in the movie, and the gratuitous female nudity is like… what? Anyway, I’m only posting it as a public service advisory letting you know this movie is better than this puerile, hard-rawkin’, NSFW garbage. Desperate marketing gone wrong — and your complete Friday Buzz Break — after the jump. [via Trailer Addict] · Kim Delaney has probably had better public-speaking appearances than her cut-off, slurry one last night honoring ex-U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates. [THR] · “As an experiment, let’s exist in a universe where our generation of filmmakers is enough to fill out the movie canon. Let the film school prigs, art house snobs, and the better half of film critics publishing today slavishly catalog the classics and engage in numbing debates over who did it first and who did it better…” There’s a new movie column out there, if you think you can stand it. Hint: You can’t. [GQ] · “At no time during the 2002 season did scrappy bat-boy ‘Tugs McGillicuddy’ deliver a game-winning grand slam while pinch-hitting for Eric Chavez, after the All-Star third baseman faked a hamstring pull to help his leukemia-afflicted young friend live out his Major League dream.” Indeed. Let Mark Lisanti walk you through the artistic liberties of Moneyball. [Grantland] · The on-again, off-again Lone Ranger appears to be on again at Disney. [Deadline]

Sigourney Weaver Picks Hitchcock in a Round of My Favorite Scene

Speaking with Sigourney Weaver for this week’s Abduction, in which the celebrated actress mentors young Taylor Lautner in the ways of the spy game, Movieline proposed a round of My Favorite Scene. Her pick? A scene from a Hitchcock classic starring screen legends Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman that moved Weaver so much she marveled, “It’s like the whole movie turns into a different organism.” The film: Hitchcock’s 1946 romantic thriller Notorious, starring Bergman as a woman enlisted by a handsome government agent (Cary Grant) to spy on — and seduce — a member of a group of Nazis living in South America. “One of my favorite movies would clearly be Notorious — the scene where Cary Grant [visits Ingrid Bergman],” Weaver recalled. “Just seeing how ill she is… to me that was such a hard picture. Such a steely picture. And then there’s this amazing soft center in the picture which is that she’s almost dead and he clasps her in his arms and talks to her. It’s like the whole movie turns into a different organism.” The film opened to great critical acclaim and earned Oscar nominations for Claude Rains (Best Supporting Actor) and Ben Hecht (Best Original Screenplay). Meanwhile, Weaver notes that Abduction bears a Hitchcockian influence; read the full interview on Movieline tomorrow. Read more My Favorite Scenes here.

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R.E.M.'s Break-Up: Responses towards the Split

R.E.M., the Athens, Georgia band founded in 1980 by singer Michael Stipe has known as it quits. Fans and non-fans alike have opinions and jokes to talk about concerning the break-up plus they're hurrying for their keyboards to tweet them.our editor recommendsR.E.M. Splits After A Lot More Than 30 YearsR.E.M. Calls Approaching Album Their Finest Since 1991's Career-Determining 'Out of Time' Here's a roundup of a few of the smartest and many heart-warming Tweets: Comedian Patton Oswalt tweeted, "Maybe Stipe could open a grow-your-own vegetable lot that's only open after sunset. Unsure what he'd refer to it as, though." Reactions incorporated "Twilight Plant Husbandry" and "Evening Swimming." PHOTOS: 10 Greatest Compensated Artists Super author-director James Gunn authored, "Doing my better to mourn the REM breakup, despite the fact that I figured they split up fifteen years ago." Scott Pilgrim Versus. the planet and Rob from the Dead director Edgar Wright got nostalgic, "Existence's Wealthy Pageant, Document and Eco-friendly were three albums that soundtracked my teens. So farewell REM." PHOTOS: The Background Music Industry's Greatest Givers Film writer Josh A. Cagan tweeted, "Between #REM and #NewFacebook, make certain you hug the closest whitened person the thing is. It's a difficult day on their behalf.Inch Robert McCormick tweeted, "REM split up??? What's next? Sting carrying out a Cadillac commercial??" Self-professed X-Box lover Jamie Lynn O'Dell authored, "Oh REM, you clever PR prodigies. I tip my hat for you. Early champion as to the will probably be your greatest selling week ever on itunes." STORY: R.E.M. Splits After A Lot More Than 3 decades Comic author Matt Fraction authored, "REM breaks up and GAMES is released. it's like today happened 3 decades ago on the planet 2." Washington, D.C. author Mark Trainer authored, "Regardless of snarky retweet, you'll find no disliking on #REM here. Their glory days survived considerably longer than many. I'll mourn with Reckoning." NY Occasions contributor Louise Havrilesky authored, "I didn't know supergroups like REM split up any longer. I figured they simply ongoing to tour until each member is changed with a wax figure." NY Occasions reporter Dork Itzkoff remembered the Emmys In Memoriam montage together with his tweet: "And So I have these Canadian tenors here, plus they're prepared to sing a Leonard Cohen song in recognition of REM. Any suggestions?" Related Subjects R.E.M. Michael Stipe

