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'Trek' does $70.6M but falls short of studio hopes
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"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-spee…
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Coens' folk revival 'Llewyn' serenades Cannes
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The Coen brothers' resurrection of the pre-Dylan folk scene in Greenwich Village serenaded Cannes with its period music and melancholy tale of…
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Devilish Dutch drama 'Borgman' debuts at Cannes
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There's something nasty lurking in the woods _ and inside the characters' heads _ in darkly comic Cannes Film Festival entry "Borgman."
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'Catching Fire' dampened but not drowned at Cannes
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Little could lessen the fever-pitched excitement for "Hunger Games: Catching Fire," but heavy rain nevertheless dampened the film's lavish Can…
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Cannes helps actors Bejo and Rahim cross borders
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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 i…
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Saturday 05/18/2013

A Native American tale with international pedigree

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.

Friday 05/17/2013

Brief panic as blanks fired during Cannes TV show

A live outdoor television broadcast from the Cannes Film Festival was briefly interrupted Friday when what sounded like gunshots sent crew and spectators scurrying for cover.

Iran's Farhadi and China's Jia make Cannes splash

Two directors from countries with tough film censorship brought bold and probing movies to the Cannes Film Festival on Friday _ one exploring China's social problems, the other delving into the mysteries of the human heart.

Jordan finally front and center in 'Fruitvale'

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."

Jordan finally front and center in 'Fruitvale'

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."

$1 million in jewels stolen near Cannes film fest

A French police official says jewelry worth about $1 million has been stolen from a safe in a Cannes hotel room, against the backdrop of the Riviera resort town's film festival.

Thursday 05/16/2013

Coppola's 'Bling Ring' at home at decadent Cannes

Sofia Coppola was just 8 years old when she first came to the Cannes Film Festival. Her father, Francis Ford Coppola, was there to premiere a work-in-progress cut of a film he had spent years wrestling with: "Apocalypse Now."

At Cannes, Watson revels in post-'Potter' freedom

Emma Watson is reveling in her post-"Harry Potter" freedom at the Cannes Film Festival.

Model-actress Marine Vacth a Cannes rising star

Cannes has been the birthplace of many a star, and the latest candidate to shine is Marine Vacth, who plays a teenager confronting the complexities of adolescent sexuality in Francois Ozon's "Jeune et Jolie" ("Young and Beautiful.")

Julianne Moore: 'bad Mom' role is her antithesis

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Julianne Moore sometimes identifies with the characters she plays but when it came to playing a bad mother in "What Maisie Knew," she couldn't relate.

Tale of Mexican drug violence rattles Cannes

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The Cannes Film Festival has had its first shock to the system, in the shape of Mexican director Amat Escalante's unsparingly violent drug war drama "Heli."

Seen and heard in Cannes

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Associated Press journalists open their notebooks at the Cannes Film Festival:

Indian actor Dutt surrenders to serve jail time

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Indian actor Sanjay Dutt has arrived at a court in Mumbai to surrender and begin serving a prison sentence for a weapons conviction linked to a deadly terror attack in the city in 1993.

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Thursday 05/16/2013

Thai ghost film remake appeals with funny twist

By THANYARAT DOKSONE and PAPITCHAYA BOONNGOK

Updated: May 19, 2013 - 9:15 am

Thais' deep affection for ghost stories and laughter has brought a new phenomenon to movie theaters _ comic touches added to an oft-told tragedy of true love, which have made the latest adaptation of the Mae Nak legend into the all-time highest-grossing Thai film.

Wednesday 05/15/2013

Oscar rivals Spielberg, Lee reunited at Cannes

By JAKE COYLE

Updated: May 18, 2013 - 7:16 pm

Asked about their recent history as Oscar rivals, Steven Spielberg and Ang Lee look at each other hesitantly before Spielberg graciously offers, "After you."

Oscar rivals Spielberg, Ang Lee reunited at Cannes

By JAKE COYLE

Updated: May 18, 2013 - 6:03 pm

Recent Oscar rivals Steven Spielberg and Ang Lee are together again at the Cannes Film Festival.

Cannes film fest opens with DiCaprio, Spielberg

By JAKE COYLE

Updated: May 19, 2013 - 6:04 am

The art of the blockbuster took center stage on the opening day of the Cannes Film Festival, with Steven Spielberg presiding over the festival jury and Baz Luhrmann presenting his big-budget "The Great Gatsby."

DiCaprio's 'Gatsby' brings 1920s glamor to Cannes

By JILL LAWLESS

Updated: May 18, 2013 - 4:15 pm

Like millions of others, Leonardo DiCaprio read and loved "The Great Gatsby" as a teenager. But he says he only recently began to understand it.

DiCaprio's 'Gatsby' brings 1920s glamor to Cannes

Updated: May 18, 2013 - 4:15 pm

Like millions of others, Leonardo DiCaprio loved "The Great Gatsby" as a teenager.

