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'Hardcore' gay film wins at Cannes
A French thriller with graphic sex scenes won this year's independently-sponsored Queer Palm award for gay-themed cinema on Saturday at the Cannes Film Festival.
Cambodian film on family's experience under Pol Pot wins Cannes 'Un Certain Regard' Prize
An autobiographical French-Cambodian film, "The Missing Picture," which explores the bloody history of Pol Pot's dictatorship in late 1970s Cambodia, has won the "Un Certain Regard" prize at the Cannes Film Festival.
Correction: France-Cannes Notebook story
In a May 24 Cannes Notebook item about jewelry at the Cannes Film Festival, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the Swavorski earrings Milla Jovovich wore cost $321,000. They cost $321. There have been two high-profile jewelry thefts during the Cannes Film Festival, but the team from Swavorski, which is providing baubles for stars to ... (more)
Cannes: 'The Immigrant' stirs emotional response
James Gray's sincere melodrama "The Immigrant" has divided the Cannes Film Festival not for its politics or its audaciousness, but for its sentimentality.
Roman Polanski laments levelling of sexes as 'idiotic' at Cannes Film Festival
CANNES, France - Roman Polanski says the birth control pill has had a "masculinizing" effect on women and that the levelling of the sexes is "idiotic" The director made the comments Saturday at the Cannes Film Festival, where he came to premiere "Venus in Fur," a film adapted from the David Ives play which stars Polanski's wife and toys with the ... (more)
A controversial victory lap for Jerry Lewis at the Cannes Film Festival
Jerry Lewis, so beloved in France, isn't quite overcome with emotion now that he's back at the Cannes Film Festival.
Tilda Swinton brings erudite vampires to Cannes
The film, the last English-language entry competing for the Cannes Film Festival's Palme d'Or, sees Swinton play Eve, a grungy but erudite vampire - who's married to a forlorn vampire musician, Adam, played by Tom Hiddlestone.
Palme d'Or race wide open at Cannes Film Festival
And while this year's festival has boasted a cinematic feast, no single film is believed to have clearly set itself apart from the pack.
A list of previous Palme d'Or winners at Cannes
For 66 years, the Cannes Film Festival's highest prize, the Palme d'Or, has been one of the most prestigious in movies.
Iranian director facing jail appears in Cannes
"Manuscripts Don't Burn" tells the story of an Iranian author secretly writing his memoirs and authorities' attempts to destroy the manuscript - a topic the director, Mohammad Rasoulof , knows quite a bit about.
Seen and heard at the Cannes Film Festival: 'Grigris ' makes Chad officials proud
Director Mahamat-Saleh Haroun stirred up some emotion and national pride when he premiered his new movie "Grigris," at the Cannes Film Festival this week.
Trip to Space with DiCaprio Nets $1.5M at Auction
At a Cannes Film Festival charity auction as star-studded as one of the Great Gatsby 's parties, a pitch rang out that sounded like a sci-fi sequel to Catch Me If You Can .
At the Cannes Film Festival: Liberace's poodle named top dog
Canine glamour was honoured Friday in Cannes, with pampered poodle Baby Boy from Steven Soderbergh's Liberace biopic "Behind the Candelabra" winning the film festival's unofficial Palm Dog prize.
Bruce Dern a leading man again in Alexander Payne's Cannes entry 'Nebraska'
CANNES, France - For the aging, gruff patriarch of his father-son road trip "Nebraska," Alexander Payne tried to lure Gene Hackman out of retirement and considered the likes of Robert Duvall and Jack Nicholson.
Find out what she said she's done so that it doesn't happen again
After the recent Cannes Film Festival, actress Julianne Moore stirred up a lot of buzz surrounding her ensemble.
Julianne Moore finally breaks her silence on 'Toe-Mageddon'
After the recent Cannes Film Festival, actress Julianne Moore stirred up a lot of buzz surrounding her ensemble.
Steely Cotillard shines in 'The Immigrant'
Actress Marion Cotillard has given her all and even learned another language to play a Polish woman struggling with the realities of 1920s New York in James Gray's terse movie, "The Immigrant." The drama, premiering Friday at the Cannes Film Festival, was filmed at Ellis Island where millions of immigrants arrived from Europe in search of a better ... (more)
Owen to star in Soderbergh show
The Traffic director has just announced he is retiring from filmmaking with his final film, Behind The Candelabra starring Michael Douglas and Matt Damon, premiering at the Cannes Film Festival and about to air on HBO in the US this week.
Glitzy amfAR raises $25 million, goes to space
The British-born singer was one of several performers including Duran Duran who sang at the gold-themed auction event nearby the Cannes Film Festival, hosted by actress Sharon Stone, and held at the French Riviera's exclusive Hotel Du Cap over-looking the sea.
JC Chandor gains a Cannes hit with 'All Is Lost'
The director who put Robert Redford in a struggle for survival as a capsized sailor in "All Is Lost" is talking about mortality when a gust of wind lifts a large beach umbrella from its base and sends it and its heavy metal pole sailing straight toward a publicist sitting nearby.