Microsoft unveils its latest gaming console, Xbox One, which aims to become the go-to all-in-one home entertainment hub.

REDMOND, WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES (MAY 21, 2013) (MICROSOFT/XBOX HANDOUT) - Microsoft gave the world the first look at its new game console on Tuesday (May 21), hoping the newly named Xbox One will build on a solid core of gamer fans and become a hub for living room entertainment.

The Xbox One is an "ultimate all-in-one entertainment system," Mattrick said.

The new device interacts with a user's television, responds to voice and gesture commands, and includes Skype video calling.

Yusuf Mehdi, senior VP of Microsoft's Interactive Entertainment Business, showed off some of the hands free features of the new device.

"What if a single device could provide all of your entertainment and what if that device could turn on your TV and talk to all of your devices in your living room. What if it was always ready and connected? Well now, it's all going to begin with two simple words: Xbox on," said Mehdi to cheers from the audience.

The console will have 8 gigabytes of memory, with an updated controller and new-generation Kinect sensor that communicates a user's voice and gesture commands to the console. The technology is built on the Xbox operating system and the kernel of Windows software to handle Internet-based content.

The Xbox One will chiefly compete with Nintendo Co.'s new Wii U and Sony Corp.'s forthcoming PlayStation 4 for a bigger slice of the $65 billion-a-year computer game market.

Almost as important as the hardware changes are the updates and improvements to the content accessible. Steven Spielberg made a taped appearance at the event announcing his involvement in a live action TV series base on the Halo game franchise which will air exclusively on Xbox.

Mattrick wrapped up the event saying the planned roll out of the new console will come later this year and popular Activision game Call of Duty will release the new downloadable content exclusively on Xbox One.

Dubbed West Africa's best known jazz event, the Saint Louis Jazz Festival held its 22nd edition this weekend, attracting jazz legends from all over the world who come together to play in various venues throughout the colourful town of St Louis,Senegal. Past performers include Randy Weston, Herbie Hancock and Joe Zianul.

SAINT LOUIS, SENEGAL (MAY 17, 2013) (REUTERS) -  It was an explosion of sound when rhythms of jazz and blues mixed with African beats on the main stage of the Saint Louis Jazz festival in Senegal this past weekend.

The annual event, which is in its 21st edition is the west African sub region's most anticipated jazz gathering.

"If I had to give it a mark on the scale of 1 to 10 I would say 10. Really. Because I never thought that the music will be at such a high level this year, but I clearly see that it is," said Souleymane Ba, a student who travelled from Dakar to take part in the festivities.

Senegalese Kora player, Ablaye Cissoko, one of the great 'griots' or musical story tellers of Senegal, learnt his trade from his father and grandfather. He is now a famous international kora star living in Saint Louis but playing in Europe for a good part of the year.

He says gatherings like these allow artists to experiment with traditional African instruments, help broaden the horizons for music and showcase new talent.

"It allows our traditional instruments to better courted and played together with traditional instruments of other countries, neighbouring countries too, and to be even better than usual, to also show off our culture and make it known elsewhere, using this festival," said Cissoko.

Thousands of visitors attended this year. They enjoyed the selection of music of the night time performances as well as making time to see what Saint Louis has to offer during the day.

Business people showcased exotic food, art and crafts as well as cultural exhibits. Traders from across the region sold everything from home made soap to jewellery. Incense makers came all the way from Niger to sell their perfumes.

"My opinion is that this festival is a good thing because it allows our town Saint Louis to go forward, this festival brings Saint Louis to life, because if we can organise this kind of events more often, Saint Louis can develop and become likeDakar, so we are very happy this festival is taking place and we the people from here feel involved and happy to take part," said Mansour Gueye, a mechanic.

Many Saint Louis neighbourhoods also came to life. Children were delighted by the traditional Lion dance not far from the stage of the main event.

"Everybody is involved (in the festival), you see, even outside the official activities of the festival we have the "off" (fringe), because these events are free. Here not everybody can afford or has the means to participate in the main event," said Pape Modi N'diaye, a member of the organising team.

More than half of the people in the historic town of Saint Louis work as fishermen. The town is deeply religious with a predominant muslim population.

So how does the local conservative community take to the festivities of this five day event?

