MSN Video Brings Viewers Exclusive Look at Cannes

MSN Video Brings Viewers Exclusive Look at Cannes

As the only media outlet allowed inside the 'Da Vinci Code' party, MSN Video debuts its coverage today and prepares to host an exclusive digital press junket with the stars of another soon-to-be summer blockbuster, 'X-Men 3.'

CANNES, France, May 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Who: MSN(R) Video is giving film lovers VIP access to the Cannes
Film Festival this year with an exclusive insider's view of the
party for the premiere of "The Da Vinci Code" as well as
extensive coverage of the film's top-secret press junket. MSN
Video also prepares to host the first-ever Cannes Digital Press
Junket for "X-Men 3," which will take place in a chateau in the
mountains outside of Cannes on Sunday, May 21.

What: Today, MSN Video will take viewers beyond the red carpet as it
debuts its exclusive video coverage from inside the premiere
party for "The Da Vinci Code," which took place last night in a
space recreated to look like the famed Louvre Museum in Paris.
In addition to this one-of-a-kind footage, rare interviews with
the film's cast are available from the top-secret press junket,
which took place on a train from London to Cannes on Tuesday,
May 16, and was attended by only a select few journalists from
around the world.

In addition, MSN will host the first-ever Cannes Digital Press
Junket for "X-Men 3," which will be moderated by the MSN Dish
Diva and attended by various digital journalists. MSN will
offer exclusive interviews with the film's stars including Hugh
Jackman, Halle Berry, Ian McKellen, Famke Janssen, Anna Paquin,
Kelsey Grammer and Rebecca Romijn, who will speak solely with
Dish Diva during the junket.

The MSN Dish Diva will also feature daily celebrity interviews
from Cannes complemented by Dish Diva's Video Diary, a fresh,
unscripted and raw look at the festival filled with attitude
and personality.

Where: The exclusive Cannes Film Festival content on MSN is available
now at http://msnvideo.com/cannes.

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The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

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