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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.

To the point

Time is running short for me to prepare for Cannes (haven’t even packed my suitcase up yet).

As for the TV world, FOX has picked up (no surprise there again) Lie to Me for a second season.
One major change though next season: The Shield/The Unit‘s Shawn Ryan is going to showrun the series’ second season.
Also, the network has picked up both Human Target and Sons of Tucson to series.

Nikki Finke meanwhile posted something that could potentially be one of NBC’s fall schedule.

MONDAY — TRAUMA, Heroes, Leno
TUESDAY — Biggest Loser, Law & Order: SVU, Leno
WEDNESDAY — Biggest Loser, PARENTHOOD, Leno
THURSDAY — 30 Rock, P&R, Office, COMMUNITY, Leno
FRIDAY — Chuck, Southland, Leno
SATURDAY — Re-runs
SUNDAY — Football
SUNDAY (January) — Dateline, Apprentice, MERCY

As usual, grain of salt.

Not much

No surprise over at ABC with the 13-episode pick-up of Flash Forward.

Dollhouse meanwhile ended its run with a new ratings low.
Dead show walking.

In other news I am myself preparing to got to Cannes next week.
The Screenings Guide was released the other day.

I’m not sure yet what movies I’ll be able to see though…
Inglourious Basterds?
Antichrist?
Drag Me to Hell?
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus?

More on this Cannes story later this week.

Not much else to add today so I’ll just leave you with nothing else.