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The guards emerged from their ordeal without being hurt while the two inmates were taken to the police station for questioning.
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Anti-sex beds in the Olympic Village, prison guards held ransom for pizza in a Swedish jail, and Tilda Swinton’s dogs take the limelight at Cannes… Your weekly roundup of offbeat stories from around the world.
– Snuggling up –
When all the chasing medals are over for the day, the Olympic Village is notorious for its hook-ups, but will the pandemic Games be different?
The answer may be in the beds. Made out of cardboard, not everyone is convinced they will stand the test of steamy Tokyo nights.
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Rosie, Dora and their grandson Snowbear were sadly unable to attend the prestigious ceremony now in its 20th year on the rooftop terrace of the Marriott Hotel.
But canine-lover Swinton was game enough to sport the prestigious red collar herself as she accepted the award on their behalf.
Tilda Swinton on Palm Dog: ‘This is the prize to get’
“I tried to get the dogs here, but they’re busy,” Swinton said. “I hear they’re on the beach in the Highlands in Scotland.”
“I have to tell you honestly, this is the prize to get,” she added. “We’re so stoked to get this prize. We’ve been eyeing this award for many years.”
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French shocker Titane wins Palme d Or as Spike Lee slips up
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Sunday Jul 18, 2021
CANNES: Shock-fest Titane took home the top prize Palme d´Or at Cannes on Saturday, revealed early at the closing ceremony in an embarrassing slip-up by jury president Spike Lee.
French director Julie Ducournau is only the second woman to take home the prize for the movie, one of the wildest, sexiest and most violent films ever shown at the Cannes film festival.
It tells the story of a young woman who has sex with cars, kills without a care, and pretends to be a boy despite being pregnant by a vintage Cadillac.
New Apichatpong film shares Jury Prize at Cannes film festival
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5 Director Apichatpong Weerasethakul poses with his trophy during a photocall after he was joint winner of the Jury Prize for the film Memoria during the closing ceremony of the 74th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes on Saturday. (AFP photo)
A film by acclaimed Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul was joint winner of the Jury Prize, the third-ranked prize in the Best Film category, at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday.
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The Thai moviemaker won the top prize, the Palme d’Or, in 2010 with