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LYON, France — Todd Haynes, Zhang Ziyi, Daniel Brühl, Tsui Hark and Andrey Zvyagintsev attended the opening gala of France's Lumière Festival Saturday night where Haynes teased his anticipated 'De Noche,' starring Pedro Pascal. It also saw Lumière Fest chief Thierry Frémaux, also head of the Cannes Festival, take a well-received swing at U. S. President Donald Trump. "Donald Trump has protested that he wasn't given the Nobel Peace Prize. The Lumière Award is the only prize we think he won't ask for," Frémaux told the crowd of the fest's top honor. "In any case, we won't give it to him," Frémaux added, referring to the fest's top honor at Lyon's cavernous Halle Tony Garnier, a 5,000-seat concert hall, at a gala where he acted as ever as host. More from VarietyJoel and Ethan Coen will accept this year's Lumière Award later in the festival. The opening night, however, belonged very much to Haynes, in Lyon for a masterclass and a retrospective featuring "Poison," "Safe," "Far from Heaven" and "I'm Not There.

Marvel Studios’ release of Avengers: Endgame: Encore was a shrewd gambit for a few reasons: It put the studio’s most successful film back in conversation right after the juggernaut success of Spider-Man: Brand New Day; it tided die-hards over with new footage ahead of December’s Avengers: Doomsday; and, perhaps most importantly, it raked in an additional $138 million for the film, reinstating its position as the worldwide box office champion over James Cameron’s Avatar. Cameron, who certainly doesn’t spend his precious time fretting about such matters as lifetime financial grosses and being the best in the world at stuff, recently expressed his congratulations to Marvel for once again overtaking his 2009 sci-fi film. “You are one of the people,” the director wrote (per The Wrap) in a composite image from Avatar, with Iron Man at the center of a welcoming Na’vi tribe. “Congratulations to Marvel and the #1 Avengers: Endgame: Encore for bringing moviegoers to the cinemas! – Jim Cameron.”