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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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Tom Wolfe film follows master satirist in Miami
May. 25, 2012 3:13 PM ET (AP)
Oscar Corral thought someone was yanking his chain the day the phone rang at The Miami Herald newsroom and a soft-spoken voice with just a hint of southern drawl said: "Oscar Corral, this is Tom...
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Imprisoned star of 'Reality' impresses at Cannes
May. 18, 2012 4:32 PM ET (AP)
The breakout performance at the Cannes Film Festival this year is Aniello Arena's turn as a Naples fishmonger who becomes obsessed with appearing on a "Big Brother"-style TV show in "Reality."
But the...
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Men redefining 'manly' _ and not just for laughs
May. 17, 2012 3:35 PM ET (AP)
May, it turns out, is a manly month, and a funny one at that.
The Mother's Day flowers are barely wilted and already there's a heavy male energy in the air _ of the wry, ironical, comedy variety _ in...
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Marion Cotillard in Cannes film 'Rust and Bone'
May. 17, 2012 10:15 AM ET (AP)
Jacques Audiard's new movie features poverty, bare-knuckle fighting and a killer whale attack. The French director says it's a sunny romance.
"Rust and Bone" _ a strange and surprising love story...