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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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Matthew McConaughey pulls off Cannes double header
May. 26, 2012 11:05 AM ET (AP)
To have one film competing at the Cannes Film Festival is a privilege. To have two, Matthew McConaughey says, is wonderful good fortune _ and the reward for a spell of hard labor in the trenches of...
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5 great movies set on the water
May. 31, 2012 9:07 PM ET (AP)
The sequel "Piranha 3DD" comes out this week but it wasn't shown to critics before opening day _ which is a bummer, because the original "Piranha 3D" from 2010 was just a shamelessly gimmicky blast.
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'Transformers' roll out in Universal Studios ride
May. 21, 2012 10:09 AM ET (AP)
Which `bots are in, and which are out?
That's the question the special-effects gurus at Universal Studios and Industrial Light and Magic, as well as "Transformers" director Michael Bay, first asked...
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Visceral performances bring stardom for Tom Hardy
May. 21, 2012 10:00 AM ET (AP)
The allure of movie stardom is becoming evident to Tom Hardy.
As he made his way down the glittering red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival for the premiere of his Prohibition-era gangster film...