Showing posts with label Cannes Film Festival. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cannes Film Festival. Show all posts

Friday, May 22, 2009

Robert Pattinson kiss for sale

A kiss from Robert Pattinson was auctioned off at the Cannes film festival last night to raise money for amfAR's annual Cinema Against AIDS. Feeling extra generous Pattinson decided to auction off kisses to two different people. How much does a kiss from Robert Pattinson cost? Just a wopping $20,000.

Other items auctioned off at Cannes included former president Clinton's Alpine Alto saxophon, a 1995 Bruce Weber picture of Sean Penn, and a private screening of the Brad Pitt-Quentin Tarantino movie Inglourious Bastards. Josh Hartnett offered to strip to raise money for the charity, but sadly the bids never got high enough.

A total of more than $1 million was raised at the charity auction. "This is an amazing turnout this year, and we've doing this for 15 years. I think, considering the economy, we did a great job here tonight," amfAR chairman Harvey Weinstein said.

Monday, May 26, 2008

Cannes Film Festival wrap-up


The Cannes Film Festival wrapper up Sunday with the announcment of winners.

The top honor, the Palme d'Or, was awarded to the French film, 'The Class.'

'The Class' was directed by Laurent Cantet and was based on the real-life memoir of a teacher and her multicultural students in a Parisian school. Real students and teachers at a junior high school were used in filming the story, which unfolds over an entire school year.

Like jury foreman Sean Penn said at the opening day press conference, the jurors opted for a movie that dealt with contemporary social issues rather than art house or commercial flicks.

Also recognized were Benecio Del Toro, who won a Best Actor award for playing the title role in 'Che,' and Clint Eastwood, who whose 'Changeling' was well-received. The director was also was recognized with a special lifetime achievement award.

Click here to see a full list of winners at the film festival.

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Cannes Film Festival Fashion

Check out Hott Hollywood trends at the Cannes Film Festival....
Lily Allen was very glam in a Chanel dress with sheer accents.

Rachael Leigh Cook was pretty in Pink in a Donna Baxter for Elsie Katz CoutureNatalie Portman was showing off two very popular trends for summer in her Lanvin dress. Purple and ruffles are making a huge statement this season.
Eva Longoria was glittering in her Ferragamo dress. Open back gowns are also a huge trend in Hollywood this Spring.

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Twins for Brangelina


Angelina Jolie has confirmed that she and partner Brad Pitt are expecting twins.

According to Acccess Hollywood, the news slipped during an interview on The Today Show with Natalie Morales while at the Cannes Film Festival. Jolie and co-star Jack Black were on hand to promote their animated movie Kung Fu Panda.

"You're gonna have as many as [the] Brady Bunch when you have these," Black said, prompting Morales to ask if Jolie was having twins, as had been speculated for awhile.

"Yeah, yeah, we've confirmed that already," Jolie said. "Well, Jack's just confirmed it actually."

Jolie and Pitt already have two sons and two daughters. Jolie refused to reveal the genders of the twins, though. "We would like to keep that private," she said.

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Cannes Film Festival Line-Up


Clint Eastwood's latest film will get top billing at the 61st Cannes International Film Festival next month. Clintwood directed The Changeling, a 1920s thriller starring Angelina Jolie as a woman whose son is kidnapped. John Malkovich and Amy Ryan also star.

The film festival will run from May 14-25 in southern France and will also include Wim Wenders' The Palermo Shooting and Steven Soderbergh's biopic of Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara.

The new Indiana Jones movie, Woody Allen's new romance and the animated Jack Black film Kung Fu Panda will be screened out of competition.

Stars rumored to be attending include Penelope Cruz, Woody Allen, Benicio Del Toro and the cast of Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

The jury includes Sean Penn, Natalie Portman and former Harry Potter director Alfonso Cuaron. They will select the winner of the prestigious Palme d'Or prize.

Nineteen directors, including Eastwood, Soderbergh and Wenders, will be vying for the award.

Last year the Romanian abortion drama 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days was the winner.

A complete list of the films competing for the prize follows:

FILMS IN COMPETITION:

• Three Monkeys (Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Turkey / France / Italy)
• Le Silence De Lorna (Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne, France / Belgium)
• A Christmas Story (Arnaud Desplechin, France)
• Changeling (Clint Eastwood, USA)
• Adoration (Atom Egoyan, Canada)
• Waltz With Bashir (Ari Folman, Israel)
• La Frontiere De L'Aube (Philippe Garrel, France)
• Gomorra (Matteo Garrone, Italy)
• Synecdoche, New York (Charlie Kaufman, USA / France)
• My Magic (Eric Khoo, Singapore)
• La Mujer Sin Cabeza (Lucretia Martel, Argentina / Spain)
• Serbis (Brillante Mendoza, Philippines)
• Delta (Kornel Mondruczo, Hungary / Germany)
• Linha De Passe (Walter Salles, Brazil)
• Il Divo (Paolo Sorrentino, Italy)
• Leonera (Pablo Trapero, Argentina / South Korea)
• The Palermo Shooting (Wim Wenders, Germany)
• 24 City (Jia Zhangke, China)
• Che (Steven Soderbergh, USA / Spain / France)