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CANNES (Hollywood Reporter) - Thank goodness for Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu.

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Charlie Sheen, the highest-paid actor in television, has agreed to return to "Two and a Half Men" for an additional two years, after suggesting he would walk away from the hit CBS sitcom as his private life spiraled out of control, reports said on Monday.

CANNES (Hollywood Reporter) - Two years after the collapse of investment bank Lehman Brothers helped trigger a meltdown of the global economy, a trio of films at Cannes offer very different, but complementary perspectives of why everything went so wrong.

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - A federal judge in Tennessee has rejected a bid by the Weinstein Company to dismiss a lawsuit from soul legend Sam Moore that contends the studio's 2008 film "Soul Men" violated his trademarks and rights of publicity.

CANNES (Hollywood Reporter) - British filmmaker Stephen Frears, who directed Helen Mirren to an Oscar in "The Queen," has turned his attention to "Tamara Drewe," a comedy based on a graphic novel by newspaper cartoonist Posy Simmonds.

DETROIT (Billboard) - As Sarah McLachlan prepares to resurrect the Lilith Fair after an 11-year break, she acknowledges that ticket sales for the female-centered package are "pretty soft" right now.