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Los Angeles.  Being number one is always good, and better than being number two or ending up even lower.

In George Miller’s supercharged dystopian action epic Tom Hardy takes over Road Warrior duties from Mel Gibson but the most brilliant idea may have been pairing him with Charlize Theron’s fierce Imperator Furiosa. The two lone warriors form what is surely the most fearsome man/woman team to ever tear up a desert road.

Let’s spread a merciful veil of forgetfulness over the much discussed shoe incident. It was the frocks and lack thereof that had tongues wagging and fashion bloggers squealing with delight and shuddering in horror.

A better selection than in the recent past, gridlock on the Croisette and a ridiculous scandal that should not have been. This year’s selecting and programming committee ought to be applauded for a number of reasons.

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The 68th edition of the Cannes Film Festival came to a close with the customary Palmares ceremony in which awards were handed. The jury headed, for the first time ever by a sibling president team of Joel and Ethan Coen awarded the coveted Palme D’Or to Jacques Audiard for his Paris set immigrant drama Dheepan, a drama charting the experiences of an ex Tamil rebel from Sri Lanka (Antonythasan Jesuthasan) making a new life in France.

The HFPA’s Jack Tewksbury compiles some of the choicest quotes from classic stars.

JIA Zhang-Ke is a Cannes festival veteran. He was here last in 2013 winning the screenwriting award with A Touch of Sin, a fascinating narrative woven through the river landscapes and provincial back roads of his native China.

Award-winning Filipino director, Brillante Mendoza, 54, is back in Cannes for the fourth time. “This is like home to me,” the University of Santo Tomas alum told us when we interviewed him at the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) booth at the International Village along the Boulevard de la Croissette.

Nothing is more difficult than guessing what a festival jury thinks. Compared to the Palme d’Or, predicting Oscar winners is a walk in the park.