Cannes

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‘House of Cards’ First Lady Backs Michelle Obama As President

"House of Cards" star Robin Wright -- who plays a quietly Machiavellian First Lady in the hit Netflix series -- said...

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Cannes Spotlights New York As Indie Cinema Powerhouse

New York directors Noah Baumbach and the Safdie brothers, who have films in the running for this year's Palme d'Or in...

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Red Carpet For Gaza Film Festival Minus the Stars

Gaza doesn't have much space for cultural events -- there is no proper cinema in the entire enclave -- but this weekend...

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Netflix Rails At French ‘establishment’ After Cannes Ban

Netflix boss Reed Hastings has hit out at the French cinema "establishment", which he claims wants to block the...

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Netflix Hit By Cannes ‘ban’ After Cinema Release Row

The Cannes film festival effectively slapped a ban on future Netflix-backed movies Wednesday after the streaming giant...

Entertainment

M.anifest Represents Africa @ Midem Artist Accelerator In France

Rapper M.anifest will represent Africa at the 2017 Midem Artist Accelerator (MAA), an international career booster for...

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M.anifest Represents Africa @ Midem Artist Accelerator In France

Rapper M.anifest will represent Africa at the 2017 Midem Artist Accelerator(MAA), an international career booster for...

Entertainment

M.anifest To Represent Africa At 2017 Cannes Music Festival, France

Touted by The Guardian as Africa's Foremost Rapper, branded by Midem International as intellectual as Talib Kweli with...

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Controversial Director Polanski To Show New Film At Cannes

Controversial director Roman Polanski -- who is still wanted in the United States for the statutory rape of a...

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Will Smith Joins Cannes Film Festival Jury

Will Smith has been nominated for two Oscars (The Pursuit of Happyness and Ali) Hollywood stars Will Smith and Jessica...

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US Actor Will Smith On Jury of Cannes Film Festival

US actor Will Smith -- one of the most bankable stars in the world -- is to sit on the jury of the Cannes film festival...

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Star Wars’ Hamill Goes To Dark Side In Cannes Festival Comedy

Star Wars legend Mark Hamill -- Luke Skywalker in the original trilogy -- goes over to the dark side in a new offbeat...

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Civil War Flick Set In Trump’s US Set For Cannes Film Festival

A tongue-in-cheek action movie about a Trump-era civil war between redneck Texans and East Coast liberals will feature...

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Coppola, Haneke, Haynes Films In Lineup For Cannes

Sofia Coppola's Civil War thriller "The Beguiled" starring Nicole Kidman and "Happy End" by Austria's Michael Haneke...

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Cannes Set To Unveil Movies For 70th Birthday Fest

The Cannes Festival was due Thursday to unveil which films have made the cut for its 70th birthday edition, where the...

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Ken Burns Tackles Vietnam War In ‘visceral’ 18-Hour TV History

Legendary US documentary maker Ken Burns's new 18-hour television history of the Vietnam war is a "visceral" experience...

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Celebrating the Party Man With A Party That Befits His Incredible Success

In 2014, I attended what until last night was my best party ever at the South of France, to be precise at Cannes,...

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Uma Thurman To Star In Next Lars von Trier Film

Uma Thurman is to star in Lars von Trier's new serial killer movie "The House That Jack Built", producers announced...

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Patrice Carteron Throws In His Application

By El-Amisty Nobo The chase for who becomes the next coach of the Ghana Black Stars is heating up by the second since...