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TORONTO 鈥� A Canadian Screen Awards special that replaced a live show took on a patriotic tone Sunday night, promoting the work of this country's film and TV creatives and celebrities.

鈥淭he Super Mario Bros. Movie" scored the best second weekend ever for an animated movie in North American theaters with $87 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday.

TOKYO (AP) 鈥� Takeshi Kitano鈥檚 new film, premiering at the Cannes Film Festival next month, is a samurai story without heroes, mercilessly portraying human greed, betrayal and cruelty.

TORONTO 鈥� CBC's historical saga 鈥淭he Porter鈥� swept the Canadian Screen Awards on Friday with 12 wins including best drama, wrapping a week of festivities that turned out to be a celebration of Black excellence in media.

NEW YORK (AP) 鈥� Clint Eastwood is getting back in the director's chair. The 鈥淯nforgiven鈥� and 鈥淕ran Torino鈥� filmmaker is set to direct the legal drama 鈥淛uror No. 2" for his longtime studio, Warner Bros.

LOS ANGELES (AP) 鈥� The Rev. Edward Siebert's journey with 鈥淭he Pope's Exorcist,鈥� a film about arguably the most famous exorcist in the Catholic Church, began with an adventuresome visit to Milan about six years ago.

At first, when suburban mom Kristin gets the mysterious call to head to Italy to settle the affairs of a dead relative, she protests she鈥檚 too busy.

鈥淩enfield鈥� is not Nicolas Cage's first blush with a vampire. In 1988's 鈥淰ampire's Kiss,鈥� he played a New York literary agent who thought he was an immortal bloodsucker.

TOKYO (AP) 鈥� Makoto Shinkai doesn't yet know the story he will tell in his next film, only that it will be about what he knows best.

The Canadian Screen Awards celebrated the best in homegrown film Thursday night.