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Actor Ryan Reynolds (1976)

In American Gangster, director Ridley Scott spins a tale concerning a Harlem drug kingpin who smuggles heroin into the country by hiding it in the bodies of U.S. soldiers killed during battle in Vietnam. Also on DVD: Michael Clayton, Rendition, In The Valley Of Elah, Lust, Caution and Margot At The Wedding.

Johnny Depp's dark musical Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street was a double winner at the Golden Globe Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday night.

No Country For Old Men and Juno triumphed at The Satellite Awards on Sunday night, taking home two gongs each. Ethan and Joel Coen's Western thriller, No Country For Old Men, was awarded Best Director and Best Drama, while Juno was hailed as Best Comedy.

Director Ang Lee's new movie Lust, Caution has been barred from running for an Academy Award in 2008 - after breaking Foreign Language film rules. The Taiwanese film maker was the toast of Tinseltown in 2006 after picking up the Best Director Oscar for Brokeback Mountain.

HONG KONG (AP) - Ang Lee has tackled English period drama, kung fu and gay cowboy romance. Just don't expect him to make small talk at a dinner party.

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Dwayne ''The Rock'' Johnson had the winning game plan at the box office.

Filmmaker Ang Lee’s controversial new thriller Lust, Caution has broken box-office records in both his native Taiwan and Hong Kong this week.

Overwrought and overlong, Ang Lee's ''Lust, Caution'' nevertheless has some moments of exquisite beauty and a potentially star-making performance from newcomer Tang Wei - that is, for those few who can find the time and emotional dedication the film demands.