"I am a muslim man, I can't recognise this music festival, in my home we don't have music, I have forbidden listening to music, it's the Koran. We only know the Koran, so I can't say a lot on the subject of this music festival," said fisherman, Mamadou Lamine.

However, asked if it bothered him, he said, "No, it's doesn't bother me at all, it doesn't bother me at all. As I am a Muslim, I will stay a Muslim, I love the Koran. Others love music, so it doesn't bother me at all," said fisherman Mamadou Lamine.

Over a dozen local musical groups performed on the sidelines of the festival - some revellers said the town felt like it didn't sleep for days. Young Europeans and Africans mixed together in bars, eating the local delicacy meat sandwiches and drinking till dawn.

Director of the Goethe Institute in Dakar, who actively took part in helping bring German bands to the festival, said mixing African rhythms with European sounds was essential for western jazz to develop.

"It's a vitality, a vitality that feeds the European jazz, which sometimes it's a bit too intellectual," he said.

Congolese pianist and composer Ray Lema, who lives and plays in France was also there to delight crowds with his unique mix of jazz rhythms.

Music experts say jazz has found a new song in Africa and Saint Louis, a town of faded colonial villas straddling an island and the mainland in northern Senegal, wants to be its beat.

Big night in Vegas for Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift at the Billboard Music Awards

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA, UNITED STATES (MAY 19, 2013) - International singing phenomenon Justin Bieber and country-pop star Taylor Swift won the big prizes on Sunday (May 19) at the Billboard Music Awards, with Swift taking the artist of the year award at a ceremony which also honored legendary performers Madonna and Prince.

"I'm 19 years old. I think I'm doing a pretty good job, Bieber said. "It should really be about the music... This is not a gimmick," he continued. "I'm an artist and I should be taken seriously. And all this other bull should not be spoken of."

The teen heartthrob did not elaborate, but in recent months he has been at the center of several high-profile incidents ranging from driving offenses to reports of hard partying and drugs being found on his tour bus in Sweden.

His remarks drew a mix of applause and what was apparently sustained booing from the audience.

Swift won the top award of the night, artist of the year, thanking her fans by telling them "You are the longest and best relationship I've ever had."

Pop diva Madonna was honored as top touring artist for her "MDNA Tour," 2012's highest-grossing concert series.

Madonna strode onstage to accept the accolade from will.i.am, wearing black fishnet stockings, garters and a padlock choker.

The MDNA tour grossed more than $305 million from 88 sold-out shows and attracted an audience of 2.2 million people. Madonna acknowledged her fans, saying: "They say that it takes a village to raise a child. Well, it took several international villages to put my show together, and I would be here all night if I was going to specifically thank the so many people that were there to walk through the fire with me."

Early awards went to Macklemore and Ryan Lewis who won top rap song for "Thrift Shop," and Nicki Minaj who took home the top rap artist honor.

Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" was named top digital song, while Swift took home the top Billboard 200 album award for "Red."

French producer and DJ David Guetta was named top EDM, or electric dance music, artist.

Rihanna and Gotye won four awards each. Rihanna claimed top radio songs artist, top R&B artist, top R&B album and top R&B song. The partnership between Gotye and Kimbra on the hit, "Somebody That I Used To Know," won the pair top hot 100 song, top radio song, top streaming song (audio) and top rock song. Neither Rihanna nor Gotye were in attendance at the ceremony, hosted by "30 Rock" actorTracy Jordan.

The show ended with the Icon Award for Prince, in recognition of his unique career and accomplishments in the music industry. Prince performed a medley to close the show but did not deliver an acceptance speech.

India celebrates its 100th birthday internationally at the Cannes film festival.

CANNES, FRANCE (MAY 19, 2013) (REUTERS) -  The Cannes film festival celebrated 100 years of Indian cinema on Sunday (May 19) with the world premiere of 'Bombay Talkies' -- a movie which celebrates the Indian public's love of their movie industry.

The largest Indian contingent to date is on the French Riviera at the world's leading cinema showcase to promote their country, which has the world's biggest film industry, making over 1,000 films a year compared to about 600 in Hollywood.

Movies from Mumbai-based 'Bollywood' and other regional Indian films have struggled at the global box office with Indian cinema largely dismissed as lengthy, song-and-dance numbers.

But the industry sees the 66th Cannes festival, where India is "guest country" to mark its centenary, as a chance to showcase a new genre of Indian movies globally and to promote India as a place to both make films and win a massive audience.

