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Actress Julianne Moore gestures as she takes part in the shooting of a promotional event on the red carpet outside the festival's palace on Tuesday, ahead of the opening ceremony of the 71st edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France. - AFP
A few good women: Female filmmakers at Cannes
CANNES - In a year dominated by the #MeToo movement, the Cannes film festival - which started Tuesday - is feeling the heat to address glaring gender imbalances in the competition for its top prize, the Palme d'Or.But the numbers show the festival still has some way to go in the battle of the sexes.Of the 268 filmmakers who have claimed one of Cannes' top three prizes, only 11 - or four percent - have been women.New Zealand's Jane Campion remains the only female director to have received the highest accolade, the Palme d'Or, awarded for her masterpiece "The Piano" in 1993.Iranian prodigy Samira Makhmalbaf snagged the prestigious Jury Prize twice, first for her 2000 breakthrough feature "Blackboards" and again three years later for "At Five in the...
May 08, 2018

A few good women: Female filmmakers at Cannes

Actress Sarah Jessica Parker arrives at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Gala (Met Gala) in the Manhattan borough of New York on Tuesday. - EPA
Extravagant Met Gala in New York brings out the stars
NEW YORK - Madonna and Rihanna stunned as fashion high priestesses on the red carpet at New York's Met Gala on Tuesday, headlining the most sought after invitation in the celebrity universe.Madge, the Catholic girl from Michigan and queen of pop whose 1989 hit "Like a Prayer" remains a dance-floor classic 30 years later, presided over the "Sunday Best" theme dressed head to toe in Jean Paul Gaultier.Held every year in May, the black-tie extravaganza is the chief source of income for the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute, reportedly raising more than $12 million in 2017.The gathering of A-list models, musicians and movie stars, dubbed "the Oscars of the East Coast," saw Amal Clooney, Rihanna and Donatella Versace join Vogue supremo Anna...
May 08, 2018

Extravagant Met Gala in New York brings out the stars

Robin Williams
Robin Williams suffered from dementia in his final days: Report
NEW YORK - A new book has claimed that late actor Robin Williams struggled to remember his lines as he unknowingly suffered from a brain disorder.According to the New York Post, Dave Itzkoff’s new biography Robin seeks to answer the lingering puzzle over Williams’ chaotic life and sudden death. It reveals his final days from the eyes of some of his closest family and friends and admirers in Hollywood.According to the book, while the Oscar-winning actor was filming "Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb", the third movie in the franchise, he was unable to remember his lines.“He was sobbing in my arms at the end of every day. It was horrible. I said to his people, ‘I’m a make-up artist. I don’t have the capacity to deal with what’s happening to him’,” said Cheri...
May 08, 2018

Robin Williams suffered from dementia in his final days: Report

Adnan Sami
Singer Adnan Sami claims his staff were called 'Indian dogs' at Kuwait airport
MUMBAI - Popular singer Adnan Sami has claimed that his staff members were mistreated and called "Indian dogs" at the Kuwait airport immigration. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj took notice of the issue.Adnan, who was in Kuwait for a live performance, drew attention to the matter via tweets.“We came to your city with love and our Indian brethren embraced us with it. You gave no support. Kuwaiti airport immigration mistreated my staff for no reason and called them ‘Indian dogs’! When you were contacted, you did nothing! How dare the Kuwaitis behave like this with arrogance,” Adnan tweeted to the Indian Embassy in Kuwait.Later, he also tagged Union Home Affairs Minister Rajnath Singh and Sushma Swaraj.Swaraj acknowledged Adnan’s message, and asked him to contact...
May 08, 2018

Singer Adnan Sami claims his staff were called 'Indian dogs' at Kuwait airport

Bollywood actor Salman Khan is seen after attending a court hearing in Jodhpur, India on Monday. - AFP
Bollywood's Khan dodges limelight in jail appeal hearing
JODHPUR - Bollywood movie star Salman Khan managed to avoid the spotlight when he returned to court on Monday over his five-year jail sentence for killing endangered wildlife.Khan, one of the world's highest-paid actors, was convicted last month of shooting dead two rare antelopes known as black bucks on a 1998 hunting trip. He spent two days behind bars before being granted bail.The Bollywood icon was ordered to appear in court on Monday and an early-morning hearing was held in Jodhpur, in the western state of Rajasthan.Khan arrived in a white SUV and slipped into court around 8 a.m. (0230 GMT) surrounded by minders, catching Indian media and his army of fans off guard. Court sessions generally start much later in India.The judge, Chandra Kumar Songara, quickly adjourned proceedings...
May 08, 2018

