A private jet, seven lunches, six premieres, 16 parties, five megayachts, one helicopter, one-on-ones with Brad Pitt, Mick Jagger, and Robert DeNiro. One woman lives the dream at the Cannes Film Festival.
Karin Badt | Posted 07.10.2008 | Entertainment
The Class, despite its intentions to show dynamic pedagogy at work, reveals its the opposite: how "learning" in France consists of accumulating "facts."
Jonathan Handel | Posted 07.07.2008 | Entertainment
Not surprising for the country that originated the auteur theory, screenwriters are not the stars of Cannes. But if screenwriters don't garner the glamour, they nonetheless can be found with a bit of searching.
Karin Badt | Posted 06.17.2008 | Entertainment
Alerting audiences to the painful problems in Malawi is an exceptionally good thing, but Madonna's new film is weak, largely due to Madonna's over-the-top urge to make this a film of hope.
Karin Badt | Posted 06.05.2008 | Entertainment
It was clear, from the scenes Toback chose to emphasize that he, who has personally known Tyson for twenty-two years, shares an understanding of both Tyson's self-destructive appetite and his fight to the finish.
Karin Badt | Posted 06.03.2008 | Entertainment
Palermo Shooting thankfully reminds us less of Wenders' recent unwatchable sprawls and more of his early powerhouse films where a voice-over ponders philosophical issues to the sound of music.
Efe Cakarel | Posted 06.02.2008 | Media
Today, it is possible for a lone director to claim the status of auteur with a consumer-grade digital camera, a laptop, and a web site to exhibit their work.
Karin Badt | Posted 05.30.2008 | Entertainment
In James Grey's new movie Two Lovers, no one finds mutual love. Each says to the other: "You deserve to be loved", while the recipient of the sentiment longs for someone else.
Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 05.29.2008 | Entertainment
Cannes seemed more decadent than ever, precisely because it was dancing against a backdrop of death and destruction from Burma to China, to the US heartland and Wall Street's "recession."
Karin Badt | Posted 05.28.2008 | Entertainment
Dvortsevov's film had traveled from the Steppe to Cannes -- and he had been in the audience when they thunderously applauded.
Karin Badt | Posted 05.27.2008 | Entertainment
Have you ever wondered at the origin of those celebrity papers you see in supermarkets? The AmFAR gala was a celebrity-sight-seeing event for fashion journalists and paparazzi.
AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 05.26.2008 | Entertainment
%meta(topic:01005000;ap_topic:general entertainment;subtopic:movies;%) CANNES, France (AP) _ The French film "The Class," a frank tale about classroo...
People | Posted 05.25.2008 | Entertainment
Kate Hudson and Lance Armstrong only had eyes for each other at Dolce & Gabbana's annual party in Cannes Friday. The pair kissed and danced to old Ma...
AP | ANGELA DOLAND | Posted 05.25.2008 | Entertainment
%meta(topic:01011000;ap_topic:general entertainment;subtopic:music;%) CANNES, France (AP) _ Most documentaries stick with interviews of living people...
Daily Mail | Posted 05.24.2008 | Entertainment
Over dinner with a movie producer in a bistro called Le Petit Paris, just off the famous Croisette - the strip of swanky hotels, designer boutiques, b...
AP | Posted 05.24.2008 | Entertainment
HONG KONG — "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" star Zhang Ziyi says she's outraged by what she says is ignorance about the recent earthquake in Ch...
AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 05.24.2008 | Entertainment
CANNES, France — With all of his Academy Awards and other Hollywood honors, Clint Eastwood is not necessarily in the market for more prizes. He'...
Just Jared | Posted 05.23.2008 | Entertainment
Academy Award-winning actor/director Clint Eastwood, 77, goes shirtless and relaxes at hotel Eden Roc in Cap d'Antibes, France on Friday with his wife...
AP | ANGELA DOLAND | Posted 05.23.2008 | Entertainment
MOUGINS, France - The Material Girl parted with a few personal possessions _ a custom-made white guitar and the contents of her handbag _ at a benefit...
AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 05.23.2008 | Entertainment
CANNES, France — It seems fitting that Charlie Kaufman's directing debut, which offers enough enigmatic ideas to fry viewers' brains, should als...
AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 05.22.2008 | Entertainment
%meta(topic:01005000;ap_topic:general entertainment;subtopic:movies;%) CANNES, France (AP) _ Unless it is one of his "Ocean's Eleven" casino romps, S...
Huffington Post | Posted 05.21.2008 | Entertainment
Wednesday in Cannes the stars were out for two different premieres. Sharon Stone joined Madonna (who had visible nipples) and Guy Ritchie at the premi...
AP | Posted 05.21.2008 | Entertainment
UPDATE: Clint has responded Spike and told him, among other things, to "shut his face." ******** CANNES, France - Spike Lee is slamming Clint Eastwo...
LA Times | John Horn | Posted 05.21.2008 | Entertainment
CANNES, France -- Celebrity interviews abound at the Cannes Film Festival: Penelope Cruz chatting on the beach, Harrison Ford talking near the red car...
AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 05.20.2008 | Entertainment
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BARCELONA, Spain — Christian Bale swept into Barcelona on Wednesday night to attend a...
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Peggy Siegal | Posted 07.11.2008 | Entertainment