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Cannes Foreign Buyers Flock to Ryan Goslings How to Catch a Monster
will star in the modern fantasy-drama, for which Gosling has also written the screenplay. Warner Bros. acquired U.S. rights to the project last week, before it headed off to the Cannes market. Principal photography will begin this month in ...
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1 million pounds worth of jewelery stolen in Cannes
A wonderful script could be written taking inspiration from the jewelery heist that rocked this year's Cannes Film ...
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Restored ‘Maynila’ debuts in Cannes
Hilda Koronel is reunited with Pierre Rissient, the Frenchman who brought ';Insiang'; to Cannes in 1978. Photo courtesy of Tikoy ...
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Fiji receives second new Airbus in France
Fiji A Fijian delegation has accepted the delivery of another A330 aircraft from Airbus in France.The state-run airline Fiji Airways now has two A330 planes.Fiji's interim Prime Minister Commodore Frank Bainimirama has thanked the aircraft manufacturer for delivering the new plane in Toulouse on schedule.The plane, which has been named Namuka-i-Lau, is expected to arrive at Nadi Airport ...
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Agonising family choice in Japanese film at Cannes festival
Sat May 18, 2013 9:28am EDT * Babies switched at birth in quiet family drama * Kore-eda's film one of two Japanese entries in top category * Palme d'Or winner will be announced on May 26 By Alexandria Sage CANNES, May 18 (Reuters) - A film about baby-switching by Japan's Kore-eda Hirokazu that ponders nature versus nurture premiered at the Cannes film festival on Saturday, joining an ...
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Jimmy P. Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian Cannes Review
cries out for its own niche, one it will hopefully find beyond festival appreciation. The strange but true story of a Native American who underwent Freudian psychotherapy with a brilliant Romanian analyst after World War II proves a good fit for ...
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Francois Hollande signs Frances same-sex marriage bill into law
On Friday, France became the fourteenth country to legalize same-sex marriage. A campaign promise by French President Francois Hollande, the bill was hotly contested by conservatives in ...
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Shooting and robbery drama off-screen at Cannes
Later on Friday, chaos erupted when shots were fired during a live French TV broadcast on the Cannes beach. Actors and the festival's jury members Christoph Waltz and Daniel Auteuil, being interviewed at the time, were instantly rushed offstage. A man was quickly arrested, reportedly carrying a gun that fires blanks. Scary stuff, but great publicity all the same. Maybe Baz Luhrmann should ...
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UAE cinema makes a splash at Cannes
fter days of heavy rain, the sun finally arrived in Cannes on Friday just in time to celebrate a glittering day for Arab filmmaking at the glitzy French festival. In the morning, the Iranian director Asghar Farhadi's terrific love triangle ...
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France OKs gay marriage
By Leigh Thomas and Mark John, Reuters PARIS -- French President Francois Hollande has signed into law a bill allowing same-sex marriage, making France the 14th country to legalize gay weddings.France's official journal announced on Saturday the bill had become law after the Constitutional Council gave it the go-ahead on Friday.The bill, a campaign pledge by the Socialist president, has ...
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France becomes 14th country to allow gay marriage
By Leigh Thomas and Mark John, Reuters PARIS -- French President Francois Hollande has signed into law a bill allowing same-sex marriage, making France the 14th country to legalize gay weddings.France's official journal announced on Saturday the bill had become law after the Constitutional Council gave it the go-ahead on Friday.The bill, a campaign pledge by the Socialist president, has ...
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Same-sex marriage bill signed into law in France
Supporters march near Notre Dame Cathedral during a pro-gay marriage demonstration in Paris on December 16, 2012. The demonstration, one of several organized nationwide this weekend, is meant to put pressure on French President Francois Hollande to keep his campaign promise to legalize gay marriage. UPI/David ...
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France Legalizes Same-sex Marriage
France became the 14th country to legalize same-sex marriage on Saturday as President Francois Hollande signed into law a bill that allows the same, after the Constitutional Council okayed the measure a day before. The move, which came after months of protests and debate, also legalizes adoption by gay couples. Legalizing gay marriage was one of the campaign pledges of the Socialist president ...
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Cannes loses sparkle after €300000 hotel jewel raid
Robbers made off with a haul of jewels worth more than EUR300,000 (250,000) today during a raid on a Cannes hotel, hours after the screening of a film about a gang who stole luxury goods and cash from the rich and ...
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Cannes 2013 For Those In Peril - first look review
This debut feature from young British director Paul Wright concerns a disturbed young man in a remote Scottish fishing village: Aaron, played by George Mackay. He was the only person rescued alive from a craft wrecked by a catastrophic storm; the other five crew-members, including his adored elder brother Michael (Jordan Young), were drowned. It is a study in grief, pain and survivor-guilt - ...
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Cannes TLA Releasing Grabs Dead Shadows Two Mothers
THR's Complete Cannes Coverage Cholewa's French sci-fi horror film is set against the arrival of Haley's comet, an event that begins to turn the world's populace into violent mutants. TLA is planning a cross-platform release in France and U.K. for the ...
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France a no-Fly zone for Mullins
Willie Mullins has decided against a bid for the French Champion Hurdle with Hurricane Fly. There was speculation after the 16-time Grade One winner won at the Punchestown Festival that he may bid to emulate Dawn Run by winning the English, Irish and French Champion Hurdles in the same season, but Mullins has now ruled out the idea. Hurricane Fly regained his Champion Hurdle title at ...
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France legalises gay marriage
France became the 14th country to legalise same-sex marriage today after President Francois Hollande signed the measure into law following months of bitter political ...
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Frances Hollande Signs Gay Marriage Law
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Emirati announces new film project at Cannes
Gillian Anderson is fired up in 'The Fall', but Whicher is suspiciously dull ; The former 'X-Files' star channels her inner Helen Mirren in a new crime drama set in ...
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Emirates inks new sponsorship deal with Frances PSG
The announcement was revealed by Thierry Antinori, Emirates executive vice president, Passenger Sales Worldwide and Nasser Al-Khelafi, president of Paris Saint Germain in ...
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Shots fired near Cannes festival jury members
A man is detained by police and local security after shooting on the sidelines of the Cannes Film Festival yesterday evening. Photograph: Jonathan ...
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Drama at Cannes - but this time off the red carpet
A touch of drama came to the Cannes Film Festival in an unexpected guise on Friday night when a man disrupted a live television broadcast by firing a starting pistol. Predictably security was then stepped up and the man arrested but not before the whole incident had sent everyone running for cover. But in true showbiz spirit the glitz and the glamour and of course the competition for the ...
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French President Signs Same-Sex Marriage Into Law
the BBC reports , after the Senate and National Assembly approved the bill, it "was quickly challenged on constitutional grounds by the main right-wing opposition UMP party of former president Nicolas Sarkozy." Friday, a ruling by the Constitutional Council cleared the way for the president's signature. The council found the bill in accordance with constitution, ...
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Cannes Former EMI Boss Launches Entertainment Finance Production Venture
and three partners from the entertainment, finance and brand worlds on Friday unveiled a new entertainment finance, production and distribution venture ...
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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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