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Barbra Streisand won't attend Cannes Palme d'Or ceremony after a knee injury
2+ hour, 55+ min ago (241+ words) CANNES, France " Barbra Streisand announced on Sunday that she will not attend the Cannes Film Festival's closing ceremony later this week where she was to receive an honorary Palme d'Or, after sustaining a knee injury. The festival organizers said they…...
Bulgaria wins the 70th Eurovision Song Contest with upbeat party anthem "Bangaranga
5+ hour, 23+ min ago (979+ words) VIENNA " Bulgarian singer Dara won the 70th Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday with her infectious party anthem "Bangaranga," giving the southeast European country its first-ever victory in the competition. Israeli competitor Noam Bettan came second after a contest in Vienna clouded…...
In Cannes standout "Fatherland," Sandra Huller stuns again
3+ hour, 33+ min ago (846+ words) CANNES, France " For Sandra H'ller, eruptions of emotion don't come naturally. She prefers to be quiet and calm, and often her screen presence radiates intensity when she's simply watching. But when she explodes - whether in grief or karaoke - she can…...
Cate Blanchett laments that the #Me Too movement "got killed very quickly" in Hollywood
3+ hour, 19+ min ago (263+ words) CANNES, France " Cate Blanchett said the #Me Too movement "got killed very quickly" in Hollywood, speaking Sunday at the Cannes Film Festival. In a wide-ranging staged conversation, Blanchett lamented that the tide of #Me Too has been turned in Hollywood,…...
Michael" reclaims the top box office spot in its 4th weekend
5+ hour, 57+ min ago (297+ words) After two weeks trailing "The Devil Wears Prada 2," the Michael Jackson biopic "Michael" reclaimed the No. 1 spot at the North American box office with $26. 1 million in ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday. The Lionsgate movie is in rarefied territory,…...
Steven Soderbergh used AI in a documentary about John Lennon. And he wants to talk about it
5+ hour, 59+ min ago (609+ words) CANNES, France " The day John Lennon was shot, on Dec. 8, 1980, he and Yoko Ono gave an interview to a San Francisco radio crew from their home in New York's Dakota Apartments. They were promoting their new album "Double Fantasy," but…...
Researchers stunned by a forgotten medieval book in Rome hiding the oldest English poem
7+ hour, 25+ min ago (895+ words) ROME " The researchers in Ireland looked at their computer screen, marveling at a medieval book tracked down in a Roman library. They flipped through its digitized pages and found their sought-after treasure: the oldest surviving English poem. What's more, she…...
Warner Bros. reboots "Westworld" film, leaving HBO series behind
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (511+ words) Warner Bros. is developing a feature film reboot of Michael Crichton's 1973 sci-fi thriller "Westworld," hiring screenwriter David Koepp to adapt the property " a move that raises fresh questions about the fate of the acclaimed but canceled HBO television series. The…...
Kristen Stewart rails against Hollywood studio system: "Less making billionaires more billionaires
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (378+ words) Kristen Stewart used her platform at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday to take sharp aim at the U. S. studio system, saying it is rigged against artists and serves only to enrich the already wealthy. Speaking to Variety ahead of the…...
Mullin says "American History X" scared him straight before faith changed his life
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (239+ words) Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin says that as a younger man, he was on a path of mayhem that seemed destined to end behind bars " until he got scared straight by a viewing of "American History X." The 1998 movie is about…...