http://www.mail.com/subjects/2588-movies.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/2588-movies.html http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2105032-west-bank-romance-prominent-omar.html CANNES, France (AP) — One of the more buzzed-about films at the Cannes Film Festival, "Omar," is set in the West Bank, and the Palestinian conflict is a key part of the plot. But the film's lead actor, Adam Bakri, says the location or political motif isn't that important. "The fact is that it is an international story, it happens in the West Bank but it d... Thu, 23 May 2013 12:21:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2105032-west-bank-romance-prominent-omar.html 2013-05-23T12:21:31Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2096180-heard-cannes-film-festival.html CANNES, France (AP) — Associated Press journalists open their notebooks at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival. 'TIRED' ANG LEE PULLS OUT OF FX SERIES: Ang Lee's Oscar-winning effort for the movie "Life of Pi" has so exhausted him he's decided to pull out of plans to direct the FX series pilot "Tyrant." In a statement, Ang said: "It is one of the most brilliant... Thu, 23 May 2013 11:21:42 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2096180-heard-cannes-film-festival.html 2013-05-23T11:21:42Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2104698-debbie-reynolds-we-knew-liberace-was-gay.html BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — In the new film "Behind the Candelabra," veteran entertainer Debbie Reynolds has just three major scenes to flesh out one of the most complicated figures in piano-playing showman Liberace's life: his loving but sometimes manipulative mother Frances. The Oscar-, Tony- and Emmy-nominated Reynolds didn't need to do any homework f... Thu, 23 May 2013 07:45:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2104698-debbie-reynolds-we-knew-liberace-was-gay.html 2013-05-23T07:45:51Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2102888-talk-lies-pride-trump-case-to-jury.html CHICAGO (AP) — The lawyer for an 87-year-old woman who accuses Donald Trump of cheating her in a skyscraper condo deal told jurors in Chicago on Wednesday that he was personally repulsed because he felt the "Apprentice" star conned his client and lied about it on the witness stand. Plaintiff attorney Shelly Kulwin's comments came during a sarcasm-filled c... Thu, 23 May 2013 00:17:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2102888-talk-lies-pride-trump-case-to-jury.html 2013-05-23T00:17:21Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2103026-douglas-damon-dramatize-steamy-showbiz-affair.html NEW YORK (AP) — The idea of Michael Douglas playing Liberace might seem nearly as outrageous as Liberace himself. Liberace, forever hailed as Mr. Showmanship, was the excess-to-the-max pianist-personality whose onstage and offstage extravagance were legendary and who wowed audiences in Las Vegas and worldwide to become the best-paid entertainer on the pla... Wed, 22 May 2013 22:03:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2103026-douglas-damon-dramatize-steamy-showbiz-affair.html 2013-05-22T22:03:00Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2103610-cannes-scott-thomas-glorious-dip-darkness.html CANNES, France (AP) — To convince Kristin Scott Thomas to play the bloodthirsty matriarch of "Only God Forgives," director Nicolas Winding Refn appealed to Scott Thomas — how else? — with the flattery of his own mother. "That's how he got me to do the film," Scott Thomas said in a beachside interview Wednesday. "He said, 'You're my mother's favorite actre... Wed, 22 May 2013 19:29:13 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2103610-cannes-scott-thomas-glorious-dip-darkness.html 2013-05-22T19:29:13Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2102768-redford-swept-shipwreck-saga-all-lost.html CANNES, France (AP) — Robert Redford makes actions speak louder than words in shipwreck drama "All Is Lost." He doesn't have much choice. A man-versus-nature tale about a lone sailor adrift on the Indian Ocean, J.C. Chandor's movie has no dialogue, just a few lines of voiceover at the start and a couple of heartfelt expletives. Redford... Wed, 22 May 2013 18:21:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2102768-redford-swept-shipwreck-saga-all-lost.html 2013-05-22T18:21:33Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2103126-cannes-james-franco-builds-bookish-filmography.html CANNES, France (AP) — James Franco's filmography is starting to look like a book shelf — and a very respectable one, at that. The 35-year-old American has already played poets Allen Ginsberg ("Howl") and Hart Crane ("The Broken Tower"). He recently finished directing an adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's "Child of God" (having first flirted with doing McCart... Wed, 22 May 2013 16:11:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2103126-cannes-james-franco-builds-bookish-filmography.html 2013-05-22T16:11:45Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2102354-monroes-photos-prague-exhibition-stolen.html PRAGUE (AP) — A publicist for an upcoming Marilyn Monroe exhibition in Prague says that photographs of the star have been stolen. Alice Titzova of the PR agency 2media says the photos, stolen late Monday, were to be on display starting May 30 at the Prague Castle. Titzova says mannequins and display cases which were part of the exhibition also disappeared... Wed, 22 May 2013 14:40:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2102354-monroes-photos-prague-exhibition-stolen.html 2013-05-22T14:40:25Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2102448-ryan-gosling-breaks-cannes-heart-misses-premiere.html CANNES, France (AP) — The Cannes Film Festival is missing one of its biggest stars of this year's festival: Ryan Gosling. The 32-year-old Canadian actor was unable to attend the premiere Wednesday of director Nicolas Winding Refn's film "Only God Forgives." Gosling stars in the Bangkok noir about a boxing club owner pressured by his mother to his avenge h... Wed, 22 May 2013 14:06:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2102448-ryan-gosling-breaks-cannes-heart-misses-premiere.html 2013-05-22T14:06:40Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2102586-canet-seeks-gritty-york-blood-ties.html CANNES, France (AP) — The problem with New York these days is there's just not enough litter. At least, that's French director Guillaume Canet's experience. He had to supply his own garbage to recreate the grubby streets of 1970s Brooklyn for his debut English-language feature "Blood Ties." "Every day," the director laughed during an interview at the Cann... Wed, 22 May 2013 12:06:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2102586-canet-seeks-gritty-york-blood-ties.html 2013-05-22T12:06:03Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2101628-biden-jewish-leaders-drove-gay-marriage-changes.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden is praising Jewish leaders for helping change American attitudes about gay marriage and other issues. Biden says culture and arts change people's attitudes. He cites social media and the old NBC TV series "Will and Grace" as examples of what helped changed attitudes on gay marriage. Biden says, quote, "Think — be... Wed, 22 May 2013 01:22:17 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2101628-biden-jewish-leaders-drove-gay-marriage-changes.html 2013-05-22T01:22:17Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2100836-muppets-creator-hensons-items-head-to-nyc-museum.html NEW YORK (AP) — The Muppets may have taken Manhattan, but they're getting a spiffy new home in Queens. Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Bert and Ernie of "Sesame Street" fame, the stars of "Fraggle Rock" and other puppets, costumes and items from throughout Muppets creator Jim Henson's career have been donated to the Museum of the Moving Image, which is build... Tue, 21 May 2013 21:07:10 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2100836-muppets-creator-hensons-items-head-to-nyc-museum.html 2013-05-21T21:07:10Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2100598-sorrentino-bruni-tedeschi-bring-italy-to-cannes.html CANNES, France (AP) — La dolce vita came to Cannes on Tuesday, thanks to a pair of films set in Italy exploring lives of affluent ennui. Paolo Sorrentino's "The Great Beauty" and Valeria Bruni Tedeschi's "A Castle in Italy" both feature wealthy characters whose lives have an emptiness at their center. Bruni Tedeschi — the only woman among the 20 directors... Tue, 21 May 2013 20:27:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2100598-sorrentino-bruni-tedeschi-bring-italy-to-cannes.html 2013-05-21T20:27:02Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2100542-toback-baldwin-eye-cannes-movie-making-underbelly.html CANNES, France (AP) — A phrase you will hear often at Cannes is: "Let me run the numbers." The commercial underbelly of the Cannes Film Festival is a nonstop frenzy of deal-making in luxury hotels along the Croisette promenade and aboard yachts moored offshore. Films are pitched with various ingredients — a director, a script, a few stars — as agents and ... Tue, 21 May 2013 17:33:15 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2100542-toback-baldwin-eye-cannes-movie-making-underbelly.html 