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THE AMERICAN PAVILION ANNOUNCES PROGRAMMING  FOR 25 ANNIVERSARY  AT THE CANNES FILM FESTIVAL 2013  GUESTS INCLUDE: JAMES TOBACK, RANDY QUAID, WILL FORTE, Stephen Frears  CLIFF MARTINEZ and many more.  INCLUDES A SPECIAL PANEL IN HONOR OF ROGER EBERT Well-known filmmakers, movie executives and journalists will be among those featured during the upcoming Industry In Focus Series at The American Pavilion at the Cannes Film Festival for its 25 Anniversary, it was announced by Julie Sisk, Founder and Director of The American Pavilion. Among those scheduled to participate in relevant and timely industry panels, seminars and “In Conversation” one-on-one dialogues are: James Toback, Randy Quaid, Will Forte, Stephen Frears, Cliff Martinez and many more. There will also be discussions with top executives from such film companies as RADiUS-TWC and Participant Media, as well as representatives from ICM, WME, Paradigm and The Sundance Institute. Journal...

Kim Novak, iconic actress of the Golden Era of Hollywood's great classic movies, will be a honorary invited guest of this year's 66th Cannes Film Festival ( www.festival-cannes.fr ) which will take place May 15th-26th in Cannes, France. Novak will be attending the screening of Alfred Hitchcock classic film 'Vertigo',  ( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052357/ ) which will be shown in its newly restored format as part of the Cannes Classics section of the Festival. Vertigo was considered one of Kim Novak's greatest performances as the disturbed heroine, of which Hitchcock described himself as a 'love story with a strange atmosphere' - On her role in Hitchcock's Vertigo – Novak said - “What was interesting was that the scene reflected what I was going through at the time: it was the story of a woman who was forced to be someone she wasn’t.” Circumstances being that as a result of which Novak was unwilling to accept the iron rule of the s...

Steven Spielberg today was announced as Jury President of the 66th Cannes Film Festival 2013. This years Cannes Film Festival to be held in Cannes France between 15-26th May 2013 - “My admiration for the steadfast mission of the Festival to champion the international language of movies is second to none. The most prestigious of its kind, the festival has always established the motion picture as a cross cultural and generational medium.” Renown American director and producer Steven Spielberg (Lincoln, Color Purple) agrees to head up the jury of the 66th Cannes Film Festival taking place May 15-26 this year. “As they say across the Atlantic”, said Gilles Jacob, President of the Festival de Cannes, “Steven Spielberg is a Cannes ‘regular’ But ET that I screened as a world premiere in 1982 that ties were made of the type you never forget. Ever since, I’ve often asked Steven to be Jury President, but he’s always been shooting a film. So when this year I was told “E....