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Froth, frocks and film at an anxiety-tinged Cannes
May. 28, 2012 5:27 AM ET (AP)
There was Brad Pitt and Nicole Kidman, red carpet glamour and a crop of new Academy Award contenders _ but this was also the year the global financial crisis exploded onto movie screens at Cannes.
"La...
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3 young actors seize the day, go 'On the Road'
May. 25, 2012 11:09 AM ET (AP)
Kristen Stewart understands the lure of the open road. So do her "On The Road" co-stars, Garrett Hedlund and Sam Riley.
The three young actors play the central love triangle in Walter Salles'...
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Review: `The Intouchables' is a real crowd-pleaser
May. 23, 2012 3:12 PM ET (AP)
On paper, "The Intouchables" looks like eat-your-vegetables cinema: the story of a wealthy, white disabled man and the troubled black youth from the projects who becomes his reluctant caretaker....
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Archery hits pop culture's bull's-eye with movie
May. 23, 2012 2:37 PM ET (AP)
Two-time Olympian Jennifer Nichols' eyes light up with she talks about her sport finally climbing out of the shadows.
"The Hunger Games" has shined a bright light on the ancient sport of archery and...
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Loach's whiskey expert brings Scotland to Cannes
May. 23, 2012 10:08 AM ET (AP)
Charles MacLean is out of his element in Cannes, a town consumed by cinema and celebrity. His element is Scotch whisky _ "uisge beatha," he says, giving it its Gaelic name. The water of life.
MacLean...