After eleven days, hundreds of screenings and thousands of snaps from the paparazzi, there could only be one Palme d’Or winner.
Haneke finally crowned king of Cannes
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Michael Haneke’s The White Ribbon Wins Cannes Palme d’Or
For 11 of its 12 days, the 62nd Cannes Film Festival was in large part the Cannes Movie Festival. At a hallowed venue where minimalist art films usually dominate, this year sensation often ran rampant.
Veteran new wave filmmaker seduces French starlet Sagnier
When a woman dates a much older man, bystanders often speculate that she has only the most superficial of motives. In “The Girl Cut in Two,” veteran French filmmaker Claude Chabrol tells the story of one young woman for whom just the opposite is true. It stars French starlet Ludivine Sagnier as a young woman who rejects the amorous advances of a flashy, wealthy man her age, in favor of a sleazy affair with a fickle, 60 year-old father figure
Asian-American merchants being targeted by extortionists
Hundreds of Asian-American business owners have been threatened with death if they don’t send money to extortionists phoning from China. He, dressed in an immaculate suit and with a folder under his arm, tells her he is hot and sweaty after working out — she wipes the sweat away from his face and pats his bottom, saying how lovely it is to see him
Ferrari await court verdict in F1 dispute
Ferrari will learn on Wednesday whether they have been successful in obtaining an injunction against the FIA and their decision to introduce a budget cap into Formula One next season.
U.S. sends Gitmo detainee to France for release
U.S. officials at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, have released a well-known Algerian detainee and flown him to France, where he will be allowed to join family members. French officials said they agreed to accept Lakhdar Boumediene, who is not a French citizen, because he has relatives in the country.
Ferrari seek court injunction over F1 rules
Ferrari have applied to a French court for an injunction against the proposed changes in Formula One, according to FIA president Max Mosley. Ferrari are among the teams who have threatened to withdraw from Formula One at the end of this season unless fundamental revisions are made to the new regulations
Fawcett tells Candy Spelling: ‘I’m going to be alright’
Farrah Fawcett, the actress known worldwide for her beauty and her role on "Charlie’s Angels," is reportedly seriously ill and may be close to death after a long battle with cancer. The two are closely tied to a Brussels-based al Qaeda recruiting network, Belgian counter-terrorism officials have told CNN. They are Bassam Ayachi, 62, and Raphael Gendron, 33 — and they were detained in the port of Bari on November 11 last year after allegedly trying to smuggle three Palestinians and two Syrians into Italy in the false bottom of a camper van they were driving
Tennis ace Gasquet admits failed drugs test
French tennis star Richard Gasquet has confirmed he tested positive for cocaine at the Miami Masters tournament in March. The former world number seven issued a statement to news agencies on Sunday after the French sports paper L’Equipe had revealed in a report on its Web site the failed doping tests. Gasquet, who has slipped to 23rd in the rankings, faces a two-year ban from tennis, but his hoping for leniency.
Pirates seized after threatening Navy ship
The French Navy said they seized 11 pirates Sunday after they apparently mistook a French military vessel for a commercial ship and made a run at it. Two pirate assault boats approached the Nivose “at great speed,” Capt. Christophe Prazuck said, but a French helicopter intervened before the attackers had time to fire at the French Navy ship.