Telemundo taps Romano president

Telemundo has found a president: Emilio Romano will take the reins at the net, including its entertainment division, it's 14 owned-and-operated stations, and Telemundo Studios. The net has been the focus of much attention since the 2010 census indicated to parent company NBCUniversal that there was a much larger Hispanic population in the U.S. than was currently being reached. With former prexy Don Browne's retired as of June, the net has been on the market for a new prexy for some time. Romano's most recent post was Grupo Mexicana de Aviacion, where he oversaw a company-wide restructuring. He has worked in the television industry several times, from a position running GrupoTelevisa's mergers & acquisitions unit to that company's veep of operaitions. He also served on Univision's board of directors - Univision is Telemundo's chief competish and retains a large market share because of its longstanding first-look deal with Televisa. Contact Sam Thielman at sam.thielman@variety.com

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Kate Gosselin Announces Post-'Kate Plus 8' Plans (Video)

TLC Kate Gosselin's TLC reality show Kate Plus 8 may be going off the air this week, but she's not disappearing from the spotlight. "KatePlusMy8.com goes live today as a place where fans can go and follow us, so we're not just sort of ending," Gosselin told Matt Lauer on the Today show Monday morning. UPDATE: Kate Gosselin Explains Why She Called Jon 'Mediocre' on 'Today' Show Gosselin admits she has "very" mixed emotions about the series ending. She discovered it was going off the air shortly after she appeared on the Today show with Ann Curry in August. STORY: Kate Gosselin Jokes About 'Kate Plus 8' Pizza Freakout "I got a call from TLC and I knew we were in the deciding place... and so it was not a surprise. Obviously ratings and everything else... so I braced myself and here we are," she said. Gosselin says there's a "combination" of sadness and fear about ending her show, and also "some relief." STORY: Jon Gosselin to Kate: 'Reality Television is Not a Career' (Video) "But there is sadness because it's the end of an era. I feel sad for my kids because of all the opportunities and they're now questioning what's going to happen. I feel sad for fans. They're devastated: You're the neighbor that's moving far away and we won't see you again. There's also been this fear because this has been -- although maybe not my career -- my job, and the way I've been providing for my kids for six years. So, you know, it's a little scary." When Lauer asked her about estranged husband Jon saying he was "very relieved" the show was over, Gosselin said, "It' a situation where Jon may be accepting of mediocre for his kids and working a regular job. I want the best for my kids and the best opportunities not unlike every parent. To be a good parent is to work as hard as you can and give them the best opportunities in life, and this has provided that." STORY: Kate Gosselin on 'Kate Plus 8's' Cancelation: 'I'm Freaking Out' When asked if she would do another reality TV show, Gosselin said, "It would have to be the right one. At this point, the best opportunity for all of this is for me continuing in TV as a way to provide for my children... and it's something exciting and challenging for me." She would include her kids "if the right thing came along," Gosselin told Lauer. "We are all still in agreeance [siq] with it. I'm sure you still see my kids again at some point." Lauer asked if she thought ratings dipped after Jon and Kate's marriage ended because "viewers missed the bickering." STORY: Kate Gosselin to Kick Off Wendy Williams' Third Season "I think people watch sometimes hoping ill will on people and that's unfortunate," replied Kate. "I think also the drama that caused this tabloid fodder... that played as much as a role into [the show ending.] The drama was unnecessary... I'm still where I was minus Jon, moving forward, doing the best for my kids like so many moms out there." Gosselin explained her pizza freakout, which caused Anderson Cooper to mock her on CNN for giving her kids' last slice away to the bodyguard. "That trip was so much more stressful on camera... honestly that's a situation that many people have had on family vacations, that sort of thing you don't see on camera. I've apologized immensely. Gosselin said she also wanted to "thank TLC for opening this door for us, especially David Zaslav, the CEO, who never lost sight that we're a family with hearts and a future, and always protect us and took care of us. He's a great man." Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy RELATED: Anderson Cooper Attacked by Mob in Egypt Amy Winehouse's Family to Be First Guests on 'Anderson' 'Real Housewives of Beverly Hills' to Appear on 'Anderson' Talk Show Anderson Cooper Gets a Giant Billboard in Times Square (Video) Matt Lauer Today Kate Gosselin

