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AP - Established Hollywood filmmakers and stars such as Clint Eastwood and Angelina Jolie were competing against movies from acclaimed international directors for the top honors at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday.

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Most of us don’t like to do math. Fewer of us like to budget. If we’re on our way to a recession then, why do we keep spending?

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Reuters - Robert De Niro plays a movie
producer whose professional and personal life lurches from
crisis to crisis in a new comedy on the cut-throat world of
Hollywood and its relationship with the Cannes film festival.

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E! Online - Down-low lovebirds Kate Hudson and Lance Armstrong couldn’t stifle their romance on the Riviera as they attended the Dolce & Gabbana bash in Cannes. A source tells E! the Kate and Lance “were holding hands in their car and when photographers flashes started going off, Kate kind of jumped up, startled.”

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AP - CANNES, France (AP) — Most documentaries stick with interviews of living people. But since this one’s about New York’s Chelsea Hotel and its rock ‘n’ roll aura, it seems natural that the ghosts of Janis Joplin and Sid Vicious turn up.

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AP - CANNES, France (AP) — Most documentaries stick with interviews of living people. But since this one’s about New York’s Chelsea Hotel and its rock ‘n’ roll aura, it seems natural that the ghosts of Janis Joplin and Sid Vicious turn up.

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AP - CANNES, France (AP) — Established Hollywood stars and filmmakers such as Clint Eastwood and Angelina Jolie were competing against movies from acclaimed international directors for the top honors at the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday.

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Marine Sgt. Jimmy Spence had to weigh the pros and cons of wartime against a sluggish economy when he considered re-enlisting last year. In the end, the military won.

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Travelers taking to the road this Memorial Day weekend face soaring costs as prices at the pump maintain their record run.

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