Heath Ledger’s last film to premiere at Cannes?

May 21st, 2009 CANNES - Pop singer Mariah Carey's Cannes Film Festival experience was almost ruined when she was abandoned by her hair stylist. The singer jetted to France to attend the premiere of her new movie 'Precious' May 15, and she almost had to trick her tresses herself when her hired help failed to show, reported contactmusic.com.

May 14th, 2009 DURBAN - It had a special screening in Britain's House Of Lords and now South African Indian producer Junaid Ahmed's 'More Than Just A Game', a film on football as a way of retaining some sanity among political prisoners, is expected to attract a great deal of attention at the ongoing Cannes Film Festival. 'More Than Just A Game', an inspirational story of organised football played among prisoners on Robben Island in South Africa's apartheid era, was screened at the House Of Lords in London Tuesday evening.

April 30th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Heath Ledger's last film is set to premier at the forthcoming Cannes film festival in France. The flick titled 'Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus' directed by Terry Gilliam will open on 22nd of May, reports Contactmusic.

April 24th, 2009 Banned Chinese director enters film at CannesHONG KONG — A prominent director who was banned in China for screening a movie at Cannes without government approval has defied Beijing again by entering another film at the prestigious French film festival. Among the films competing for Cannes' top Palme d'Or prize announced Thursday is Lou Ye's "Spring Fever." The news marks the re-emergence of the Chinese filmmaker after officials banned him from making movies in the country for five years after he showed his last film, "Summer Palace," at Cannes without government approval in 2006.

April 24th, 2009 LONDON - World War II saga 'Inglourious Basterds' by Quentin Tarantino is one of several major titles which will compete for Cannes Film Festival's top gong. Others who have made the cut include Ken Loach's Looking for Eric, starring French footballer Eric Cantona, and the latest films from Ang Lee, Pedro Almodovar and Jane Campion.

April 23rd, 2009 LONDON - The official lineup of films competing for the top honour Palme d`Or at the prestigious 62nd Cannes Film Festival was announced Thursday, and once again films from India, the world's largest film producing nation, have found no place. A total of 20 films from different countries are lined-up to compete at the 12-day event, at the French Riviera starting May 13.

April 13th, 2009 KATHMANDU - Almost a decade after Nepal made a mark in the international film arena, a debutant Nepali director hopes to create a stir at the Cannes Film Festival starting May 13. Journalist-turned-filmmaker Dipak Rauniyar made a splash in December when his debut film 'Chaukath' (Threshold) received rave reviews at the Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival.

April 3rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - American actor Brad Pitt will be heading off to Cannes with his much-anticipated movie 'Inglourious Basterds'. Pitt, 45, will be attending the festival with writer/director Quentin Tarantino, who has entered the movie into the prestigious Palm D'Or competition, reports Fox News.

March 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Music videos representing Heath Ledger's last directorial work will be released this year. Modest Mouse are planning to release the animated video for "King Rat," a bonus track from the band's 2007 "We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank," Billboard has confirmed.

March 14th, 2009 LONDON - Late Australian actor Heath Ledger's last film 'The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus' is in trouble as there are no buyers bidding for the movie. Despite featuring Ledger and actors like Johnny Depp, Jude Law and Colin Farrell playing different incarnations of Ledger's character (after his death), the movie is yet to find a distributor, reports contactmusic.com.

February 11th, 2009 LONDON - British actress Keira Knightley looked unfalteringly unfashionable in a drab grey Chole suit and black top at the premiere of her boyfriend Rupert Friends' film 'Cheri' at the Berlin International Film Festival. Dailymirror.co.uk reports that she wore cropped, pegged trousers and matching cropped jacket - making an unflattering pantsuit.

January 29th, 2009 MUMBAI - Harman Baweja and Priyanka Chopra aren't a couple anymore, but their friendship is still intact. The actress showed up for the Mumbai premiere of 'Victory' and even complimented her good friend.

January 11th, 2009 SYDNEY - Kim Ledger, father of dead Australian actor Heath Ledger, Monday described his son's posthumous Golden Globe award as 'bitter-sweet'. Ledger, who was 28 when he died of an accidental prescription drug overdose in New York a year ago, won the award for his role as the Joker in 'The Dark Knight'.

January 8th, 2009 MUMBAI - There was an impressive line up of Hollywood personalities at the Los Angeles premiere of Nikhil Advani's 'Chandni Chowk To China', but the much-expected premiere of the action comedy starring Akshay Kumar and Deepika Padukone in China has not materialised. Apparently the Chinese government has not given permission to release the movie, which was extensively shot there.

January 7th, 2009 LONDON - Batman sequel 'The Dark Knight' bagged the maximum awards at the 35th annual People's Choice Awards in Los Angeles recently. The action film bagged favourite superhero, movie, on-screen match-up, action movie and cast at the close of the event, reported contactmusic.com.