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In and Out of Cannes

Long time no post!
Cannes took all my time, sorry about that peeps.

Anyway, lots of news while I was gone, not the least of which were the Upfronts.

Although the various picks weren’t that surprising (save for a few), the various schedules on the other hand are mind-boggling.
I’ll talk more about that another day (and the trailers for the new show).

In the meantime, since I just exited Cannes, let’s see this year’s winners:

Palme d’Or
The White Ribbon by Michael Haneke

Grand Prix
A Prophet by Jacques Audiard

Best Director
Brillante Mendoza for Kinatay

Jury prize
Fish Tank by Andrea Arnold and Thirst by Park Chan-wook

Best Actor
Christoph Waltz for Inglourious Basterds

Best Actress
Charlotte Gainsbourg for Antichrist

Best Screenplay
Mei Feng for Spring Fever

Clearly Isabelle “Dominatrix” Huppert ruled the jury when she decided to give Haneke (her director in La Pianiste) the Palme d’Or.
Again, very happy for Christoph Waltz, he totally deserved the prize.
Happy too for Gainsbourg, although I would have preferred Vincere‘s Giovanna Mezzogiorno.

Unfortunately I don’t have time right now, but I shall also talk more about my Cannes experience and the movies I saw (including Parnassus, Agora, and of course Inglourious Basterds) another day.

Off to Cannes

Well, here it is, the day that I’m leaving for Cannes.


Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to leave yesterday and see the 3-D Up premiere.

Anyways, as usual, I am probably going to Twitter the stuff that will go down, although hopefully I’ll be able to post right here every day as usual (if only for a few words).

Before I leave though, a couple of TV news as usual.

For starters, the first “real” Flash Forward promo premiered last night during the Lost finale.


Also, Party Down has been renewed, sans Jane Lynch who’s gone to Glee.

Off to Cannes now…

Fail

That’s how I feel after reading some of the latest news going on around.

First, Activision is eyeing a possible TV Show adaptation based on the popular Guitar Hero video-game.
There are also some talks about a movie version of the game.
Yeah, seriously.

Keanu Reeves meanwhile is set to star in a Universal remake of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

As for FOX’s Virtuality by Michael Taylor and Ronald D. Moore, well…


The 2-hour pilot directed by Peter Berg will be aired as a Movie of the Week…
On July 4th.
Also on the “Oh God, please no” list is FOX airing Michael Taylor/Ronald D. Moore’s Virtuality 2-hour pilot (directed by Peter Berg) as a Movie of the Week…
On July 4th.
As usual, way to go FOX!