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Thursday, 17 May 2012

Movies

"Social Network" writer to pen Steve Jobs film script

Thursday, 17 May 2012 03:26

SAN FRANCISCO: Sony Pictures Entertainment on Wednesday said that the Academy Award winning screenwriter behind "The Social Network" will write the script for a film about Apple co-founder Steve Jobs. Aaron Sorkin will adapt the hot-selling biography by journalist Walter Isaacson for the motion picture screen, according to Sony. "Steve Jobs's story is unique: he was one of the most revolutionary and influential men not just of our time but of all time," Sony Pictures co-chair Amy ...

Stars, sexism row share Cannes opening spotlight

Thursday, 17 May 2012 03:23

CANNES, France: The Cannes Film Festival opened on Wednesday with a sweet-natured family romp by Wes Anderson, as women jurors spoke up to quash a row over the all-male line-up for the competition. The red-carpet premiere of Anderson's bittersweet teen elopement fantasy "Moonrise Kingdom" kicked off 12 days of screenings, deal-making and champagne-fuelled parties on the French Riviera. The film is the first of 22 vying for the Palme d'Or top prize "The Artist" actress Berenice Bejo officially ...

Movie stars, mavericks set course for Cannes

Sunday, 13 May 2012 13:19

PARIS: Arthouse directors and Hollywood royalty will converge on the French Riviera for two weeks from Wednesday as the Cannes Film Festival rolls out the red carpet for the giants and mavericks of the movie galaxy. David Cronenberg, Ken Loach and Michael Haneke are among the 22 international film-makers vying for the Palme d'Or award at the 65th anniversary edition of the leading world cinema showcase which runs from May 16 to 27. Star-wise, the 2012 line-up ...

Travolta lawyer debunks sex claim by third man

Sunday, 13 May 2012 02:43

LOS ANGELES: John Travolta's lawyer on Friday hit back at "ridiculous" new claims of sexual advances levelled at the actor by a third man, as a first accuser backtracked on the date of an alleged Beverly Hills incident. Cruise ship worker Fabian Zanzi claimed on a Chilean TV show, "Primer Plano," that the Hollywood star offered him $12,000 to have sex while on a cruise in 2009. Copyright Reuters, 2012 ...

Batman, Spider-man, Iron Man guard Obama at fundraiser

Sunday, 13 May 2012 02:43

NEW YORK: At George Clooney's celebrity-studded fundraiser for President Barack Obama's re-election campaign, the joke of the night was that the Secret Service was backed up by Batman, Spider-Man and the Iron Man - or at least the actors who played them. Karen Blutcher, who won a lottery to attend the fundraiser after contributing $14, described the dinner on Thursday night as the opportunity of a lifetime. Copyright Reuters, 2012 ...

Cannes festival slammed for all-male line-up

Sunday, 13 May 2012 02:30

PARIS: French feminists on Friday slammed the Cannes Film Festival for failing to include a single woman director in the line-up for the Palme d'Or top award that kicks off next week. There are no female film-makers among the 22 competing for the top award at the May 16-27 festival, and just two among the 17 in its new talent section "Un Certain Regard": France's Catherine Corsini and Sylvie Verheyde. "All 22 films in the official selection ...

Michael Caine given freedom of London borough

Sunday, 13 May 2012 02:12

LONDON: Oscar-winner Michael Caine Saturday received the freedom of the London borough of Southwark, where the veteran British actor grew up. The 79-year-old received the honour in a ceremony at St George's Cathedral, not far from the Elephant and Castle district where he spent his childhood. The honorary freedom of Southwark is given to individuals or organisations in recognition of their contribution to life in the borough. "I've received awards before, but this is so personal, because it's ...

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