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Smith, Jones' 'MiB3' zaps 'Avengers' out of No. 1

The comic action heroes of "Men in Black 3" have taken over the weekend box office from the comic-book superheroes of "The Avengers."

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Froth, frocks and film at an anxiety-tinged Cannes

There was Brad Pitt and Nicole Kidman, red carpet glamour and a crop of new Academy Award contenders - but this was also the year the global financial crisis exploded onto movie screens at Cannes.

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'Amour' captures Cannes' top prize

Watching a film get an award is rarely as moving and emotional as watching the film itself, but that was the experience Sunday night at the Cannes Film Festival when Michael Haneke's "Amour" won the Palme d'Or.

De Niro talks to Bates grads, gets honorary degree

As he received an honorary doctorate Sunday, Oscar-winning actor Robert De Niro told Bates College graduates that despite his own lack of formal education, he made out OK.

Audrey Tautou grown up at Cannes finale

Actress Audrey Tautou, known for her sweet and light roles in such films as "Amelie," praised the late director Claude Miller as a "bright and passionate" filmmaker who helped her turn in a darker direction in his final film.

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Smith, Jones' 'MiB3' zaps 'Avengers' out of No. 1

The comic action heroes of "Men in Black 3" have taken over the weekend box office from the comic-book superheroes of "The Avengers."

Correction: Cannes-Mud story

In a May 26 story about the film "Mud," The Associated Press erroneously reported the first name of the film's director. His name is Jeff Nichols, not David Nichols.

Nicole Kidman's red carpet marriage

Nicole Kidman's red carpet date travelled for 35 hours to join her in Cannes.

Nicole Kidman praises her red carpet marriage

Nicole Kidman's red carpet date travelled for 35 hours to join her in Cannes.

Pattinson leaves vampires behind in 'Cosmopolis'

Robert Pattinson has gone from playing a vampire to depicting another kind of bloodsucker - a billionaire financier whose world crumbles in the course of a nightmarish cross-town drive in "Cosmopolis."

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Haneke's 'Amour' wins top prize at Cannes

The Cannes Film Festival rewarded one of its favorite directors Sunday, as Michael Haneke won the top prize for a second time with his stark film about love and death, "Amour."

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Mexico's Michel Franco wins Cannes sidebar prize

"After Lucia" by Mexican director Michel Franco has won the top prize in the Cannes Film Festival's sidebar competition, Un Certain Regard.

Tear-jerker 'Mud' ends Cannes competition lineup

The Cannes film festival on Saturday wrapped up the movies in competition wading deep in the Mississippi river with "Mud," a heart-wrenching, Mark Twain-influenced tale of a teenage boy searching for the meaning of life in a harsh world and starring Matthew McConaughey and Reese Witherspoon.

Matthew McConaughey pulls off Cannes double header

To have one film competing at the Cannes Film Festival is a privilege. To have two, Matthew McConaughey says, is wonderful good fortune - and the reward for a spell of hard labor in the trenches of independent cinema.

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Jenna Jameson arrested for suspected DUI in Calif.

Former adult film star Jenna Jameson has been arrested in Southern California for investigation of driving under the influence after she struck a light pole with her vehicle.

Court orders woman to stay away from Jeff Goldblum

A judge on Friday granted Jeff Goldblum a temporary restraining order against a woman who has been repeatedly ordered to stay away from the actor in recent years.

China has a dangerous liaison with a classic

Western directors have been looking east for years, remaking and borrowing from countries such as China and South Korea with Tarantino-esque abandon.

Movie Scores: How the critics rated the new movies

They protect Earth from the dastardly aliens who roam among us, but Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones can only manage mediocre reviews from critics in "Men in Black 3."

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Anne Hathaway's ex-boyfriend freed from Pa. prison

An Italian ex-boyfriend of actress Anne Hathaway has been released from a Pennsylvania federal prison following a real-estate scam.

'Chernobyl Diaries,' a huge meltdown

Other than the setting, there's little about "Chernobyl Diaries" to distinguish it from all of the other horror films where a group of good-looking people find themselves in a deadly situation and make silly decisions as they are picked off one by one. As with so many of these films, it's not the destination but the journey that either makes or breaks the movie.