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'Men in Black 3' fights well but misses box-office prediction
Some "Men in Black" took down both aliens and superheroes at the box office this weekend, as the third installment in the sci-fi comedy series knocked "The Avengers" out of the No. 1 position after four weeks.
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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.
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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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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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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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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.
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Nicole Kidman praises her red carpet marriage
Nicole Kidman's red carpet date travelled for 35 hours to join her in Cannes.
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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.
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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."








