Cannes Film Festival Lineup Includes Terrence Malick, Pedro Almodovar - Hollywood Reporter

Festival artistic director Thierry Fremaux and president Pierre Lescure took to the stage to unveil the films competing for the Palme d'Or.

The Cannes Film Festival on Thursday unveiled the lineup for its 72nd edition, letting the world know which stars and directors will climb the iconic steps of the French town's Palais this year.

Festival director Thierry Fremaux and president Pierre Lescure unveiled the lineup for the world's biggest film event, to be held May 14-May 25, during a press event in Paris. They took to the stage just after 11 a.m. local time, kicking off the traditional lineup press conference at Paris' UGC Cinema on the French capital's Champs Elysees.

Lescure began the ceremony with a tribute to Agnes Varda, noting the festival is paying homage to the late director with this year's poster. He went on to add that the festival is still strong, despite detractors, and that accreditation requests are up this year. He also pointed to last year's winners including Spike Lee's Oscar as how the festival is still a leading voice in the cinema world.

Lescure also said that while the festival does not select a theme, he said this year it seems to be "romantic and political," saying the entries are very political because the artists are interested in these topics. He also connected the festival to the strength of Europe, which will be having elections in May.

Fremaux touted the makeup of the festival's selection committee, which reached fifty-fifty parity this year and the growing inclusion of female directors in the official selection. 

Among the first titles unveiled were Pedro Almodovar's Pain and Glory, The Traitor from Marco Bellocchio and Parasite from Bong Joon-ho.

Fremaux said that Quentin Tarantino's new film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood is not ready yet as the director is in post-production, adding that in 35mm the production process is long. But he said it could still make it to Cannes as long as he finishes it in time.

This year, 13 female filmmakers are featured in this year's Official Selection, Fremaux highlighted. And, as he usually does, he said the festival would add some more films in the near future. 

As previously unveiled, opening the film festival with a star studded lineup will be Jim Jarmusch's zombie comedy The Dead Don't Die, starring Bill Murray, Chloe Sevigny, Tilda Swinton and Adam Driver, along with some music powerhouses Iggy Pop, Tom Waits and Selena Gomez who also appear in the film.

Five-time Oscar-winning Mexican director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu will lead the main competition jury for the films that are in the running for the Palme d'Or. Lebanese director Nadine Labaki, whose Capernaum was nominated in the best foreign-language film category at the Academy Awards this year, will head up the Un Certain Regard jury.

Lescure at the start of the press conference paid tribute to the late Agnes Varda, who is featured on this year's festival poster. And he highlighted Spike Lee's best adapted screenplay Oscar win for last year's Cannes competition title BlacKkKlansman.

See the full Cannes lineup announced so far below. (Updating live)

Competition
Pain and Glory, Pedro Almodovar
The Traitor, Marco Bellocchio
Wild Goose Lake, Yinan Diao
Parasite, Bong Joon-ho
Young Ahmed, The Dardenne Brothers
Oh Mercy!, Arnaud Desplechin
Atlantique, Mati Diop
Matthias and Maxime, Xavier Dolan
Little Joe, Jessica Hausner
Sorry We Missed You, Ken Loach
Les Miserables, Ladj Ly
A Hidden Life (previously known as Radegund), Terrence Malik
Nighthawk, Kleber Mendonca Filho, Juliano Dornelles
The Whistlers, Corneliu Porumboiu
Frankie, Ira Sachs
The Dead Don't Die, Jim Jarmusch
Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Celine Sciamma
It Must Be Heaven, Elia Suleiman
Sybil, Justine Triet 

Out of Competition
Rocketman, Dexter Fletcher
The Best Years of Life, Claude Lelouch
Maradona, Asif Kapadia
La Belle Epoque, Nicolas Bedos
Too Old to Die Young, Nicolas Winding Refn (TV series screening 2 episodes)

Special Screenings
Share, Pippa Bianco
Family Romance LLC, Werner Herzog
Tommaso, Abel Ferrara
To Be Alive and Know It, Alain Cavalier
For Sama, Waad Al Kateab and Edward Watts

Midnight Screenings
The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil, Lee Won-Tae

Un Certain Regard

Invisible Life, Karim Aïnouz
Beanpole, Kantemir Balagov
The Swallows of Kabul, Zabou Breitman & Eléa Gobé Mévellec
A Brother’s Love, Monia Chokri
The Climb, Michael Covino
Joan of Arc, Bruno Dumont
A Sun That Never Sets, Olivier Laxe
Chambre 212, Christophe Honoré
Port Authority, Danielle Lessovitz
Papicha, Mounia Meddour
Adam, Maryam Touzani
Zhuo Ren Mi Mi, Midi Z
Liberte, Albert Serra
Bull,  Annie Silverstein
Summer of Changsha, Zu Feng
EVGE, Nariman Aliev  

