TETIAROA, French Polynesia, July 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Located on the French Polynesian atoll of Tetiaroa and a product of the late Marlon Brando's vision, construction on The Brando has officially begun with completion slated for late 2011.

U.S. actor Karl Malden, winner of both Academy and Emmy awards, died Wednesday in California at age 97, family members said. Malden's family informed the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences of the veteran actor's death, KTLA-TV, Los Angeles, reported.

Tony Award-winning Broadway producer Morton Gottlieb has died in Englewood, N.J., at the age of 88, his family said. Gottlieb died Thursday of natural causes, his niece Hildy Gottlieb Hill told Sunday's The New York Times. During his long career, Gottlieb produced four plays nominated for best-play Tony Awards, including Sleuth, which won in 1971.

Centrepiece A TRIBUTE TO PAUL NEWMAN It is hardly the least of Paul Newman's achievements that for 26 years, his face grinned from the front of a salad dressing bottle, yet he never sacrificed a drop of dignity.

By Mike Snider The Godfather is remembered as a dark picture. But over the years it has become less dark than intended. The opening scene of the best-picture Oscar winner is the ultimate example.