Reuters: Hollywood stars visit Havana amid U.S.-Cuba thaw (Things that upset Otto)

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LOL They were "researching". So the stars finally figured out how to cover themselves legally with the General License. Isn't Robert Duvall a right wingster?? Maybe he goes for the cigars like the Governator, who by the way just cut funding in California for shelters for battered women.

>>>>A spokesman for the group said del Toro was in town for the award, but that Murray, Duvall and Caan were working on a "research project.

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By Rosa Tania Valdes

HAVANA (Reuters) - Hollywood came to Havana on Thursday as Cuban writers and artists gave an award to Benicio del Toro, star of the 2008 movie "Che," in a ceremony attended by fellow actors Bill Murray, Robert Duvall and James Caan.

Murray stole the show when he improvised a version of the song "As Time Goes By" then jokingly passed around a hat, asking for money.

Their presence lent a bit of Hollywood glitz to warming U.S.-Cuba relations, and may have been the precursor for the making of a film in Cuba.

A spokesman for the group said del Toro was in town for the award, but that Murray, Duvall and Caan were working on a "research project.

When asked if he and his pals might make a movie on the communist-led island, del Toro told reporters: "That depends on the governments, on the American government."

Because of the long-standing U.S. trade embargo against Cuba, Americans have been forbidden, with some exceptions, from visiting the island or doing most business there.

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