· When your Cannes Film Market project has gone all out on a cast including Chris Kattan, Pamela Anderson, David Spade, Chazz Palminteri and Nicky Whelan, the last thing you have a budget for is an original poster.
· The festival's Directors' Fortnight sidebar awarded its top prize to Fabienne Berthaud's Pieds nus sur les limaces, which somehow translates to Lily Sometimes.
· Welcome back, Lodge Kerrigan! The LAT has some questions for you.
· Dear actors: Stop licking your fingers onscreen, or else your characters are dead to me. Love, Jeff Wells.
· In other news, Naomi Campbell might be off to the Hague to testify in a war-crimes trial. No, not her own. Stop it.
· Finally, congratulations to former Nebraska Sen. Bob Kerrey, who has reportedly been selected to succeed Dan Glickman as MPAA president.