Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bat-biting, heavy metal rock legend Ozzy Osbourne sparked a political controversy in Mexico even in death when he was honored with ...

The Cannes Film Festival is designed to showcase the best of the best upcoming movies, meaning it's not surprising that many films shown there are met with praise and celebration. But in the decades ...

The applause at premieres like “Mission: Impossible” or “The History of Sound” is often timed and reported breathlessly. But there’s more to the story. Paul Mescal, right, with his “History of Sound” ...

The Cannes Film Festival means many different things to many different people — from masterpiece movies to not-so-well-regarded ones, from glitz and glamour to sometime controversy. In the latter ...

A work-in-progress premiere of the first fully animated "Transformers" movie since 1986 torn the house down. On the second night of this year's Annecy International Animation Film Festival, after an ...

It is once again film festival season at home and abroad. The Venice International Film Festival began last week, and Telluride got chugging along in Colorado shortly thereafter. Soon TIFF comes for ...

Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your account’s ‘Saved for Later’ section. Forget a standing ovation, the audience for The Surfer should have stuck to theme and done the wave.

The record for the longest standing ovation at Cannes is held by Guillermo del Toro’s (Pan’s Labyrinth) with 22 minutes of applause. Other films with lengthy ovations include Fahrenheit 9/11 (20 ...

Once upon a time, the essential tools for a reporter or critic covering a premiere at the Cannes Film Festival were a notebook and a pen. These days, though, there’s a necessary but regrettable ...

Mexico's congress honored the late rock star Ozzy Osbourne with a standing ovation, sparking controversy. Critics argued that the tribute was inappropriate and that congress had more pressing matters ...