WOODY ALLEN FILM CHARMS CANNES, LADY GAGA SURPRISES

Woody Allen delighted the critics at the start of the Cannes film festival on Wednesday with "Midnight In Paris," in which Owen Wilson travels back in time and meets the likes of Ernest Hemingway and Pablo Picasso.

Underlining the pulling power of the festival, pop diva Lady Gaga put in a "surprise" appearance on the palm-lined waterfront on Wednesday, rehearsing for an evening gig.