'White Ribbon' wins gold at Cannes
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Austrian director Michael Haneke's somber drama "The White Ribbon" claimed the top prize yesterday at the Cannes Film Festival, where Quentin Tarantino and Lars von Trier entries earned the acting honors. It was a big night for Austria, whose triumphs included Christoph Waltz as best actor for Tarantino's World War II epic, "Inglourious Basterds," a film that also featured Massachusetts-bred actors Eli Roth and B.J. Novak. Charlotte Gainsbourg won the best actress honor for von Trier's "Antichrist." Haneke addressed his wife as he accepted his award, noting that happiness is rare. "This is one moment in my life in which I'm very happy, and so are you, I believe," said Haneke, who received the festival's Palme d'Or for his beautifully photographed black-and-white tale. The second-place grand prize went to French director Jacques Audiard's prison drama, "A Prophet." (AP)
Ben Stiller's "Night at the Museum" sequel and Christian Bale's "Terminator Salvation" are combining for a solid Memorial Day holiday weekend at the box office. According to estimates from distributor 20th Century Fox, "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian" took in $53.5 million from Friday to Sunday. That put it well ahead of the first movie, which had a $30.4 million three-day opening in December 2006. Distributor Warner Bros. said "Terminator Salvation" pulled in $43 million over the same period, plus $13.4 million on opening day Thursday. Its total since debuting was $56.4 million. The fourth movie in "The Terminator" series came in a bit behind 2003's "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines," the last of the franchise's installments to star Arnold Schwarzenegger. That third chapter took in $44 million in its first weekend. Paramount's "Star Trek" held up well with $22 million, coming in at No. 3 and raising its total to $183.5 million. The film is on the verge of becoming the year's top-grossing movie so far, approaching the $193.1 million gross of DreamWorks Animation's "Monsters vs. Aliens." The previous weekend's No. 1 movie, 
