Cannes Film Festival, France Travel News

Citadines Cannes Carnot hotel in Cannes France is a low-key apartment/hotel that is a great alternative for the Cannes Film Festival.

Los Angeles, Nov 6, 2009 - - The Media Development Authority of Singapore today announced the first film to receive support under its International Film Fund that was launched at the Cannes Film Festival this year.

Several film festivals are coming up in New York that will feature Israeli films.

Recession-weary movie audiences are looking for a laugh right about now, which may explain why the postapocalyptic Cormac McCarthy drama "The Road" recently pushed back its opening date a little closer to the end of the year.

THE government parties last night maintained silence on the position of Ceann Comhairle John O'Donoghue after further embarrassing revelations about his expenses claims.

Danish director Lars Von Trier at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival. Anne-Christine-Poujoulat / AFP / Getty Danish director Lars von Trier describes his dark thriller Antichrist as the most important film of his career.

Robert Hewett, boss of Stagetruck, currently has 38 of his silver fleet of vehicles on the road, carrying 600 tonnes of equipment for the Take That - Circus' tour.

Heated ... Sharon Stone arrives for the screening of Inglourious Basterds at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival in France / AFP SHARON Stone has allegedly become embroiled in an airport cat-fight with an airline hostess over baggage restrictions and a screaming match ensued.

Bollywood Rumors > Hrithik Roshan as Jesus Christ! [ MyDiddle ] It seems that the distributors across the world who saw the Promos of Kites were all mesmerized with Hrithik's body and look.

Controversial Cannes film Antichrist is the closing night special for the 2009 NZ International Film Festival in Wellington.

Gas prices are already in the 96 cent range with oil prices around 62 dollars, so do the math yourself what we may be paying for gasoline once the price goes up.

Eva Longoria and Tony Parker managed to sneak a few kisses into their sightseeing schedule yesterday in Rome.

In the wake of its appearance at the Cannes Film Festival this past week, three new clips from Terry Gilliam's The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus have appeared online via the French site Comme Au Cinema.

Austrian Michael Haneke's The White Ribbon , a chilling study of malice in a German village on the eve of World War I, scooped the Palme d'Or top prize at the Cannes Film Festival.

Awards presented Sunday at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival, chosen by a jury headed by French Actress Isabelle Huppert: -Palme d'Or : "The White Ribbon," by Michael Haneke -Grand Prize: "A Prophet," by Jacques Audiard -Jury Prize: "Fish Tank," by Andrea Arnold and "Thirst," By Park Chan-wook -Special Prize: Alain Resnais -Best Director: Brillante ...

Oh, and it seemed to make so much sense, too. Mariah Carey had a hissy fit when director Lee Daniels showed up an hour late to her Cannes Film Festival premiere of Precious on Friday night, while Ryan Phillippe was all buddy-buddy with French president Nicolas Sarkozy's son, Pierre, at the launch party for Belvedere IX.

QUEBEC a ' A room with a seaside view at the Cannes Film Festival at $1,300 a night for seven nights, pricey last-minute airline tickets for short European jaunts and mysterious lunches and ballooning restaurant bills under his watch with little or no explication.

Ian Usher, who put his life up for sale on eBay, could have his story made into a movie, he revealed at the Cannes Film Festival.

CANNES a ' Apparently, the financial crisis has hit the Cote d'Azur. The evidence at Cannes: the dearth of Americans; the lack of Russian being spoken on the streets; the not so crowded restaurants and shops.

Jesse Rodriguez, executive director of the Jacksonville Film Festival, says he's had some Hollywood bigwigs express interest in coming to the North Florida event.