US, Argentine films frontrunners for Venice's Golden Lion

From a dazzling musical to a biting comedy, films from the US and Argentina are tipped as favourites to win this year's Golden Lion award at the Venice film festival, due to be announced Saturday. American musical "La La Land", directed by Damien Chazelle and starring Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone, kicked off the world's oldest film festival and immediately brought the house down. Top international film critics, gathered on the glamorous Lido di Venezia for the 10-day fest, cheered the quirky tale