POPSTAR Madonna thanked her ex-husbands for encouraging her to take up a career in movies, as she arrived in Venice for the world premiere of her lavish royal drama WE.

Thousands of fans wearing fedoras lined the red carpet at Cannes for one of the most hotly-anticipated movie premieres of the year.

INDIANA JONES survived his first perilous outing in the Kingdom of Critical Knives yesterday, winning a comfortable round of applause at a press preview at Cannes as well as mixed reviews.

Keira Knightley is being tipped for an Oscar nomination after critics saw the world premiere of her latest film, 'Atonement', at the Venice Film Festival last night.