Cannes: Pierre Lescure Named Fest President; 'Despicable Me 2' Tops China Box Office; Sochi: Meredith Vieira Says Olympics Security Is 'Good Enough'
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Cannes Film Festival Names Pierre Lescure President
The co-founder of French pay-TV giant Canal Plus will take over from Gilles Jacob. | Read More
China Box Office: 'Despicable Me 2' Triumphs With $15.37 Million
It was a good week in China for Hollywood, as "Ender's Game" also pulled in a muscular $10.96 million in its first six days. | Read More
LATEST MOVIE NEWS
Berlin Fest Names Former Focus Features CEO James Schamus Jury President
UPDATED: Christoph Waltz, Bond producer Barbara Broccoli and French director Michel Gondry are also members of this year's Berlin jury. | Read More
'The Grandmaster' Wins Best Film at Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards
Johnnie To took home best director, while best actor and actress went to Nick Cheung and Zhang Ziyi. | Read More
LATEST TV NEWS
Sochi: Meredith Vieira Feels 'Good Enough' About Olympics Security, Hopes for Peaceful Protest (Exclusive)
The former "Today" host, also praises her opening ceremony colleague Matt Lauer, telling THR, "If he gets sick that day, there will not be an opening ceremony because I'm not showing up." | Read More
Analyst Upgrades BSkyB Stock, Cites Potential 21st Century Fox Deal
Rupert Murdoch's entertainment conglomerate "could revisit a merger of its European pay-TV assets," which also include Sky Deutschland and Sky Italia, says UBS analyst Polo Tang. | Read More
THE BUSINESS
Russia's Culture Minister Renews Call for Limits on Hollywood Movie Imports
Vladimir Medinsky draws a comparison to Soviet times, when only six U.S. movies a year were allowed to be released in the country. | Read More
Kim Dotcom Launches 'Megaparty' to Compete in New Zealand Elections
The notorious Internet entrepreneur can't run for a seat in the country's senate himself, but he says he hopes to "activate non-voters, the youth, the Internet electorate." | Read More
U.K. Creative Industries Worth $117 Billion Annually, Report Finds
Film, TV, music and others saw their contribution rise more than other sectors and accounted for 1.68 million jobs in Britain in 2012. | Read More
REVIEWS
A Pact (Zum Geburtstag): Film Review
Denis Dercourt ("The Page Turner") directs this German-language production, starring Sylvester Groth ("Inglourious Basterds") and Mark Waschke ("Barbara"). | Read More
The Searches (Las busquedas): Palm Springs Review
The second feature from Mexico-based director Jose Luis Valle ("Workers") is an austere but masterful fable shot in gorgeous black-and-white. | Read More
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Written by José Vizcarra
on Tuesday, January 14, 2014 at 8:58 AM.

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