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Premiers

Today in the Lumiere Theater Marie Antoinette and The Right of the Weakest premier.

$970m To Media

The European Union's Media Programme has banked $970 million dollars from the years 2007-2013. The money will be spread through the media and entertainment industry. The percentages of the fund will be used for training (7%), developing(20%), distribution (55%), promotion (9%), and pilot projects (4%). This budget is a huge increase since the last budget of $659m from 2001-2006.

Jury President to Make English Debut

Jury President Wong Kar-wai will be making is English directing debut with "My Blueberry Nights". The film features Norah Jones, Jude Law, Natalie Portman and Rachel Weisz. The story is of one girls voyage across the United States to find the meaning of love. The lead will be playes by Jones and postpreduction will start after festival.

Who's in Cannes

Aure Atika, Fabienne Babe, Edouard Baer, Bernard Blancan, Samuel Boidin, Dany Boon, Elodie Bouchez, Patrick Braoudé, Eric Caravaca, Alain Chabat, Chen Chang, Carmen Chaplin, Aurore Clément, François Cluzet, Clotilde Courau, Penélope Cruz, Danièle Darrieux, Faye Dunaway, Kirsten Dunst, José Garcia, Julie Gayet, Danny Glover, Philippe Harel, Ethan Hawke, Barbie Hsu, Hugh Jackman, Catherine Jacob, Karena Lam, Michèle Laroque, Mélanie Laurent, Samuel Le Bihan, Philippe Lefèvre, Gilles Lellouche, Adelaïde Leroux, Levin Lloyd, Michael Madsen, Chiara Mastroianni, Camille Natta, Silvio Orlando, Géraldine Pailhas, Dorothea Petre, Brett Ratner, Keanu Reeves, Jérémie Renier, Gianni Rizzo, Sharon Stone, Christopher Thompson and Billy Zane.