The Oscar-winning writer-director is back on the Croisette with The Bling Ring, seven years after Marie Antoinette famously was booed. Now, the one-time ‘It’ girl is all grown up and, at last, opening up about filmmaking, her father, her first marriage and the childhood tragedy that still haunts her.

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Ever the alchemist, Hayley Williams turns conflict and chaos into Paramore's best record yet.

As Watson in CBS’s Elementary, Lucy Liu does more than bend gender expectations—she takes her rightful place as an equal to Holmes. It’s no wonder that when David E. Kelley heard her read for Ally McBeal, he said, “There’s no way we’re letting that girl get away!” seems strength and compassion never go out of style.

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