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2019-04-18 09:30:35Z
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Can Kim Kardashian Be a Real Lawyer Without a Degree? - The Cheat Sheet

Have you heard the news? Kim Kardashian has just been appointed to the Supreme Court! Okay, not quite. But judging by the reactions of some to the reality star’s latest revelation, she might as well have been. The 38-year-old mother of three and queen of reality TV recently revealed that she is going to be a lawyer, despite never having finished college. So, it begs to question: Can you become a lawyer without going to law school?

Why does Kim Kardashian want to become a lawyer?

Kardashian recently told Vogue that she never in a million years thought she would go to law school. However, a recent experience made her become passionate about the law and look into what it would take to become a lawyer. Last year she spent a lot of time and energy fighting to get Alice Marie Johnson released from prison. Johnson spent over 20 years in jail for a non-violent drug charge. Kardashian famously visited the White House and talked to the president about Johnson’s release.

Kardashian says the experience made her satisfied with a good outcome and also made her feel out of her depth. She began to become increasingly involved with prison reform, including offering to pay rent for a recently released inmate.

The decision to become a lawyer did not come easy. After all, Kardashian has a successful media empire, numerous endorsements, and three kids at home. She says she had to think long and hard about the decision, but ultimately felt that she could do so much.

According to California law, Kardashian can skip law school

California does not require residents to attend law school to sit for the state bar, which is the test needed to become a lawyer. In fact, Virginia, Washington, and Vermont all allow residents to skip law school as well. Maine, New York, and Wyoming don’t require a law degree either, but they do require some law school before sitting for the bar.

How can someone be qualified to become a lawyer without years of law school? In the aforementioned states, citizens can choose to participate in an internship in lieu of attending law school. They must complete a set number of hours with a licensed lawyer and successfully pass the state bar. In California, those who wish to take the bar without going to law school must take the first year law students examination, also known as the “baby bar.” Kardashian recently shared pictures of her studying for her upcoming exam.

Kim Kardashian wouldn’t be the first lawyer in the family

It may seem like Kardashian’s ambition to become a lawyer has come out of nowhere, but we have to remember that her father, Robert Kardashian, was a very well known lawyer.

Many believed that Robert Kardashian and a team of lawyers helped OJ Simpson get away with murder. Simpson was accused of killing his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman. Though there was a large amount of highly incriminating evidence, OJ walked away with a not guilty verdict, thanks in large part to the work of his legal team.

Kim Kardashian says she remembers her father working on the case when she was a kid. She says the whole legal team would come over to her house to prep for the trial. She remembers looking through the books and evidence. She says she was “really nosy about the forensics.”

Kim Kardashian hopes to sit for the bar in 2022

Kardashian has a long road ahead of her. She is currently one-fourth of the way through her required internship. After completing her internship, she must still sit for and pass the California State Bar. The bar consists of multiple choice questions and an essay portion and is considered very difficult to pass.

If she does pass the bar, she will still face a few hurdles. It is unlikely that Kardashian will want to work for a private law firm, and instead will choose to work with private clients. However, if she does choose to pursue working at a law firm, employers may be reluctant to hire her because of her lack of schooling. If she plans to go to trial, she must also be granted permission by each circuit court she wishes to argue in.

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2019-04-18 09:05:23Z
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Hailey Bieber Writes a Sweet Message for Husband Justin Bieber! - Just Jared

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1. Hailey Bieber Writes a Sweet Message for Husband Justin Bieber!  Just Jared
2. Justin Bieber Finally Cuts His Hair & Fans Are Freaking Out: ‘This Is Not A Drill’ — See Makeover Pic  Hollywood Life
3. Hailey Bieber Pens Heartfelt Post to Husband Justin Bieber: 'You Make Me Happier Than I’ve Ever Been'  Entertainment Tonight
4. Hailey Bieber May Become Makeup Mogul with 'Bieber Beauty'  Radio.com
5. Hailey Baldwin files papers to trademark 'Bieber Beauty'; plans to launch own line of cosmetics  PINKVILLA
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2019-04-18 06:43:06Z
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Beyoncé Homecoming album: Beyoncé releases surprise live album the same day as her Netflix documentary drops - CBS News

Beyoncé Knowles-Carter dropped a surprise live album titled "Homecoming" Wednesday, coinciding with the release of her highly-anticipated Netflix documentary of the same name. The live album was recorded when she was the headliner of 2018's Coachella festival.

