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Following is a summary of current entertainment news briefs. Casey Affleck's new film explores fatherhood in world without women

A new film about a father-daughter relationship in a world without women was shaped by Casey Affleck's own struggles with becoming a single parent, the Oscar-winning actor said at the Berlin Film Festival where "Light Of My Life" is premiering. In the movie, which Affleck directs, he plays a father who isolates his daughter from society in a desperate attempt to protect her from a pandemic that has wiped out most women. German film shows horrors of 1970s serial killer

A disturbing German film showing the true story of a serial killer who preyed on women in Hamburg's red-light district in the 1970s does not glorify violence but explores the humanity of victims and killer, the film's director said. Premiered at the Berlin Film Festival on Saturday, "The Golden Glove" is one of 17 films competing for the top prize. British actor Albert Finney, five-time Oscar nominee, dies aged 82

British actor Albert Finney, who rose to fame on a post-war wave of gritty, working-class dramas and became an Oscar-nominated international star, has died at the age of 82. Finney died after a short illness, the BBC reported on Friday. At Berlin Film Festival, a Norwegian forest as childhood paradise

A Norwegian drama starring film veteran Stellan Skarsgard awakens nostalgia for youth and bygone landscapes, but global warming was not its intended message, according to the author of the book the film is based on. "Out Stealing Horses", which premiered at the 69th Berlin Film Festival on Saturday, is based on a best-selling novel by Norwegian author Per Petterson. Will Colman's Queen Anne rule the BAFTAs? 'The Favourite' leads awards race

Queen Anne costume romp "The Favourite" looks set to scoop more movie honors on Sunday as the awards season cavalcade swings into London for the BAFTAs. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts ceremony is the most esteemed event outside the United States during the annual awards season, further whipping up the fervor for films ahead of the Oscars on Feb. 24. 'We're happy with it,' say makers of big budget 'Alita: Battle Angel'

Big-budget action film "Alita: Battle Angel" may have garnered lukewarm reviews, but the filmmakers behind the manga-inspired movie envisioned by James Cameron say they are delighted with how it has turned out. The movie from 21st Century Fox about a cyborg heroine in a post-apocalyptic world has been more than 15 years in the making with a budget of between $150 million and $200 million. Berlin festival aims for gender equality with half of films by women

The Berlin Film Festival has made a pledge to promote gender equality, taking the first step toward that goal by screening almost an equal number of movies directed by women as by men. Out of the 400 films to be screened at this year's Berlinale, almost half have female directors. Country singer Dolly Parton raises laughs at charity awards gala

Dolly Parton became the first country singer to receive the MusiCares Person of the Year award on Friday, taking to the stage with jokes about hillbillies, fighting and pornography. Comedy played a large role in a night of all-star musical performances in Los Angeles to honor Parton for her music and philanthropy, hosted by country group Little Big Town. Bollywood movie premiering in Berlin puts spotlight on India's hip-hop scene

Actor Ranveer Singh said India could be on the cusp of a musical revolution with the kind of Hindustani hip-hop that is the subject of his new movie premiering at the Berlin Film Festival. "Gully Boy", directed by India's Zoya Akhtar, tells the fictional tale of Murad (Singh), a student who lives in a slum and ends up temporarily substituting for his injured father as chauffeur for a wealthy family. Berlinale film breaks silence over church child abuse

French director Francois Ozon described the struggles he experienced breaking the silence surrounding pedophile abuse scandals in the Catholic Church when making "By the Grace of God", about three victims who faced down the hierarchy. The film explores the impact of the protagonists' decision to act on long-dormant memories of abuse on scouting excursions and summer camps, bringing upheaval into their relationships with parents, children and friends.