L'Oréal Makeup Designer Paris, official Make-Up Artist of the prestigious Cannes Film Festival since 1997, recreated the lavish atmosphere of the festival during a glamorous event in Lebanon.

On Thursday, May 19th, in ABC Dbayeh Mall, more than 50 distinguished guests, media, bloggers and influencers, were invited to experience the supreme chic of one of the most coveted red carpets in the world.

As Iranian films and actors compete this weekend at Cannes attention is turning toward the country's thriving independent cinema sector which is succeeding despite tough regulations.

When Beyonce dropped a country tune inside her new visual album "Lemonade," it was the biggest crossover news in country music since Justin Timberlake brought down the house at the Country Music Association Awards last year alongside Chris Stapleton.

The Houston native's Southern music roots are interwoven throughout the No. 1 album, but on "Daddy Lessons," she mixes New Orleans horns and country lyrics and messaging with a sprinkle of Texas enthusiasm. And many in Nashville are welcoming music's reigning queen to the format.

William Friedkin, the director of the horror classic "The Exorcist", has revealed that he was allowed to film a real exorcism at the Vatican earlier this month.

The 80-year-old American filmmaker told a masterclass at the Cannes film festival late Thursday that he was invited by the chief exorcist in Rome to record the event.

Canadian director Xavier Dolan, a freakishly successful 27-year-old presenting his fifth film at Cannes, shrugged off a critical mauling for his new all-star drama Thursday.

"It's Only the End of the World" features an A-list French cast including Oscar winner Marion Cotillard, Bond girl Lea Seydoux, Vincent Cassel of "Black Swan", and Gaspard Ulliel, who starred in "Saint Laurent" about the legendary designer.

The EU wants to force U.S. web streaming giants such as Netflix and Amazon to devote 20 percent of their content in Europe to European movies and TV programs, according to a draft proposal seen by AFP on Thursday.

The proposals are part of proposed overhaul of EU broadcasting rules to fight off the might of Hollywood that will be made public next week by the European Commission, the EU's executive arm.

Brazilian director Kleber Mendonca Filho and the team of his new movie staged a protest at the Cannes film festival Tuesday in support of unseated Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff.

A new film shows a rarely examined side of Nelson Mandela's life training as a fighter across Africa where he dodged at least one assassination attempt before a tip from a CIA spy led to his arrest in 1962.

A German comedy has emerged as the favourite to win Cannes' Palme d'Or, with critics also lauding a U.S. indie movie featuring "Star Wars" villain Adam Driver and a stirring U.S. drama on an interracial couple's battle for equal rights.

Irish singer Sinead O'Connor was found safe Monday in the Chicago suburbs, a day after her disappearance on a bicycle ride raised fears for her safety, police said.

O'Connor "has been located safe and is no longer listed as a missing/endangered person," said Eric Peterson, a spokesman for police in Wilmette, Illinois.