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Gallery Hunger Games crew pose for cameras at Cannes
Actress Jennifer Lawrence attends the photocall for ‘The Hunger Games: Catching Fire’ at The 66th Annual Cannes Film Festival at Majestic Hotel on May 18, 2013 in Cannes, ...
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Top seeds crash out in Strasbourg
STRASBOURG, France – Top-seeded Marion Bartoli and No. 2 Tamira Paszek were both eliminated from the first round of the Strasbourg International on ...
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Liberace film throws spotlight on gay rights at Cannes festival
Tue May 21, 2013 10:50am EDT * Liberace biopic explores relationship with young lover * Film puts spotlight on gay rights, same sex marriage * Steven Soderbergh says now taking a break from filmmaking By Belinda Goldsmith CANNES, May 21 (Reuters) - The relationship between the flamboyant pianist Liberace and his young lover dazzled at the Cannes film festival on Tuesday and threw the spotlight ...
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How to Do Paris in Spring
With flowering public gardens and boulevards made for strolling hand-in-hand, this is the perfect time of year to visit the City of Light. Here, we share our favorite tips for finding the perfect views, affordable meals, and making Paris your own. The famous song "April in Paris," written by the Tin Pan Alley composer Vernon Duke and recorded by Frank Sinatra, Billie Holiday, and a ...
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Cannes Metrodome Takes Lukas Moodyssons We Are the Best
) is gathering steam in Cannes with Metrodome snatching up U.K. rights to the 80s period piece after seeing a 3-minute promo screened by sales agent ...
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Cannes Crime Spree Continues With More Burglaries Physical Attacks
PHOTOS: Radiant 'X-Men' Star Fan Bingbing Honored at Glittery Cannes Fest "In the span of an hour they had gotten into the house through the roof and gone through all of our rooms," said Khanna. "They only took cash, laptops, iPads and women’s jewelry but left our passports and credit cards. They were very professional." Khanna’s group reported the ...
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Top-seeded players out of Strasbourg International
STRASBOURG, France -; Top-seeded Marion Bartoli and No. 2 Tamira Paszek were eliminated from the first round of the Strasbourg International on ...
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Review French Montana debuts with enjoyable album
On his debut album, "Excuse My French," French Montana lives up to the hype mostly generated by his mentors Diddy and Rick Ross, who executive-produced his ...
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Aishwarya Rai Bachchan spotted playing doting mother at Cannes
Entertainment News: Looking perfect in a black Zach Posen mermaid cut skirt worn with Saint Laurent shirt and Armani belt, Ash was busy giving interviews when her little daughter Aaradhya woke up and Aishwarya immediately rushed to her room to attend the little ...
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Police hunting 3 suspects in Cannes jewellery heist
French police said Tuesday they were hunting three men suspected of being behind the spectacular theft last week of a million euros (US$1.4 million) worth of jewellery at the Cannes Film ...
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France slides into recession Germany ekes out growth
France's economy hasn't grown significantly in over a year and was last in recession at the beginning of 2012. Slow growth is plaguing many European ...
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Cannes Kino Lorber Takes Competition Entry ‘Touch of Sin’ for U.S.
Cannes Film Festival 2013 Kino Lorber took the title for the U.S, Cineart bought it for Benelux, and AMA grabbed it for Greece. Previously, Ad Vitam had purchased the movie for France, Arrow acquired it for the U.K., Golem has it for Spain, Midas for Portugal and Filmswelike found it likeable enough for Canada. In addition, MK2 is in final negotiations for Germany, Italy, Scandinavia, Korea, ...
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Cannes In a Better World Girl with Dragon Tattoo Producers Unite for Viking Epic
Cannes: Zentropa Unveils Teaser Poster for Lars von Trier's 'Nymphomaniac' The book, one of the Sweden's best-selling novels, has been translated into 24 languages. It is the story of Red Orm, a 10th-century Norseman living in the pre-Christian nation of ...
