AP - Oleg Yankovsky, a charismatic and versatile actor who was one of Russia's most beloved stage and screen stars, died Wednesday after a battle with cancer. He was 65.
AP - Sarah Jessica Parker says she's concerned for the safety and well-being of the surrogate through whom she and husband Matthew Broderick are expecting twins.
Reuters - Alain Resnais, the venerable French director of arthouse classics like "L'annee derniere a Marienbad," would do more to bring in the crowds -- if only he knew the formula.
AP - The shanty home of another "Slumdog Millionaire" child star was torn down by Mumbai authorities Wednesday as they demolished part of a city slum where she lived.
Reuters - U.S. director Quentin Tarantino rolls a Western, gangster flick and wartime caper into one in "Inglourious Basterds", a new film starring Brad Pitt as the leader of a ruthless gang of Nazi-slayers.
Reuters - U.S. director Quentin Tarantino brings his eagerly awaited World War Two movie "Inglourious Basterds" to the Cannes film festival on Wednesday, with Brad Pitt adding some star power to the red carpet. The movie, which borrows its title from Italian director Enzo Castellari's 1978 picture "Inglorious Bastards," is one of 20 entries in the main competition.
