MUSIC NEWS: Hot Press reports heavily pregnant Irish singer Samantha Mumba, 32, had a lucky escape from a three-car pile up in LA, with mother and baby fine, even though her car is a write-off. 

MUSIC NEWS:  Fair play to the Rubberbandits.

Thai film 'Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives' was awarded the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival.

THE hypnotic Thai film Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives won the top honour at the Cannes Film Festival while Academy Award winners Juliette Binoche and Javier Bardem earned acting honours.

'Quantum of Solace' villain Mathieu Amalric has no interest in winning movie awards as an actor - because he sees himself primarily as a director.

Julian Schnabel’s remarkable The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Pathé, €24.99) tells the extraordinary story of French Elle editor Jean-Dominique Bauby (Mathieu Amalric) who, although almost completely paralysed following a stroke — he can only move by blinking his left eyelid — refuses to accept that his condition is insurmountable.

Sean Penn and the Coen brothers were among the nominees for a prestigious film director's award which is seen as a barometer for the Oscars.

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