Early Wednesday morning, the superstar tweeted a photo of the album's cover art with a link to her website and the words, "HOMECOMING out now." The post garnered over 56,000 retweets and more than 139,000 likes at press time.

"Homecoming: The Live Album" features 40 songs, including, "Crazy in Love" and "Formation," performed live at the festival. The star performed twice during the two-weekend music festival in California in 2018. She was originally slotted to take the stage in 2017, but had to delay the show when she became pregnant with twins.

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The nearly two-hour medley became available in the early morning on Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes and Tidal, reports Entertainment Tonight.

The editor's note on the album's Apple music page explains the performance also included something extra special -- a drumline. The set "spoke directly to her moment as historymaker, synthesizing generations (and regions) of Black musicality through the filter of an HBCU-style marching band (members of DrumLine Live, performing here as Queen Bey's 'The Bzzzz')," read the editor's note. 

The note also explained the meaning behind the album's title. "In the American college tradition, she called the performance 'Homecoming,'" read the note.

The record isn't all new songs, and it includes two bonus tracks in addition to the live performance. The hitmaker recorded a studio cover of "Before I Let Go," performed by Frankie Beverly and Maze in 1981 and covered with her breakthrough girl group Destiny's Child in 1997, according to ET. The recording is also heard in the ending credits of the Netflix documentary. The tune "I Been On" was recorded for the album as well.

Beyoncé and husband Jay-Z's oldest child, 7-year-old Blue Ivy, even got a chance to show off her vocal chops with a performance in the tune "Lift Every Voice and Sing."  

The documentary, also centers around her renowned Coachella performance in 2018, offering an in-depth look from creative concept to cultural movement, according to Netflix's tweet of the piece's trailer.

The artist's last solo album was 2016's Lemonade, which garnered an overwhelmingly positive response from fans and critics. She also released a surprise joint album in 2018 with Jay-Z titled "Everything is Love." 

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2019-04-18 04:04:00Z
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Justin Bieber Finally Cuts His Hair & Fans Are Freaking Out: ‘This Is Not A Drill’ — See Makeover Pic - Hollywood Life

Justin Bieber hit the sweet spot between ‘buzzed head’ Biebs and ‘hair nearly as long as Hailey Baldwin’s.’ But the haircut isn’t the only change in Justin’s life, as his manager teased that ‘something is happening.’

Hailey Baldwin, 22, and Scooter Braun revealed Justin Bieber’s hair makeover to Instagram on April 17, and fans are loving the change of scenery. The 25-year-old heartthrob said bye-bye to his longer hair as he cropped the sides of his ‘do and opted for a tousled, almost spiky front. With his tie-dye shirt and tatted sleeve, JB looked like a punk rocker transported from the ’90s. His wife left a very loving message underneath the hair makeover post! “My love 😩😍😍,” she began. “You are an incredible man, you make me a better human being, you make me happier than I’ve ever been. Insanely proud of who you are and who you’re becoming.. I love you more every single day.”

Fellow celebrities left just as positive remarks. “Awwwww,” model Ashley Graham commented, while Winnie Harlow and Ashley Benson left heart emojis. Meanwhile, Justin’s manager teased that an exciting project is on the horizon. “This guy! Something is happening. Love it,” Scooter wrote underneath his own post, as he borrowed the photo from Hailey. The picture was snapped in front of a green screen in a photo studio, which made fans freak out over the haircut and the possibility of new music. So far, fans know that Justin was enlisted for Lil Dicky’s new song and music video for “Earth Day,” which drops on April 18.

Before cutting his hair, Justin was most recently seen dancing at Weekend One of Coachella with Hailey and her best friend Kendall Jenner, 23. Justin wore a baseball cap, but his sideburns were noticeably longer over the weekend. Seeing his freshly styled hair just days later was a pleasant surprise for fans. “JUSTIN BIEBER FINALLY CUT HIS HAIR THIS IS NOT A DRILL REMAIN CALM,” one fan tweeted, while another fan wrote, “Not only are we finally getting new justin music but he’s gonna SERVE HAIR and LOOKS in a music video after 726252 years im.” A third fan could barely process the news, writing, “THIS PIC KEPT COMING UP ON MY TL AND I KEPT SCROLLING PAST IT BECAUSE I DIDNT EVEN REALISE IT WAS JUSTIN CAUSE HIS HAIR HAS ACTUALLY BEEN DONE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 20 YEARS IS THIS REAL LIFE.”