Zoe Saldana brushes off criticism of Simone role

By JILL LAWLESS

Updated: May 18, 2013 - 1:04 pm

Zoe Saldana has played an alien and a future space traveler _ but taking on the role of an actual famous person proved even harder.

Cannes opens with DiCaprio, Spielberg

Updated: May 18, 2013 - 1:04 pm

The Cannes Film Festival is getting under way with a blockbuster day of Steven Spielberg and Baz Luhrmann's "The Great Gatsby."

Survivor of 1987 Mich. plane crash breaks silence

By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER

Updated: May 18, 2013 - 10:02 pm

Cecelia Crocker's body provides her with a constant reminder of the most traumatic event of her life _ one that she doesn't otherwise remember.

Tuesday 05/14/2013

Celebrities react to Jolie's mastectomy revelation

By The Associated Press

Updated: May 17, 2013 - 2:11 am

Celebrities react to Angelina Jolie's revelation Tuesday in a New York Times editorial that she underwent a preventive double mastectomy:

For Baz Luhrmann, Cannes is a birthplace

By JAKE COYLE

Updated: May 16, 2013 - 8:10 pm

Baz Luhrmann might never have gone on to direct "The Great Gatsby" _ or anything else, for that matter _ if not for the Cannes Film Festival.

Cannes festival chief talks sex and Spielberg

By JILL LAWLESS

Updated: May 16, 2013 - 5:16 pm

It's the big Cannes question _ what will catch Steven Spielberg's eye?

Bollywood star Bachchan hopes for Hollywood roles

Updated: May 17, 2013 - 2:11 am

Amitabh Bachchan, Bollywood's biggest star, says he is willing to explore more Hollywood movies after his first small role in "The Great Gatsby," a 3-D extravaganza starring Leonardo DiCaprio.

Monday 05/13/2013

Filipino director takes new look at Bataan march

By TERESA CEROJANO

Updated: May 17, 2013 - 8:05 am

A film that weaves together stories of the anguish and desperation of American and Filipino soldiers during the notorious Bataan Death March could have been shot on location in a large-scale production.

Filipino director takes new look at Bataan march

Updated: May 17, 2013 - 6:08 am

JJ Abrams boldly going from 'Trek' to 'Star Wars'

By JILL LAWLESS

Updated: May 15, 2013 - 6:02 pm

J.J. Abrams is master of one universe _ and he's about to try conquering another.

From 'Gatsby' to Gosling, a preview of Cannes

By JAKE COYLE

Updated: May 15, 2013 - 6:02 pm

For even those most accustomed to the frenzy of celebrity, the Cannes Film Festival can be a disorienting experience.

Sunday 05/12/2013

Will Disney's new Tonto be any better?

By FELICIA FONSECA

Updated: May 15, 2013 - 7:12 pm

The Hollywood image of Tonto once had the Lone Ranger's sidekick wearing a thin headband and lots of dangling fringes. The latest Disney version has a shirtless Johnny Depp adorned with feathers, a painted face and a stuffed crow on his head.

'Django Unchained' back in Chinese movie theaters

Updated: May 15, 2013 - 2:04 pm

Quentin Tarantino's violent slave-revenge movie "Django Unchained" has returned to Chinese theaters a month after it was pulled on opening day for unspecified "technical reasons."

Saturday 05/11/2013

Lucasfilm: New 'Star Wars' movie to be shot in UK

Updated: May 15, 2013 - 2:04 pm

The next "Star Wars" movie will be shot in a galaxy far, far away from Hollywood _ Britain.

Friday 05/10/2013

Jada Pinkett Smith candid on family, projects

By JOHN CARUCCI

Updated: May 14, 2013 - 11:14 pm

Jada Pinkett Smith may have started as an actress, but these days her list of jobs includes author, singer-songwriter, philanthropist, successful businesswoman _ and, of course, wife and mother.

Film crews transform Atlanta into vintage New York

Updated: May 14, 2013 - 11:14 pm

Part of downtown Atlanta has been transformed into a movie set designed to look like New York City as it appeared more than three decades ago.

Leo and Tobey, finally together in 'Gatsby'

By JAKE COYLE

Updated: May 16, 2013 - 1:10 am

Tobey Maguire didn't have to go far when Leonardo DiCaprio called him about meeting to discuss an adaptation of "The Great Gatsby" with Baz Luhrmann.

Thursday 05/09/2013

Roth says 'Aftershock' new business model for film

By LAURI NEFF

Updated: May 15, 2013 - 1:18 am

Eli Roth says one of the best things about his new movie "Aftershock" is that it creates a "real, new business model" that could help independent films hold their own against studio blockbusters.

Cannes charity AIDS gala reveals headliners

Updated: May 14, 2013 - 9:04 pm

Dame Shirley Bassey and the British rock band Duran Duran will perform at amFAR's Cinema Against AIDS gala during this year's Cannes Film Festival.

