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VENICE, Italy (AP) _ After years away, the elegant Sophia Loren returned to the Venice Film Festival, not as just another glitter-celebrity waggling for the paparazzi, but in the role she holds dearest of all: doting mom.

The 67-year-old actress, whose looks and grace have seduced generations of fans, was on hand Friday to promote the feature-film debut of her director son, Edoardo Ponti. His picture "Between Strangers" also gets a boost from leading lady Mira Sorvino and French actor Gerard Depardieu _ but it's his mother's star turn in the ...

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