The Cannes nominees, Vol 1

What a year this is at Cannes.The director's list reads like an all-star smorgasbord of global talent, the world's finest directors all competing for the festival's major prize, the Palme......

Cruz missiles and Mango

When they were young, they say, they used to hide in the bathroom and browse through fashion magazines. If that sounds like the beginning of a salacious anecdote, think again. Siblings Penelope......

The Departed, now on DVD

Breaking the tradition of releasing the DVD version three months after the film has ended its run in theatres, Warner Brothers has issued a two-disc special edition of pulse-quickening......

A weekend with Dirty Harry

At home this weekend? Pick up these DVDs and have a blast.Dirty HarryCast: Clint Eastwood, Harry Guardino, Reni Santoni, John Vernon, and Andrew Robinson.Director: Don SiegelPlot: A serial killer......

French football clubs to strike over wealth tax

French soccer clubs will stage a strike at the end of next month in protest at a controversial super tax on player salaries in an escalation of a row over president Francois Hollande's tax......

Zidane remains best-loved French despite head-butt

Zinedine Zidane remains France's best-loved personality despite his head-butt against Italy's Marco Materazzi in the soccer World Cup final this year, a survey showed on Saturday. Zidane came first......