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The Last Days on Mars Cannes Review
Nineteen hours from the end of a six-month research mission to Mars, the eight-man crew of Tantalus Base is dealing with frayed nerves and homesickness for green grass and blue skies. They also feel the deflating sense of having achieved nothing during their time there except laying the groundwork for the incoming second team to make the discoveries and grab the glory. The establishing scenes ...
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Films with Arab themes hold sway at Cannes
Now that the first few days of catwalk bling and celebrity razzle-dazzle have died down, the Cannes film festival has returned to what it does best: showcasing strong, socially engaged cinema with a global ...
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At Cannes Mohammad Rasoulof s Anonymous piles up puzzles
It's one of the big questions at the Cannes Film Festival: what is the Mohammad Rasoulof film about? When the festival director Thierry Frmeux announced the inclusion of the director's new film, he said it would be ...
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Rolls-Royce executive drowns in French swimming pool
A Rolls-Royce executive may have drowned on holiday after being knocked unconscious by the cold water of a campsite swimming pool during an early morning dip, an inquest ...
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Cannes U.K.s Rainmark Films Partners With Germanys Beta for Nordic Crime Thriller
Cannes: U.K. to Get 'Sake-Bombed' The novel follows 82-year-old widower and ex-Marine Sheldon Horowitz who, having grudgingly moving to Oslo with his granddaughter and her Norwegian husband, witnesses the murder of a woman in his apartment complex. He rescues her six-year-old son and goes on the run, fearing that the Balkan gang responsible for the murder will return. Chased by the ...
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Cannes Nymphomaniac Producer Reveals Graphics Are Used in Groundbreaking Sex Scenes
A producer for Lars von Trier's hotly anticipated two films tells THR of the sex scenes: "Above the waist it will be the star and the below the waist it will be the ...
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French car orders fall 0.5 in April Survey
French car orders slowed to 0.5 percent last month, showing signs of stabilisation in the auto market, helped by the launch of several new models, according to a dealership survey by trade publication La Lettre Auto ...
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Lyon murder suspect regularly fought with wife over childrens custody
Julian Stevenson, 47, was arrested on Saturday after the bodies of son Mathew, 10, and Carla, five, were found in his apartment in a suburb of Lyon, eastern ...
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All-star crime thriller ‘Blood Ties’ gets panned at Cannes
premiering Monday in Cannes but faced audiences' stony silence after high hopes for the picture.The film features one of the most high-wattage casts of the festival including Clive Owen, James Caan, Billy Crudup, Zoe Saldana and Mila Kunis.And the hard-boiled screenplay by Canet and New York-based director James Gray, another Cannes favorite who will ...
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Lyon president backs Monaco in tax row
Lyon president Jean-Michel Aulas has claimed newly-promoted Monaco are only "defending themselves" as the Ligue 2 champions battle against a rule change that will affect their financial ...
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The Great Beauty Cannes Review
PHOTOS: Cannes Competition Lineup Features 'Behind the Candelabra,' 'Only God Forgives,' 'Nebraska' It was a deft choice casting the older Toni Servillo as a latter-day Mastroianni, Jep Gambardella, the suave journalist for a big Roman daily who is justly known as "King of the Socialites." Witty and urbane, but capable of being caustic and hurtful even to ...
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India’s bold new directors feted at Cannes
Four members of India's new generation of filmmakers - Karan Johar, Zoya Akhtar, Dibakar Banerjee and Anurag Kashyap - appeared on the Cannes red carpet Sunday evening for a gala screening of their ...
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Paris has one of the largest and most emulated bike-sharing systems in the world
Paris is becoming ever more eco-friendly with bike-sharing becoming the major fad of daily commuters and public transport users. The system is so popular, major expansion plans have been announced.
Paris is already home to the largest bicycle-sharing system in the world, but the corporation set up to manage the city’s most eco-friendly form of public transport, Velib, has extensive expansion plans for the network, which is also one of the most copied in the world. Read more
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