Hanks (and His Hair) Panned at Cannes
IN SOUTHERN FRANCE, film critics and other cinemagoers are in Cannes gearing up for all the festivities of the esteemed film fest. And according to Reuters, the most anticipated movie adapted from literary crack -- "The DaVinci Code" -- has been getting reviews with words like "grim," "unwieldy" and "plodding." But one reviewer said "You'll Louvre It!" Hmmm. Tom Hanks, who seems to be using his "DaVinci Code" haircut as a marketing ploy, sure Louvres being in Cannes with wife Rita Wilson, seen here.
Stay tuned to Free Ride for dispatches from the Cannes Film Festival from Express' very own Arion Berger, who is taking in the sights, sounds and film reels.
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» "Da Vinci Code Secret Is Out: Most Critics Hate It" [Reuters via Yahoo]
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» BIBLICAL ASPIRATIONS: Walking on water has been a dream of many over the ages. According to the Athanasius Kircher Society, some great minds have wanted to actually walk on water without sinking, but others ...
like Gaspar Schott, were more interested in walking just below the surface of the water than on it. Thus, the invention of the diving bell, a barrel-like device first described by Aristotle and purportedly used by the forces of Alexander the Great to clear the harbor at Tyre in 332 BC.Hasn't aquatic ambulism been an amateur obsession sometime in your life? If not, learn more here. [Athanasius Kircher Society via Make:]
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