The iconic 50 year old photograph of Paul Newman kissing Joanne Woodward has been used on the official poster at this year's Cannes Film Festival. The couple were photographed during the shooting of the aptly named 'A New Kind of Love', by director Melville Shavelson (1963) in which the two starred. The annual Cannes Film Festival is to begin on May 15th and workers were seen prepping up the venue ahead of the festival. (Images via Reuters)
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05:13 PM, May 13, 2013
Panihati: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday mocked her predecessor Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee's comment that the former Left Front regime had kept chit funds at bay and promised to publish 'posters' against canards by the Marxist party. "Kept them at bay? But rubbed shoulders with them! Whose photo is this?" Banerjee asked dramatically at a Trinamool Congress rally in Panihati in North 24 Parganas, showing a photo purported to...
12:40 AM, May 05, 2013
A hundred years ago when Dhundiraj Govind Phalke organised the first public screening of his film Raja Harishchandra, the publicity posters didn't have any images on them, but that changed soon after. A film's publicity poster also became an extension of the creativity expressed on celluloid and able artists highlighted those selected images from the movie that could draw the audiences to inside the dark theatres for more than two-hours...
06:25 AM, May 03, 2013
There will be no colour in May 5 Karnataka elections after the Election Commission's clampdown on poll banners and posters. However, to counter the lack of election season colour, the Cartoonists' Association of Bangalore is doing its bit to raise voter awareness. ...
09:52 AM, Apr 28, 2013
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has issued notice to Centre and State governments on a plea seeking its direction to restrain them for spending public money on glorifying political leaders through advertisements on their birth and death anniversaries. A bench of justices CK Prasad and VG Gowda granted four weeks time to governments to file their response. The court passed the order on a plea of an NGO, Centre for...
06:37 PM, Apr 15, 2013
Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav on Monday warned party workers not to use his photograph in banners and posters without party's permission otherwise strict disciplinary action will be taken against them. "You all should remain disciplined. Those using my photographs in banners and posters should immediately stop the practise or strict disciplinary action will be taken against them. Party flags and stickers should also not be misused," Yadav said...
10:25 PM, Jan 28, 2013
Defying a law against defacement of public places, sycophantic Congress leaders in the capital have vied with one another in hailing the elevation of Rahul Gandhi as party vice president by plastering the city with congratulatory posters. Hundreds of posters and billboards, in English and in Hindi, have been pasted on trees, lamp posts, bus stops and even push carts. ...
06:36 PM, Jan 23, 2013
As part of an awareness drive, the Delhi Police on Thursday put up posters outside girls' colleges and schools mentioning helpline numbers and information regarding self-defence courses. ...
07:50 PM, Jan 10, 2013
New Delhi: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Yashwant Sinha faced the ire of some party activists, who launched a poster war against him for demanding the resignation of BJP president Nitin Gadkari, who is facing allegations of corruption. Some BJP workers allegedly put up a huge poster in New Delhi in which Sinha has been shown as a corrupt leader. The poster seen on Thursday morning in the national...
04:34 PM, Nov 22, 2012
Patna: Bihar Police has removed the posters containing Amitabh Bachchan's pictures today after megastar has threatened to take legal action against them saying the photograph has been used without his consent. The posters were part of an educational program 'Adhaura 30' and was being used to educate the youths in the Naxal-affected district and wean them away from the Maoists's influence. "Just read news about my photograph being used by...
03:48 PM, Nov 11, 2012
Amritsar: The Amritsar Municipal Corporation has torn down posters which were put up to welcome Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi. The civic agency said that the posters were removed as they violated the Punjab Prevention of Defacement of Property Act. The Municipal Corporation in the city is held by the BJP and the Mayor, too, also belongs to the national party. Congress General Secretary Rahul Gandhi is on a two-day...
03:32 PM, Oct 10, 2012
New Delhi: Manisha Koirala and JD Chakravarthy starrer 'Bhoot Returns' will hit the screens in October 2012. 'Bhoot Returns' is a sequel to Ram Gopal Varma's 2003 film 'Bhoot'. Ram Gopal Varma has managed to garner interest in his first 3D film 'Bhoot Returns' by launching an innovative first poster, which has an optical illusion of a girl with a bleeding lip. The illusion has been created around the girl's...
01:14 PM, Sep 04, 2012
New Delhi: Shahid Kapoor has pulled out of a Yash Raj Films (YRF) project as his packed schedule is not allowing him to accommodate changes in creative aspects of the movie to be directed by Maneesh Sharma. The film was originally scheduled to go on floor this September. Shahid couldn't manage dates for the film, which has now been postponed. Both Sharma and Jaideep Sahni, who has written the story...
04:15 PM, Aug 28, 2012
Mumbai: South actress Ileana D'Cruz will be seen romancing with Shahid Kapoor in director Rajkumar Santoshi's upcoming film. The film ,tentatively titled 'Phata Poster Nikla Hero' is a Bollywood masala entertainer. The film is to be directed by Rajkumar Santoshi, who has given hits like 'Ghayal', 'Andaz Apna Apna', 'Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani', will feature Shahid and Ileana in the lead. The film will be produced by Ramesh Taurani's...
12:17 PM, Aug 13, 2012
Ranchi: Posters put by an outfit in the Jharkhand capital have threatened acid attacks on girls and women who wear jeans or do not wear a dupatta. The police said it could be a case of mischief. The handwritten posters, put up by Jharkhand Mukti Sangh at several points in the city, including St. Xavier's College and Albert Ekka roundabout, read: "From 20/8/2012 (Aug 20), jeans have been banned for...
02:33 PM, Aug 07, 2012
Mumbai: Actor Shahid Kapoor has been signed for a Bollywood masala entertainer film, tentatively titled 'Phata Poster Nikla Hero'. The film, to be directed by Rajkumar Santoshi, who has given hits like 'Ghayal', 'Andaz Apna Apna', 'Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani', will feature Shahid in the lead. The film will be produced by Ramesh Taurani's Tips Films. "We have finalised Shahid Kapoor as the hero for the film to be...
05:25 PM, Aug 01, 2012
New Delhi: A controversial poster appeared in the premises of the BJP headquarters in Delhi. It warned against Muslim youth marrying and converting Hindu girls and even gives Bollywood stars Aamir Khan and Saif Ali Khan as examples. It has now been removed from the BJP office. The poster was allegedly put up by the radical Hindu outfit Bhagat Singh Kranti Sena, but advertised a group called the Anti-Love Jihad...
01:42 PM, Jul 09, 2012
