Think those Paris street riots about teenage-something-or-other back in 2005 were cause for concern among Arabian politics?

Not at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, where a new Middle East peace policy might be needed after Saudi Arabia billionaire (and University of Texas alum) Nasser Al-Rashid let his $250 million 354-foot Lady Moura yacht run aground Saturday, forcing at least two VIP parties to close!

While the floating behemoth sustained two gashes in its hull, the Cannes beachfront also suffered injuries, with fuel spilling along the coastline, ruining a full day of tanning for some.

All this, on top of Iran getting a nuclear itch after the screening of Persepolis – an animated film whose heroine “[struggles] with the authorities in the early days of the Islamic revolution – and we’ve got a Cannes that doesn’t even need a Michael Moore film to be instantly obnoxious.

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