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Every year, the fest just whizzes by. But not totally underwhelming, of course. The audience at the screening Dave and I attended seemed to agree. Credit: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images There was some hopeful chatter that the films controversial,Oscar-winning subject would make an appearance on the Croisette. But inthe end, he did not. Cant say I blame him, really. While the moviedoes ultimately reflect rather positively on Polanski, he himself didnot participate in its making....

I wish you had been there with me this morning. Oh, how you would have enjoyed breathing the heady atmosphere for which QT made his creation! Plus, you would have freaked out the squadron of guards! While the boys scalp Nazis (watch! one of them also specializes in clubbing heads with an American baseball bat! But how deep can a movie that repurposes recycled material go? But the choice is also anInglouriouslimitation....

(Oh yes indeed, we see it happen.) They go to their cabin in the woods in a spot called,heh heh, Eden. The woman turns into a sexually voracious, sado-masochistic monster a she-devil. Blood spurts, bones are broken, genitals are mutilated …hellooo?Are you still with me? Only thehowof it is different. And because some of the material comes from my youth, it may be unreasonable, ecstatic. The emotions and the fears had to be pursued to the last drop of blood....

Also powerful:The White Ribbonfrom Michael Haneke, the Austrian-born director who specializes in messing with our heads. Is the mischief divine, the work of good neighbors, or even the doing of fresh-faced children? Chilling, and resonant,The White Ribbonis part history lesson and partVillage of the Damned. Did I mention Angelina Jolie? Shes in Cannes too. Oops, missed her. But tonight, Bill Clinton is expected at the annual Cinema Against AIDS gala, which benefits amfAR....

American pop celebs BJ Novak and Emile Hirsch walked blithely past international pop celebs Elodie Bouchez and Rinko Kikuchi. Paris Hilton barely walked at all, preferring to pose in place wearing a jeweled flapper headband. 50 Cent walked by Ivana Trump to get to his table. Credit: Serge Haouzi/Maxppp/Landov Then Miss Stone began her grand performance, a variety act of equal parts blowsy patter and stern persuasion. And I thought of how Harvey is this unbelievably, astonishing...

(Why are you fishing dead people out of the river? (Dad now regrets that offer.) Then again, isnt that often the unspoken conundrum in any of the fellows art projects? Nothing is permanent, not even death, one character says. Princess Diana, Rudolph Valentino theyre all dead, but immortal. Thenagain, isnt that often the unspoken conundrum in any of the fellowsart projects? Nothing is permanent, not even death, one charactersays. Princess Diana, Rudolph Valentino theyre all dead, butimmortal....

Not thatAngelina walks the Croisette, mind you. And no, they had not mistaken usfor some glamorous pair of celebrities. You know, Busch Gardens style. Wehad to sneak behind Dennis Hopper and his posse, who were getting their picturetaken by real paparazzi. I hope we didnt ruin anyones Hopper photo. ); and some other people. I noticed that when Havens called on theaudience to clap your hands! Couldnt find the rhythm or do you just have a no-clapping-in-public policy?...

Did my very best to clean up last night to go the annualamFARbenefit at the Moulin de Mougins restaurant. At least I fill the bill on the last of those!) Its an SERIOUS scene, equal parts glamour and grotesque with all the money going to AIDS research. Heres how it works: Everyone trundles up to this spectacular restaurant in the hills above Cannes. And then everyone is herded into a huge tent where the stars make a grand entrance....

The latest CBS All Access spin-off fails to launch. The cliches pile in Thursdays premiere episode, streaming on CBS All Access. Premonition dreams wedge in a dead-character cameo. Matt Kennedy/CBS From then to now, Picard got promoted and fired. He was once a Starfleet Admiral plotting a rescue mission to save 900 million Romulans from a supernova. That calamity, witnessed distantly in 2009sfeature reboot, took place kitty-corner to another disaster....

For all its virtues, though,Capital in the Twenty-First Centuryis still a doorstop-size book. How did you approach translating it into a documentary? It’s an academic book. Credit: Everett Collection He traveled through time, and saw history not so much repeating as rhyming. It’s a great barometer of the feeling on the ground at the time. I knew I wanted to use pop culture, so that was a big thing straight away....

Alaskan crabbers like the irascible Capt. ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY First off, how is sheltering at home going? KEITH COLBURN:I’m getting through this pretty well. I’m in a pretty good place. So, this is a cakewalk compared to working with my brother. Let’s talk about the theme this season, competing against the Russians. Wasn’t that already a threat? Why is it different this year? That has really hurt our pricing at the dock and at the store....

It shows you care. This is a very big story that weve done. The biggest story Ive ever done at Marvel. Spencer has worked on a number of titles for Marvel, likeAvengers WorldandAnt-Man, as well asAction Comicsfor DC. But how big was the negative feedback onSteve Rogers, from 1 to 100? I think we hit the 100. We maybe overshot the landing a little bit, Spencer said. People feel passionately about these characters....

For more onCaptain Marvel, pick up the new issue ofEntertainment Weeklyon stands today, orbuy it here now. Avengers: Infinity Wardidnt exactly leave its heroes in a good place. And it looks like the MCUs other heroes are going to need all the help they can get. Chuck Zlotnick/© Marvel Studios 2019 She is more powerful than any character weve introduced thus far, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige tells EW. (Hes still got both his eyes too....