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Will Pitt Porn Make a Triumphant Return to Cannes?

LuciLu — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 06:52:57 -0700

I certainly hope so!!

Via the lovely Lainey.com:

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt both had projects premiering at Cannes last year and their arrival totally made the festival, leaving all of us who were lucky enough to be there publicly aroused by their Pitt Porn.

Click here for a refresher.

And there could be a repeat!

Cannes kicks off in 3 weeks and the schedule is starting to take shape. Turns out Angelina has two films that will be showcased – Kung Fu Panda which is expected to make a big splash and Clint Eastwood’s The Changeling, anticipated by some to be an awards season contender. Especially since Clint campaigns hard when he wants it. And he expects his actors to campaign hard too. So even though it’s yet to be confirmed Angelina’s attendance, if Clint asks, unless The Second Coming is like coming out right now, she’d be hardpressed to say no.

Which naturally brings up location, location, location.

There have been rumours swirling for months that the Pitts plan to birth their child in France in honour of Angelina’s mother. The timing certainly works for a Riviera stopover before delivery although the first family’s fondness for New Orleans and their support for rebuilding efforts there make that an attractive choice as well. Will keep you posted.

Other intriguing Cannes angles – Madonna will show her I Am Because We Are at the festival and she will also attend the big glitzy AMFAR event on May 22nd. Sean Penn will also be in town because he is chair this year of the festival’s jury. Do you love it, or do you LOVE it?

But the best part about Cannes are the randoms. Randoms like Pam Anderson showing up to show off her tits on the beach to promote a straight to dvd release and party her face off. Randoms like Jessica Simpson who threw a party last year to announce production on Major Movie Star that will also go straight to dvd if it hasn’t already. Those are the smutty bits that make Cannes the spectacle that it is. Three weeks, counting down!

Attaching – a few images from Brad and Angelina on the carpet at Cannes last year, on a night they simply could not keep their hands off each other. Quiver!

New Interview Rob did in Cannes with the Toronto Star

athena4rob — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:07:10 -0800

CANNES, France–There are no crystal decanters of blood for Robert Pattinson to sip from, or milky white virgin necks to nibble upon.
Pattinson’s treats, arrayed before him on a glass table shaped like a kneeling Greek goddess, aren’t your typical vampire fare: a bowl of potato chips, packages of green apple mint gum and a box of See’s chocolates imported from the U.S.
The world’s sexiest undead man eschews all the caloric temptations, apologizing as he nips off to another room for a few drags on a Camel Lights cigarette before commencing this interview.
“I’m sorry!” he says, pausing only to shake hands. “I’ll be right back!”
Pattinson returns a few minutes later, flashing a smile filled with extraordinarily white teeth. Despite the 28C heat on this sunny day at the Cannes Film Festival, he’s wearing two shirts (a short-sleeved one over a T-shirt) and cotton jeans with holes in the knees.
The London-born actor’s heavily moussed hair, as always, looks like it has been styled by the fingers of ravaging fans of the Twilight books and films that have made him into a teen scream sensation.

“It’s completely nuts,” Pattinson, 23, says of his sudden global acclaim. “I had lunch in some restaurant the other day down the street and if you’re in a place for more than an hour, word gets out. There were like 500 or 600 people outside, watching and waiting for me.”

He is animated and engaging while speaking, quite unlike the pale and brooding vampire Edward Cullen he plays in Twilight, a 2008 hit, and its sequel New Moon, which arrives in theatres Nov. 20.
Which means he had to act the role, of course, and in Pattinson’s case he used the approach of a method actor, trying to move the way a vampire does. The feat was complicated by the desire of director Catherine Hardwicke, the film’s producers and Twilight novelist Stephenie Meyer that Pattinson not act like the typical neck-biting bloodsucker.
“They kept saying they wanted to reinvent the genre of the vampire film, so I was really just trying to figure out how to play a vampire not as a vampire,” Pattinson says, running a hand through his brown locks. “I looked at a lot of movement in samurai films, because of the stillness. None of which I particularly used. It just sort of felt Zen.”
He finally determined that the key to understanding Edward was aloneness.
“I spent a lot of time by myself. I tried not to talk to too many people. My initial instinct was not to talk to anybody at all, so my first line would be like the first time I had spoken in a month, so you could get that kind of weird dialect. But it’s quite tough to do that!” he laughs.
Tougher still is living up to expectations of what Twilight fans expect of Pattinson and his co-star Kristin Stewart, who plays Bella, the all-too-human love of the immortal and undead Edward.
So far, fans have given the actors an enthusiastic thumbs up, to the point of fantasizing them as a couple in real life, something that both Pattinson and Stewart have denied, albeit not terribly convincingly, with “we’re just friends” shrugs.