The Indian visitors to Cannes are also keen to lure investment to their film industry, which is forecast to grow to $5 billion by 2014 from $3.2 billion in 2010, according to a report by Ernst & Young.

India's presence has been high-profile since the start of the 12-day festival with acting legend Amitabh Bachchan on the red carpet on opening night to mark his Hollywood debut in Baz Luhrmann's "The Great Gatsby" alongside Leonardo DiCaprio.

"Cinema in India was an entity many, many years ago from its inception which was socially somewhat not acceptable. People working with films were considered to be in for a dig, but gradually it has developed into a parallel culture. I don't know whether this is good for the country or not. We have a history of 5,000 years of culture but it is there and I am so happy that it has happened and there's great recognition all over the world suddenly towards us and I can only look upon it with great pride," Bachchan told Reuters TV on Thursday.

Actress Vidya Balan also walked the red carpet in the pouring rain as one of nine members of a jury led by U.S. filmmaker Steven Spielberg that will decide the coveted Palme D'Or award for best picture on the final day, May 26.

A gala dinner to mark Indian cinema's centenary was held on Sunday and attended by a list of stars including actresses Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Sonam Kapoor andFreida Pinto.

Anurag Kathyap, who launched his movie "Gangs of Wasseypur" for an international audience last year at the festival, and who has five films he has either produced or directed in selections at the festival including 'Bombay Talkies' says the centenary's timing marks a new start for their industry.

"It's a very interesting time in Indian cinema because in a sense we've come out of where we were kind of stuck in only a single kind of cinema -- only one kind of films we made which everybody in a really funny kind of way called it 'Bollywood' but I think we've come out of there where our mainstream cinema which everyone called 'Bollywood' is redefining itself, is becoming more rooted, more real where we have much more independent films being made, much more edgier films being made. All sorts of cinema co-exist today," he said.

There has been a debate in India about cinema and its influence over people and its depiction of women following a series of widely-reported violent rape crimes.

"There is a certain amount of film makers and a certain faction of movies that come out that completely objectify women but they are objectifying everything. They're objectifying violence, they're objectifying masculinity, they're objectifying everything," Zoya Akhtar, one of the four directors of 'Bombay Talkies', said.

There are even male actors that are running to take their clothes off on-screen, so they're objectifying everything and so the female representation is frightening in a lot of the films. But people are talking about it and it's coming up but at the same time is that the sole cause for crime in India? No," she said.

Bachchan, asked if a more progressive portrayal of women was needed, said early education was key.

"I think at the same time the people need to be educated. They need to be told from a very young age what is right and what is wrong and that process needs to be developed by the state," he said.

Dibarak Banerjee is another one of the directors involved in 'Bombay Talkies'.

"Just a few days ago there was a huge debate on what the censors in India can get away or not get away with, how much can they proscribe? I mean, Indians ourselves, the film makers and the audience, are discussing. So much so the censor board of India actually did a festival of all the films that it cut just to explain to the audience how it works. And I thought it was a wonderful idea, it was a wonderful thing and I've never heard of it anywhere else so there's a huge, very exciting debate going on about how we see our own cinema in India of course, and that's also very exciting," he said.

There is no Indian film in either of the two main competitions at Cannes.

The last Indian film selected to vie for the coveted Palme D'Or was "Swaham" in 1994 while "Udaan" competed in Un Certain Regard for emerging filmmakers in 2010.

But four Indian films will be screened at this year's festival -- "Monsoon Shootout", another thriller "Ugly", a tribute to the industry centenary called "Bombay Talkies", and love story "Dabba" (Lunchbox).

Rock veteran Rod Stewart celebrates going number one in the UK for the first time since 1979 with his new album "Time".

 LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (MAY 19, 2013) (REUTERS) -  Veteran rocker Rod Stewart scored his first British album chart number one in more than 30 years on Sunday (May 19) with "Time", beating 20-year-oldGabrielle Aplin's album "English Rain" to number two.

"Well, no to be honest. Especially, when I was putting the album together -- that's the great glory of the business I am in. Everything is wonderfully unpredictable," he said.

Stewart, sporting his trademark spiky blonde hairdo, celebrated the album success along with label colleagues and members of his band at a West London rehearsal studio, where he is getting ready for his upcoming "Live The Life" tour.