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Cliff Robertson's 5 Most Iconic Roles

Oscar-winning actor Cliff Robertsondied of natural causes Saturday, one day after his 88th birthday, at Stony Brook University Medical Center on Long Island,Evelyn Christel, his personal secretary of 53 years, told the Associated Press.our editor recommendsHollywood's Notable Deaths'Spider-Man 3' snares web of first-day recordsRelated Topics•Obituaries PHOTOS: Hollywood's Notable Deaths Here are his five most iconic roles: Charly: The 1968 movie stars Robertson as the title character, a mentally impaired bakery worker who becomes the subject of an experiment intended to increase human intelligence. Robertson earned an an Oscar for best actor for his role in the movie, whichwas adaptedfrom the novelFlowers for AlgernonbyDaniel Keyes. Charly, directed by Ralph Nelson,co-starred Claire Bloom, Lilia Skala, Leon Janney and Dick Van Patten. PT-109: Robertson took on the role of a young John F. Kennedy in the movie, which told the story of Kennedy's herioc World War II exploits as a P.T. boat skipper. In fact, the president himself suggested Robertson for the role, which turned out to be one of his most popular performances. STORY: Oscar-Winning Actor Cliff Robertson Dies at 88 J.W. Coop: In 1972, Robertson proved he could do more than act with this gritty yarn about a rodeo cowboy, on which he served as producer, director, writer and star.The movie, featuring footage from actual rodeo events, was made with the cooperation of the Rodeo Cowboys Association (later the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association). AT&T: Robertson served as AT&T's national spokesman for 10 years, a role that earned him an Advertising Age award for best commercial. Spider-Man: Robertson is perhaps best known to younger audiences as Uncle Ben Parker, the uncle to Tobey Maguire's Peter Parker in Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy."SinceSpider-Man 1and2, I seem to have a whole new generation of fans," the actor wrote on his website. "That in itself is a fine residual." Related Topics Obituaries

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Julianne Moore Goes Back To School

With Greg Kinnear in The English TeacherThere are some ginormous Julianne Moore fans around these parts, so any day when she signs up for a new project seems like a Good Day. Ideally she'd sign up for a new project every day but that would probably destroy her. Instead, we'll take tidings that she's joining Greg Kinnear in The English Teacher and hope it gives her plenty of opportunity to flaunt her acting chops. Billed as an 'indie comedy', The English Teacher follows high-school English teacher Linda Sinclair (Moore) whose life is turned upside down by the return of a star student. Said pupil has failed as a playwright in New York and gone back to his small-town school, presumably in some kind of teaching capacity, where he makes things awkward for Sinclair. Whether there's a romantic angle, we're not wholly sure, but they're unlikely to be spending the time bickering over Walt Whitman. The English Teacher marks the directorial debut of Craig Zisk. He's got a solid chunk of offbeat TV work behind him, including episodes of Nip/Tuck, The Big C and Weeds, which might give some clue as to the tone of his first feature. Then again, it may not. No word yet on Kinnear's role in things but check back for more on that.

