'Blue is the Warmest Color,' a lesbian love story, wins Palme d'Or at Cannes

A French film about a girl who falls in love with an older woman won the highest honor at the Cannes Film Festival, which ended on Sunday. As the Associated Press reports, the festival jury gave the award, the coveted Palme d'Or, to director Abdellatif Kechiche and actresses Adele Exarchopoulos and Lea Seydoux for the film, called "Blue is the Warmest Color: The Life of Adele." Film critic Ann Hornaday doubts whether the film's long sex scenes were necessary, and complains that "the net effect a...