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The glitzy party, held late on Thursday and hosted by actress Sharon Stone, is held every year during the Cannes film festival to raise funds for amfAR.

Bill Clinton's saxophone and Robert Pattinson's lips have helped a star-studded charity event raise money to fight AIDS.

Bill Clinton's saxophone, Robert Pattinson's kiss raise money at Cannes AIDS charity auction. Bill Clinton's saxophone and Robert Pattinson's lips have helped a star-studded charity event raise money to fight AIDS.

Bill Clinton's saxophone, Robert Pattinson's kiss raise money at Cannes AIDS charity auction. Bill Clinton's saxophone and Robert Pattinson's lips have helped a star-studded charity event raise money to fight AIDS.

CANNES, France (Reuters) - Thumping dance beats still pound out over the Croisette and cream linen suits, tottering high heels and diaphanous little dresses are much on show, but the party spirit at Cannes is undeniably lacking.

A celebrity AIDS fundraising gala at Cannes headed this year by Sharon Stone and Bill Clinton was able to raise just 4.5 million dollars -- less than half the amount raised last year, organisers said on Friday.

British actress Rachel Weisz and Australian heartthrob Hugh Jackman are to star in a long-awaited Western directed by actress Madeleine Stowe, it was reported Wednesday.

`Twilight,' `Slumdog Millionaire' lead MTV Movie Award nominees. It's "Twilight" versus "Slumdog Millionaire" at this year's MTV Movie Awards.

'30 Days of Night' director David Slade to helm 3rd 'Twilight' film. The "Twilight" movie franchise is getting its third director.

Indie music fest Coachella concludes with sets by M.I.A., McCartney, Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Crowds appeared as big as ever at the seemingly recession-proof Coachella music festival, where Paul McCartney delivered an epic set of Beatles classics, M.I.A. ended her maternity leave and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs played Sunday alongside a giant inflated eyeball.

Playful and passionate former Beatle Paul McCartney leads off SoCal Coachella music festival. Energized by the desert air and memory of his late wife, a playful and passionate Paul McCartney riffed on "Foxy Lady," led an after-midnight "Hey Jude" singalong and dedicated songs to his former bandmates at the Coachella music festival that kicked off Friday.

Regent Releasing films 'Patrick, Age 1.5' and 'Little Ashes' bookend the Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival . Regent Releasing films 'Patrick, Age 1.5' and 'Little Ashes' are set to bookend the 11th annual Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival. The 10-day festival gets going on Friday, April 24 with Director Ella Lemhagen's 'Patrick, Age 1.5'. The dramedy begins with joyous gay couple Sven and Goran thriving in the suburbs of Sweden, daydreaming about starting their own family. A dream plagued by disappointing setbacks. So the men are delighted with the news that a baby boy, Patrick, will be placed in their care. But Patrick is not 1.5 as the agency described, but a 15-year-old homophobic teen with a criminal record. Anticipate laughter and perhaps a couple of tears as we glimpse into the lives of a contemporary gay couple. Also being screened at the fest will be Canadian director John Greyson's 'Fig Trees'. The film popped up at the Berlin International Film Festival in February where it w

Movie Review: `The Haunting in Connecticut' a haunted-house movie you've visited before. The dead are angry, which manifests itself in the usual ways in "The Haunting in Connecticut."