his film black klansman is based on the true story of a black police officer from colorado and his white jewish colleague who together infiltrated a branch of the ku klux klan in the one nine hundred seventy s. . for the first time in the history of the festival the jury awarded a special dog he went to cinema legend john dowd for his experimental film essay the image book. i want to make a projection in addition the meat to movement made an appearance at the award ceremony filmmaker and actress asia argento gave a speech telling how in one thousand nine hundred seven at the age of twenty one she was raped during the come film festival by disgraced hollywood film producer harvey weinstein among. us directing legend martin scorsese was awarded the honorary cousin star award in con. but as it stands you won't see his next movie here scorsese shot the irishman from netflix and as netflix refuses to first release films in french cinemas and only stream them three years later it's films are effectively banned from cannes. last front clear was back after a seven year absence following a contro

his film black klansman is based on the true story of a black police officer from colorado and his white jewish colleagues who together infiltrated a branch of the ku klux klan in the nineteen seventies. for the first time in the history of the festival the jury awarded the special palme d'or it went to cinema legend. for his experimental film essay the image book. i wanted edition in the me too movement made an appearance at the award ceremony filmmaker and actress asia argento gave a speech saying there were abuses sitting in the cannes audience who had yet to be outed by gentile says she was raped at the festival one nine hundred ninety seven by disgraced movie mogul harvey weinstein among. us directing legend martin scorsese was awarded the gomery co-host door in ten. john likely to see his next film here. scorsese shot the irishman for netflix and the company's films are effectively banned from cannes. that's because it's decided that streaming them online is more important than releasing them in french movie theaters. at last one two three it was back after a seven year absence fol

his film black klansman is based on the true story of a black police officer from colorado and his white jewish colleague who together infiltrated a branch of the ku klux klan in the one nine hundred seventy s. . for the first time in the history of the festival the jury awarded a special dog he went to cinema legend. for his experimental film essay the image book. i want to make a prediction in addition the meat to movement made an appearance at the award ceremony filmmaker and actress asia argento gave a speech telling how in one thousand nine hundred seven at the age of twenty one she was raped during the come film festival by disgraced hollywood film producer harvey weinstein. he was directing legend martin scorsese was awarded the honorary cousin star award in con. but as it stands you won't see his next movie here scorsese shot the irishman from netflix and as netflix refuses to first with these films in french cinemas and only stream them three years later that's films are effectively banned from cannes. last front clear was back after a seven year absence following a controversia

other two the sort of the best director and runner up film the runner up so much to spike lee's black klansman an amazing film based on a true story credible true story about a black police officer who successfully infiltrated the ku klux klan on the phone pretending to be pretending to be white that were going to be a racist the best spike lee film in years and for me it deserved the palme d'or got the runner up a grand jury prize but definitely worth a watch that film also a. polish film cold war won the best director prize this is from the director of ito which won the oscar a couple of years ago for me this is the best made film this year in cannes beautiful black and white film it's a love story set in soviet era poland wonderful music perfect acting perfect direction really really a joy to watch really enjoy the joy of cinema those are two of my highlights this year and they both came out with two of the two of the top prizes so so it definitely was a pretty good year in cannes this time around i just would have liked to see a bit more female voices and female award winners on stage toni

the american director, spike lee, took the runner—up prize, the grand prix, for black klansman — a filmagain: celebrations are continuing into the night, following the wedding of prince harry to the american actress, meghan markle. about 200 close friends and relatives were invited to attend a private party for the couple in the grounds of windsor castle. prince harry and ms markle will now be known as the duke and duchess of sussex. here are some of the memorable moments from the royal wedding — on what's been a very special day. doctor king was right, we must discover love, the redemptive power of love. eye, harry, take you to be my wife. fire, megan, take you harry, to be my husband. —— i. good morning. with the world's eyes fixed on the uk on saturday, the weather certainly came up trumps. you and i know it is not always like this. but through this coming week, there will be more warmth and sunshine to enjoy but a few exceptions. those exceptions will be mainly today across parts of scotland and northern ireland. the weather front edging in, bringing breezy and cloudy conditions and

the american director spike lee, took the runner—up prize, the grand prix, for black klansman, a filmklan. prince harry and meghan markle have been celebrating with 200 close friends and family at a private reception in windsor following their wedding on saturday. harry drove his bride to the party in an be type jag —— an e—type jag. don't forget you can get in touch with me and most of the team on twitter — i'm @nkem|fejika. good morning. with the world's eyes fixed on the uk on saturday, the weather certainly came up trumps. you and i know it is not always like this. but through this coming week, there will be more warmth and sunshine to enjoy but a few exceptions. those exceptions will be mainly today across parts of scotland and northern ireland. the weather front edging in, bringing breezy and cloudy conditions and occasional rain. with high pressure in the south and east, we go into the morning dry and for many, clear once again. there will be mist and low cloud in east anglia and the south—east. here, the coolest of the weather. three or four degrees in the countryside to start

the bold™ >>> spike lee won a major prize at the 2018 cannes film festival for his new movie black klansman home the title of grand prix which is second place in the contest. the film tells the true story of a black officer trying to take down a clue klux klan chapter. after accepting the award lee told the press i hope the film can globally get us out of our mental slumber and start to get back to truth, goodness, love and not hate. the movie hits theaters on august 10. >> a lot of people looking forward to that one including myself. new spike lee joint. nfl's newest stars made their first public appearance at the 24th annual rookie premiere. 40 of the top nfl rookies were there to pose for their very first nfl trading cards. how cool is that? the regular season is just four months away and players there were getting schooled on the business of professional football while still taking in every moment. >> collecting cards and finally seeing yourself on one is very surreal. it's very weird. but it's very cool at the same time. >> yeah, very cool. that's how you really know you made it beside

