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Sunday, May 20, 2018 at 10:40AM by Nathaniel R
A very very quick runthrough this week as we were busy with Cannes mania and Drag Race basically tread water with no one drowning this week. The episode peaked early with a mini-challenge involving a supersized Pit Crew and lots of ass. RuPaul was right when she suggested it should be its own spin-off. In this matching underwear game, Aquaria proved the most adept at remembering butts. Hmmmm...
Saturday, May 19, 2018 at 6:36PM by Nathaniel R
The 71st edition of Cannes has ended. The closing ceremony started all fiery with Asia Argento reminding the audience that she was raped at the festival and Harvey Weinstein used to use Cannes as his "hunting ground" but after that impassioned speech, this settled quickly into the usual Closing Ceremony format of jury introductions, and strange presentation of awards in which "presenters" don't actually do the presenting but then turn to Madame President (in this case Cate Blanchett in a dress with a bow the size of her entire body on its back) to read out the winners.
So here's one last gif-heavy look at Cannes, which is really our first look (since the films have yet to open anywhere) at the winners from the closing ceremony. Many of these titles will go on to further glories at other festivals and hopefully in theatrical release in the US and some will definitely be Oscar foreign language film submissions. But even if this is the end of their awards run, winning prizes at Cannes remains a very big deal...
Saturday, May 19, 2018 at 11:27AM 
Vasilli Schneider & Niels Schneider
Remember French-Canadian Niels Schneider, the object of affection for both the male and female leads of Xavier Dolan's Heartbeats? Apparently he's but one of 4 (!) Schneider brothers -- there was a 5th who died very young :( -- who all appear to be in showbiz: actor/models/musicians whatnot. And here's Vasilli and Niels together at the premiere of Knife + Heart at Cannes.
In our enthusiastic relentlessness about actresses we invariably ignore actors so before the final ceremony let's not let Cannes end without a visual tribute to the best snacks at Cannes...
Saturday, May 19, 2018 at 9:04AM by Nathaniel R
Cannes closing ceremony is later today but we have the first round of winners from the sidebars, official and otherwise. So let's get right to it...
Border, Brazil, Cannes, Girl, LGBT, Scandinavia, foreign films Saturday, May 19, 2018 at 7:11AM Is Book Club a remake of the scene in Mad Men when these ladies read Lady Chatterley's Lover? pic.twitter.com/98dRbIk7Vl
— Kyle Stevens (@cinementalist) May 15, 2018
IF ONLY
Other tweets after the jumpvincluding little bits of Meryl Streep, jokes about Titanic and Infinity War and Cannes battles and general Cannes mania (it all ends today)...
