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Stoning Sharon

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Nick Haramis

Stoning Sharon As we all know, Sharon Stone is a bit of an oversharer. She overshared her cervix for a shitty movie. She overshared her Gap-loving, anti-bourgeois bourgeoisie at the Academy Awards. Now, at Cannes, she recently overshared about karma with reference to the Tibetan plight and the Chinese earthquake. New York's Jessica Coen, speculating on Dior's decision to remove Stone's image from all Chinese stores and advertisements, asks, Was it Karma? To be honest, the irony of Stone's comeuppance had occurred to us as well, but as blog commenter "magnetogurl" makes clears, "The author apparently does not understand karma either. If the rule follows, then Sharon Stone will be a harried LVMH executive in a thankless job doing damage control for a mouthy spokeswoman in her next life." Wow, karma's never been that bitchy. Video of the enlightenment after the jump.

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Cannes Tribeca Compete?

By

Ben Barna

Cannes Tribeca Compete? On the eve of the Tribeca Film Festival, with all the buzzed-about premieres and glitzy after-parties, it's easy to see it as the Mother of all Film Festivals. But today, with the announcement of the lineup of the 61st Cannes Film Festival, Tribeca is reminded that it's more like a first cousin. They premiere the blockbuster Speed Racer, and Cannes casually drops Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skulls. Tribeca premiers auteur David Mamet's martial arts think-piece Redbelt, while Cannes will serve up Clint Eastwood's drama The Changeling, starring Angelina Jolie. But a comparison isn't really fair. This is Cannes's 61st outing, while Tribeca is only in its 7th incarnation. In 50 years, perhaps Robert De Niro's brainchild will also have the pleasure of debuting the latest installment of Indiana Jones (because we all know Harrison Ford will still be up for it). Other big premieres at Cannes include Synecdoche, New York, Charlie Kaufman's directorial debut, and both Che and The Argentine, Steven Soderbergh's twin Che Guevara biopics. Woody Allen has also chosen the sun-soaked Croisette over the city that made him, to premiere his latest, Vicky Christina Barcelona. For a complete Festival line up, head here.