Visit Films inks deals on its Cannes slate

Two titles secure N. American distribution

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CANNES -- Visit Films has secured two North American distribution deals for its Cannes slate, selling Guy Moshe's child prostitution drama "Holly" to City Lights Pictures and Steve Barron's immigrant tale "Choking Man" to Film Movement.


"Holly," the story of an American gambler in Cambodia who tried to save a 12-year-old Vietnamese girl, stars Ron Livingston and Virgine Ledoyen. "Man," a 2007 Tribeca Film Festival premiere from music video director Barron, follows a painfully shy immigrant working in Queens. Both films' producers gave the projects limited self-release runs in New York.


Visit's Ryan Kampe and Sylvain Tron negotiated the "Holly" deal with City Lights' Mark Ragone and Marcus Lansdell, and the "Man" deal with Film Movement's Adley Gartenstein.

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Von Teese will team up with the former Wham! frontman for the promo for an as-yet-unannounced single, and the exotic dancer admits it is a dream come true.

She says, "George wants me in the video of his next single and I'm on my way to London to meet him, I can't wait.

"I'm a huge Wham! fan and this will be the highlight of my career. I have been perfecting my routine and I've also been doing Pilates - my secret for keeping in shape."

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Spears' manager is ordered to stay away

Britney Spears' self-styled manager Sam Lutfi has been served with a restraining order, which instructs him to stay at least 250 yards away from the star.
Courts documents say that Lutfi is also barred from communicating with Spears.
Reuters reports that lawyers for the singer's father, Jamie Spears, who has been granted temporary control of his daughter's business and personal affairs, filed court documents saying Lutfi was served with the order at his home on Thursday morning.
In court papers requesting the restraining order three weeks ago, Spears' mother Lynne claimed that Lutfi had drugged her daughter, cut her home phone line and was attempting to control her life.
Lynne Spears said that Lutfi told her and a friend that he gave Britney Spears pills ground up in her food to keep her quiet and at one point he told Britney she had to take 10 pills a day if she wanted to see her two young children.
Spears recently had her visitation rights for her two young sons stripped by a court after refusing to return them to their father Kevin Federline, who currently has custody of the children.