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News comes as Lea Seydoux tests positive in Paris, casting doubt on Cannes attendance.

Cannes Film Festival director Thierry Frémaux has denounced “silly” rumours of Covid spread at the festival, claiming that “there is no Cannes cluster”.

Speaking before a screening of Hafsia Herzi’s Un Certain Regard title Bonne Mere at 2pm on Saturday July 10, Frémaux read a statement to the audience in which he said there were no positive tests at all at the festival on Friday July 9.

Frémaux provided data on the number of tests given and cases contracted at the festival. He also sought to reassure...

It’s been a while, but for the first time since 2019, the Cannes Film Festival is officially happening on the Croisette. After being canceled in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, the 2021 Cannes Film Festival is happening right now on the French Riviera with a full slate of international features. Here’s everything to know about this year’s Cannes Film Festival, including the full lineup.

What movies are playing at this year’s Cannes Film Festival?

The 2021 lineup at the Cannes Film Festival features new films from Wes Anderson, Sean Baker, Sean Penn, Leo Carax, and Tom McCarthy. But despite the usual vast pedigree of talent at Cannes, awards attention for the films that launch there is uncertain. Only twice have Palme d’Or winners subsequently won Best Picture at the Oscars (1955’s “Marty” and 2019’s “Parasite”) — although that data point could be rendered moot by the coronavirus pandemic. The...

Dotted by hilltop views and an historic city center, France’s southwestern city of Angoulême had certainly played host to a handful of live-action shoots in recent years.

But for the most part, the commune, just under 50,000 strong, had made its name as the country’s cartoonist capital, the place where Gallic scribblers go to burnish their reputation at the Intl. Comics Festival — the second largest in Europe — and maybe stuck around to work at one the three dozen animation or post-productions studios.

So it goes without saying that nothing quite prepared the locals for when, in late 2018, Hollywood came knocking.

Earlier that year, Wes Anderson looked toward a number of options when prepping the Cannes-debuting “The French Dispatch,” set in 1950s Paris and in the suitably tongue-in-cheek commune of Ennui-sur-Blasé.

Anderson nixed Nice and, for a time, considered Albi, but once Anderson’s eyes fixed and heart warmed on Angoulême’s Old World architecture,...

This year’s Berlin International Film Festival bows in Germany later this week and with it, one of Europe’s most exciting and singular film festivals. As ever, the annual fest is playing home to dozens of feature films and short offerings, with picks aplenty from both modern masters and fresh faces. The Berlinale often breeds some of indie film’s most unexpected and unique standouts, so if it’s at the fest, it’s likely worth a look.

Read More: 5 Exciting Films in the 2017 Berlin Film Festival Competition Lineup

Ahead, check out the 8 titles we are most excited to check out at this year’s festival.

“Have a Nice Day”

Expectations are high for this Chinese animated feature that marks the sophomore effort from director Liu Jiang, whose surreal debut “Piercing” offered an inventive look at modern day city life in China’s capital. If the gorgeous stills from...

NBC airs live coverage of the French Open singles finals from Roland Garros in Paris June 6-7. On Saturday, Serena Williams takes on Lucie Safrova in the women’s final at 9am Et. On Sunday, Novak Djokovic faces Stan Wawrinka beginning at 9am Et. Host Ted Robinson anchors NBC’s coverage, joined by analysts John McEnroe and Mary Carillo. The French Open finals are just the start of a big sports Saturday on NBC that includes American Pharoah’s attempt to win the Triple Crown at the Belmont Stakes and Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Finals between the Chicago Blackhawks and the … Continue reading →

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While casting about for a French wine and movie pairing, it occurred to me how much French stuff we find all around us. That’s no surprise if you are in France, of course. You expect it there. But in the United States we sure have a lot of French stuff on hand. French wine, of course, comes high on my list, but how about:

The French Paradox - The conundrum of how a nation of people who eat the richest, fattiest food in the world have a low rate of heart disease. Give credit to the wine, by the way.

The French Quarter - A place where you can either have a really great time, or get rolled. See: The French Quarter Paradox.

The French Jerry Lewis - Well, there is only one Jerry Lewis. The French claim him and have been loaning him to us on Labor Day for years.

It seems no one can stop Rafael! Exactly three months to the day after he took home his record eighth French Open title on June 9, Rafael has triumphed again, beating Novak in the 2013 men’s final of the U.S. Open.

Rafael Nadal is on fire! The Spanish tennis player won his second U.S Open title and 13th major title, 6-2, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 on Sept. 9 at Flushing Meadows, New York. Read on for more details!

Rafael Nadal Wins Us Open — Beats Novak Djokovic In 2013 Men’s Final

Rafa is widely recognized as one of the best tennis players in history, but he’s also a gracious winner, and he knew he was well-matched against his longtime rival Novak Dhokovic.

“Probably, only my team knows, how much means the match of today,” Rafael said, holding his trophy. “Playing against Novak is a very special feeling. Probably nobody brings my...

Randy gets connected.

While casting about for a French wine and movie pairing, it occurred to me how much French stuff we find all around us. That’s no surprise if you are in France, of course. You expect it there. But in the United States we sure have a lot of French stuff on hand. French wine, of course, comes high on my list, but how about:

The French Paradox - The conundrum of how a nation of people who eat the richest, fattiest food in the world have a low rate of heart disease. Give credit to the wine, by the way.

The French Quarter - A place where you can either have a really great time, or get rolled. See: The French Quarter Paradox.

The French Jerry Lewis - Well, there is only one Jerry Lewis. The French claim him and have been loaning him to us on Labor Day for years.

The man who won the French Open again has something the laid-back sport is sorely lacking: heart. Buzz Bissinger on what makes the tennis titan tick.

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Related story on The Daily Beast: Spain's Win: Cosmic Justice

It is always a spirited argument, the kind that begins in a bar and ends at closing time with too many empty bottles of beer and too little consensus. Somewhere, some place, whether it's in the grand arena of the public or the privacy of practice, an athlete is making the impossible possible.

But Sunday, there came an answer to the dispute that no one can argue with, at least for a couple of days.

Rafael Nadal.

On the red clay in Paris, Nadal defeated Roger Federer in four sets to win the French Open. Tennis is, shall we say, not the most mano a mano...