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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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Producing more, Brad Pitt is 'Killing Them Softly'
May. 24, 2012 5:34 AM ET (AP)
Brad Pitt is making the movie star thing look darn easy.
Since he last collaborated with Andrew Dominik, he's starred in the Coen brothers' "Burn After Reading," David Fincher's "The Curious Case of...
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Haneke, Loach among Cannes highlights thus far
May. 22, 2012 8:32 AM ET (AP)
The first half of the 65th annual Cannes Film Festival has completed a life cycle in films that range from the motivating spark of child birth to the despair of slow death in old age.
The latter came...
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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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Cannes Film Festival jury keeping an open mind
May. 16, 2012 12:07 PM ET (AP)
If Nanni Moretti had his way, what happened in Cannes would stay in Cannes.
The Italian director is heading the film festival's jury and will preside over the now-traditional post-prizes press...