changed today when the american film director spike lee came to town to promote his new film, black klansmandavid duke. grand wizard of the ku klux klan. that david duke? the movie tells the unlikely but true story of a black police officer who infiltrates the ku klux klan. since you ask, i hate blacks. i hatejews, mexicans and irish. it's set in the 1970s but spike lee considers it a wa ke—up call for today. i'm screaming at the top of my voice. if you think this film was just about the united states of america, you're missing the point. brexit. notjust the united kingdom but this upsurge, all this right wing phenomena, this is happening all over this god's earth. it's a global issue. it's notjust america. we're the best in the business. number one. america first for racism. america first for sexism. america first for homophobia. let's push that aside. this film is dealing with a global problem. there's never been a black cop in the city. we think you might be the man to open things up around here. are you comfortable being an african—american? you are marked. i mean, there's a... you could

. >>> spike lee just dropped the first official trailer for his new film "black klansman". >> i'm tellinge war's a-coming. >> nigknights of th s of ths of. >> they infiltrate the kkk in the 1970s. it stars john david washington and adam driver. lee got a ten-minute standing ovation at cannes film festival and is getting rave reviews. it hits theernts august 10th. >>> a 1917 painting by an italian painter amedeo modigliani of a nude woman sold for a record $157 million. it's the highest auction price in sotheby's 274-year history. it falls short another modigliani nude in 2015. the auction will continue with christie's impressionist and modern arts sale. >>> does hollywood need a new agency for movies? especially in the wake of a renewed gun debate following the parkland high school shooting. researchers at the university of pennsylvania showed parents with kids between 6 and 17 years old clips from six pg-13 movie, including the 2017 james bond thriller "skyfall." the study found parents think 13 years old is too young to see the intense gun violence in films like that. parents propose th

. >>> so spike lee, his new movie black klansman stunned the cans film festival. ck police officer who infiltrated the kkk back in the '70s. let's talk about this now, cnn political commentators. they all are here. here's part of what spike lee said while answering questions about his new movie at the film festival. >> we have a guy in the white house. i'm not going to say his full [ bleep ] name. a defining moment. it was not just for americans but for the world. and that [ bleep ] was given a chance to say we are about love and not hate. and that [ bleep ] did not denounce the [ bleep ] klan, the alt-right, and those nazi [ bleep ]. we look to our leaders to give us direction, to make moral decisions. and i'd like to say this is not just something that pertains to the united states of america. this bull [ bleep ] is going all over the world. this right wing bull [ bleep ] is not just america. it's all over the world. and we have to wake up. >> good evening, by the way. what do you think, angela? >> first kudos to spike lee for just being able to tell the raw unad

spike lee's black klansman is based on the true story of a black police officer from colorado who infiltrated a branch of the ku klux klan in the one nine hundred seventy s. but the film also functions as a commentary on the current state of race relations in the united states the gods years i really hate those black rats he has a great chance of winning the palme d'or here he's likely hasn't been in the can in many many years and way way back he was here with do the right thing which in my opinion should have won the palme d'or it didn't didn't vendors who was present the jury did not give the spike lee the palme d'or it's likely still hates him for it he said if he ever sees the inventor's will come out of with a baseball bat but another front runner is happiest lazzaro directed by. one of only three women filmmakers in this year's competition. a feat. her film is a magic realist fable based on an actual incident involving illegal sharecropping in italy the title character lazzaro is a kind of holy fool who winds up being exploited by the farm workers who are themselves exploited by a lando

here's your first look at spike lee's "black klansman," about a black police officer in colorado who to infiltrate the local ku klux klan. john david washington, adam driver, and topher grace lead the cast of the film, which is based on a true story and hits theaters in august. it just premiered at cannes, where the audience gave it a six-minute standing ovation. "do you have the papers?""not yet."meryl streep received an oscar nomination for "the post," about the pentagon papers... now she's getting into the panama papers. according to the hollywood reporter, streep is set to star in "the laundromat," about the leaked documents that showed how a panamanian law firm helped wealthy and powerful people move money illegally around the world. steven soderbergh is set to direct.(nat)and if you can't get enough of this weekend's big wedding, there's a comic book for that! "the royals: prince harry and meghan markle" arrives this week from tidal-wave comics. you can choose between the traditional 26-page comic, the hardback 40- page graphic novel, and a wedding edition with a special cover.

the director's new movie "black klansman" took the grand prize at this year's cannes film festival.op overall award, the palme d'or, went to veteran japanese filmmaker hirokazu kore-eda, for "shoplifters.""it's on.""it's on!"here's a web series that keeps it all in the family! "how to beat your sister-in- law (at everything)" stars actresses melissa greenspan and michelle azar, who are real-life sisters-in-law. creators and writers susan cohen and sydnie suskind raised the budget on kickstarter, drew in such familiar faces as phil lamarr and suzy nakamura as guest stars, and are campaigning for creative arts emmys nominations in two categories. (nat)jennifer aniston for president? the actress is teaming with comedienne tig notaro for the netflix comedy series "first ladies." aniston will play the first female president of the united states, and notaro, who'll also co-write the series, will play the first lady. netflix says the show will "prove that behind every great woman... is another great woman." in hollywood, i'm david daniel. david daniel. (robin) still ahead on the kron four