Wheels Up! The Cast of Criminal Minds Celebrates Their Reunion Via Music Video

Thomas Gibson The mood's pretty light on the set of Criminal Minds, now that the two cast members the show had to say goodbye to last season are back on set. A.J. Cook and Paget Brewster are once again full-time members of the BAU as season seven kicks off on Wed., Sept. 22. 9 Things to Expect in Criminal Minds' Season 7: Prentiss' Return, Hotch's Beard and More And to celebrate, the show put together this music video. Erica Meredith, the assistant to Criminal Minds executive producer Erica Messer, wrote the song and lyrics, along with the show's writers' assistant, Haben Merker, and intern, Evan Adams. The trio played the tune for star Thomas Gibson and the rest of the cast; Thomas then suggested that they make a video. Here it is, "Wheels Up," starring Gibson, Brewster, Cook, Matthew Gray Gubler, Shemar Moore, Kirsten Vangsness and Joe Mantegna. Wheels Up (The Hotch Song) from CM Set Report on Vimeo. Subscribe to TV Guide Magazine now! Tags: TV Guide Magazine, Breaking News, TV Guide Magazine Videos

Zurich unveils lineup

"The Help""Shame""Moneyball"BERLIN -- Tate Taylor's surprise hit "The Help," Steve McQueen's "Shame" and Bennett Miller's "Moneyball" are among the high-profile selections screening at the Zurich Film Festival, which runs Sept. 22-Oct. 2.The lineup, announced Thursday, comprises 96 films from around the globe, including 10 world premieres and many of this year's most anticipated movies.Andrea Arnold's "Wuthering Heights," Gus Van Sant's "Restless" and "A Dangerous Method," by David Cronenberg, also unspool, as do George Clooney's "The Ides of March," Oren Moverman's "Rampart" and Lars von Trier's "Melancholia." Additional screeners include Werner Herzog's "Cave of Forgotten Dreams," Andreas Dresen's Cannes Un Certain Regard winner "Stopped on Track" and Swiss helmer Rolf Lyssy's documentary "Ursula -- Leben in Anderswo," about a disabled woman and her career.Expanding its collaboration with Doctors Without Borders, Zurich is partnering with the org on the inauguration of the new Border Line sidebar, which will consist of two feature documentary films and six short films. The new section is dedicated to films that focus on humanitarian principles and people in crisis. Panel discussions on such issues as forgotten crises, abuses occurring beyond headlines and the diversion of humanitarian aid for political interests will follow screenings.The fest has also added a new German-language documentary film competition category, which ups the number of competition sections to four and highlights the focus on new German-language cinema. Eight films will screen in the new sidebar.The fest has made significant changes this year to accommodate rising demand. Increased attendance has resulted in a total of 10 theater venues, up from seven last year. In addition, organizers have moved the Festival Center to Sechselaeutenplatz to allow for an expansion and greater traffic.Zurich's famed Opera House will be used for the first time -- providing the setting for the fest's award night. A new Night Lounge will also be open to festgoers this year.Swiss film production will again be in the spotlight with a record seven local films screening in Zurich. World premieres include Anita Blumer's "Alles eis Ding" and Samuel Schwarz and Julian Gruenthal's love story "Mary and Johnny."This year's New World View section will focus on Turkish pics. Seven feature films and documentaries from the past two years offer a glimpse into current Turkish cinema.Unspooling in the Documentary Film Competition are Andri Hinnen and Stefan Muggli's "Unter Wasser Atmen" (Breathing Underwater) and Nick Brandestini's "Darwin," about a small Californian town. Thomas Imbach's self portrait, "Day Is Done," will screen as a gala premiere, while Ulrich Grossenbacher's "Messies, ein schoenes Chaos" (A Glorious Mess), winner of Critics' Week in Locarno, will receive a special screening.The Help" will close this year fest. As previously announced, Steven Soderbergh's "Contagion" will open the event. Contact Ed Meza at staff@variety.com

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