Antonio Banderas film a triumph, but Cannes overshadowed by von Trier expulsion
Stéphane Kossmann/Renault/Getty Images Any report on the events of the 19th at the Festival de Cannes is overshadowed by the latest news that director Lars von Trier, director of Melancholia, had been expelled, labelled as persona non grata, after pro-Nazi comments. Von Trier has since apologized, but he is out of the running. Without […]
Alinne Moraes, Laetitia Casta, Milla Jovovich, Kirsten Dunst on the Cannes red carpet
Stéphane Kossmann/Renault/Getty Images Brazilian model and actress Alinne Moraes, along with her fellow L’Oréal Paris ambassadors Laetitia Casta and Milla Jovovich, were on the red carpet at the Festival de Cannes. We feature an interview below with Moraes, who discusses her love of cinema and the development of the Brazilian film industry. We have […]
Entertainment news: Zhang Zi Lin on modelling; more from Fashion for Relief; Oprah’s farewell
Stéphane Kossmann/Renault/Getty Images China’s biggest model at present, former Miss World (2007) Zhang Zi Lin, one of L’Oréal Paris’s many faces, talks about her early aspirations, her career in modelling, and her Elie Saab (‘one of my favourite designers’) dress that she wore to the première of Tree of Life at the Festival de Cannes. […]
Naomi Campbell, Karolína Kurková headline de Grisogono party at Cannes
Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images The de Grisogono party, in association with Maybach, wasn’t as big a headliner as 2010’s (which managed to get more press on account of Britain’s sweetheart, Cheryl Cole, performing), though there were still some huge names. How about supermodel Naomi Campbell? Or Czech model Karolína Kurková? De Grisogono founder and […]
Cannes updates: Tree of Life, Fashion for Relief, and exclusive interviews
We now have footage from the catwalk at Naomi Campbell’s Fashion for Relief show, benefiting the victims of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami. Supermodel Campbell herself led the catwalk, while Jane Fonda and Wilnelia Merced-Forsyth—with a comic turn from her husband Bruce Forsyth (below right)—considerably outshone many of the younger models at 73 and […]
Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt walk the red carpet, while Naomi Campbell puts on a charity show for Japan
Stéphane Kossmann/Renault/Getty Images Tree of Life’s première at the Festival de Cannes brought out star Brad Pitt and his wife, Angelina Jolie (in a strapless mocha-coloured Atelier Versace gown in silk mikado), probably the most recognized actress in the western world at the moment. Joining them on the red carpet were fellow stars Sean Penn […]
At Cannes: Fan Bing Bing, Sonam Kapoor, Niels Schneider, and Tree of Life
Stéphane Kossmann/Renault/Getty Images Above Sonam Kapoor (in Jean Paul Gaultier) and Fan Bing Bing raise the glamour stakes at the Cannes Film Festival. Celebrities on the red carpet on Sunday included Sonam Kapoor, Vincent Perez, Olivia Ruiz, Michèle Laroque, Fan Bing Bing, Jacques Lang, Michel Hazanavicius and Jean Dujardin. Among our interviewees, brought to […]
Cannes videos: Pirates conference and première; Léa Seydoux interview
ITN has released its video of the Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides première at the Cannes Film Festival (for photographs from the press conference and première, click here). Depp discusses how he came up with the Capt Jack Sparrow voice, while Penélope Cruz talks about keeping a straight face during dramatic scenes while […]
TV footage: Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek in Puss in Boots photo call
Andreas Rentz/Getty Images Lucian Capellaro/Getty Images This photo call took place a few days back, but ITN has only just supplied footage: Antonio Banderas and Salma Hayek were in Cannes to promote the Shrek spin-off, Puss in Boots. This marks the sixth film on which the two stars have worked. The animated film […]
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides premières at Cannes
The Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides première dominated the Festival de Cannes Saturday, with fans particularly excited about the arrival of star Johnny Depp. The movie is not in competition at the Cannes Film Festival, but for marketing purposes, it has used the event to get maximum global coverage. Alongside Depp […]
