Week in film: from Amitabh Bachchan to Tom Cruise, by way of Jaden Smith

Week in film kicks off in Seville, with what Variety magazine refers to as the 'world preem' of Knight and Day. On the red carpet, with dinner still more than two hours away, the film's star Tom Cruise nibbles on the ear of wife Katie Holmes. Anything to keep the hunger (and perhaps the boredom) at bay
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But Knight and Day is not the week's only preem. Out in Beijing, it's time for The Karate Kid. This stars Jackie Chan and Jaden (son of Will) Smith. Never one to shun the limelight, Smith Sr proceeds to dominate the ensuing press conference
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Time to jet off to LA for the grand unveiling of Toy Story 3. Here's Pixar boss John Lasseter with the film's two beloved heroes: Boggles Maloney and Simon the Shepherd. By God, it's good to have them back
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Away from the red carpet, film's foot-soldiers were forced to grind it out in less glamorous locations. Malin Ackerman and Zac Efron drew the short straw and were flown out to the Maui film festival, where they languished on the beach and clutched each other for comfort
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Robert De Niro was banished to the Taormina film festival. First he was handed a golden statuette and then he was introduced to Valentino Garavani. We're not sure which one this is
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There was also a statue for Christopher Lambert, courtesy of Sophie Marcea in general and the Cabourg film festival in particular. The Coup de Coeur award, depicting two winged snakes in mortal combat, is always guaranteed to raise a smile from its recipient
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They're handing out these lifetime achievement awards like they're going out of fashion. The 38th AFI Lifetime Achievement awards is giving a lifetime achievement award to director Mike Nichols. Here he is with Cher, a possible contender for the 39th AFI lifetime achievement award
Photograph: Nina Prommer/EPA

Meantime, over at the Webby awards, it was the turn of film critic Roger Ebert, who is officially 'person of the year'. This, of course, is hard luck on all the other people
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Over in London, Seb Coe has now hand-picked his Olympic directors. Danny Boyle and Stephen Daldry get the gig. Ken Russell and Guy Ritchie do not
Photograph: Sang Tan/AP

Still in London, Amitabh Bachchan and Vikram show up for the world premiere of Raavan. This, we feel, deserves a closer look …
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... Check the chunky specs, the facial hair, the suspicious barnet. Is Amitabh Bachchan on the witness protection programme?
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Surely it's high time for another Twilight movie? Happily the stars are in alignment and the forecast is sunny. Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner head to Rome to launch The Twilight Saga: Eclipse. All being well, it will have been made, edited and released by this time next week
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Up in Scotland, the Edinburgh film festival kicks off with The Illusionist. Here, the event's patron, Sir Sean Connery, works the crowd like a circus entertainer, performing pratfalls and conjuring tricks to the delight of all onlookers
Photograph: Murdo MacLeod

But let us not forget the 13th annual Shanghai film festival, which all but rivals Edinburgh in razzle-dazzle. Here we see a grinning buffoon, opening the event in the company of a 'movie mascot'. One of them goes by the name of Stephen Chow
Photograph: Andy Wong/AP

Hard to believe that all of these glittering festivities played out in the space of a single week, while – oblivious – the actor Tom Cruise continued to chew on the ear of wife Katie Holmes. He must be almost through to her brains by now
Photograph: Juan Medina/Reuters