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Miley Cyrus and Paris Hilton trapped in swatting incident again
Miley Cyrus and Paris Hilton have for the second time fallen victim to swatting pranks after police rushed to their Hollywood homes on false reports about gun crimes. Cyrus was not present at her home on Friday night when the police searched her house to investigate allegations that shots had been fired from inside the premises, Contactmusic reported. The authorities soon discovered that the ...
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Chubbier Keanu Reeves almost unrecognisable at Cannes Film Festival
Keanu Reeves looked much heavier than he did in his 'Matrix' days, at the annual Cannes Film Festival. It seemed that Reeve, who made women swoon in his turn in action thriller 'Speed', has been allowing himself to relax and indulge as he does less acting, the New York Daily News reported. The 48-year-old actor was photographed stepping off the yacht "Odessa" in the French Riviera and was also ...
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Ancelotti asks to leave PSG for Real Madrid
The departure of Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho appeared to move a step closer when Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) coach Carlo Ancelotti confirmed he had asked to leave the French champions. Ancelotti has been widely tipped as the next man to occupy the Real Madrid dugout should Mourinho leave the club and the news coming from France appears to indicate that Real Madrid president Florentino Perez ...
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Eva Longoria suffers major wardrobe malfunction at Cannes
Eva Longoria was left exposed at Cannes' red carpet when she lifted her dress off the wet ground to reveal that she wasn't wearing any underwear. The 38-year-old actress made the mistake of pulling up her dress while she was going to pose for photographs in an elegant green dress before the screening of movie 'Jimmy P.' (Psychotherapy Of A Plains Indian) at the Film Festival, the Mirror ...
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Chiranjeevi to inaugurate incredible India exhibition at Cannes today
To promote India as a " Filming Destination", Union Tourism Minister K Chiranjeevi will inaugurate incredible India exhibition at the 66th Cannes film festival in France today. The joint participation of the Ministry of Tourism and Ministry of Information and Broadcasting at the festival is consequent to their entering into a Memorandum of Understanding to promote Cinema of India as a sub ...
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French daredevil climbs 564 ft Bailong Elevator sans safety net
French daredevil Jean-Michel Casanova scaled the 564 feet Bailong Elevator in China with no help from any machinery, safety net or safety equipment. Casanova's green-and-black sticky sneakers were the only help he needed in his dizzying feat. According to officials, Casanova climbed the huge steel tower in 68 minutes and 26 seconds, while spectators looked on in awe, the New York Daily News ...
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In photos Timberlake Kidman and more at Cannes
Marion Cotillard was among the many actresses and actors posing for photographers at the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes over the long weekend. She was there on Monday to promote the film Blood Ties.(Joel ...
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Gold becomes a theme at glitzy Cannes amfAR gala
This computer-generated image released by Armani shows animated images in the likeness of actors Richard Burton, left, and Elizabeth Taylor, in a gold Armani gown. There will be more gold to come this week at Thursday's amfAR gala, at the Cannes Film Festival which will showcase 40 of the world's top models in "The Ultimate Gold Collection Fashion Show," curated by Carine ...
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Yes she Cannes Sonam Kapoor on a red carpet high
As the inflation climbed to a new high of 8.24 per cent, the BJP on Friday accused the UPA government of mismanaging the economy and demanded the resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh."You the economic Prime Minister, cannot manage the economy, cannot manage India. Please quit," BJP spokesperson Ravishankar Prasad told reporters here.He claimed that inflation had reached new ...
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Oops Eva Shows All at Cannes
nnEva Longoria had a major wardrobe malfunction in Cannes, France, when the crowd learned she was not wearing any underwear with her glamorous green ...
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Israel contests France TV over Palestinian boys death
29/03/2013 19:15 CET Israel says there is new evidence that a French television report whose harrowing images helped inspire the second Palestinian uprising was unfounded. The report in 2000 showed a father and son in Gaza caught up in Israeli-Palestinian crossfire. The 12-year-old was later pronounced dead – hit, said France 2, by Israeli troops. Nearly 13 years later, the Israeli ...
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France must reform or face punitive measures - EUs Oettinger
Reuters © European Energy Commissioner Gunther Oettinger addresses a news conference at the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels June 6, 2012. REUTERS/Laurent ...
