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• Mexico's Michel Franco wins Cannes sidebar prize

  (AP) -- "After Lucia" by Mexican director Michel Franco has won the top prize in the Cannes Film Festival 's sidebar competition, Un Certain Regard.It was chosen Saturday from a slate of 20 films by a jury headed by British actor Tim Roth .Un Certain Reg   Read more »

• Robert Pattinson debuts 'Cosmopolis' at Cannes Film Festival

  Going back to what he does best, David Cronenberg takes a visceral day-trip inside the cushioned limousine of a tycoon who cares little for the bloody, populist riots that explode outside his car in "Cosmopolis."All the young multi-billionaire Eric Packe   Read more »

• Cannes Film Festival awards canine stars

  Move over, Brad Pitt and Nicole Kidman . The Cannes Film Festival's four-legged stars are in the spotlight with the contest for the event's best canine performance.The Palm Dog prize was awarded Friday to Smurf and Ged, two terriers from twisted British   Read more »

• Young Hollywood stars strike out on own at Cannes

  (AP) -- Vampires, Transformers, singing high-schoolers: They can all be tough to outrun.But at the 65th annual Cannes Film Festival , a number of young Hollywood stars are attempting to do just that. By striking out on their own, they hope to move their   Read more »

• Cannes entry 'Paradise: Love' looks at sex tourism

  (AP) -- There's sun, sand and sex in Cannes Film Festival entry "Paradise: Love" -- and they add up to a grim and unsettling holiday movie.Austrian director Ulrich Seidl 's film depicts middle-aged European women at a Kenyan holiday resort seeking romanc   Read more »

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• Cannes 2012 fashion: Closing couture, plus red carpet MVP goes to ...

  in a Stella McCartney hourglass gown, and finally in a red sequined Robert Cavalli. Enlarge Vicki Hyman/The Star-Ledger Cannes Film Festival jury member Diane Kruger readjusts her dress as she arrives for the screening of "Therese Desqueyroux" and the closing 57 m ago from NJ.com Read more »

• Kim Kardashian files report with British airways after she claims vintage sunglasses from her late father were stolen, will go to the cops if needed

  for stealing “personal” and “sentimental” items from her luggage when she was recently traveling home from the Cannes Film Festival. The Keeping Up with the Kardashians star took to her Twitter account to point out that she was “very disappointed” in the company 12:31 PM from TheCelebrityCafe.com Read more »

• Vasan Bala detained at Mumbai airport

  Delhi: Director Vasan Bala, who was at the 65th Cannes Film Festival for the screening of his film Peddlers, was detained at the Mumbai airport today. He was reportedly detained for about an hour and had to pay duty on an iPad allegedly gifted to him by Anurag 11:42 AM from NDTV Read more »

• Ten Best Dressed

  Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France. Actress Audrey Tatou wore a white Prada dress to the closing ceremony of the 2012 Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France. Model Doutzen Kroes wore a strapless Versace gown to the 2012 amfAR Cinema Against AIDS Gala in 11:14 AM from Mama’s A Rolling Stone Read more »

• Gangs of Wassepur Music Review

  being feted at the Cannes Film Festival, Anurag Kashyap’s has certainly caught the eyes of the international media and critics. Releasing the same day as Teri Meri Kahaani, this film looks like it might just steal the limelight away from the romcom. The buzz 10:21 AM from Bollyspice Read more »