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Loach breaks out the kilts at Cannes
British director Ken Loach's new movie "The Angels' Share" is set in Scotland — the perfect excuse to bring out the kilts in Cannes. With a Scottish ...
Europe's leaders to tackle growth at summit
The leaders of the 27 countries that make up the European Union are to meet in Brussels Wednesday to try and find a way to keep the debt crisis in ...
Loach in Cannes with spirited 'The Angels' Share'
Paul Brannigan, the untrained actor who stars in Ken Loach's latest movie, has gone from being unemployed in a rough Glasgow neighborhood to nude ...
Eurozone warned 'severe recession' looming
The 17-country eurozone risks falling into a "severe recession," the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development warned on Tuesday, as it ...
Haneke, Loach among Cannes highlights thus far
The first half of the 65th annual Cannes Film Festival has completed a life cycle in films that range from the motivating spark of child birth to the ...
Brad Pitt brings 'Killing Them Softly' to Cannes
The Cannes Film Festival got its biggest shot of celebrity adrenaline yet on Tuesday, even if it was only half the dose some were expecting. Brad Pitt ...
Six Somalis go on trial in Paris for yacht attack
Six Somalis have gone on trial in a Paris court for their alleged roles in a 2008 attack on the luxury yacht "Le Ponant" that ended with the release ...
Brandon Cronenberg is a chip off the bloody block
You wait years for a new Cronenberg movie at Cannes, and then two come along at once. Macabre master David Cronenberg's "Cosmopolis" screens at the ...
Obama on Afghan: Leave on time, no 'perfect' end
President Barack Obama and leaders around the globe locked in place an Afghanistan exit path Monday that will still keep their troops fighting and ...
Prosecutor launches new Strauss-Kahn rape probe
A French prosecutor has opened a preliminary investigation into allegations of rape in a Washington hotel by former IMF chief and one-time French ...
Polanski returns to Cannes, presents short
Roman Polanski returned to the Cannes Film Festival, where he presented a short film sponsored by Prada. Before a screening of a restored version of ...
Indian epic by Anurag Kashyap launches at Cannes
Director Anurag Kashyap is creating waves in India all the way from France. His latest movie, "Gangs of Wasseypur," is India's first mainstream film ...
Bond girl takes 007 to the beach
Where better than Cannes, the current epicenter of international glamor, to find a Bond girl? Berenice Marlohe is at the film festival to introduce ...
Germany insists no eurobonds to solve debt crisis
Germany has again made clear its opposition to French proposals for jointly-issued bonds from the 17-nation eurozone as a way to create economic ...
Iran's Kiarostami goes to Japan for latest film
Abbas Kiarostami has found inspiration far from home. The Iranian director's films are routinely banned in his home country, whose Islamist government ...
Visceral performances bring stardom for Tom Hardy
The allure of movie stardom is becoming evident to Tom Hardy. As he made his way down the glittering red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival for the ...
Alain Resnais back in Cannes competition at 89
The Cannes Film Festival received a dose of theater Monday in the form of French director Alain Resnais' new film. "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" is a ...
Hollande: NATO missile defense should worry no one
France's new president said Sunday that Russia and other countries should not feel threatened by the planned NATO missile defense system. Speaking at ...
Hollande sticks to Afghan pullout at NATO summit
France's new president says he's being "pragmatic" with his decision to pull French combat troops out of Afghanistan by the year's end.
What to look for at the NATO summit
A look at the main issues for the NATO alliance at the summit meeting for heads of government in Chicago on Sunday and Monday. THE PLAYERS An alliance ...
Taliban: NATO nations should leave war like France
The Taliban on Sunday urged all NATO nations in Afghanistan to follow France's lead and pull their forces from the war. The call came in a three-page ...
Jean-Louis Trintignant back on screen in 'Amour'
It's 43 years since Jean-Louis Trintignant was named the Cannes Film Festival's best actor for "Z," and 14 years since the French performer all but ...
Jacques Audiard praises B movies at Cannes
Jacques Audiard is on a quest to revive the B movie. The French director has won a prize at the Cannes Film Festival and been nominated for an Academy ...
Jackie Chan goes out fighting
Jackie Chan is landing his last punch as an action star, but says he is stepping into retirement having made one of the most important films of his ...