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Cannes '08: Michael Moore's new movie: 'Dangerous'

16 May 08, 10:05:30

The tentative title for Michael Moore s next documentary is While America Slept. It s not a movie about Ambien.

Cannes '08 Video: Spielberg, Mike Tyson and scenes from France

16 May 08, 08:05:59

Also: "How to Lose Friends & Alienate People" premiere

Playboy looking for the next playmate on YouTube

16 May 08, 03:05:40

"I think it takes a little extra bravery to put up a video for the whole world to see."

Cannes is a tough market for indie films

17 May 08, 03:05:00

Purchasers of small, unconventional movies are scarce and increasingly skittish.

CANNES, France -- "Che," an epic drama about the Cuban revolutionary, and "Baby on Board," a low-budget sex comedy, have scarcely anything in common except actors speaking lines in movies projected on a big screen. But both have come to the French Riviera with the same goal: finding distribution in an increasingly unreceptive market.

'Gossip Girl' behind tinted windows

18 May 08, 03:05:00

For the Waldorfs and Van der Woodsens, limos aren't only for travel. They're also good for therapy.

"GREY'S Anatomy" has the elevator. "The Real World" has the confessional room. And "Gossip Girl" has the limousine. They are places where characters unburden themselves, out of the view of others. And because they're not being watched, they sometimes behave as they otherwise might not; remove becomes a sort of enabler.

Black-themed series come to a crossroads

18 May 08, 03:05:00

LIFE AT Tattaglia High School in Brooklyn can be tough. Homework, heartbreak and, on this day, a red-haired bully is on the loose, determined to torment unsuspecting nerds.

Jessica Alba's online staring contest

16 May 08, 02:05:25

It was only a matter of time before the staring contest made its way online.

'Lost': The season finale ... almost

16 May 08, 11:05:29

Last night's episode felt more like a deck of cards being reshuffled.

Britney Spears and Mel Gibson on a tropical holiday?

16 May 08, 01:05:06

Sources say that the pop star is vacationing on Gibson's Costa Rican property.

Cannes '08: Big names in B-movies

16 May 08, 01:05:58

Mariah Carey, James Brolin, Tom Sizemore and other stars in (almost certain) direct-to-video B movies.