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Iran protests 'Persepolis' screening
May 20 2007 6:43PM (CT)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran protested the Cannes Film Festival screening of "Persepolis," an animated adaptation of Marjane Satrapi's graphic novel about growing up in Iran after the Islamic revolution, a semiofficial news agency reported Sunday.
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Dancer, actor Carl Wright dies at 75
May 20 2007 6:32PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Actor Carl Wright, who began his career as a tap dancer and comedian and later appeared in movies including "Barbershop" and "Big Momma's House," has died, his family confirmed Sunday. He was 75.
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Campion laments lack of female directors
May 20 2007 5:35PM (CT)
CANNES, France (AP) - When Jane Campion was honored onstage at the Cannes Film Festival with about 30 other major directors Sunday, she was the lone woman of the bunch. And she's still not used to how strange that feels.
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Campion laments lack of female directors
May 20 2007 5:35PM (CT)
CANNES, France (AP) - When Jane Campion was honored onstage at the Cannes Film Festival with about 30 other major directors Sunday, she was the lone woman of the bunch. And she's still not used to how strange that feels.
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'Shrek' sets animated record with $122M
May 20 2007 4:27PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The big green ogre keeps getting bigger. "Shrek the Third" took in $122 million in its first weekend, breaking the franchise's own record for best debut ever for an animated film, according to studio estimates Sunday.
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Spain's Bardem surprises himself in film
May 20 2007 1:28PM (CT)
CANNES, France (AP) - Javier Bardem is one of Europe's hottest actors. But the Spanish star is astonished to find himself feted at Cannes for starring in a modern-day Western set under the big skies of west Texas.
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'Shrek the Third' pulls in $39 million
May 20 2007 6:04AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - It isn't easy being green, even if you're an ogre. "Shrek the Third" opened to good business Thursday but its studio declined to predict Saturday whether it would break the opening weekend record for an animated film set by "Shrek 2" three years ago.
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Polanski walks out on news conference
May 20 2007 5:59AM (CT)
CANNES, France (AP) - Director Roman Polanski walked out of a news conference at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday after berating journalists for asking "empty" questions.
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