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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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Does France have right plan to revive its economy
Unionists employees of Arkema Kem One chemical company and employees of other petrochemical sites, burn flares as they block the Arkema plant in Marseille, southern France, Tuesday, May 14 , 2013. Kem One, the maker of vinyl products announced last July it may cuts jobs. CGT stands for General Work Confederation. (AP Photo/Claude ...
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How the French economy compares to Germanys UKs
PARIS -- Here's how the struggling French economy stacks up compared to Germany's and Britain's.GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT (2012)France: 2 trillion euros ($2.7 trillion) Germany: 2.6 trillion euros ($3.3 trillion)Britain: 1.9 trillion euros ($2.4 trillion)MANUFACTURING AS A PERCENT OF GDP (2009)France: 10.7 percentGermany: 19.3 percentBritain: 11.0 percentGROWTH RATE (2012)France: ...
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Minister denies wine tax on way
WINE drinkers and winemakers have received some cheer from Agriculture Minister ...
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Behind the Candelabra Cannes Review
Live From Cannes: The Stars and Director of Cannibal Movie 'We Are What We Are' Helmer Jim Mickle along with cast members Bill Sage, Julia Garner and Wyatt Russell talk about remaking the gruesome Mexican horror movie of the same ...
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Cannes Reese Witherspoon Stars in Devils Knot
With the Cannes Film Festival nearing the finishing stretch, the independent film business already is turning its attention to the fall festival circuit. One title that’s likely to make an appearance ...
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Lyons Tonazzi ruled out of London final
Olympique Lyonnais will go into Thursday's UEFA Women's Champions League final without Latitia Tonazzi due to a calf injury but they are confident Lara Dickenmann will be ...
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Gay marriage Âlaw will be rewrittenÂ’
THE LAW on gay marriage and adoption will be rewritten when the opposition UMP gets back into power, leader ...
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Stars be lookin good in Lebanese wear at Cannes Film Festival
Aishwarya Rai is stylin' at the 66th Annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals in an Elie Saab dress on May 19, 2013 (Photo by Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty ...
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Cannes-Tastic India Beyond the red carpet fashion circus India makes its presence felt at Cannes 2013
Beyond the red carpet fashion circus, India is finally making its presence felt at Cannes 2013 in terms of what the festival is actually about- cinema.While several stars make a red carpet splash as brand ambassadors of various sponsors, lesser Bollywood names and small- budget films are the ones representing Indian cinema at the French film festival.To commemorate the 100 years of Indian ...
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CORRECTED-Darty revenue falls market share in France improves
Tue May 21, 2013 4:30am EDT (Removes incorrect profit and revenue figures in paragraph 5 and replaces them with FY expectations) * Fall in like-for-like revenues in three months ended April * Darty France outperformed the market for the quarter * Profit before tax for the year in line with expectations LONDON, May 21 (Reuters) - Darty Plc reported a fall in like-for-like revenues in the three ...
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Cannes Euro Studios Look to Benefit From Busy London Soundstages
European film studio facility operators in such places as Germany and Eastern Europe feel positioned to take advantage of a shortage of free studio space in London and attract big Hollywood productions in the second half of the year and ...
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Rapinoes unbelievable Lyon experience
Kellermann ready for Lyon Of the two, Rapinoe has made the bigger immediate impact scoring in their UEFA Women's Champions League quarter-final against FC Malm and again in their last-four defeat of FCF Juvisy Essonne. As the final with VfL Wolfsburg at Stamford Bridge on Thursday approaches, the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup finalist and 2012 Olympic gold medallist talked to UEFA.com ...
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Video Swift Bieber take Billboard honors Timberlake hits Cannes
The day's top showbiz news and headlines including Taylor Swift wins big at the Billboard Music Awards, Justin Timberlake hits the Cannes red carpet, and Denmark wins the Eurovision Song ...
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Cannes 2013 Behind The Candelabra review
The exceptional Liberace biopic Behind the Candelabra, starring Michael Douglas, proves why film still needs Steven Soderbergh, says Robbie ...
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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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