2013-05-21T17:33:15Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2100046-depardieu-to-play-chechen-man-seeking-revenge.html GROZNY, Russia (AP) — French actor Gerard Depardieu will star in a drama about a Chechen man who seeks revenge for the killing of his son. Chechnya, a southern Russian province, has been in the spotlight since it emerged that the suspects in April's Boston marathon bombing are ethnic Chechens. The predominantly Muslim province was devastated by two separa... Tue, 21 May 2013 15:17:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2100046-depardieu-to-play-chechen-man-seeking-revenge.html 2013-05-21T15:17:29Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2099966-coens-cannes-hit-oscar-isaac-break.html CANNES, France (AP) — Joel and Ethan Coen had almost given up on casting the lead for their film "Inside Llewyn Davis." The part, a folk musician in early 1960s Greenwich Village, demanded the elusive combination of someone who could both carry a movie and perform the songs central to the film. Then they met Oscar Isaac. "It just didn't happen until he wa... Tue, 21 May 2013 13:43:19 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2099966-coens-cannes-hit-oscar-isaac-break.html 2013-05-21T13:43:19Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2099788-ari-folman-animates-robin-wright-the-congress.html CANNES, France (AP) — Hollywood is hell. That's an idea to set tongues wagging at the Cannes Film Festival, and it's the distinct impression left by Israeli director Ari Folman's head-spinning part-animated feature "The Congress." Fittingly, Cannes provided the inspiration for the director's dystopian vision of the entertainment business, which stars actr... Tue, 21 May 2013 12:06:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2099788-ari-folman-animates-robin-wright-the-congress.html 2013-05-21T12:06:25Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2098802-star-trek-beams-up-701m-box-office.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — "Star Trek: Into Darkness" didn't warp past its predecessor. The sci-fi sequel directed by J.J. Abrams earned $70.1 million in its opening weekend. The original "Trek" reboot starring fresh faces as the crew of the Enterprise opened with $75.2 million in 2009. The top 20 movies at U.S. and Canadian theaters Friday th... Mon, 20 May 2013 22:04:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2098802-star-trek-beams-up-701m-box-office.html 2013-05-20T22:04:45Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2098626-seth-macfarlane-wont-return-2014-oscar-host.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — Seth MacFarlane is too busy to host the Oscars in 2014. The multitalented comedian says on Twitter that he "tried to make it work schedule-wise, but I need sleep." MacFarlane said in his tweet Monday that Academy Awards producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron are among the best in the business. Zadan and Meron produced this year's Oscar sh... Mon, 20 May 2013 19:54:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2098626-seth-macfarlane-wont-return-2014-oscar-host.html 2013-05-20T19:54:56Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2098016-barbra-streisand-to-receive-honorary-phd-israel.html JERUSALEM (AP) — A leading Israeli university says it will present singer Barbra Streisand with an honorary Ph.D. when she visits Israel next month. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem said Monday it was granting the singer the degree because of her concern for human rights and dedication to Israel and the Jewish people. Streisand, 71, is expected to perfo... Mon, 20 May 2013 17:34:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/music/2098016-barbra-streisand-to-receive-honorary-phd-israel.html 2013-05-20T17:34:02Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2098162-cannes-rolls-red-carpet-indian-movies.html CANNES, France (AP) — Indian cinema is being feted in Cannes on its 100th birthday. But amid the celebrations, the B-word — "Bollywood" — remains controversial. The French film festival has rolled out the red carpet for Indian cinema this year, with events including a gala dinner and screening Sunday of "Bombay Talkies," a portmanteau movie with four dire... Mon, 20 May 2013 16:34:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2098162-cannes-rolls-red-carpet-indian-movies.html 2013-05-20T16:34:58Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2097588-ap-interview-soderbergh-quitting-movies.html NEW YORK (AP) — Steven Soderbergh is working on a new currency. In his Chelsea studio, among various film posters and piles of moviemaking mementos, he has a