Bollywood's Khan dodges limelight in jail appeal hearing

Emilie Satt and Jean-Karl Lucas of the French pop duo “Madame Monsieur” are seen performing in this undated file photo. - AFP
Refugee baby inspires French Eurovision quest
PARIS - French pop duo "Madame Monsieur" hope a song inspired by the plight of a refugee baby plucked from a sinking boat in the Mediterranean will strike a chord at next week's Eurovision song contest.Mercy - whose name is also the title of the song - was born in March 2017 on the Aquarius, the vessel which rescued her Nigerian mother as she attempted the perilous crossing from Libya to seek a new life in Europe.Like so many before, the people smugglers had little regard for their human cargo and the boat she sailed on soon began to sink.Madame Monsieur - Emilie Satt, 29, and Jean-Karl Lucas (35) - were rehearsing in the studio when they saw a photo of the just born Mercy on Twitter."We were really moved by this story; we wanted to put into music the feelings it...
May 08, 2018

Refugee baby inspires French Eurovision quest

Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem
Cannes golden couple Bardem and Cruz return to open festival
MADRID - It was where Javier Bardem memorably declared his love for Penelope Cruz in 2010 - now the golden couple of Spanish cinema will open this year's Cannes film festival together on Tuesday.The Oscar-winning actors both star in Iranian master Asghar Farhadi's Spanish psychological thriller "Everybody Knows", which will kick off the festival and is up for the top Palme d'Or prize.The fiercely private couple's glowing return to the spotlight in Cannes comes after Bardem emotionally proclaimed his feelings for Cruz there eight years ago as he accepted the best actor award for "Biutiful"."I share this joy with my friend, my companion, my love, Penelope. I owe you a lot and I love you so much," he said as Cruz blew kisses to him from her seat...
May 08, 2018

Cannes golden couple Bardem and Cruz return to open festival

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Box Office: 'Avengers: Infinity War' scores big over weekend
LOS ANGELES - "Avengers: Infinity War" can check off yet another record: The second-highest second weekend of all time.Disney and Marvel's latest collaboration earned $112.5 million in its second frame. The 56 percent decline was just enough to top the record previously held by fellow Marvel title "Black Panther," which made $111.6 million in its second weekend.In just North America, the superhero mashup has made $450.8 million. Among "Infinity War's" numerous accomplishments is being the fastest film to gross $1 billion, in just 11 days. And the film has yet to open in China.One of three weekend releases opening in "Infinity War's" almighty wake is "Overboard," anchoring in the second spot with a solid $14 million. The MGM and...
May 08, 2018

Box Office: 'Avengers: Infinity War' scores big over weekend

Erika Ogawa, VP Japan for Guinness World Records, poses with Masazo Nonaka after he was presented with an official certificate recognizing him as the oldest living man in Hoikkaido, Japan.
Japan's Masazo Nonaka is world's oldest person at 112
TOKYO - Guinness World Records, the global authority on record-breaking, announced that Japan’s Masazo Nonaka is the world’s oldest living man at 112. Nonaka was presented with the official certificate on Tuesday in his home town of Hoikkaido, Japan by Erika Ogawa, VP Japan for Guinness World Records.Nonaka took the title after Francisco Nuñez Olivera of Spain passed away on Jan. 28, 2018 aged 113 years and 47 days. The oldest man ever is Jiroemon Kimura, also from Japan, who was born on April 19, 1897 and passed away aged 116 years 54 days on June 12, 2013.Nonaka was born on July 25, 1905 and is the eldest of eight. He has 7 brothers and 1 sister in Ashoro, Hokkaido. He married Hatsuno in 1931, and is a father to five children (two boys and three girls). - SG
May 08, 2018

Japan's Masazo Nonaka is world's oldest person at 112

A group of black and mixed race actresses published a book pillorying the prejudice they have suffered at the hands of the French film industry. - AFP
'Do you speak African?' Black actors blast racism of French film industry
PARIS - Sick of being typecast as cleaners, prostitutes and delinquents from deprived suburban estates, a group of black and mixed race actresses published a book Saturday pillorying the prejudice they have suffered at the hands of the French film industry."Being black is not my job" ("Noire n'est pas mon metier"), written by 16 of the country's leading black female actors, recounts some of the everyday racism they have suffered in their work."Do you speak African?", "You can't play her, she's a lawyer" and "luckily you have fine features and you are not negroid, not too black..." are among the things that Nadege Beausson-Diagne said she has been told at castings.The actress, who appeared in France's biggest ever film at...
May 05, 2018

'Do you speak African?' Black actors blast racism of French film industry

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