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'It started off slow and got slower': Croisette hit by film sales slumpBehind the Palais at the Cannes film festival, the international Marché du Film runs across two floors and through an endless warren of green-carpeted aisles. There are stalls from all over the world and some 4,500 titles up for grabs. Yet something is rotten at this year's market. 'I've never seen so much to buy,' one Cannes veteran told the Hollywood Reporter. 'And no one's buying anything.'By the end of last week, the forecast looked so dire that there were rumours these stands would all be gone by Sunday. As of yesterday, however, the market was still defiantly open for business, flogging its mix of yakuza flicks, 'erotical' thrillers, monster romps and B-movie comedies. Even so, the recession is biting. Buyer attendance is down 30% as the big US companies sit on their chequebooks, while the hedge-fund gamblers who might previously have taken a flutter on a fledgling project are running scared. Many major

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The president of a nanny agency that Jon and Kate Gosselin used opens up about her experience with the family. Candi Wingate of Nannies4Hire.com is telling all to ET about what kind of relationship she observed when she visited Jon and Kate Gosselin's home. Did they seem like a loving couple? How were they with the kids? Watch our video to find out!

Dan Aykroyd tells all about a possible third 'Ghostbusters' film! In a new interview with the L.A. Times, Aykroyd said that many of the big names from the 'Ghostbusters' franchise -- Bill Murray, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis and Ernie Hudson -- are on board for a third, and production could begin by this winter. The storyline for the third film finds the original Ghostbusters ready to hand off the task of managing New York City's ghoulies to a younger crew. Aykroyd told the Times that he envisions a new five-person team of ghost hunters that could even include several women.

Katie Holmes and her adorable tot Suri sat in the audience at Tuesday night's "American Idol" finale. Katie appeared in the audience during the live telecast holding Suri in her lap. Actor Anthony Hopkins was also there for the live taping of "Idol"'s big finale on Tuesday. Find out who gets crowned the new "Idol" champ Wednesday night at 8 p.m. on FOX.

Kick off your Sunday shoes. "Gossip Girl" hunk Chace Crawford is set to star in the remake of 'Footloose.' Paramount Pictures confirms to ET that the 23-year-old star will play Ren McCormack in the film -- stepping into the dancing shoes Kevin Bacon filled in the 1984 original, which told the tale of a big-city kid who moves to a small town where dancing is banned! 'Footloose' will be helmed by 'High School Musical' director Kenny Ortega and is expected to begin filming in March 2010.

These kids travel and dress in style-- just like their famous parents.

Will Ferrell is having an excellent month. He's got his big summer movie, Land of the Lost, due out in a few weeks. He just hosted one of the best...

Wolfram|Alpha is the nerdy kid the other kids only talk to when they need help with a physics exam, not a rival to the cool, well-rounded brainiac Google.

I was thirty-seven years old. (In 1971). I had no job. I had a couple hundred thousand dollars in debts. And a four-year-old daughter. I'd take Chaia to our secret park on our visiting days. That's when the pain cut the deepest -- looking at my daughter and knowing I had no way to support her.