The 68-year-old told Reuters TV that whilst he has continuously been making music, it's thanks to the process of putting together his new autobiography which had inspired him to pen a new record.

"Time" is Stewart's first fully self-penned album in more than 20 years, and his eighth British number one album.

"I didn't stop making albums, I just ventured into the American songbook, which I thoroughly enjoyed and I did a Christmas album, which was number two. I did a soul album that was number two, so I haven't been exactly sitting on my bottom. But as I've said you know I was putting the book together and one inspired the other and being surrounded by family and friends you know I suddenly realised what stock of stuff I had to write about, a huge amount of stuff. I've been on this planet for some time."

The album is a look back at Stewart's entire life and career, with many songs showing a very personal touch. The singer also credits his advancing age for an explosion in creativity, which he says has freed up what is normally a slow song writing process.

"I'm not frightened anymore. I'm not living up to record company expectations. And I think once you take that burden off your shoulder then you're free to write about whatever you wish, and that's what I've done," he said.

Despite his success, Stewart, a 68-year-old father of eight, said he had no intention of slowing down any time soon.

"I would be kidding if I didn't say I think about it you know. I've always said for the last twenty years there'll be a bell goes off in your consciousness and you'll say well, that's time to knock on your head. But at the moment I thoroughly enjoy what I do and I can't wait for the tour to start."

But whilst he is as enthusiastic as ever about his work on stage, Stewart admitted that age and his fatherhood duties can take their toll on his day-to-day job.

"You do have to be careful. I sit here and I've got this virus which is in my chest and -- but that's the one down side of having children, is you can't escape their, you know their love and they wanna hug you all the time. So therefore they give you everything that they've got. And dad can't go to work if he's got a virus and an infected throat," he explained.

Stewart also revealed plans to take his two-year-old son to one of his gigs.

"My two-year-old son doesn't even know what I do for a living yet. ... He thinks I'm a plumber like my dad was," Stewart joked.

Stewart's "Live The Life Tour" tour kicks off on June 1 in Nottingham, with more dates scheduled for London, Manchester, Birmingham and Sheffield among others.

A Palestinian short film shot in Jordan is running for award at Cannes Film Festival.

 GAZA CITY, GAZA (MAY 18, 2013) (REUTERS) - Palestinian film "Condom Lead" is in the running for an award at the 2013Cannes film festival on Sunday (May 19).

The low-cost film, shot on a single day in Amman for a budget of $7,000 US dollars, is competing in the Short Films category in the prestigious French festival.

The joint Palestinian and Jordanian production was directed by twin brothers Ahmad and Mohammad Abu Nasser, often known as Tarzan and Arab, who left theGaza strip to participate in a film festival in Jordan where they stayed and directed "Condom Lead."

The writer of the film said due to the sensitivity of its storyline, they chose to film it outside of Gaza.

"We decided to produce it in Jordan because there is more liberty than here. We found a woman to act in the film. In Gaza, the government, the culture, the women will no accept this kind of movies to be filmed in the strip. It was hard to film it here because the idea is related to sex, condom and a child," explained Khalil Al-Mozian, who also heads the "Made in Palestine" production company in Amman.

The film aims to show how the war can mess the people's desires and lives, turning love into hate and betrayal.

"I wish that the film will win, because it is a beautiful film and they could produce it in a nice way. I wrote the script, the idea is so new. It is not a traditional film about sex and war. It is a new idea that was never discussed in other films," said Al-Mozian.

Algerian actress Maria Hamdi plays the leading role beside Palestinian Rashid Abdul Hamid.

"Condom Lead" was filmed in Jordan last February.

The Coen brothers' entry for the Cannes film festival's Palme d'Or is a warm-hearted ode to New York and its early folk scene.

CANNES, FRANCE (MAY 19, 2013) (REUTERS) -  Folk music, Greenwich Village and a quick-footed cat star in the new Coen brothers movie at the Cannes film festival on Sunday (May 19), kicking off the first of five U.S. entries with its engaging misadventures of a struggling singer.

Told through the lens of its protagonist Llewyn, played by Oscar Isaac, the movie retains all the quick repartee and quirkiness of classic Coen brothers films such as "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?" and "Barton Fink", for which the pair won Cannes' top prize, the Palme d'Or in 1991.

