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Saudi holds first film festival
DAMMAM, Saudi Arabia - It's a far cry from the glamour of Cannes: No celebrities strutting their stuff; an all-male audience drinking coffee and juice rather than champagne; and if any female spectators showed up _ well, no one knew. They came in through a back entrance into a separate hall, off-limits to the male organizers.
Snipes seeks bond as he appeals tax convictions
OCALA, Fla. - Wesley Snipes must surrender to prison authorities June 3 if he isn't granted bail to appeal three federal tax convictions, defense lawyers said in a court filing.
Spike Lee at online film festival
CANNES, France - You don't need to be a member of the Cannes Film Festival jury to have a say in what movies deserve awards. All it takes is an Internet connection and an opinion.
Yoko Ono tries to block use of `Imagine' in film
NEW YORK - Yoko Ono wants a judge to imagine a movie challenging the theory of evolution _ but without John Lennon's song "Imagine" in it.
Spielberg given honor for Holocaust, Darfur work
PARIS - Steven Spielberg is now an officer in the French Legion of Honor.
Lee: Eastwood omitted black troops in WWII films
CANNES, France - Spike Lee is slamming Clint Eastwood over his two recent Iwo Jima movies, saying the filmmaker overlooked the role of black soldiers during World War II.
Jessica Alba marries Cash Warren
NEW YORK - Sorry, guys. Jessica Alba's "taken" status is legal.
Home away from home: Europe welcomes Woody Allen
CANNES, France - Europeans get jazz and they get Woody Allen _ more so than they do in America, the native land of both the filmmaker and the music form he loves.
Ouch! Harrison Ford waxes chest to make a point
NEW YORK - Harrison Ford pulled a Steve Carell for a public service announcement: He gets his chest waxed. The 65-year-old star winces in apparent pain as a strip of hair is yanked from between his pecs for a PSA for Conservation International to raise awareness about the effect of deforestation on global warming.
Eastwood says he won't be back as Dirty Harry
CANNES, France - Clint Eastwood will not be back as Dirty Harry, but Angelina Jolie might want to give it a try. Eastwood was asked Tuesday at a news conference at the Cannes Film Festival if he would be reprising the role of Harry Callahan, the renegade cop of "Dirty Harry" and four sequels.
Maradona: Larger than life on big screen
PARIS - Soccer great Diego Maradona says biographers and filmmakers have made up stories about him, painted him as a force of evil and even dared to brand him mediocre. At last, he says, someone has his story right.
Jolie, Eastwood film premiering at Cannes festival
CANNES, France - Pregnant with twins, Angelina Jolie says the story behind her latest drama hits close to home: the loss of a child.
NYC lawsuit accuses Lohan of taking mink coat
NEW YORK - A New York City college student has sued Lindsay Lohan, claiming the "Mean Girls" star took her mink coat without permission and kept it for more than two weeks.
Katie Holmes headed to Broadway
NEW YORK - Katie Holmes is looking to bounce back from a box-office flop with her Broadway debut.
Jason Bateman: I'm not a great son
NEW YORK - Child stars have it rough with their folks. Just ask Jason Bateman, who says his mom and dad are more like friends than parents.
Exit escapism _ Cannes Film Festival is a reality show
CANNES, France - Now playing at Cannes: ordinary people, modern times, and crimes and misdemeanors.