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Venice Awards: Faust Wins Big, Michael Fassbender Takes Best Actor

Get out your scoresheets and see how they compare with those of Venice Film Festival jury boss Darren Aronofsky, whose group today awarded the fest's top prize, the Golden Lion, to Aleksandr Sokurov's film Faust. The heavily favored Michael Fassbender won the fest's Best Actor award for Shame, while Deanie Ip earned Best Actress for the Stephanie Zacharek-endorsed Hong Kong effort A Simple LIfe. Other big winners included People Mountain People Sea and Terraferma; congrats to all! [AP]