we ll have the headlines and all the news for you at the top of the hour, straight after this programme. hello from the french riviera. i m tom brook and welcome to talking movies. in today s programme, highlights from one of the world s great movie events, the cannes film festival. coming up in the programme the excitement of cannes. the strong lineup of films and the wealth of famous names from international cinema on the red carpet. top movie stars on being in cannes. harrison ford returning as indiana jones, overwhelmed by the festival s adulation. it was, uh, indescribable. adored by his fans but not by all, the once mighty hollywood superstar johnny depp in cannes discussing with me, if somewhat uncomfortably, his comeback role. i mean, comeback is a weird thing because. he never left. no, i didn t go anywhere, you know what i mean? and martin scorsese is back on the riviera with a western crime drama that was a big hit. also how a book written by bianca stigter, the
describes the planned assault as an historic opportunity . a man arrested after a car crashed into the gates of downing street earlier this week, has been released while under investigation. now on bbc news. talking movies cannes film festival special. hello from the french riviera. i m tom brook and welcome to talking movies. in today s programme, highlights from one of the world s great movie events, the cannes film festival. coming up in the programme the excitement of cannes. the strong lineup of films and the wealth of famous names from international cinema on the red carpet. top movie stars on being in cannes. harrison ford returning as indiana jones, overwhelmed by the festival s adulation. it was, uh, indescribable. adored by his fans but not by all, the once mighty hollywood superstar johnny depp in cannes discussing with me, if somewhat uncomfortably, his comeback role. i mean, comeback is a weird thing because. he never left. no, i didn t go anywhere, you know
70 years as monarch. johnny depp has won his libel case against his former wife, amber heard, after she claimed in an article that she d endured domestic violence during their 15 month marriage. the jury found that ms heard s statements about her marriage were false and that she d acted with actual malice . our correspondent, david sillito, has been at the hollywood trial of the century since it began in april and looks back at a case that provided powerful testimony about the actors relationship. mr foreperson, is this the verdict of the jury? after six weeks in court and six years of angry disputes since their divorce, finally, a judgement by a jury on the allegations that johnny depp had violently assaulted his ex wife, amber heard. was this defamation? the answer. yes. cheering. outside, there were cheers from the waiting fans, the end of a trial that had been provoked by an article in the washington post in which amber heard had written of being a victim of domesti
ifi if i can have the attorneys approach for a moment. they just cut the sound feed theyjust cut the sound feed there in the courtroom as some discussions are taking place, if you re just joining us, we are awaiting moments away the verdict in the depp heard defamation case democrat child that s been going on for six weeks, thejury has that s been going on for six weeks, the jury has reached a decision and we are waiting to hear that in this courtroom in virginia in the us any moment now. all right, ladies enjoyment of the jury, what i need is to give the forms back to you. when you fine for a defamatory statement, one or more, you need to fill out the comments of tory damages, it has to be at least $1 and up to whatever you feel the damages should be. for punitive damages, you can put zero orfill that out there as well, but i need those filled out. if i can have you retire back to the deliberation room and do that for me. so we will be in recess until we hear back from them