few paintings in progress, including a new, livelier, "more Hendrix" version of a U.S. dollar bill. It's only one of the many artistic endeavors he bounces between now that he's begun his long-predic... Mon, 20 May 2013 13:36:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2097588-ap-interview-soderbergh-quitting-movies.html 2013-05-20T13:36:26Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2097554-japans-shield-straw-action-pic-cannes.html CANNES, France (AP) — Director Takashi Miike says shooting an action movie in Japan is a lot harder than it looks. His Cannes Film Festival entry "Shield of Straw" is a robust thriller about a team of police tasked with escorting a child-killer with a billion-yen bounty on his head safely across the country. "It was extremely difficult to shoot all the sc... Mon, 20 May 2013 11:48:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2097554-japans-shield-straw-action-pic-cannes.html 2013-05-20T11:48:25Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2097546-amalric-plays-frenchman-america-jimmy-p.html CANNES, France (AP) — Playing a Freudian analyst helped Mathieu Amalric overcome his fear and loathing of psychotherapy. The French actor depicts a maverick academic counseling Benicio Del Toro's Native American war vet in "Jimmy P.: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian," director Arnaud Desplechin's Cannes Film Festival contender. Based o... Mon, 20 May 2013 10:38:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2097546-amalric-plays-frenchman-america-jimmy-p.html 2013-05-20T10:38:50Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2096312-trek-706m-falls-short-studio-hopes.html LOS ANGELES (AP) — "Star Trek: Into Darkness" has warped its way to a $70.6 million domestic launch from Friday to Sunday, though it's not setting any light-speed records with a debut that's lower than the studio's expectations. The latest voyage of the starship Enterprise fell short of its predecessor, 2009's "Star Trek," which opened with $75.2 million.... Mon, 20 May 2013 04:05:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2096312-trek-706m-falls-short-studio-hopes.html 2013-05-20T04:05:31Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2095144-cannes-helps-actors-bejo-rahim-cross-borders.html CANNES, France (AP) — The magic and glamour of Cannes can be hard to spot on a day when rain is lashing the palm trees, roiling the gray Mediterranean and pooling in puddles along the Croisette. But the world's leading film festival can transform careers — something no one knows that better than actors Berenice Bejo and Tahar Rahim, stars of director Asgh... Sun, 19 May 2013 07:07:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2095144-cannes-helps-actors-bejo-rahim-cross-borders.html 2013-05-19T07:07:01Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2095666-catching-fire-dampened-drowned-cannes.html CANNES, France (AP) — Little could lessen the fever-pitched excitement for "Hunger Games: Catching Fire," but heavy rain nevertheless dampened the film's lavish Cannes party. Stars of the "Hunger Games" sequel, Jennifer Lawrence, Liam Hemsworth and Sam Clafin, arrived Saturday at the Cannes Film Festival. "Catching Fire," perhaps more than any other film ... Sat, 18 May 2013 23:35:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2095666-catching-fire-dampened-drowned-cannes.html 2013-05-18T23:35:30Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2095012-native-american-tale-with-international-pedigree.html CANNES, France (AP) — It took an international production starring a Puerto Rican and a Frenchman to bring the Native American tale "Jimmy P.: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian" to the big screen. The film, an English language one from French director Arnaud Desplechin, made its premiere Saturday at the Cannes Film Festival, where it's among 20 movies comp... Sat, 18 May 2013 14:25:16 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/celebrity/2095012-native-american-tale-with-international-pedigree.html 2013-05-18T14:25:16Z http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2093030-jordan-finally-front-center-fruitvale.html CANNES, France (AP) — Before "Fruitvale Station," Michael B. Jordan was glimpsed sporadically in supporting roles on TV shows like "The Wire" and "Friday Night Lights," and in films like "Chronicle" and "Red Tails." That changes emphatically with "Fruitvale Station," a Sundance hit that premiered Thursday night at the Cannes Film Festival. In the film, he... Fri, 17 May 2013 21:29:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/entertainment/lifestyle/2093030-jordan-finally-front-center-fruitvale.html 2013-05-17T21:29:09Z