Social media eyed 'Day of the Dead' trademark fail

By RUSSELL CONTRERAS

Updated: May 15, 2013 - 8:08 am

When Lalo Alcaraz saw a tweet this week that Disney was seeking to trademark "Dia de los Muertos," the name of the traditional "Day of the Dead" celebrated by millions in Mexico and the U.S., the Los Angeles-based cartoonist immediately pressed "retweet."

Bertolucci to head Venice Film Festival jury

Updated: May 14, 2013 - 4:02 pm

The Venice Film Festival has announced that Oscar-winning director Bernardo Bertolucci will chair the jury for the 70th Venice Film Festival.

The Hollywood Reporter's best stories of the week

By The Hollywood Reporter

Updated: May 18, 2013 - 6:03 pm

The Hollywood Reporter's list of its 10 best stories of the week:

Director Ang Lee touts diligence as key to success

Updated: May 14, 2013 - 11:14 pm

Academy award-winning director Ang Lee says modesty and diligence have been the keys to his success in penetrating the foreign cultures that were part of many of his most notable films.

Chinese director investigated for having 7 kids

Updated: May 14, 2013 - 3:05 pm

Authorities are investigating reports that one of Chinese cinema's top names has fathered seven children in violation of the country's strict family planning laws, state media reported Thursday.

Wednesday 05/08/2013

British director Bryan Forbes dies at age 86

Updated: May 14, 2013 - 4:01 pm

A family spokesman says British film director Bryan Forbes, whose work includes the original 1970s horror classic "The Stepford Wives," has died after a long illness.

Capsule reviews of new movie releases

The Associated Press

Updated: May 14, 2013 - 1:02 am

"The Great Gatsby" _ If any piece of classic American literature should be depicted on film with wildly decadent and boldly inventive style, it's "The Great Gatsby." After all, who was the character of Jay Gatsby himself if not a spinner of grandiose tales and a peddler of lavish dreams? And Baz Luhrmann would seem like the ideal director to bring F. Scott Fitzgerald's story to the screen yet again, to breathe new life into these revered words, having shaken up cultural institutions previously with films like "William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet" and "Moulin Rouge!" But in Luhrmann's previous films, there still existed a fundamental understanding of the point of the stories he was telling; beneath their gorgeous trappings, they still reflected the heart and the purpose of the works from which they were drawn. His "Great Gatsby" is all about the glitter but it has no soul _ and the fact that he's directed it in 3-D only magnifies the feeling of artificiality. His camera rushes and swoops and twirls through one elaborately staged bacchanal after another but instead of creating a feeling of vibrancy, the result is repetitive and ultimately numbing. Rather than creating a sense of immersion and tangibility, the 3-D holds you at arm's length, rendering the expensive, obsessive details as shiny and hollow when they should have been exquisite. Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire and Carey Mulligan star. PG-13 for some violent images, sexual content, smoking, partying and brief language. 141 minutes. One and a half stars out of four.

Disney drops bid to trademark Day of Dead name

Updated: May 13, 2013 - 9:08 pm

Disney Enterprises has dropped an effort to trademark "Dia de los Muertos," the name of the traditional "Day of the Dead" holiday celebrated by millions in Mexico and the U.S.

Tuesday 05/07/2013

Nicolas Cage supports Nevada film tax credit bill

By MATT WOOLBRIGHT

Updated: May 13, 2013 - 8:03 am

A cameo by actor Nicolas Cage lent some pizazz to a hearing in the Nevada Legislature on Tuesday about a bill proposing tax incentives to entice filmmakers to the Silver State.

Nicolas Cage supports Nevada film tax credit bill

Associated Press

Updated: May 13, 2013 - 6:10 am

A cameo by actor Nicolas Cage lent some pizazz to a hearing in the Nevada Legislature on a bill proposing tax incentives to entice filmmakers to produce in the Silver State.

Special effects master Ray Harryhausen dies at 92

By BOB THOMAS and CASSANDRA VINOGRAD

Updated: May 12, 2013 - 4:02 am

Ray Harryhausen, a special effects master whose sword-fighting skeletons, six-tentacled octopus, and other fantastical creations were adored by film lovers and admired by industry heavyweights, has died. He was 92.

Monday 05/06/2013

Newsman and "Rocky III" and "Scarface" actor dies

Updated: May 08, 2013 - 2:08 pm

A Los Angeles television news anchor in the 1960s and 1970s who also appeared in movies such as "Rocky III" has died. Mario Machado was 78.

Thursday 01/26/2012

Liam Neeson is the bright spot in dreary action flick 'The Grey'

By ROGER MOORE, McClatchy-Tribune News Service

Updated: January 26, 2012 - 1:01 am

An old-fashioned survival tale, "The Grey" harbors pretensions that it is something more. Not a lot more - just a hint of the psycho-cerebral here, a smidgen of the primal and primitive there.

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