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Meher Tatna has been elected president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) for the 2017-2018 year at the organization’s annual election meeting. Tatna succeeds outgoing president Lorenzo Soria.

According to Denzel Washington, Charlotte Bruus Christensen is on the fast track to becoming a big star in Hollywood. And he knows what he is talking about.

The Los Angeles Greek Film Festival (LAGFF) represents the newest of Greek cinema and follows a new generation of filmmakers who think out of the box. Among the consequences of the crisis Greece has suffered for the last eight years, there are a few positive ones including a reinvigoration of the arts.

This weekend Wonder Woman snagged $101. 4 million and led the charts in a heart racing US debut.

California-born model, singer, dancer and actor Zendaya has landed an important role in the upcoming Spider-Man: Homecoming. We were curious to know how music helps her acting.

This year’s Palme d’Or winner The Square is a satirical look at the contemporary art world. The curator of a modern art museum in Stockholm, Christian (played by Danish actor Claes Bang), is desperately looking to create success for the art gallery and himself.

Could 2017 go down as the year of the women despite men taking all of the top awards at the Cannes Film Festival, bar one? The Palme d’Or went to Ruben Östlund, for the Swedish satire The Square. The runner-up Grand Prix went to festival favorite 120 Beats per Minute, by French director Robin Campillo, and Russian director Andrey Zvyagintsev was awarded the Jury Prize for his drama Loveless.

Disney’s unsinkable galleon took to the seas and found $285. 8 million of treasure with Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales.

A highlight of the Directors Fortnight, the bolder and more innovative sidebar of the Cannes Film Festival, The Florida Project is Sean Baker’s eagerly-awaited follow up to Tangerine, the ultra-modest feature that put him on the international cinema map. Centering on a precocious girl (Brooklynn Prince), during one eventful summer, his fifth feature boasts Baker’s biggest budget to date, and an ensemble cast that includes a discovery of a six-year-old-girl, some unprofessional actors, and a vet performer like Willem Dafoe.

The 70th edition of the Cannes Film Festival came to a close on the same wave length as it started – as a celebration of innovation, diversity and inclusion. With women featuring prominently in this year’s line-up, it was only natural that they left a mark on the final choices, with Sofia Coppola (best director), Lynne Ramsay (best screenplay), Léonor Serraille (Caméra d’Or) and Chloe Zhao (Directors Fortnight) winning behind the camera, Jasmine Trinca taking the Un Certain Regard solitary acting award, and Nicole Kidman winning pretty much the whole festival, with four powerhouse performances that earned her the special 70th Anniversary Award.