Cannes Film Festival

Cannes Film Festival is everyone’s favorite film festival. You get to leave LA, travel to the south of France, hang out on yachts in your bikini, and then at night put on a pretty gown and see some world class cinema.

But here’s who ditched the film festival to soak up the sun this week.

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The official movie lineup for the 62nd annual Cannes Film Festival has been announced! They’re calling this year’s competition a battle of the directors, as several high-profile filmmakers are battling it out. They include: 2009 sees a string of high profile directors all fighting it out for the top prize. Quentin Tarantino, Ken Loach, Ang Lee, Pedro Almadovar and Michael Haneke.

Opening the annual fest, held at the Palais des Festivals et des Congres in France on May 13th, is Pete Docter and Bob Peterson-directed animation Up, while closing the festival is Jan Kounen's Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky.

Here is the lineup for the films “in competition,” and click here for the full list of films at this year’s festival.

In Competition:

* "Broken Embraces", Pedro Almodovar
* "Fish Tank", Andrea Arnold
* "A Prophet", Jacques Audiard
* "Vincere", Dir: Marco Bellocchio
* "Bright Star", Jane Campion
* "In the Beginning", Xavier Giannoli
* "Map of the Sounds of Tokyo", Isabel Coixet
* "The White Ribbon", Michael Haneke
* "Taking Woodstock", Ang Lee
* "Looking for Eric", Ken Loach
* "Spring Fever", Lou Ye
* "Kinatay", Brillante Mendoza
* "Enter The Void", Gasper Noe
* "Thirst", Park Chan-wook
* "Les Herbes Foilles", Alain Resnais
* "The Time That Remains", Elia Suleiman
* "Inglourious Basterds", Quentin Tarantino
* "Vengeance", Johnnie To
* "Face", Tsai Ming-liang
* "Antichrist", Lars von Trier
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Jack Black is Kung Foo fighting his way into the Cannes Film Festival 2008. JB stars in Kung Fu Panda, the animated film about a panda that learns martial arts and then uses this new ability to fight his enemies. Yesterday, Jack came out showing his new moves for the movie photo call.

The animated feature is about Po (Jack Black) a panda who is an apprentice noodle-maker and kung fu fanatic, but whose defining characteristic appears to be that he is the laziest animal in ancient China. Evil warrior Tai Lung (Ian McShane) has escaped from prison, and all hopes have been pinned on a prophecy naming Po as the "Chosen One" to save the day. He has a kung fu master, Shifu (Dustin Hoffman) who "has trained five of the greatest warriors that the world has ever known", to help him.

The film was directed by John Stevenson, Mark Osborne and produced by Melissa Cobb. The film stars the voices of, among others, Seth Rogen, David Cross, Jackie Chan, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie and Lucy Liu. To get a glimpse of the "Kung Fu Panda" movie trailer click below.

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We are one day away from one of the biggest film festivals of the world, the Festival de Cannes 2008. More than 4,000 journalists will flock to the small town off the French Riviera, not to mention the slew of paparazzi waiting to get a shot of the biggest movie stars in the world.

The biggest buzz surrounds Steven Spielberg’s latest film, “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” which will have its world premiere Sunday May 18, 2008. The premiere will bring in its writer George Lucas and stars Harrison Ford, Cate Blanchett and Shia LaBeouf.

Other stars that are making their way to Cannes this year include Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt. The couple are currently in Monaco hanging out with their A-list pals which includes Bono. Angelina will be debuting her latest flick “Wanted” starring alongside James McAvoy.

Other films to debut at Cannes include “Adoration” by Canadian Director Atom Egoyan, “Kung Fu Panda” starring Jack Black,”Vicky Cristina Barcelona” starring Scarlett Johansson, Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem directed by Woody Allen.

This year director/actor Sean Penn will head the Film Festival Jury as president and Natalie Portman will serve as a juror. The festival will extend until May 25,2008 and Hollyscoop will be brining you the latest coverage.

In the meantime check out the movie trailer for the most anticipated flick for summer Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

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