Breaking News, Latest Philippines Headlines, World, Entertainment, Politics, Weather & Video News
by Deborah COLE CANNES , France (AFP) — “Twilight” star Kristen Stewart, whose supernatural new movie “Personal Shopper” drew boos at Cannes, defended the picture Tuesday as a “terrifying” look at an identity crisis. French director Olivier Assayas’ high-concept thriller stars Stewart in a movie that is an audacious mix of ghost story, murder mystery and existential drama. Critics at a preview late Monday booed the picture — a venerable tradition at Cannes for the […]
by Fran Blandy and Deborah Cole CANNES, France (AFP) — Jodie Foster, who presented her first mainstream film as a director in Cannes Thursday, said many studio bosses still dismissed female filmmakers as “too great a risk to take”. The two-time Oscar-winning actress, who began her career at the age of three and is one of a handful of females in Hollywood to carve out a successful directing career, highlighted the challenges women face. […]
CANNES, France (AFP) — Bomb experts will carry out daily sweeps at the Cannes film festival, opening this week under maximum security as France faces its highest ever terror threat, Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said Monday. The glitterati, set to descend on the resort town as the festival opens Wednesday, will also have to tip open expensive handbags for inspection after climbing the red carpet into the main venue, the Palais des Festivals, which is to be […]
American actress Julianne Moore took over Cannes on the second night of the film festival when she attended not only the red carpet for ‘Mr. Turner’ but also the Calvin Klein sponsored ‘Women in Film’ event and L’Oreal’s celebration of the 65th anniversary of French distributor Unifrance. Angela Odulio reports
(Reuters) – Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn has instructed lawyers to sue the makers of a movie in which veteran French star Gerard Depardieu plays a sex addict who commits a sexual assault on a hotel maid, his lawyer said on Monday. “Welcome to New York” by Abel Ferrara, which had a private screening on the sidelines of the Cannes film festival at the weekend and has been on pay-per-view in France, is billed […]
