Surfers in southern France on Monday (May 11) defied a government-issued closure of beaches as the country started to ease a nearly two-month long lockdown in the battle against the new coronavirus.

Surf's not up: French police chase off lockdown surfers

The Cannes Film Festival will not take place in May as planned due to the spread of the coronavirus, organizers said on Thursday (March 19), adding several options were being considered including postponing the festival until the end of June.

Cannes Film Festival won't take place in May due to coronavirus, organizers say

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Among the top stories that trended in Hollywood circles, Cannes made an announcement that could prove that COVID-19 scare is not leaving the world anytime soon. Cannes has decided to forego two sections that run alongside -- Directors` Fortnight and Critics Week - due to coronavirus pandemic.

Top 5 Hollywood news today: Cannes cancels two main sections owing to COVID-19

Some of the major events across the world have been canceled due to the outbreak of coronavirus pandemic but organisers of the annual Cannes Film Festival are still trying to find ways to host the annual film festival in the coming months.

Cannes film festival will not be held in its 'in original form': Organisers

With COVID-19 not dying down anytime soon, most news around Hollywood circles today includes updates on actors recovering and film festivals scaling down. Here's our top 5 picks for today: Cannes film festival will not be held in its 'in original form': Organisers Some of the major events across the world have been canceled due to the outbreak of coronavirus pandemic but organisers of the annual Cannes Film Festival are still trying to find ways to host the annual film festival in the coming months.

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As one of the most prestigious events of the entertainment industry, the Cannes film festival got postponed to the end of June, the management has now transformed the location that has seen thousands of red carpet galas, into a homeless shelter.

Cannes festival venue transformed into homeless shelter amid coronavirus lockdown

Cannes Film Festival, one of the world’s most prestigious events, will now take place somewhere in June or July after it was postponed from May because of the ongoing coronavirus scare.

Cannes Film Festival postponed to June or July: Report

WION Wallet: France's Cannes to ban polluting cruise ships. Watch video to know more.

WION Wallet: France's Cannes to ban polluting cruise ships

Hollywood actor Antonio Banderas has portrayed Zorro and Pablo Picasso but he is above all the go-to actor of Oscar-winning director Pedro Almodovar, who launched his hugely successful film career in Spain in the early 1980s.

Antonio Banderas wins Cannes 2019 best actor for film 'Pain and Glory'

Belgium's Dardenne brothers, already Cannes legends, with two Palme d'Or prizes under their belt, added to their tally on Saturday with the best director award for their story of a radicalised Muslim youth, "Young Ahmed".

Cannes legends the Dardenne brothers win best director

Mati Diop, the first woman of African descent to compete for the top prize at Cannes with a haunting film about migrants, said on Friday the label made her "sad" but showed how much work there was to do for equality in the movie industry.

Cannes contender Mati Diop wanted to see more black actors on screen

Deepika Padukone literally gift-wrapped herself in an exaggerated bow for her first red carpet appearance at Cannes. The actress wore a cream gown with a black-brown giant bow designed by Peter Dundas on Thursday on the Cannes red carpet.

Deepika Padukone gift-wraps herself in a giant bow for Cannes red carpet

After making heads turn at Met Gala just last week, Priyanka Chopra made a rather classy debut on the Cannes red carpet on Thursday. Priyanka wore a custom made Roberto Cavalli embellished gown for her red carpet appearance.

Priyanka Chopra keeps it classy in Roberto Cavalli creation for her Cannes debut

The New Zealand mosque massacre in which a white supremacist slaughtered 51 people is going to be a movie called 'Hello Brother', its producer told media at Cannes on Wednesday.

'Hello Brother', film on Christchurch mosque massacre announced at Cannes 2019

The first Cannes look of the `Pirates of the Carribean` actor Johnny Depp as a war photographer is out. He was accompanied by Japanese actor Minami to feature in the drama `Minamata`.

Johnny Depp's war photographer look from 'Minamata' out at Cannes 2019

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

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

The director of the Cannes Film Festival welcomed the upcoming return to the famed Croisette of filmmaker Quentin Tarantino on the eve of the festival's gala opening on Monday. Thierry Fremaux told a news conference that the director, who won the top prize the Palme d'Or 25 years ago for "Pulp Fiction", was "one of the greatest of his generation".

Cannes director welcomes Tarantino's return

Veteran directors Ken Loach and Terrence Malick head the line-up of a "highly political" Cannes film festival next month, its director Thierry Fremaux said Thursday.

Ken Loach and Terrence Malick to head Cannes film festival but no sign of Quentin Tarantino yet

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

The actress revealed how she was raped on the sidelines of the festival by the producer back in 1997.

Cannes Film Festival was Harvey Weinstein's hunting ground, reveals his accuser Asia Argento

Here are the winners of the recently concluded Cannes Film Festival.

Cannes 2018: Japanese director Kore-eda wins Palme d'Or, Jafar Panahi's 'Se Rokh' best screenplay

Directed by Iranian-born Ali Abbasi and co-written by John Ajvide Lindqvist, the author of Swedish vampire movie 'Let the Right One In', 'Border' entertained and baffled audiences at the festival

Weird romance 'Border' wins Un Certain Regard at Cannes

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