Kirsten Dunst - Melancholia Dominates European Film Awards

Kirsten Dunst's movie Melancholia dominated the European Film Awards on Saturday night (03Dec11), picking up the event's top prize.

The movie, directed by controversial Danish filmmaker Lars Von Trier, won the coveted title of Best European Film of 2011 at the ceremony in Berlin, Germany.

Von Trier vowed to shun public speaking after he was banned from the Cannes Film Festival in France over the summer (11) for making comments about Nazi dictator Adolf Hilter, so he sent his wife, Bente Froge, to pick up the award on his behalf.

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Victoria Beckham wins fashion award (VIDEO & PHOTOS)

Former Spice Girl and designer Victoria Beckham won the Designer Brand of the Year title at the British Fashion Awards.

After winning the title, she got emotional as she beat Stella McCartney, Burberry and former Gucci and YSL director Tom Ford to receive the honour, reports thesun.co.uk.

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"Beginners," "Tree of Life" win Gotham Film Awards

Cast members Brad Pitt (L), Jessica Chastain (C) and Sean Penn pose on the red carpet as they arrive for the screening of the film ''The Tree of Life'', by director Terrence Malick, in competition at the 64th Cannes Film Festival, May 16, 2011

(Reuters) - Terrence Malick's "The Tree of Life" and the Christopher Plummer film "Beginners" shared the top prize for best feature film on Monday at the Gotham Awards, a key event for independent movies which also marks the start of the film-awards season culminating in the Oscars.

The honors for "The Tree of Life," a mystical period drama starring Brad Pitt, and "Beginners," which stars Ewan McGregor as a man whose elderly father (Plummer) comes out of the closet, scored upset victories.

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Wonder Girls & One Direction Arrive on Social 50 Chart (2 VIDEO & 2 PHOTOS)

K-Pop group Wonder Girls arrives onto Billboard's Social 50 chart, jumping into the tally at No. 33 -- this week's highest debut. The release of the video for their latest single "Be My Baby" on Nov. 5 prompted a burst of 8 million YouTube views, boasting their profile views by 164,000 last week.

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