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Julianne Moore, Natalie Portman anchor Cannes competitor ‘May December’
CANNES (Reuters) - Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore anchor director Todd Haynes' attempt at a fourth Palme d'Or in the drama "May December," which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday n...
May 20, 2023
Cate Blanchett dons habit in Australian director’s conversion tale
By Alicia Powell CANNES (Reuters) - Cate Blanchett, fresh off her Oscar-nominated performance in "Tar", stars as an eccentric nun at a monastery in 1940s Australia that takes in an Indigenous boy with...
May 20, 2023
Florida’s DeSantis seeks to disqualify judge in Disney case
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Lawyers for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, a Republican mulling a 2024 presidential run, are asking that a federal judge be disqualified from overseeing a dispute between DeSant...
May 20, 2023
Scorsese’s eagerly awaited ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ premieres at Cannes
CANNES (Reuters) - Martin Scorsese's "Killers of the Flower Moon," one of the most anticipated premieres of this year's Cannes Film Festival, had the red carpet abuzz on Saturday evening as its star-s...
May 20, 2023
Mexico City airport shuts down operations due to volcanic ash
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico City's Benito Juarez International Airport reported early on Saturday that it had closed its operations due to ash from the Popocatepetl volcano, which has been active f...
May 20, 2023
‘Zone of Interest’ star: watching myself as Auschwitz commandant frightening
CANNES (Reuters) - German actor Christian Friedel said on Saturday that watching himself as the commandant of the Auschwitz death camp in Jonathan Glazer's film "The Zone of Interest" frightened him. ...
May 20, 2023
McQueen documentary juxtaposes Amsterdam’s Nazi-occupied past with the present
By Hanna Rantala CANNES (Reuters) - Filmmaker Steve McQueen's new documentary "Occupied City," which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival this week, juxtaposes modern-day shots of Amsterdam against n...
May 20, 2023
No joke: China’s backlash against stand-up stirs fear of comedy clampdown
By Yew Lun Tian and Casey Hall BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - One joke by a Chinese comedian about the nation's military has spurred online uproar, a $2 million fine, a police probe, a sweep of cancelle...
May 20, 2023
‘Four Daughters’ mixes documentary, fiction to portray Tunisian mother
By Miranda Murray CANNES (Reuters) - Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania mixes fiction and documentary to capture the story of Olfa Hamrouni, whose older daughters left to fight for Islamic State in ...
May 19, 2023
Blur’s Alex James on making new album: ‘It’s exciting and emotional’
By Marie-Louise Gumuchian LONDON (Reuters) - Recording Blur's first new album in eight years has been "exciting and emotional", bassist Alex James says, as the band prepares for a series of gigs this ...
May 19, 2023
