Cannes. Hunger.

"A visceral, violent and deeply disturbing vision of life in the Maze prison, set during the 'dirty' protests and the second hunger strike of 1981, is offered up by Britain's most prominent entry in the Cannes film festival," writes Charlotte...

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Cannes. Kung Fu Panda.

"Cartoons at a super-serioso film festival?" asks Time's Richard Corliss. "Mais oui, if the festival is Cannes, which has been hospitable to animation from the start; Walt Disney's Make Mine Music and Dumbo won prizes the first two years.......

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Emmanuelle Chirqui's Topless Photo Shoot Lures
LAPD's 'Areola' Squad [Areola Squad]

Though celebrities dropping trou for the glossies has proven both controversial in Miley Cyrus? case, and ?artsy? in Lindsay Lohan?s, both of these spreads were intelligently shot behind closed doors. But when GQ decided to photograph Entourage?s Emmanuelle Chirqui fully exposing her curves in the bright light of day, controversy didn't come by way of conservative media pundits. It arrived in the form of the LAPD?s official nudity-watch squad, who interrupted the shoot to get a closer look make sure all was okay on set. As Chirqui recalls, one pervy fed stepped in as art director and instructed the crew "Could you make sure that her areolas aren't showing?" See what all the fuss was about for yourself after the jump:

As we can see, Chirqui was (not so) innocently trying to garner some press for her upcoming Adam Sandler-as-Israeli hair guru movie You Don't Mess With The Zohan by posing in various soft-core poses like the standard "I See You But You Can't See My Tits!" and "My Boobs Don't Fit In This Jacket Mr. Manager!" But the porky Malibu vice were concerned for the safety of all neighborhood residents, and reportedly "came by just to make sure things remained tasteful." While they'd probably be more useful checking in on the taste levels inside Britney Spears' and Lindsay Lohan's various drug and sex-laden abodes in the area, we suppose we'll give them the benefit of the doubt and believe their story, rather than dwell in fear that discrete tit-watch cameras lie on every street corner, sounding the alarm whenever a starlet is seen exposing a potentially dangerous amount of flesh.

[Photo credits: men.style.com]

• COPS SWOOP IN ON TOPLESS 'ZOHAN' SIREN [AOL Movie News]

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First Run Features folded into Icarus Films

The company lives, but a familiar micro-distribution label disappears: "FIRST RUN/ICARUS FILMS BECOMING ICARUS FILMS." Seymour Wishman, President of First Run Features, and Jonathan Miller, President of First Run/Icarus Films, announced today that First Run Features has sold its interest...

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New Kung Fu Panda Images Bam Pow Kapow! [Movie
News]

You know, I wasn't that excited about the upcoming Dreamworks Animation flick Kung Fu Panda until very recently. It was mostly because I allowed Kevin Carr's anti-Jack Black venom get ahold of me. Then, after speaking with some people who have seen rough cuts of the film, I realized that ...

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Fantasia 2: The Fantasianing [Fear]

On last night's splendiferous, Sayesha-ejecting American Idol results show—like nasty walnut chunks in maple ice cream, she was utterly ruining our pure, David-savoring experience—third season Idol winner Fantasia Barrino stopped by the Karoakedome to perform. And yet "perform" seems not quite the sufficient term in this instance—rather, she seemed literally belched from some fiery, subterranean afterworld miles beneath CBS Television City, accompanied by a chorus of winged backup-demons. The audience—many of whom were still enjoying the pleasant, torpor-inducing effects of David Archuleta singing about "fishes in the ocean"—reacted as though they had just been smacked against the side of the head with a hooker's club foot.

Anarchy soon broke out in the relative peace-loving community of the arm-swaying pit, as all attempts at enacting their primary, limb-waving duties were rendered instantly futile by the tuneless, arrhythmic morass. It wasn't long before severed limbs were spotted flying into the bleachers; the sight of several freshly gimped Pepperdine sorority girls running screaming for the exits was the last home viewers glimpsed of the carnage before stage manager Debbie frantically waved towards the control booth to cut to commercial.

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City of Ember Movie Trailer

The latest fantasy novel adaption from Fox Walden is City of Ember. (...)

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Tags: Bill Murray, City of Ember, Harry Treadaway, Jeanne Duprau, Mackenzie Crook, Marianne Jean Baptiste, Martin Landau, Mary Kay Place, Saoirse Ronan, Tim Robbins, Toby Jones

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BREAKING: Anthony Pellicano Convicted of
Racketeering and Conspiracy [Pellicano Notebook]

In perhaps the most anticlimactic ruling in the history of celebrity jurisprudence, disgraced Private Eye to the Stars and all-around not-nice guy Anthony Pellicano was this afternoon convicted of racketeering and conspiracy in federal court. The LA Times is reporting that additional verdicts are forthcoming for wiretapping; for the convictions so far, Pellicano faces up 10 years in prison. Though we think we can safely bet our homes on the remaining counts, we'll have something a little more official later on as word becomes available.

• Pellicano found guilty of racketeering and conspiracy [LAT]

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Today in Cannes Hell: 'Blindness' Still Bad,
'Indy 4' Making Few Friends and Egregious Oscar Hype [Cannes Film Festival]

The pandas have been euthanized and Sean Penn is still lighting up despite you on the first full day of the Cannes Film Festival, which we continue to study from our vantage point in the salt mines. We continue to wince at the reaction to the opening-night film Blindness, whose bad buzz we were nervous about back when the festival waited forever to announce its selection. Variety's Justin Chang piled on this morning — "Blindness emerges onscreen both overdressed and undermotivated, scrupulously hitting the novel's beats yet barely approximating, so to speak, its vision" — with an only slightly happier James Rocchi following suit at Cinematical.

Then there's the anticipation for Indiana Jones and Whatever the Fuck, whose anxious makers are taking precautions to dodge the lynch-mob on their own tail:

Paramount, producer George Lucas and director Steven Spielberg have made some changes in their game plan to avoid the Da Vinci scenario. For one thing, they're not having a big party. ...

In contrast, Indy's producers have skedded a "filmmakers party" for 250 people — no press invited. There will be the usual press conference following the screening; the only TV and print junket interviews with the cast are scheduled the day before the screening, instead of afterward; access to Spielberg outside the press conference is strictly interdit.

We didn't want to go to your stupid party anyway; we're too busy joining Pete Hammond in handicapping the Oscar chances of this year's higher-profile fest selections. Actually, we're doing no such thing, and we wish Hammond wouldn't either, but there it is: Jury chair Penn might help shepherd his ex-director Clint Eastwood's Changeling to the Palme d'Or! Che is a front-runner, except it's not finished! Kung Fu Panda is an animated film contender! Only 10 more days of this; thanks for nothing, LA Times.

Elsewhere, Anne Thompson is making the rounds in smoke-filled rooms, and Jeffrey Wells was on the scene at a panel during which David Poland — via Skype! — apparently predicted the end of The Hollywood Reporter within three years. So, you know, don't renew your subscription.

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Aja Takes Piranha 3D [Movie News]

Horror film maker Alexandre Aja (The Hills Have Eyes remake) is currently directing a remake of Joe Dante's 1978 Piranha, and the news is that this chomping romp will be presented in glorious 3D. Head honcho Bob Weinstein had this to say:"The film presents us with a unique opportunity ...

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