(The flames of Pattinson’s and Stewart’s supposed hot love were fanned all this past summer by tabloid reports while the duo were in Vancouver filming Eclipse, the third film in the Twilight franchise, due out in 2010. The tabs had the couple married off and even expecting a baby, although Pattinson knocks the rumours in a cover story in the December issue of Vanity Fair, which has just been released.)
New Moon might throw people for a loop, especially the ones who haven’t read the book. There’s trouble in paradise in this one, with another claimant to Bella’s cuddles and Edward suddenly seeming not so invincible. The film also has to work around the logistical problem of Edward being more in Bella’s mind than in her eyes at this stage of the uncoventional love saga.
For his part, Pattinson is completely confident that New Moon will be another huge success.
“I don’t know why anyone would be worried about people going to see it, because they will go and see it, I think. It sticks relatively closely to the book; it’s just that in the book it’s just Edward’s voice in Bella’s head and that’s really Edward’s only presence. I think it would just be cheesy if you had that (in the film), and it would be really difficult for Kristen to play, if it was just a voice.
“My presence in it is very faint. I’m a hallucination.”
There is, however, a fight scene created for the movie in which Pattinson is not the least bit ghostly. We’re not talking about a lover’s spat here. It’s a battle to the finish with an outside threat.
“The fight scene was actually really fun. It’s the only fight scene I’ve ever done in which I actually look like I’m quite good at fighting in it! I’m quite happy with that.”
The Twilight saga is freighted with the expectations of parents and other moral authorities who have praised the series for promoting chastity. Pattinson chuckles at this, because he thinks the Twilight story is actually quite sexy – although it’s much more of the mind than the body, since Edward has to sheath his pointy teeth (and other extremities) to protect his beloved Bella.
People are choosing to read into the series whatever they want, and that’s fine with Pattinson, although he personally finds the sexual tension very erotic – as do most fans.
“I think it’s hilarious that everyone, especially parents, are saying it’s about abstinence and they’re really pleased their kids are reading it. And yet so many people who are reading the books are thinking, `I want them to have sex! I want them to make me want to have sex!’
“And if you read any fan fiction, all of it is about Edward and Bella having sex in the same scenarios instead of stopping. It’s quite amusing.”
Pattinson’s sense of humour has stood him in good stead over his whirlwind of a year. Prior to 2008, he was best known as Cedric Diggory, a minor character in two Harry Potter films. Cedric is a hunky jock at Hogwarts School, who naturally gets all the girls and vexes nerdy Harry, but he’s not all bad.
It was while playing Cedric that Pattinson got his first taste of insane fame. It was during a day of filming Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire at Oxford University, when the Potter gang ran smack-dab into a group of teenaged girls from France, who were on a school trip.
“We ended up coming out of our cars at exactly the same moment and being surrounded in this crowd. And nobody even knew whom I was playing at that point. When I said Cedric, it was, `Omigod! Cedric!’ Whatever.”
Pattinson was alarmed at first by all the attention – he considers himself shy and retiring – but he’s smart enough to know that it won’t last forever, and that it doesn’t necessarily extend beyond his link with Twilight and Edward Cullen.
His other two films of the past year, Little Ashes and How to Be, failed to make an impact at the box office, despite demonstrating his impressive range as an actor. In the drama Little Ashes, he plays Spanish surrealist Salvador Dali, right down to the twisty moustache and homoerotic encounters. In the comedy How to Be, he’s a depressed British singer/songwriter (Pattinson is a musician, too) who hires a Canadian self-help guru to put his life back in order.
Pattinson has been making films only since 2004, when he had a bit part in Mira Nair’s Vanity Fair, so everything about being a movie star is still fresh and not so terrible, all things considered.
“It’s just this fame thing,” he muses. “It’s just something you have to learn how to deal with. It’s strange. It’s definitely so new, I don’t really know how I’m going to react to it in the long run.
“I was fighting against it for quite a while, and just recently I realized there’s nothing you can do; you can’t just turn your back on it. Now I can pretty much go anywhere in the world and within minutes of being in a restaurant, tons of people come up to you. So you might as well just learn to have acceptance.”

