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Manuscripts Don't Burn: Cannes Review
Defying a 20-year work ban, dissident Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof blasts state censorship in this politically charged murder thriller based on real events.read more
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News Corp. Board Formally Approves Company Split for June 28
Rupert Murdoch and sons James and Lachlan will sit on the boards of the entertainment and publishing firms after the separation.read more
News Corp. Board Approves Rupert Murdoch's Split Plan
News Corp.'s board of directors formally approved plans Friday to split the company into two distinct and publicly traded media conglomerates. One company, 21st Century Fox, will be comprised of i...
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Study Finds Film Criticism Dominated by Men
The San Diego State University report also says that reviewers tend to gravitate toward films written and directed by people of their own sex.read more
Roman Polanski's Rarely Seen Formula 1 Racing Doc 'Weekend of a Champion' Is Restored and Updated at Cannes
In May 1971, Roman Polanski went to Monaco with documentarian Frank Simon to shadow the world's greatest Formula 1 racer, Jackie Stewart. The result, a personable chronicle in which Polanski appears o...
Olympia Dukakis Honored With Star On Hollywood Walk of Fame
Blame it on the moon; after Olympia Dukakis won the Oscar as Cher’s tough, sardonic mother in the 1987 romantic comedy "Moonstruck," she became both a household name and Hollywood’s go-to actress ...
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Jewel on Playing June Carter Cash: 'I Needed People to Forget About Me'
The singer-actress talks to THR about transforming into another music icon for Lifetime's "Ring of Fire" and why she was initially hesitant to sign on for the role.read more
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'Young and the Restless' Tribute: Jeanne Cooper Remembered (Exclusive Video)
Tucker McCall, who played the late actress' son for three years on the CBS daytime drama, shares memories of the late actress in an exclusive clip.read more
Exclusive: New Photos of Steve Carell, Sam Rockwell and Toni Collette in 'The Way, Way Back'
We are rapidly approaching the July 5th release of the star-studded Sundance smash "The Way, Way Back," and if April's trailer wasn't enough for you, we've got new exclusive photos to help hold y...
News Corp. Board Sets Company Split for June 28
News Corp.’s board has formally approved media conglom’s split into two separate publicly traded companies, 21st Century Fox and the new News Corp., expected to occur on June 28. The compa...
Cannes: Marion Cotillard On Learning Polish to Play 'The Immigrant' for James Gray (Who Reveals He Was Unfamiliar With the Actress)
After a few title changes and long wait for James Gray fans (his last feature "Two Lovers" came out five years ago), the helmer's first period project "The Immigrant" finally premiered today in Cannes...
Good Morning, Cannes: Father Figures, Funny Men and Teen Lesbians
Once in a while at Cannes (though definitely not very often), the focus can shift away from the films and the deals and the moguls, and onto a guy who wrote about film. It happened on Thursday afterno...
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TV Broadcasters Launch Aereokiller Lawsuit in Washington
Is the battle over the digital distribution of broadcast television eventually headed to the U.S. Supreme Court?read more
Cannes: Minarro Launches ‘Shooting Star’
CANNES — Luis Minarro, one of Spain’s best-known arthouse producers, is making his fiction directorial debut with political parable “Shooting Star.” “Star” turns on the short-lived r...
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Google's Eric Schmidt Says Hollywood's 'Storytelling Wins' in 'The New Digital Age'
Major studios still have the advantage in producing content, but should look to the Internet as a home for its farm team, say the search giant's chairman and his co-author, former diplomat Jared Cohen...
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UTA Hires Top Investment Banker to Explore Finance Options
UPDATED: Sources say Ken Moelis is advising the agency in the wake of outside investment deals done by rivals CAA and WME.read more
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Max Rose: Cannes Review
Jerry Lewis stars as a one-hit wonder jazz musician who makes an unsettling discovery following the death of his beloved wife in Daniel Noah's debut feature.read more
Sony Pictures Classics Picks Up ‘Lunchbox’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Sony Pictures Classics has acquired all North American rights to Ritesh Batra’s feature debut “The Lunchbox,” a Cannes Critics’ Week standout. A feel-good romantic comedy with ...
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German Soccer Rules Europe, Can It Conquer the World?
Will success in the Champions League, where the first all-German final kicks off Saturday, translate into global riches for the Bundesliga?read more
James Gray's Marion Cotillard-Starring Period Drama 'The Immigrant' Is the Most Divisive Film in Cannes Competition
Moments after leaving an early morning press screening of James Gray's "The Immigrant" in the final stretches of the Cannes Film Festival, I immediately encountered two extreme perspectives on the mov...

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