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Cannes Guardian and The Telegraph round up disconcerting business surrounding the Cannes '08 kickoff. Glenn Kenny kicks off his new blog "Some Came Running" (post Premiere gig) by reporting direct from Cannes. Nice work if you can get it RT expect the Blindness tomato-meter to be in the what percentile now? Too few reviews yet NY Post has an interesting tidbit on Blindness test screenings ...
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Published 5/16/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (JA) at my new plaid pants
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