Cannes 2019: Selena Gomez, Julianne Moore, Javier Bardem arrive at the opening ceremony

Cannes Film Festival organisers on Monday defended handing an honorary prize to French screen legend Alain Delon, saying the actor, who has courted controversy with his views on women and homosexuals, was "not perfect" but entitled to his opinions.

Cannes Film Festival defends award to ''imperfect'' Alain Delon

The parade of glammed-up movie stars at the Cannes Film Festival got off to an unorthodox start on Monday with a crowd of enormous, fluffy birds hogging the limelight on the Croisette boulevard to mark the launch of the 'Angry Birds' sequel.

'Angry Birds' fly to Cannes for movie sequel

Cannes Film Festival 2019: Movies vying for top award this year

From a zombie flick starring Iggy Pop to a tale of Chinese gangsters who decide to take over a city, these are the films vying for the top prize at the Cannes film festival which starts this week: - Once Upon a Time in Hollywood - Quentin Tarantino apparently slaved for four months straight in the editing room to get his odyssey through Tinseltown's darkest year in as a late entry for Cannes.

Films in the running for Cannes' 2019 top prize

Diego Maradona is sure to cause a stir when he turns up next week at the Cannes film festival for a new documentary about his jaw-dropping life by the Oscar-winning maker of 'Amy'.

'Half man, half god' Maradona is king of Cannes

The Cannes film festival is not just about killings made on big-money movie deals sealed over champagne in hotel suites and on luxury yachts. It is a goldmine too for many locals in the French Riviera resort.

Cannes makes a killing on the film festival

Bono, Elton John, Iggy Pop, Tom Waits... The red carpet at Cannes is shaping up to look like a dream rock festival line-up. Not to mention Rihanna and a couple of the surviving members of Led Zeppelin, who may yet put in an appearance at the world's biggest film festival, which starts Tuesday.

Cannes rocks! Pop stars make film festival splash this year

The poster for the 72nd Cannes Film Festival was unveiled outside the Palais des Festival in the early morning of Sunday (May 12). The official poster for this year's festival features an action shot of the late filmmaker Agnes Varda taken while she made her first feature film 'La Pointe Courte', which was screened at the festival in 1955.

Late filmmaker Agnes Varda honoured with starring role on Cannes poster

Sylvester Stallone is to unveil teaser images of 'Rambo 5' at the Cannes film festival this month, ahead of the movie's worldwide release later in the year, according to organisers.

Sylvester Stallone to show 'Rambo 5' teaser at Cannes

Quentin Tarantino fans will get their latest fix at the Cannes Film Festival next month after all, after the director rushed to finish editing on 'Once Upon a Time.

Quentin Tarantino's ode to Hollywood makes it last minute to Cannes festival

Bill Murray fighting off zombies and an Elton John biopic tracking the singer's early days will be among the highlights at this year's Cannes Film Festival, though Quentin Tarantino's hotly-anticipated latest outing looked set to miss out.

Zombies to star at Cannes Film Festival, but no Netflix or Tarantino

The prestigious 2019 Cannes Film Festival has just revealed that Oscar-winning director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu will head the jury. This will make him the first Mexican to bag this honour, according to the organisers.

Alejandro G Inárritu named Cannes 2019 jury president

cannes-2019

Cannes 2019, News on Cannes 2019, stories on Cannes 2019, articles on Cannes 2019, Cannes 2019 stories at Wion, Cannes 2019 news, Cannes 2019 latest news

cannes 2019