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		<title>Bong Joon Ho Says First Animated Movie &#8216;Ally&#8217; Will &#8216;Unleash&#8217; the &#8216;Control Freak in Me&#8217; and Takes Blame for Any &#8216;Mickey 17&#8217; Criticism: &#8216;S&#8212; on Me,&#8217; Not the Studio</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 13:42:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Seven years after he won the Palme d’Or with “Parasite,” Bong Joon Ho is back in Cannes, this time with his first animated feature. “Ally,&#8221; in the works since 2019 and due for completion later this year, is set in the uncharted depths of the South Pacific Ocean, where a curious piglet squid dreams of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Donald Trump Discloses at Least $220 Million in Q1 Financial Transactions, Including Purchases of Paramount, WBD, Netflix, Disney and Comcast Securities</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Todd Spangler]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 13:33:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[President Donald Trump disclosed thousands of financial transactions for the first quarter of 2026 with a total value of at least $220 million (and as much as $750 million), including those involving securities from major media and tech companies. The reports, released May 14, reveal that Trump bought at least $571,000 of securities in Netflix [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Harry Styles Launches Limited-Edition Loop Earplugs</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 13:25:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Harry Styles&#8217;s Pleasing has added a new accessory to its lineup: earplugs. The lifestyle brand, which the Grammy-winning artist launched in 2021, has teamed up with Loop Earplugs on a limited-edition collection of the Experience 2 Earplugs, designed specifically for live music. The release features two new colorways inspired by the Pleasing aesthetic (Loud Enough [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>&#8216;Rivals,&#8217; Hulu&#8217;s British Dark Comedy, Is Pitch-Perfect in Season 2: TV Review</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Aramide Tinubu]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 13:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Guilty pleasures are one thing, but utterly delicious bits of television are something else entirely. Season 2 of Hulu’s “Rivals,” the 1980s-set dark comedy adapted from Jilly Cooper’s &#8220;Rutshire Chronicles&#8221; novels, is exactly that. The series, which is set in the fictional county of Rutshire, England, follows an intense rivalry. Legendary television executive Lord Tony Baddingham [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Canex Creations Boss Talks Global Ambitions for African Film as Neon Drops First Look for Buzzy Cannes Premiere ‘Clarissa’ (EXCLUSIVE)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 12:56:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[CANEX Creations CEO Osahon Akpata has outlined his strategic vision for how the pan-African institution can boost the profile of the continent’s filmmakers, while Neon has released a first-look image for the CANEX-backed “Clarissa,” the buzzy, Lagos-set adaptation of Virginia Woolf’s “Mrs. Dalloway” that&#160;premieres May 16 in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard sidebar. Directed by Arie [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>&#8216;To Hold a Mountain,&#8217; a Meditation on Sisterhood, Grief and Perseverance, Wins Top Prize at Millennium Docs Against Gravity</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Postcardjunky]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 12:54:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#8220;To Hold a Mountain,” a documentary from directing duo Biljana Tutorov and Petar Glomazić about sisterhood and solitude in the Montenegrin highlands, won the Grand Prix at Millennium Docs Against Gravity during an award ceremony in Warsaw on Thursday. The film, which won the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize&#160;at Sundance earlier this year, was praised by [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Matthew McConaughey Exiled Himself From Hollywood and Lived in Peru as Mateo for 22 Days Without Electricity When Fame Became Too Much</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Zack Sharf]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 12:41:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Matthew McConaughey revealed on the &#8220;No Magic Pill&#8221; podcast (via People) that he once exiled himself from Hollywood and lived without electricity for 22 days in Peru when the pressures of early fame became too much for him to handle. He exclusively went by Mateo during this period as to further disassociate himself from his celebrity status. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>&#8216;Momo,&#8217; Starring Martin Freeman, Claes Bang, Sells to Several Additional Territories at Cannes (EXCLUSIVE)</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Leo Barraclough]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 12:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Epsilon Film has closed a raft of international deals on “Momo,” the live-action family adventure film based on the novel by Michael Ende, best known for &#8220;The NeverEnding Story,&#8221; and starring Martin Freeman and Claes Bang. U.K. and Ireland rights have been acquired by Signature Entertainment, which plans a summer 2026 theatrical release. Additional sales [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>Marie Kreutzer, Director of Cannes Competition Film &#8216;Gentle Monster,&#8217; on Exposing Evildoers: &#8216;It’s Not the Creepy Guy Behind the Bush &#8230; It Could Be Someone You Trust&#8217;</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Leo Barraclough]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 11:50:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[At the start of 2023, as the awards campaign for Marie Kreutzer’s “Corsage” was in full swing, a bombshell landed: Florian Teichtmeister, one of its lead actors, was charged with possession of child pornography. On Friday, Kreutzer debuts her latest film, “Gentle Monster,” in competition at Cannes. Its subject: a man is charged with possession [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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		<title>&#8216;The Napa Boys&#8217; Heads to Cannes Film Market as Mise-En-Scène Company Launches International Sales (EXCLUSIVE)</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Naman Ramachandran]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 11:10:20 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[London-based sales outfit The Mise-En-Scène Company is launching international rights to &#8220;The Napa Boys,&#8221; an ensemble comedy, at the Cannes Film Market, with the acquisition struck through Sunset Rose Pictures, the production banner of producer Mike Rosenstein. Co-written by and starring Armen Weitzman (&#8220;Veep&#8221;) and Nick Corirossi (&#8220;What We Do in the Shadows&#8221;) – Corirossi [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
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