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| Thursday, 29 August, 2002, 22:37 GMT 23:37 UK In pictures: Venice Film Festival Divas, celebrities and hangers-on hopped off their motorboats for the opening of the Venice Film Festival on Thursday. Twenty-one films are vying for the festival's Golden Lion award. ![]() Posters were put up across Venice ahead of the opening (AFP) ![]() Two of Italy's best-loved exports were in evidence at the ceremony: Giorgio Armani and Sophia Loren (AFP, PA) ![]() Film-star gazers thronged Venice's Lido, hoping to catch a glimpse of Hollywood idols such as Gwyneth Paltrow (AP) ![]() Salma Hayek - in revealing garb - was one of the guests of honours as star of the film 'Frida' (PA) ![]() Chinese actress Gong Li is jury president of the 59th Venice Festival (AFP) |
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