But anchoring the film and providing a counterpoint to the whimsical is the soulful voice and deadpan of Isaac, whose character cannot catch a break -- from concert promoters, his agent, or his on-off lover Jean, played by Carey Mulligan.

As if it is not enough to have no money, no job, and nowhere to live, Llewyn has also managed to lose a kindly older friend's ginger cat and the chase scenes between man and feline through the miserable New York winter are among the film's highlights.

But despite the light-hearted lens trained on Llewyn's ups and downs, Joel Coen insisted at a news conference on Sunday that he and his brother were not sending up the folk music scene.

"I think you can tell from the movie the music is something we have a genuine and deep fondness and respect for. It was never intended as any kind of a parody," he said.

Drawing spontaneous applause from the critics at an advance screening on Saturday was a scene in which Llewyn plays back-up guitar for a friend, played by Justin Timberlake, during a recording session of a wonderfully absurd song about President John F. Kennedy and the U.S. space programme.

The star singer-turned actor said that though different in style from his own back catalogue, the folk songs featuring in the film reminded him of early childhood musical influences.

"It felt warm and fuzzy to me to be in this movie and singing but yes I think we had a specific style that I think we wanted Jim and Jean to sound like, to be something that was counter-intuitive to Oscar's character," he said.

Mulligan too takes to the stage to sing a tune in the film's grimy folk bar, a performance she described as nerve-wracking.

"Joel and Ethan have, this amazing ability to make you feel completely comfortable and so I just did it. And also I just sang one line on my own and in the background you can get away with a lot," she said.

The Coens' playful fare followed a mostly sombre slate of films competing for the top prize, the Palme d'Or, to be awarded on May 26 by a jury presided over by director Steven Spielberg.

They compete in the prestigious main competition of 20 films against fellow American directorsSteven Soderbergh ("Behind the Candelabra"), Alexander Payne ("Nebraska"), James Gray ("The Immigrant"), Jim Jarmusch ("Only Lovers Left Alive").

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A tense family drama is one of two Japanese films vying for the top prize at this year's Cannes film festival.

CANNES, FRANCE (MAY 18, 2013) (REUTERS) - A film about baby-switching by Japan's Kore-eda Hirokazu that ponders nature versus nurture is among the 20 films vying to take home the Palme d'Or prize from this year's Cannes film festival.

"Soshite Chichi Ni Naru" ("Like Father, Like Son") is one of two Japanese films in contention for the top spot.

Their outwardly picture-perfect family life is shattered one day after the hospital where Keita was born informs them they made a mistake and Keita is not their biological son.

The revelation forces the couple into an agonizing decision -- whether to keep Keita as their own, or make a swap.

Speaking to Reuters TV on Saturday, Masaharu Fukuyama said he was excited to be attending the festival but that playing the part touched a particularly personal nerve.

"I lost my own father in my teens and it made me think about how much he actually did love me. And I also thought about how much love I expected from him so thinking about it in your ordinary life, you don't normally have time to think about these themes but by acting this role it forced me to think about it. In that way, I sort of recalled some of the past I didn't really want to remember so it was a very hard experience for me," he said.

The film finds moments of humour and humanity when Ryota and Midori meet the couple, played by Yoko Maki and Lily Franky, who have brought up their biological son.

Shopkeepers from a different class, they horrify the sensibilities of Ryota, who sees them as bumbling simpletons incapable of rearing his son, but the first impression is eclipsed by recognition of their kindness and obvious love for their children.

Japan has won Cannes' top prize four times, most recently in 1997 with Shohei Imamura's "Unagi" ("The Eel"). Its other offering this year is the stunt-filled police thriller "Wara No Tate" ("Shield of Straw") by Takashi Miike. "Soshite Chichi Ni Naru" is Kore-eda Hirokazu's fourth film to compete at Cannes, his "Kuki Ningyo" ("Air Doll") having been included in the "Un Certain Regard" category for emerging directors in 2009.

The gentle film is a contrast to many over the first four days of competition that have been marked by violence.

Mexican film "Heli" includes a sickening torture sequence, while a man in Chinese film "Tian Zhu Ding" is driven to carry out a bloody rampage after failing to thwart corrupt officials.

A rival family drama, "Le Passe" ("The Past") by Iranian director Asghar Farhadi, also received critical praise after its premiere on Friday.