Justin Bieber pictured here on March 7, before he cropped his sideburns. (SplashNews)

Justin shaved his head in Oct. 2018, and has been growing it out since. He rocked a mustache and long hair, a la young Brad Pitt, throughout the summer of 2018.

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2019-04-18 02:26:00Z
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Stream: Madonna and Maluma Pair Up On 'Medellin' - NPR

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The first single from Madonna's upcoming Madame X suggests that the doyenne of dance pop is making canny decisions in her 60^th year. "Medellin" is a carefully dosed combination of the coolly narcotic dance-pop she's often made with the track's producer, Mirwais, and the energetic reggaetón of the track's featured guest, the Colombian star Maluma, and suggests this global pop sound will be the foundation of her fourteenth studio album. Starting with a whispered "one, two, cha cha cha" from Queen Madge that lends the arrangement a witty vintage feel, the song proceeds to relate a fantasy that's both sexy and slightly nostalgic. "I took a pill and had a dream," Madonna murmurs, her voice artfully Auto-tuned. "I went back to my seventeenth year."

Madonna's reverie transports her to the Colombian mountain city where, in what some might consider the song's most dubious lyric, she and Maluma have "built a cartel just for love." The line, however, makes sense in the larger scheme of Madame X, due out June 14. The singer promises that the album will have the feel of a spy movie, giving Madonna the chance to inhabit many identities – a few she's listed on Instagram include "a teacher, a nun, a cabaret singer, a saint, a prostitute" and many more. Madonna as secret agent, assuming myriad identities but never settling into one? That's a brilliant way to deal with questions the pop superstar has faced in recent years about both cultural appropriation and her refusal to embrace her status as a mature woman and artist.

The fantasy of "Medellin" could belong to a woman of any age, race or social status. Its dreaminess makes it accessible to all without making any claims on authenticity. Grounded in a minimalist take on reggaetón's ubiquitous tresillo rhythm, "Medellin" lets Madonna lay back in the groove while giving the waggish, husky-voiced Maluma plenty of room to spin out his rhymes in Spanish. Madonna and Mirwais are clearly thinking of "Despacito" here, integrating English and Spanish seamlessly in a song meant for a global marketplace.

Intended to be a celebration of the connections among musicians across borders, Madame X features several other collaborations, some intriguing (the Brazilian singer Anitta) and others possibly a bit on the nose (Diplo, Migos). Madonna has said that the album's global perspective was inspired by her life in Portugal, where she's lived since 2017, but of course, the Latin connection has been a major aspect of her work since her earliest days. "Medellin" is, in some ways, a return to her happy place, definitively portrayed in her 1986 single "La Isla Bonita" — only this time with a woozy feel more redolent of a time when synthetic drugs and virtual realities dominate the cultural conversation. Let's hope the rest of Madame X is this playful and charming.

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2019-04-17 17:41:00Z
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Game of Thrones’ season 8 premiere was pirated almost 55 million times - The Verge

Game of Thrones returned to HBO with some of its highest ratings yet last Sunday, but even those numbers were dwarfed by an even bigger audience. The season 8 premiere had almost 55 million pirated views across illegal streams, downloads, and torrents in the first 24 hours, according to analytics firm MUSO.

Of those 55 million pirated views, MUSO says that the vast majority (76.6 percent) came from unofficial streams of the episode, with web downloads accounting for 12.2 percent of views, public torrents for 10.8 percent, and private torrents for 0.5 percent.

For comparison, HBO saw a total of 17.4 million viewers across its three platforms (the premium cable channel and its two internet streaming services, HBO Go and HBO Now), split between 11.8 million for the traditional TV channel and 5.6 million on the company’s official internet streams. Those numbers will likely go up in the coming days as more viewers watch the episode, but, presumably, so will the pirated views.

According to MUSO’s data, the most pirated views by country came from India (roughly 10 million views), which MUSO speculates is due to the difficulty of accessing the show there, and China (with roughly 5 million pirated views), which only airs a censored version of the show through official channels. On the other hand, the United States — which perhaps has the easiest legal means to access HBO — came in third on the charts with nearly 4 million illegal views, so it’s also possible people just don’t like to pay for HBO.

If past seasons are any indication, enthusiasm for the show is only going to grow as the final season progresses. That’s good news for HBO’s ratings, which will likely continue to break its own record. Looking at the massive piracy figures, you have to wonder what those numbers would look like if the series was even more accessible to users.

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2019-04-17 16:37:50Z
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