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Film News: Deadline is Nov. 23, nominees announced Jan. 4 -- The Writers Guild of America has asked for submissions for its seventh annual documentary screenplay nod -- the only feature category in which the guild allows scripts not under WGA jurisdiction.
Film News: Film to open in November in the U.S. -- Cohen Media Group is launching as a distribution banner with Rachid Bouchareb\'s "Outside the Law" as its first release.
Film News: Shingle picks up int\'l rights to Edward Burns pic -- As the Toronto Film Festival got under way Thursday, Myriad Pictures picked up all international rights to Edward Burns\' romantic comedy "Nice Guy Johnny."
Music News: His band was behind hit \'Summer Girls\' -- Rich Cronin, who sang with the late-\'90s boy band LFO, died Sept. 8 in Boston. He was 35 and had been suffering from leukemia.
Film News: New Wave director made \'What\'s New Pussycat?\' -- TORONTO -- Clive Donner, the British helmer heralded for encapsulating the Swinging \'60s of London in pics like "What\'s New Pussycat?" and "Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush," died Sept. 7 in London.