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Police in Indonesia said they were considering an offer from the promoters of an upcoming Lady Gaga show proposing to tone down the pop star's racy performance.Jakarta police said last week they would not give the green light to the June 3 show after Islamic hardliners threatened chaos if the star entered Indonesia, meaning she has so far been unable to obtain a permit to perform."We have received a document outlining an agreement by the promoters Big Daddy, which says Lady Gaga's concert...Read Full Story

Take a timeless French classic, "Dangerous Liaisons", and whisk it to 1930s Shanghai: a South Korean director pulled off the unlikely stunt in Cannes on Thursday."It's a delightful reworking of 'Dangerous Liaisons', a cruel fable with two wonderful actresses," said Edouard Waintrop who picked the selection at the Directors' Fortnight sidebar section of the festival.The classic 18th-century epistolary novel by Choderlos de Laclos tells the story of two ex-lovers, the Marquise de Merteuil and...Read Full Story

A Filipina former nanny of Sharon Stone is suing the US film star for wrongful dismissal and harassment, including by allegedly making derogatory remarks about her ethnicity and religion.In a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Erlinda Elemen claims the actress equated being Filipino with being stupid, and ordered her not to speak in front of her children so they would "not talk like you."The "Basic Instinct" star also banned Elemen, who was dismissed last year, from reading the Bible in...Read Full Story

Cannes veteran Ken Loach brought the rain-soaked Riviera a burst of sunshine Tuesday -- and jolted a few consciences along the way -- with a bittersweet comedy about whisky, kilts and the scourge of joblessness.The 75-year-old Loach, who took the Palme d'Or in 2006 for "The Wind That Shakes the Barley" about Ireland's independence struggle, is back with an 11th film in competition, a record for the Riviera festival."The Angel's Share," set in Glasgow, tells the story of Robbie, a jobless...Read Full Story

French feminists on Friday slammed the Cannes Film Festival for failing to include a single woman director in the line-up for the Palme d'Or top award that kicks off next week.There are no female film-makers among the 22 competing for the top award at the May 16-27 festival, and just two among the 17 in its new talent section "Un Certain Regard": France's Catherine Corsini and Sylvie Verheyde."All 22 films in the official selection were written, happy coincidence, by 22 men," the feminist...Read Full Story