This Fake Psy Was the Most Successful Photobomb Prankster in Cannes History
How do you become the toast of Cannes? Pretend to be Psy, apparently.
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Are we sure this isn't a viral marketing stunt for a remake of To Catch a Thief? About a week after some $1.4 million worth of Chopard jewels were stolen from a hotel during the Cannes Film Festival, a diamond necklace valued at $2.6 million vanished from a swanky party on the French Riviera that hosted the likes of Paris Hilton and Alessandra Ambrosio.
How do you become the toast of Cannes? Pretend to be Psy, apparently.
We haven't always been kind to James Franco, and his adaptation of William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying seemed ripe for ridicule, but new reviews indicate perhaps we should give him the benefit of the doubt.
Amid the rain and the burglaries and the lavish parties for blockbusters (we're looking at you Hunger Games), this weekend Cannes regulars the Coen brothers emerged as one of the few elements of the Cannes Film Festival that didn't warrant major complaints. The goodwill they've received for their latest film Inside Llewyn Davis may carry them all the way to awards season in December.
Does Cannes have a serial thief in their midst? A powerful Chinese film executive had all of his luggage stolen out of his rented apartment this week just days after $1 million worth of Chopard jewelry went missing from a hotel on the city's main strip.
Jewel thieves have stolen $1 million worth of Chopard jewelry from a hotel right off the Croisette, and while the theft being called by Deadline one of the "biggest heists to go down in recent Cannes history," it's not actually that unexpected.
The Cannes Film Festival announced its lineup today and film fans will find some familiar names in addition to Baz Luhrmann, whose Great Gatsby was already announced as the festival opener.
Today in show business news: Amazon Studios has released a big pilot, Starz quickly renews a new show, and The Croods is a hit.
Michael Haneke was awarded the Cannes film festival's top prize, its Palme d'Or, on Sunday for his movie, Amour.
While we all sit here at our desks doing TPS reports (or making jokes about doing TPS reports), all the most fabulous of the fabulous film people are in the south of France, seeing movies at the Cannes Film Festival.
This year's Cannes Film Festival has officially begun, with all of filmdom's glittery best descending on the south of France to smoke cigarettes, talk about George Clooney, and ogle or be ogled. But what about the actual movies? Let's take a look at seven films that sound the most interesting.
Today: A new book/movie combines tropes (sort of), Keanu Reeves suffers a setback, and Pixar contemplates death.
It's not the kind of support the director was hoping for
Winning the Palme d'Or doesn't settle the debate over Terrence Malick's new film
Pro-Hitler comments get the director booted from the Riviera
The director continues his agitprop campaign for new movie "Melancholoia"
U.S. wasn't such a fan
Yes, Terrence Malick's new movie will have dinosaurs
Two days in, and the weird questions are already flowing
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