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| CA-ENTERTAINMENT Summary Sunday, May 26, 2013 03:37 PM PDT French lesbian love story wins top prize at Cannes CANNES (Reuters) - An intimate lesbian love story by French director Abdellatif Kechiche won the top prize in Cannes on Sunday, and the film festival's director immediately urged the large crowds protesting against gay marriage in Paris to go and see it. "La Vie d'Adele - Chapitre 1 & 2" (Blue is the Warmest Colour) was chosen from a field of 20 films exploring sex, violence and emotional anguish which were vying for the Palme d'Or, one of the most coveted film awards after the Oscars. ... Full Story | Top |
| US-FILM Summary Sunday, May 26, 2013 03:37 PM PDT French lesbian love story wins top prize at Cannes CANNES (Reuters) - An intimate lesbian love story by French director Abdellatif Kechiche won the top prize in Cannes on Sunday, and the film festival's director immediately urged the large crowds protesting against gay marriage in Paris to go and see it. "La Vie d'Adele - Chapitre 1 & 2" (Blue is the Warmest Colour) was chosen from a field of 20 films exploring sex, violence and emotional anguish which were vying for the Palme d'Or, one of the most coveted film awards after the Oscars. ... Full Story | Top |
| French lesbian love story wins top prize at Cannes Sunday, May 26, 2013 02:30 PM PDT  By Belinda Goldsmith and Alexandria Sage CANNES (Reuters) - An intimate lesbian love story by French director Abdellatif Kechiche won the top prize in Cannes on Sunday, and the film festival's director immediately urged the large crowds protesting against gay marriage in Paris to go and see it. "La Vie d'Adele - Chapitre 1 & 2" (Blue is the Warmest Colour) was chosen from a field of 20 films exploring sex, violence and emotional anguish which were vying for the Palme d'Or, one of the most coveted film awards after the Oscars. ... Full Story | Top |
| 'Fast & Furious' leads 'Hangover' in big-budget movie battle Sunday, May 26, 2013 11:58 AM PDT  By Lisa Richwine and Chris Michaud (Reuters) - The speed demons of "Fast & Furious 6" raced ahead of the hard-partying "Hangover" gang in a battle between two male-oriented movie franchises, setting up the car chase sequel for a big holiday weekend win at U.S. and Canadian box offices. "Fast & Furious 6" rang up an estimated $98.5 million in domestic ticket sales from Friday through Sunday and was speeding toward $122.5 million by the end of Monday's U.S. Memorial Day holiday, distributor Universal Pictures projected. Comedy sequel "The Hangover Part III" brought in $42. ... Full Story | Top |
| Factbox: Winners at the 2013 Cannes film festival Sunday, May 26, 2013 11:45 AM PDT CANNES (Reuters) - The 2013 Cannes film festival announced the winners of its main awards on Sunday at the end of 12 days of movie premieres on the French Riviera. Following is a list of winners at the 66th Cannes festival, the world's largest cinema showcase. - Palme d'Or (Best Film) - "La Vie d'Adele - Chapitre 1 & 2" (Blue is the Warmest Colour) by Abdellatif Kechiche (France) - Grand Prix (Runner-up) - "Inside Llewyn Davis" by Ethan and Joel Coen (U.S. ... Full Story | Top |
| US-MUSIC Summary Sunday, May 26, 2013 11:01 AM PDT A century on, Stravinsky's 'Rite' still summons the caveman LONDON (Reuters) - A hundred years ago this week, the premiere of Russian emigre composer Igor Stravinsky's pounding, pagan, pulsating "The Rite of Spring" caused a near riot in Paris and changed the face of modern music. It still makes conductors' hair stand on end. "I have to admit that when we come to the moment just before the last dance, and the bass clarinet goes down, my blood pressure is up, I have this sort of adrenaline surge," Finnish conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen told Reuters recently in London. ... Full Story | Top |
| Rapper Naughty Boy tops British pop music chart Sunday, May 26, 2013 11:01 AM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - British rapper and producer Naughty Boy topped Britain's pop music chart for the first time on Sunday with "La La La", a dance track recorded with London singer Sam Smith. Last week's number one, "Get Lucky" by French electronic duo Daft Punk and American singer Pharrell Williams, slipped down to second place. British folk-rock singer Passenger's "Let Her Go" also fell one spot to number three, according to the Official Charts Company, which compiles the weekly rundown. ... Full Story | Top |
| Lesbian love story "La Vie d'Adele" wins top prize at Cannes Sunday, May 26, 2013 10:59 AM PDT  CANNES (Reuters) - Lesbian love story "La Vie d'Adele", by French director Abdellatif Kechiche, won the Cannes film festival's top honor, the Palme d'Or, on Sunday. "La Vie d'Adele - Chapitre 1 & 2" (Blue is the Warmest Colour) beat 19 other films in the main competition at the world's biggest film festival to take home one of the most coveted prizes after the Oscars. The top acting awards went to U.S. actor Bruce Dern for "Nebraska" and French actress Berenice Bejo in "Le Passe" (The Past). (Reporting by Belinda Goldsmith; editing by Andrew Roche) Full Story | Top |
| A century on, Stravinsky's 'Rite' still summons the caveman Sunday, May 26, 2013 03:43 AM PDT  By Michael Roddy LONDON (Reuters) - A hundred years ago this week, the premiere of Russian emigre composer Igor Stravinsky's pounding, pagan, pulsating "The Rite of Spring" caused a near riot in Paris and changed the face of modern music. It still makes conductors' hair stand on end. "I have to admit that when we come to the moment just before the last dance, and the bass clarinet goes down, my blood pressure is up, I have this sort of adrenaline surge," Finnish conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen told Reuters recently in London. ... Full Story | Top |
| A Minute With: Indian actor Irrfan on his new film 'Lunchbox' Sunday, May 26, 2013 03:23 AM PDT  By Shashank Chouhan MUMBAI (Reuters) - Irrfan is no stranger to Hollywood. The Indian actor, who uses only his first name, has played roles in acclaimed films such as "Life of Pi", "Slumdog Millionaire" and "A Mighty Heart". His new film "The Lunchbox", an Indian-French-German co-production, won the Grand Rail d'Or at Critics' Week at the 66th Cannes film festival and the North American movie rights were acquired by Sony Pictures Classics. Director Ritesh Batra's debut feature film is about a wrongly delivered lunchbox that connects a young Hindu housewife to a Catholic man played by Irrfan. ... Full Story | Top |
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