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    Cannes Watch: Harvey Weinstein hypes film slate

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    Producer Harvey Weinstein at the Weinstein Company and World View Entertainment press conference at the 67th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Friday, May 16, 2014. (Photo by Arthur Mola/Invision/AP)
    CANNES, France (AP) --

    Harvey Weinstein's annual Cannes presentation promoted films featuring a buff Jake Gyllenhaal, a Shakespearean Michael Fassbender and an old-school Bill Murray.

    Touting upcoming releases to buyers and media, , the Weinstein Co. co-chairman previewed footage Friday that, perhaps most excitingly, included a fiery Fassbender as lead in a stylish "Macbeth," (no release date yet). He also showcased a lean, muscular Gyllenhaal in training scenes from the currently-in-production boxing drama "Southpaw." From "St. Vincent," which hits theaters in October, Murray appears to be in broad comedic form as an outlandish next-door-neighbor to a young boy he reluctantly mentors.

    Weinstein arrived in Cannes after his conspicuous absence at the festival's opening night premiere, the Grace Kelly melodrama "Grace of Monaco." Weinstein is to release the film but has feuded about the final cut with the director, Olivier Dahan.

    Dahan said Wednesday their differences have been resolved. Weinstein, who promoted "Grace of Monaco" in Cannes last year, said he was on a previously planned humanitarian trip to Jordan during the premiere.

    "That was planned long before I even knew that 'Grace' was going to be the opening night in Cannes," Weinstein said.

    Naomi Watts ("St. Vincent") and Ryan Reynolds (period romance "Tulip Fever") were on hand for the presentation.

    Other notable films previewed included the children's book adaptation "Paddington" (due out in December), Tim Burton's promising-looking "Big Eyes" (opening Christmas), about the painter Margaret Keane (Amy Adams) and the undated "Suite Francaise," a World War II drama set in France starring Michelle Williams.

    — AP Film Writer Jake Coyle

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    Actor Anthony Head, known for “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Ted Lasso,” dies at 72

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    Anthony Head arrives for the European premiere of 'The Iron Lady' on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Jonathan Short, File)

    Anthony Head, the suave, smooth-voiced British actor known for roles in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Ted Lasso," has died, his family said Friday. He was 72.

    Head's daughters, actors Emily and Daisy Head, told the Press Association news agency that the actor passed away due to complications from pneumonia.

    The stage and TV performer became well known to British audiences in the 1980s as one half of a will-they, won't-they romantic couple in a series of ads for Nescafe Gold Blend instant coffee. The ads were later re-shot for a U.S. audience for Taster's Choice.

    Head achieved wider fame as librarian Rupert Giles, mentor to the title character in the cult-favorite supernatural series "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," which ran from 1997 to 2003.

    He most recently played Rupert Mannion, the villainous ex-husband of Hannah Waddingham's character Rebecca, in "Ted Lasso."

    "Our grief is far greater than the hole he has left behind, but we know his legacy will live on, in the shows he was a part of, and in the audiences that love them," his daughters said. "How lucky we are to know we are able to watch him doing what he loved, even when he is no longer with us."

    Head was born in London on Feb. 20, 1954 to Seafield Head, a documentary filmmaker, and Helen Shingler, an actor. His older brother, Murray, is also an actor.

    Other notable roles included playing Geoffrey Howe, the deputy to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, played by Meryl Streep, in the Oscar-winning "The Iron Lady."

    Head portrayed a prime minister himself in the sketch comedy show "Little Britain," as well as King Uther Pendragon, the father of Prince Arthur, in the "Merlin" TV series. He also appeared in "Motherland," Manchild," and "Silent Witness," along... Read More

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