FILM FESTIVAL IN CANNES
A man wearing a mask of French President Jacques Chirac waves from a hotel balcony while promoting the film "Dans la Peau de Jacques Chirac (In the Skin of Jacques Chirac)" during the red carpet arrivals at the 59th Annual Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France on May 20, 2006. (UPI Photo/David Silpa)
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