Cannes

PARIS (AP) — American director Spike Lee will lead the jury of this year’s Cannes Film Festival, the first black person to hold the post in the event’s 73-year history. Festival organizers hope Lee will “shake things up” among the world’s cinema elite at the festival which runs May 12-23. And anti-racism campaigners hope Lee’s […]

CANNES, France (AP) — The 70th Cannes Film Festival opened Wednesday under the lights of Cote D’Azur sunshine and high-wattage stars such as Will Smith and Marion Cotillard. But a brewing storm over Netflix’s place at the world’s most prestigious film festival clouded the event as Cannes rolled out the red carpet. Optimism is high […]

CANNES, France (AP) — Blake Lively‘s channeling of Sir Mix-A-Lot for an Instagram caption is causing a stir on social media. Lively posted side-by-side front and back shots of herself on the red carpet in Cannes, France, with the caption, “L.A. face with an Oakland booty,” a line from rapper Sir Mix-A-Lot’s 1992 hit, “Baby […]

Time is Illmatic a music documentary on Queensbridge rapper Nas, has been a hot seller at the Cannes film market, with sales group Submarine closing deals for most of Europe along with Japan and Australia. Tribeca Film Enterprises recently picked up the documentary for North America. It’s expected in theaters this fall. Directed and produced […]

PARIS (AP) — A staggering 40 million euro ($53 million) worth of diamonds and other jewels was stolen Sunday from the Carlton Intercontinental Hotel in Cannes, in one of Europe’s biggest jewelry heists in recent years, police said. One expert noted the crime follows recent jail escapes by members of the notorious “Pink Panther” jewel […]