The Daily Dish: May 25

-- White Ribbon wins Palme d'Or Brad Pitt's Nazi-killing lieutenant, Ang Lee's love letter to the Age of Aquarius and Pedro Almodovar's latest outing with Penelope Cruz were no match for Micheal Haneke's WWI drama White Ribbon, which was awarded the prestigious Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Despite competing with well-known heavyweights, Haneke's bleak, black-and-white look at a small German village on the eve of WWI bested his rivals and netted the German director his first Palme, although he previously picked up a directing award and a Grand Prix for Caché and The Piano Teacher, respectively. The only American film to receive any kudos at the French fest was an actor prize for Christoph Waltz, who starred as Col. Landa in Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds. Charlotte Gainsbourg was able to rise above Lars von Trier's extremely divisive horror flick Antichrist and pick up an award for acting while veteran thesp Alain Resnais, 86, was feted with a lifetime achievement award.

-- Kevin Bacon mugged on subway Unfortunately, Kevin Bacon couldn't cut loose when a thief successfully took off with his Blackberry late last week. According to The Post, Bacon was mugged at a New York City subway station at 10:50am on Thursday and though the Footloose actor gave chase, he couldn't catch the assailant. Bacon is currently on tour with his band, aptly titled the Bacon Brothers, and reportedly called police though NYC transit officials said no crime had been reported to subway workers. No word yet on what celebs’ digits are now up for grabs, but wife Kyra Sedgwick is a good bet.

-- Bazooka Joe movie gets screenwriter Remember how when you were a kid, you chewed on a chalky, rock-hard piece of Pepto-Bismol-pink Bazooka Joe and groaned at the mostly unfunny little comics on the wrapper and then promptly spit it out after its five minute shelf-life? Well someone in Hollywood has had the good sense to see beyond the chewing gum and take the eye-patch wearing gum enthusiastic to the movies and a screenwriter has finally been chosen. Introducing newbie scripter Mark Hammer. Hand-picked by Michael Eisner (who acts as the films' producer), Hammer only recently graduated from Chapman University and was given this project when another fell through. Who knows what wacky adventures characters from the back of a gum wrapper, including Pesty, Mort, Toughie, Hungry Herman, Jane and pooch Walkie Talkie, will get themselves into and, more importantly, does anyone care?