Cannes denies high-heel rule for women on red carpet

Cannes Film Festival organisers denied a report Tuesday that they were enforcing a strict high-heel rule for women on the event's legendary red carpet after a storm of protest on social media. In what was meant to be a good year for women at cinema's top showcase, British trade magazine Screen Daily said that "a handful of women in their 50s were turned away" by Cannes ushers from a Sunday night gala screening. Some of those rejected at the showing of "Carol", starring Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara, had "medical conditions", according to Screen, which called it "a bad PR move for the push for gender equality".