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Shock Cannes winner asks for tolerance this time round

Nuns mourning next to the coffin of Irina Cornici in 2005. Cornici

A Romanian director who exploded onto the scene five years ago by capturing the Cannes Film Festival’s top prize pleaded with critics Saturday to go easy on his latest contender. Entertainment News Headlines – Yahoo! News

Kristen Wiig gets an emotional sendoff from ‘SNL’

Kristen Wiig has gotten a musical sendoff on the season finale of “Saturday Night Live” as the versatile cast member makes her exit after seven years. Entertainment News Headlines – Yahoo! News

Transgender Miss Universe Canada contestant loses

Transgendered beauty queen Jenna Talackova appears in the Miss Universe Canada pageant in Toronto, on Saturday May 19, 2012. Talackova sparked global attention when she was initially disqualified from the pageant. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press,Chris Young)

The first-ever transgender contestant to compete in the Miss Universe Canada pageant strutted the runway Saturday night, making it to the penultimate round before losing her bid to win the title. Entertainment News Headlines – Yahoo! News

Rocker Cave, director Hillcoat slam ‘failed’ war on drugs

Nick Cave (2nd right) says:

Rocker Nick Cave and director John Hillcoat on Saturday took a swipe at the “failed” war on drugs as they presented their “Lawless” Prohibition-era rural gangster movie at Cannes. Entertainment News Headlines – Yahoo! News

Cannes board brushes off sexism row

Members of the jury attend the opening ceremony of the 65th Cannes film festival

The Cannes Film Festival hit back at charges of sexism in its official line-up Saturday, saying it would continue to select pictures based solely on their merits. Entertainment News Headlines – Yahoo! News

Jackie Chan goes out fighting

From left, Actress Laura Weissbecker, director Jackie Chan, actresses Yao Xingtong, and Zhang Nan Xin during a photo call for Chinese Zodiac at the 65th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Friday, May 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

Jackie Chan is landing his last punch as an action star, but says he is stepping into retirement having made one of the most important films of his career. Entertainment News Headlines – Yahoo! News

Glitter and bare skin at Vienna’s City Hall

A guest in costume arrives for the opening ceremony of the 20th Life Ball in front of the city hall in Vienna, Austria, on Saturday, May 19, 2012. The Life Ball is a charity gala to raise money for people living with HIV and AIDS. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

Some were hot Saturday at Vienna’s Life Ball, a glitzy mega-party at Vienna’s City Hall staged to raise funds for fighting AIDS. And some were not. Entertainment News Headlines – Yahoo! News

Ed Westwick: TV Romeo turned movie star

From the Upper Eastside to the south of France – via medieval Italy – Ed Westwick is on the move. Entertainment News Headlines – Yahoo! News

Spoleto Festival celebrates Philip Glass’ 75th

The Spoleto Festival USA opens its 36th season Friday and among the planned performances is an opera by American composer Philip Glass to commemorate his 75th birthday and his long relationship with the internationally known arts festival. Entertainment News Headlines – Yahoo! News

Lady Gaga arrives in Philippines amid protests

American pop singer and songwriter Lady Gaga blows a kiss upon her arrival in a hotel Saturday, May 19, 2012 in Manila

Pop singer Lady Gaga arrived in the Philippines on Saturday to cheers from fans and protests from young Christians calling for the cancellation of her upcoming concerts. Entertainment News Headlines – Yahoo! News

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