Spoken like a true Zen vampire.

Sean Penn will not favor Clint Eastwood’s film

justingirl1989 — Thu, 15 May 2008 10:33:25 -0700

Sean Penn has refuted reports he will be biased towards friend Clint Eastwood’s film entry for the Palme D’Or award at this year’s Cannes International Film Festival.

The Hollywood star is the 2008 jury president, and has come under fire from internet bloggers who believe he will use his powerful position to ensure Eastwood’s film Changeling will come out on top.

Actor-turned-director Eastwood is competing for the prestigious Palme D’Or award at this month’s festival for the 1920s thriller - which stars Angelina Jolie, Amy Ryan and John Malkovich.

Rumors of Penn’s alleged favoritism towards Eastwood stem from their time spent filming 2003’s Mystic River - which won Penn an Academy Award for Best Actor in 2004. But Penn has angrily refuted the accusations, insisting the winning film will stand triumphant on its own merits - and not because the director has pals on the judging panel.

He says, “It is an emotional impossibility for people on this jury to favor films by friends of ours. But we will not be biased against, either. If Clint Eastwood has done a film worth awarding, we’re going to f**k-well award it. It is not going to serve anyone to be a friend, or not to be a friend, or any member of the jury.”

Penn adds, “This won’t be a competition. Between us we will come to a consensus that some films that deserve it will get a leg-up and be shared with a wider audience.”

The Palme D’Or judging panel will be headed up by Sean Penn, Natalie Portman and former Harry Potter director Alfonso Cuaron.

Source
http://icydk.com/2008/05/15/sean-penn-will-not-favor-clint-eastwoods-fil...

Michelle Williams: New York in Cannes

tashke94 — Sat, 24 May 2008 05:28:13 -0700

Wearing a strapless purple-tiered gown, Michelle Williams joins costars Catherine Keener and Samantha Morton at the premiere of their new movie, Synecdoche, New York, at the Palais des Festivals during the 2008 Cannes Film Festival on Friday in Cannes, France.

“It actually does feel kind of special to have two films at the same time,” Michelle said. “The film [Martin Scorsese’s Shutter Island, which she’s currently filming in Boston] was sweet enough to let me come here and enjoy it.”

The 27-year-old actress added: “[It’s] something you can look back on at the end of your life and think, ‘That was a cool thing I did when I was 27.’ ” What do you think of her outfit?

Angelina Jolie is a Cannes Changeling (Photocall)

LOVE ANGELINA — Tue, 20 May 2008 07:33:47 -0700

Angelina Jolie attends the Changeling Photocall at Palais des Festivals during the 2008 Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday in Cannes, France.

Changeling is directed by Clint Eastwood and is about a mother living Los Angeles in 1928 whose child disappears, but the boy returned to her is not her son.

Angie, 32, talked about being pregnant and traveling at the same time. "Because we have twins, we have to get to know a doctor wherever we're based, just in case they come early," she said.

Reviews arrive a little too early for new Indiana Jones film

justingirl1989 — Mon, 12 May 2008 06:35:29 -0700

Despite an intense effort by director Steven Spielberg, the executive producer George Lucas and Paramount Pictures to keep their highly anticipated sequel out of sight, a handful of Web reviewers have already critiqued the new “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.”

The fourth Indiana Jones movie is scheduled to make its debut on Sunday, May 18, at the Cannes Film Festival with an afternoon press screening, and another one at night. On the same day the movie will be screened for the news media and industry insiders at multiple showings in Manhattan and Los Angeles, while other screenings are scheduled around the world. The movie then opens in theaters on the following Thursday.

However in spite of all precautions to keep the film under wraps a harshly critical review appeared on aintitcoolnews.com, from a poster who identified himself as “ShogunMaster.” The reviews bottom line is “This is the Indiana Movie that you were dreading.”

Other less critical, but less than sparkling, reviews also appeared on the Web site shortly after the first.

Paramount had shown the film to a handful of theater company executives at its Los Angeles lot and elsewhere. Such screenings are required in about two dozen states that have laws against blind-bidding, a practice in which theater owners were once asked to bid on films they had not seen.

