It's been sixteen years since director Baz Luhrmann put a gleefully anachronistic spin on Williams Shakespeare's enduring classic Romeo and Juliet, and twenty-eight years before that, Franco Zeffirelli delivered his faithful big-screen version, starring Leonard Whiting and Olivia Hussey. Is it time, then, for a new take? At Cannes, producers ...

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Though Megan Draper has quickly become a central presence on Mad Men's fifth season, show creator Matt Weiner says that it is the way in which she complements and develops Don's story that is of primary importance. Still, actress Jessica Paré has so enchanted viewers (and us) that she was ...

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Mick Jagger acquitted himself well hosting SNL last night, which stands to reason: he's not really an actor, but after his fifty-some-odd years fronting The Rolling Stones, he's apparently gotten pretty good at commanding the attention of a live audience. That said, when it comes to the episode's most memorable ...

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Who knew that Jessica Chastain, 31, and Shailene Woodley, 20, would have emerged from last year's awards gauntlet as the bestest of besties? When Woodley arrived as the last celeb at the Calvin Klein Collection party at Cannes this week, a timid publicist stopped an exiting Chastain and asked if ...

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Thor was easily cast from Pixar's upcoming Brave, and The Incredibles were always going to make an appearance, but we're glad the grumpy chef from Ratatouille made it in as Hawkeye. [Cartoon Brew] ...

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The Cannes Film Festival started five days ago, and the prevailing consensus is ... there is no prevailing consensus, at least when it comes to what may take the fest's ultimate prize, the Palme d'Or. Last year around this time, eventual winner The Tree of Life screened, and there are ...

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Welcome to Vulture Precaps, where we combine recaps, news, and (often informed) speculation into a pre-Sunday night TV-viewing primer.  Girls What happened last week: Hannah propositioned her boss and tried to make Adam her boyfriend, neither of which turned out to be a good idea. Jessa reconnected with an old boyfriend ...

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Battleship was torpedoed, capsized, and drowned this weekend by the The Avengers, still going strong into their third week. Pulling in just $25 million, the "enjoyably terrible" sci-fi flick starring first-timer Rihanna and John Carter casualty Taylor Kitsch was momentarily in danger of losing money until brisk overseas ...

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