Date: 96-05-09 12:59:43 EDT By John Follain CANNES, France (Reuter) - As an adjunct to star-gaping on the seafront Croisette boulevard, film buffs can surf the Internet to track comings and goings at the world's biggest and glitziest film festival. The official website (http:/www.festival-cannes.fr) has a mercenary slant, with an online boutique (poster, T-shirts and sundry trinkets) among the main features. The ``interactive festival'' slot turns out to be a quiz game on film history, with prizes attached. Among the best film sites is Spike Lee's ``Girl 6'' (http:/www.girl6.com) with a lively design on the theme of sex hotlines and featuring video clips, music composed for the movie by Prince, and vigorous praise from Quentin Tarantino (who plays in the film). France's staid and prestigious newspaper Le Monde promises ``the most journalistic online festival coverage'' on the newly-created site http:/cannes.worldmedia.fr/Cannes96live/. ``A question for (jury president) Francis Ford Coppola? Don't hesitate to talk to film professionals,'' says the publicity blurb for the service, adding cautiously: ``Don't worry if we sometimes take more than 24 hours to answer you.'' ---------- Rock around the Croisette. Singers calling on Cannes include Eric Clapton, who wrote the music for Stephen Frears' ``The Van,'' and the artiste once known as Prince, who now has a visual symbol for a name and from whom Spike Lee borrowed freely in ``Girl 6.'' Actor and singer Bruce Willis, fresh from sharing a platform with Tina Turner at the launch of her ``Wildest Dreams World Tour'' in Paris, stages a concert with his band the Accelerators at a Cannes party thrown by the MTV channel. ---------- Guests sitting down at the opening gala Thursday were not only having dinner, they could also walk off with their plates. French director Jean-Jacques Beineix, best-known for the cult hits ``Diva'' and ``37.2 le matin'' (Betty Blue) starring Beatrice Dalle, designed three china plates celebrating 101 years of cinema with the theme ``Anamorphosis Of a Picture.'' Given away to gala guests, the plates are marketed from Friday by China maker Philippe Deshoulieres with a price tag for the trio of $270. ^REUTER@ ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]