The man who posted as ShogunMaster, admitted he is a theater executive who saw the film at an exhibitors’ screening this week, obviously taking advantage of his position. He spoke on condition of anonymity to avoid reprisal from the studio that he so easily stabbed in the back.

Source

http://www.hotmommagossip.com/2008/05/12/reviews-arrive-a-little-too-ear...

Kate Hudson at the Dolce and Gabanna party

tashke94 — Sun, 25 May 2008 06:49:53 -0700

Kate Hudson sparkles at the Dolce and Gabanna party at Baoli, Port Canto during the 2008 International Cannes Film Festival on Friday May 23, 2008 in Cannes, France.

Christian Bale is to play rebel leader John Connor in three sequels to the Terminator franchise, its producers have revealed.

justingirl1989 — Tue, 20 May 2008 11:55:02 -0700

The Welsh-born star, who is soon to be seen in Batman Begins sequel The Dark Knight, has already started shooting the first of those films, Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins.

“He’s really an actor’s actor, so we’re very proud,” said Victor Kubicek of film company Halcyon. Charlie’s Angels director McG is directing the new film, which is due to be released on 22 May 2009.

“Christian was our first choice and he’s a big fan of The Terminator, so we’re very lucky,” Kubicek told the BBC at the Cannes Film Festival.

“But with Batman he’s already done the whole franchise thing, so we weren’t sure he’d respond.”

Luckily, said Kubicek’s business partner Derek Anderson, “he read the script and he loved it, so he’s signed on for all three.”

US rap star Common will also have a lead role in the film, as will Australian actor Sam Worthington, who will soon be seen in Titanic director James Cameron’s science-fiction epic Avatar.

The producers would not reveal whether Arnold Schwarzenegger would reprise his role as the Terminator. Nor would they discuss character names or plot details.

“We can’t talk about the story points at all,” said Kubicek, adding the project was being kept strictly under wraps.

“Not everyone gets to see the script. They only see the part of the script that’s relevant to the job they’re doing.”

But the producers promised not to disappoint fans of the time-travelling franchise, which has also spawned TV series The Sarah Connor Chronicles.
“We’re both huge Terminator fans and we’re just approaching it from the point of view of what we’d like to see,” said Anderson.

“Any time we’re feeling pressure we just take a step back and say, as fans, ‘what would we like to see?’”

http://icydk.com/2008/05/20/christian-bale-is-to-play-rebel-leader-john-...

Style Evolution:Cate Blanchett

angelbeauty — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:22:33 -0700

March 1999

Blanchett flaunted what results when one of nature’s beautiful creations slips into one of Galliano’s at the Academy Awards in L.A.

March 2000

A backless Jean Paul Gaultier made for as memorable an exit as it did entrance to the Academy Awards in L.A.

April 2000

Stellar. Paillettes packed a powerful punch at the BAFTA Awards in London.

February 2004

A pregnant Blanchett glowed in royal purple at the Berlin Film Festival screening of The Missing.

January 2005

Blanchett perfected periwinkle in another Gaultier triumph at the Golden Globes in L.A.

February 2005

Mellow yellow. Blanchett’s serene presence was enhanced by Valentino’s grace while arriving to win Best Supporting Actress at the Academy Awards in Hollywood.

May 2006

A graphic kimono-inspired McQueen swathed Blanchett for a boldly beautiful appearance at the Cannes Film Festival premiere of Babel.

December 2006

Never afraid to infuse elegance with edginess, Blanchett chose a futuristic Versace for the L.A. premiere of The Good German.

March 2007

The Best Supporting Actress nominee is a vision in a shimmering silver crystal-mesh Giorgio Armani Privé gown, topped with a tulle beaded floral overlay and Lorraine Schwartz diamonds.

March 2008

The expectant double-nominee – for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress – is fashion-forward in a deep blue satin Dries Van Noten gown, Lorraine Schwartz jewels and a Roger Vivier clutch.

Milla Jovovich at Cannes

tashke94 — Mon, 26 May 2008 11:55:11 -0700

Model/actress Milla Jovovich looked elegant for the premiere and closing ceremonies of What Just Happened? at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival on Friday in Cannes, Frances. Do you love or hate her outfit?