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Palme d'Or race wide open at Cannes Film Festival
3 hours 21 mins ago
After two weeks, 20 films and parade after parade down the red carpet, the Cannes Film Festival has not produced a clear-cut frontrunner for the Palme d'Or.
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Katrina-damaged La. theater goes for 1927 glory
51 mins ago
With its grand arches, intricate plaster moldings, faux facades suggesting a centuries-old European villa and blue domed ceiling dotted by pinpoint lights, the Saenger Theatre was typical of the opulent movie palaces and playhouses built around the nation in the 1920s.
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A list of previous Palme d'Or winners at Cannes
3 hours 16 mins ago
For 66 years, the Cannes Film Festival's highest prize, the Palme d'Or, has been one of the most prestigious in movies. Winners have ranged from classic American films (Martin Scorsese's "Taxi Driver," Francis Ford Coppola's "The Conversation") to European classics (Federico Fellini's "La Dolce Vita").
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Iranian director facing jail appears in Cannes
3 hours 26 mins ago
"Manuscripts Don't Burn" tells the story of an Iranian author secretly writing his memoirs and authorities' attempts to destroy the manuscript _ a topic the director, Mohammad Rasoulof, knows quite a bit about.
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Actor Tyler Perry donates $100K to Ohio schools
5 hours 31 mins ago
Filmmaker and actor Tyler Perry has surprised middle school students in Ohio by showing up at a musical concert and donating $100,000 to help student athletes in the city's South-Western schools.
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Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows
8 hours 36 mins ago
Guest lineups for the Sunday TV news shows:
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Stone Temple Pilots sue ex-frontman Scott Weiland
13 hours 47 mins ago
The Stone Temple Pilots accuse former frontman Scott Weiland of misusing the band's name to further his solo career and want a judge to strip the rocker of his ability to use the group's name or songs.
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Calif. teen takes supermodel to prom
14 hours 16 mins ago
A Southern California teen turned heads at his prom when he showed up with a Sports Illustrated model as his date.
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Crane accident cuts power to one-third of Vietnam
One mistake by a clumsy crane operator caused a 10-hour blackout over about a third of Vietnam, exposing the fragility of the nation's power grid.
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Politics
Obama sees terror threat reduced to pre-9/11 level
Some call it wishful thinking, but President Barack Obama has all but declared an end to the global war on terror.
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Finance
How the Dow Jones industrial average fared Friday
Major stock indexes closed out their first weekly loss in a month in quiet trading Friday.
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