Members of the British percussion and dance show, Stomp, perform for the first time in Jordan.

AMMAN, JORDAN (MAY 16, 2013) (REUTERS) - The world-renowned UK-based group, Stomp, brought its theatrical percussion show to Jordan for the first time to sold out audiences in the capital Amman.

Starting out in 1991 on the streets of Brighton by British street performers, Stompuses household items such as brooms, bins, and matches to create a unique musical and visual performance.

Hana Zreiqat, executive director of the '16th of May', the event hosting the show, explained how the group makes use of trash to create art.

"The main idea behind Stomp, as you can see, is that the group uses things available around us, things we might have thrown out, and they use it to create music in a way that's full of rhythm and very enthusiastic," said Zreiqat.

Hana hopes that, by bringing Stomp to Jordan, she can allow more Jordanians to enjoy world-class performances.

"We decided to invite (Stomp) to Jordan because we found out that many people travel abroad to watch them. So we felt that we are able to bring this event toJordan and open the doors for more people to be able to watch world renowned international events here in Jordan," she added.

The '16th of May events' was established in 2012 by a group of young Jordanians. Their initiative aims to meet the need for creative and well managed corporate events.

Stomp has been touring the world for over twenty years, and is expected to perform its popular show in Qatar next month.

French director Desplechin's fourth film to compete at Cannes, 'Jimmy P.' centres on Native Americans

CANNES, FRANCE (MAY 18, 2013) (REUTERS) -  French director Arnaud Desplechin's "Jimmy P. Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian," presented in Cannes on Saturday (May 18), is focused on the relationship between World War II veteran Jimmy Picard, a Native American Blackfoot, and Devereux, his psychoanalyst.

"The story of these two men who are meeting when actually... you know, one is coming from Montana, the other one is coming from France and they meet in this no place which is Topeka and so they have nothing to do except being friends. And the two of them are not fully American, you I mean, because one is a native and the other one because he is French -- he is a liar, he's not French, because he's European -- and so it seems to me that the two men are are learning during the process of the film, they are learning how to inhabit a land, a country and the two of them, at the end of the movie, start to be American," the director said at a news conference.

Blackfoot actress Misty Upham said she was living her dream at the glitzy Cannesfilm festival after starting life on a reservation and that like Picard, played by Puerto Rican actor Benicio Del Toro, she is Blackfeet, the largest tribe in Montana state. She said she was a direct descendant of the last chief and grew up on the reservation where much of the movie was shot.

"I grew up on the reservation we filmed on and I had no dreams, no way to make a dream and I had to leave the reservation. So 18 years later, of doing films and Indies, finally getting to work with Benicio and coming full circle to the reservation I left to pursue my dream and just to be in the presence of these people there, it was really really touching and really beautiful. And I didn't ahve to put a lot of work in because I'm Blackfeet and it's not hard to be in love with Benicio Del Toro," she said.

Upham said her presence at Cannes was a "big deal" as she believed she and another "Jimmy P." actress, Michelle Thrush, a Cree from Canada, were the first Native American women in the official selection at Cannes which is now in its 66th year.

Festival organisers were unable to confirm if Upham and Thrush were the first Native American women in the main categories at Cannes.

The film set in 1948 follows Jimmy as he checks into a military hospital in Topeka,Kansas, that specialises in mental illness for war veterans to be treated for numerous symptoms, including temporary blindness, hearing loss and dizzy spells.

The doctors are baffled by his psychological problems and decide to call in anthropologist and psychoanalyst Devereux (Mathieu Amalric) a specialist in Native American culture who spent two years living with the Mojave Native Americans.

Del Toro, who won the best actor award at Cannes in 2008 for "Che", said it was important for him to understand the history of Native Americans to get to grips with his character.

"First you have to understand the character, where he comes from. The history of Native American, there's a big story there that is still unresolved and, so ou have to go from that approach," he said.

The oppression of Native Americans remains a stain on the history of the United States following the seizure of land, removal of children from families, and violation of treaties.

The 2010 census found 5.2 million people in the United States identified as American Indians and Alaska Natives while government figures this year showed they had the highest poverty rate in the country, of 27 percent, from 2007 through 2011.

"Jimmy P." is Desplechin's fourth film selected for the main competition at Canneswith the prestigious Palme D'Or for best picture to be awarded on the festival's final day, May 26.