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Tutte buona gente: Joe Pesci, Robert De Niro, Sergio Leone, James Woods, Danny Aiello. This distinguished group of talent was in Cannes with Once Upon A Time in America, which had its worldwide premiere in the Palais.

It is not often you hear a director admit that he expects spectators of his new film to vocally express their displeasure. “Is the film really going to be as bad as all that? ponders Michel Hazanavicius about the audience’s reaction to the first 30 minutes of his new film.

One of the hottest Hollywood couples - recently divorced Natalie Wood and rising star Warren Beatty - arrive in Cannes to promote Beatty's sultry drama All Fall Down. Directed by John Frankenheimer, Beatty starred as a handsome drifter who lives off the women he easily seduces.

Two years before making this appearance in Cannes for the first time, David Bowie had been his grand entrance in cinema, starring Nicolas Roeg's The Man Who Fell to Earth (he was Thomas Jerome Newton, the man who fell to Earth). Now, two years later, Bowie - and a team very easy on the eyes - was in Cannes to promote the David Hemmings-directed Just a Gigolo, the tale of a World War I hero who becomes a gigolo in Berlin, under the watching eye of a madam played by Marlene Dietrich.

Over the last 27 years the Hollywood Foreign Press Association has donated $50 million to a wide variety of entertainment-related nonprofit organizations, film restorations, and academic programs. More than 2,220 students have received scholarships to help them pursue their dreams.

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness stayed at number 1 at the box office in France. The story about a journey into the unknown with Doctor Strange directed by Sam Raimi and starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Elizabeth Olsen, and Chiwetel Ejiofor, grossed $4,748,193 this week reaching a total of $17,634,123.

As part of its sponsorship at this year’s American Pavilion at the 75th Cannes Film Festival, The Hollywood Foreign Press Association (“HFPA”) announced one of its panels will feature directors making their directorial debuts with premieres of their films at the festival focusing on “Cannes First Time: Conversation” on Monday, May 23, 2022, at 2:00 PM (local time). “One of the greatest moments for any new director is to make their debut at Cannes and this year we have brought together these new directors hailing from new markets bringing some amazing new work to the global stage,” said Helen Hoehne, President of the HFPA.

The hills were alive for her 93 years on this earth. The last surviving daughter of the famous Baron and his former nanny died at 93 in a nursing home in Morrisville, as was announced by the Trapp Family Lodge, her family’s business in Stowe, Vermont.

In Photoplay magazine of July-December 1924, an article by A. Chester Keel appeared entitled “The Fiasco of Ben Hur.

The beaches of Cannes are populated with more than just scantily clad bathers, especially during the film festival. Film and production companies bring their talent to try and sell upcoming films to various foreign markets.