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Seen and Heard at Cannes
Associated Press journalists open their notebooks at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival: JAMES CAAN GOES BACK TO THE 70S They don't make movies like they used to - which is why James Caan was happy to go back to the 1970s in Guillaume Canet's "Blood Ties." An icon of '70s cinema through his role as Sonny Corleone in "The Godfather," Caan plays the patriarch of a ...
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Llewyn Davis star shines at Cannes
When Oscar Isaac first approached T Bone Burnett to prepare for his role as a folk singer in Inside Llewyn Davis, the film's executive music producer gave him some good advice. "He told me, 'Sing like you're singing to yourself,'" Isaac recalled during a Cannes Film Festival press event Sunday as the much-anticipated Coen brothers film made its world premiere. ...
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Cannes festival surges into top gear Coen brothers take poll position in the race for the Palme dOr
By Donald Clarke In James Toback's frisky documentary Seduced and Abandoned , presented for the press yesterday morning, one contributor describes the Cannes Film Festival as having "a split personality". Many attendees are just here to discuss deals. A few more are here to celebrate the best in world cinema. The event surged into top gear over the weekend with a cracking array of ...
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Cannes With The Congress Ari Folman votes for new audacity
May 19--CANNES, France -- Few independent directors have won as many plaudits for their visual inventiveness as Ari Folman. Five years ago, the Israeli first-timer came to Cannes and caught the film world's attention with his combat piece "Waltz With Bashir." A largely autobiographical account of his experience in the first Israel-Lebanon war, "Bashir" subsumed real-life ...
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Cannes 2013 The musical side of the Coens Inside Llewyn Davis
May 19--"He had to be believable as a musician, because this is not the kind of movie where you hear a few bars of a song; they play out in their entirety," Joel continues. "But the character is in every scene, so he has to be a very accomplished actor. It's not easy to find that in the same person, so we were very frustrated until Oscar walked in." "Now it weirdly ...
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Briton Julian Stevenson under formal investigation in Lyon over murder of own children
A divorced British father with a history of drunkenness and domestic violence was formally accused of the murder of his two children, who were found with their throats cut in his apartment in southern ...
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Rain washed out Strasbourg International
First-round matches in the main draw at the Strasbourg International tennis tournament were rained out Monday. Seven matches, including one pitting ...
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New Airbus A350 jet could make Paris show flypast
The vertical tail wing of the first Airbus A350 is seen on the final assembly line in Toulouse, southwestern France, in this October 23, 2012 file photo. (JEAN-PHILIPPE ...
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Cannes Film Festival 2013 British filmmaker Paul Wright makes waves with directorial debut For Those in Peril
British talent is thin on the ground at this year's Cannes festival, but one first-time feature film director, from a small village in Scotland, has been making ...
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Palestinian film of love and betrayal breaks new ground at Cannes
CANNES (Reuters) - A tragic love story between two Palestinians living under Israeli occupation received a standing ovation at the Cannes film festival on Monday and broke new ground as the first film fully funded by the Palestinian cinema ...
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British man appears in French court over death of his children
A British man accused of killing his two children appeared in court in the French city of Lyon on Monday to be formally put under investigation - the equivalent of being charged - for the murders.The judge ordered Julian Stevenson, 47, to be held in custody after he reportedly admitted to police that he had slit his children's throats during their first unaccompanied custody visit, but did ...
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As I Lay Dying Cannes Review
Venue: Cannes Film Festival (Un Certain Regard) Opens: Autumn, 2013 (Millennium Films) Production: Millennium Films Cast: James Franco, Tim Blake Nelson, Danny McBride, Logan Marshall-Green, Ahna O’Reilly, Jim Parrack, Beth Grant, Brady Permenter, Scott Haze Director: James Franco Screenwriters: James Franco, Matt Rager, based on the novel by William Faulkner Producers: Lee ...
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Cannes Exclusive Media Inks Equity Slate Deal
U.K.- and L.A.-based Exclusive Media, the global film production, sales and distribution company, has inked a rolling four picture equity deal for up to 12 ...
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Mutual importance of Sino-Franco relations
China and France, two major regional powers in Asia and Europe respectively, have long had steady economic relations. Cultural ties have seen a disparity, however, which is perhaps due to the recently unsteady diplomatic relations between the two countries. In the last few months though, there has been a significant improve in this area.
France was one of the first western powers to recognize the People’s Republic of China as a legitimate country and established an embassy in the country before Great Britain, Germany or the United States. Since 2008, however, France has found itself often at odds with the emerging superpower, especially over its One China policy. Read more
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