CANNES: Boos rang out at the Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday for a blood-spattered revenge tale starring Ryan Gosling as a US fugitive running a Bangkok drugs racket and Kristin Scott Thomas as a cross between “Lady Macbeth and Donatella Versace.”“Only God Forgives” left ...

CANNES: French police said Tuesday they were hunting three men suspected of being behind the spectacular theft last week of a million euros ($1.4 million) worth of jewellery at the Cannes Film Festival.Police in Nice said the three suspects are believed to have broken into the hotel room occupied ...

CANNESA Coen brothers comedy and a divorce drama by an Iranian Oscar winner emerged as the breakout favourites as the Cannes Film Festival hit the halfway mark Tuesday.Although incessant rain and chilly winds put a damper on the champagne-fuelled soirees in this French Riviera town, audiences have ...

CANNESA blood-soaked vengeance tale from Japan drew the biggest boos in the race for the Cannes Film Festival’s top prize Monday, with critics savaging a “risible” parade of cliches.Controversial Japanese director Takashi Miike unveiled “Shield of Straw” (Wara No Tate) ...

CANNES (AFP): Shape-shifting home invaders terrorise a wealthy family of five in a Dutch thriller tinged with black comedy that sent a shiver through Cannes Sunday."Borgman" by Alex van Warmerdam is a dark fairy tale that explores the guilty conscience of a cosseted modern wife living in a ...

CANNES - A man was arrested at the Cannes film festival on Friday after firing a starting pistol during a live TV broadcast on the palm-lined waterfront, sending actors Christoph Waltz and Daniel Auteuil running for cover.French TV station Canal+ was interviewing Austria’s Oscar-winning Waltz ...

CANNES - Jewellery worth more than $1 million due to be loaned to stars at the Cannes Film Festival was stolen from a local hotel in a pre-dawn heist on Friday but the coveted Palme d’Or trophy was safe, officials said.In a scenario itself worthy of a movie, thieves entered the hotel room of ...

CANNES: Iranian Oscar-winner Asghar Farhadi drew enthusiastic applause Friday for one of the most-keenly awaited films at Cannes, with a Paris-set tale about shifting relationships. “The Past” picks up many of the wrenching family themes and the taut drama of the Tehran-based “A ...

CANNES, France - ‘Harry Potter’ star Emma Watson abandons magic for pole-dancing and cat burglary in Sophia Coppola’s latest movie, one of two Cannes contenders Thursday with twists on the girls-gone-wild theme.’The Bling Ring’ is based on true events in fame-fixated ...

CANNES - Stars of "The Great Gatsby" rolled into Cannes for the European premiere of Baz Luhrmann's controversial 3D epic, which was to kick off the world's most prestigious film festival late Wednesday.But the high-octane take on the Roaring Twenties classic got a cool reception at a press ...

CANNES: Cannes on Tuesday rolled out the red carpet for filmmaker Steven Spielberg, head of this year's film festival jury, with the legendary moviemaker due to dine with his fellow judges on the eve of the 12-day Riviera movie fest.Spielberg was to meet jury members including Nicole Kidman, Ang ...

LOS ANGELES - Steven Spielberg will bring a Hollywood veteran’s eye to the more art-house Cannes Film Festival next week - but he insists he has no preconceptions and will be a strictly “democratic” jury head.The legendary filmmaker, who first came to Cannes for the premiere of ...

A statistical snapshot of the May 15-26 Cannes Film Festival:80: The number of feature-length films, comprising 52 in the festival’s official selection (of which 20 are in the competition for the Palme d’Or); 18 in the category of Directors’ Fortnight; and 10 in the Critics’ ...

PARIS: French actor Alain Delon will be honoured at the Cannes film festival later this month with a screening of “Plein Soleil”, Rene Clement’s 1960 adaptation of “The Talented Mr Ripley”, in which he starred. The tribute will be paid to the 77-year-old Delon, who now ...

PARIS - Hollywood actress Nicole Kidman and director Ang Lee will join Steven Spielberg next month on the Cannes film festival jury, organisers said on Wednesday.Australian Kidman won the best actress Academy Award for her portrayal of author Virginia Woolf in “The Hours” while ...

CANNES, France - A bleak morality tale of treason, revenge and dignity, played out in the forested wilds of Nazi-occupied Belarus during World War II, injected a chilling note to the Cannes race on Friday.“In the Fog”, the austere second feature film by Ukrainian director Sergei ...

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived here on Saturday on a day-long visit but the 123 Agreement will not be signed during her stay in India. Rice will meet Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and hold talks with External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, on a wide range of issues, ...

Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani on Thursday demanded a civilian nuclear agreement with the United States after Washington signed a similar deal with arch-rival India. The US Senate late Wednesday endorsed a landmark US-India nuclear pact, removing the final legislative hurdle for ...

Despite the face that State Bank of Paksitan has a lady governor, the witnesses of women are not acceptable in Pakistani banks. A bank memo in Islamabad says that women are not authorized to sign the banks' documents according to the instructions of court and government. According to reports, in ...

Security forces on Monday destroyed three explosive-laden vehicles along border areas in Orakzai Agency and Khyber Agency. According to sources, gunship helicopter fired shells at suspected hideouts of local militants in Khyber Agency and Orakzai Agency. Three vehicles load with explosives were ...

British lender Bradford & Bingley's branch network and deposit business will be sold to Spain's Banco Santander, and the remainder of the group would be nationalized, the UK government said. B&B's branch network and deposit business will be combined with Abbey, the UK bank that Santander ...

A notification for the reinstatement of eight deposed judges of Sindh High Court (SHC) is likely to be issued tomorrow (Wednesday). According to sources, reinstatement notification and sworn-in ceremony of deposed judges is also expected on Wednesday. Sources in Federal Law Ministry said that a ...

The Awami National Party has announced to support the Co-Chairman of Pakistan Peoples Party Asif Ali Zardari as president of Pakistan. Talking to media in Peshawar, ANP Provincial President Afrasiyab Khatak said PPP provincial president and senior minister Rahim Dad Khan had met Chief Minister Amir ...

A US-led coalition soldier was killed in a bomb blast in Afghanistan Friday, the force said, taking to 41 the number of international soldiers killed in a series of incidents this month. The coalition, which comprises mostly US soldiers, gave few details and did not release the nationality of its ...