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PARIS (AP) - American directors Clint Eastwood and Steven Soderbergh are to headline the streamlined competition at this year's Cannes Film Festival, which features fewer big-name directors and more emerging voices from across the globe. Eastwood will show ''Changeling,'' a mystery set in 1920s Los Angeles and starring Angelina Jolie as the mother of a kidnapped child.
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Celebrity Birthdays, September 24
Happy Birthday to Olympic gymnasts Paul and Morgan Hamm (1982), WWE star Stephanie McMahon (1976), Slipknot percussionist Shawn "Clown" Crahan (1969), "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" star Nia Vardalos (1962), "Hercules" star Kevin Sorbo (1958),
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Pedro Almodovar Slams U.S. Cinema
Spanish director Pedro Almodovar has slammed contemporary U.S. cinema - because of its "infantile" approach to filming. The movie maker insists the quality of new movies across the world is diminishing, but singles out America for criticism over its reliance on computer game-like sensibilities.
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Gaultier Eyes Hollywood Royalty With Aristocratic Designs Looking To The Red Carpet
PARIS (AP) - Paris designers looked to Hollywood on Wednesday with haute couture collections that could vie for ''best dressed'' on the red carpet.
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Diana Rigg Takes Lead Role In Almodovar Stage Adaptation
Emmy-award winning actress Diana Rigg has landed one of the main roles in the U.K. stage adaptation of Spanish director Pedro Almodovar's film All About My Mother. The former The Avengers star will play Huma Roto, a famous actress who is responsible for the death of a 17-year-old boy, at London's Old Vic. And the casting has met with the approval of Almodovar.
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Spaniards Prefer Hollywood Films
Spaniards would prefer to watch Hollywood movies than films made in Spain, according to a revealing new survey. Almost 60 per cent of Spanish film fans polled by media group Sigma Dos confessed they'd turn their backs on movies by homegrown directors Pedro Almodovar and Bigas Luna if a blockbuster U.S. film was showing at their local cinema.
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Stars Take Part In Peace Rallies Over The Weekend
Celebrated Spanish movie maker Pedro Almodovar and actor Martin Sheen were among the celebrities taking part in peace rallies around the world on Saturday. Volver director Almodovar joined tens of thousands of people to protest the war in Iraq in Madrid, Spain, while Sheen took a break from his studies in Ireland to march in Los Angeles.
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Penelope Cruz & Javier Bardem Re-Team for Woody Allen Film
Spanish cinema stars Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem are reuniting for Woody Allen to shoot their first screen pairing since 1992.
Jamon Jamon launched the pair's glittering career when Cruz was just 19 and her co-star Bardem was 23. They since appeared in Pedro Almodovar's Live Flesh in 1997 but didn't share a scene.
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Penelope Cruz And Pedro Almodovar To Reteam For New Film?
Oscar nominee Penelope Cruz is set to re-team with Volver director Pedro Almodovar for his next feature - La Piel Que Habito.
The film is based on French author Thierry Jonquet's 1995 novel Mygale about a plastic surgeon who exacts hideous revenge on his daughter's rapist.
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'Volver' & 'Alatriste' Lead Goya Nominations
Pedro Almodovar's Volver and Agustin Diaz Yanes' Alatriste are the leading contenders for Spain's Goya Awards, taking 14 and 15 nominations respectively. The two movies will go head-to-head at the end of January in the Best Film and Best Director categories.
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