CANNES GLAM: Stars Get Gorgeous For Closing Ceremony
Posted on May 24, 2010 @ 10:19AM - 1 comment
The Cannes Film Festival came to an end over the weekend, and stars definitely went out with a glamorous bang! Salma Hayek defined bombshell in a pale pink Gucci Premiere gown, which featured a unique, gold halter, while Kate Beckinsale continued her impossibly dazzling style streak in a sheer black mermaid gown from the Nina Ricci Fall 2010 Collection.
Diane Kruger rocked a color-happy, fuchsia and black Jason Wu gown, which popped as she walked down the red carpet. Kirsten Dunst also tried to rock an attention grabbing number, though she failed to electrify us in her bright blue Chanel Resort gown. Fan Bingbing looked flawless once again in a pale blue Elie Saab gown, while Kristin Scott Thomas looked breathtaking in her custom designed Lanvin gown.
What redheaded Worst Dressed re-offender somehow ended up on the red carpet, looking like she belonged at the Kentucky Derby? Check out the gallery in Style to find out.
CANNES GLAM: Stars Get Gorgeous For Closing Ceremony
Posted on May 24, 2010 @ 09:26AM - Add a comment
CANNES GLAM: Stars Get Gorgeous For Closing Ceremony
An American Idol, A Mad Hatter, Feminine Fatales: Best And Worst Wednesday
Posted on May 19, 2010 @ 05:28PM - Add a comment
Katharine McPhee was an American style Idol at the Nyx Cosmetics Decade +1 Anniversary Event in Hollywood on Tuesday night. The gorgeous singer looked fabulously feminine in a flutter-sleeved, Catherine Malandrino floral frock, which she impeccably paired with the platform sandals of the season, the uber-luxe Yves Saint Laurent Tributes. Kat was joined by 90210 hottie Jessica Lowndes, who looked super sexy in a Lipsy corseted mini and Sergio Rossi heels, andC armen Electra, who stunned in a shimmery Oday Shakar dress.
PHOTOS: Michelle Williams, Juliette Binoche, Fan Bingbing, Nina Moric, Hilary Duff, Mary J Blige, Jessica Lowndes, Doutzen Kroes, Queen Latifah, Reese Witherspoon, Lesley-Anne Down, Tyson Ritter, Rachel Bilson, Johnny Depp, Lea Seydoux, Mischa Barton, Katharine McPhee, Katie Holmes And Scarlett Johansson In The Best And Worst
Johnny Depp wasn’t looking so Cannes Glam at the French film fest’s Chanel party. The mysterious star sported an Alice in Wonderland, Mad Hatter look, wearing some rather interesting headgear. Another eccentric red carpet look came from soap star Lesley-Anne Down, who walked down the press line of an event in a bathrobe! She didn’t even bother putting slippers on, instead opting to traipse barefoot.
PHOTOS: More Best And Worst
What Blue Valentine Cannes babe scored two slots on the Best Dressed list, for her feminine fatale fashions? Check out the gallery in Style to find out.
Wednesday Wear: Best And Worst
Posted on May 19, 2010 @ 10:18AM - Add a comment
Wednesday Wear: Best And Worst
Who Wore It Best: Maggie Vs Juliette In Lanvin
Posted on May 19, 2010 @ 08:58AM - Add a comment
Who Wore It Best: Maggie Vs Juliette In Lanvin
Who Wore It Best: Maggie Vs Juliette In Lanvin
Posted on May 19, 2010 @ 06:20AM - Add a comment
Juliette Binoche hit the Cannes Film Festival premiere of Certified Copy on Tuesday night, wearing a Lanvin gown that looked a bit familiar. That’s because Maggie Gyllenhaal wore the same Fall 2010 Collection dress, in black, to the Independent Spirit Awards back in March! Which leading lady rocked the looked harder?
Ready to Fall in Love? Paris Burns with Romance -- and Reality
Posted on Sep 18, 2009 @ 11:28PM - Add a comment
A lustrous city, sparkling under a big night sky. Women on bicycles in the rain, baguettes in hand. Aging accordion players perched at the river’s edge -- and all buzzing with seductive, French chatter. Mais oui! -- it’s undeniably a cliched setting for finding romance and rediscovering life. But with his new film, Paris, director Cedric Klapisch’s offers a fresh, proverbial love letter to a city that can soften even the most cynical of
hearts.
The heart, in fact -- both the muscle and the metaphor -- is one of Paris’s central motifs. Juliette Binoche stars as Elise, a single mother of three who, at 40, is worn down by her daily life and believes she’ll never be desirable to men again. She moves in with her brother Pierre (Romain Duris), a former dancer, while he waits for a heart transplant and anticipates his own death. We also get to know a professor who lusts after a younger woman (and, oops! She’s also his student), a fruit seller who confronts his past and his future from behind stands of apples and avocados, as well as other distinct characters whose lives fluidly overlap and intersect.
Admittedly, French films have a knack for being too gloomy. Paris has its share of teary scenes, weighty, silent moments and grey, drizzly days -- but the film pokes fun at itself just the same. In one particularly tongue-in-cheek scene, we meet a TV host who bungles his cheesy opening segment about Paris’s many faces and fortunes. As his camera crew stops filming and our own view pans out, he’s almost a stand-in for the
audience in his embarrassment at his own trite script.
In another gentle jab -- one of the best scenes of the movie -- the middle-aged professor reveals to his dinner companions that he anonymously text-messaged the young object of his affection. When his friends, wide-eyed and aghast at his youthful indiscretion, ask what he said in his message, the answer (especially in subtitles) is surprising, lighthearted relief from the lascivious direction in which he was headed.
As each sub-plot unfolds, a small transformation takes place for each character. Pierre turns on convention and tenderly teaches his sister about life -- even as he faces the likely end of his own. A man from Cameroon lands in Paris and begins a new life, while a fruit seller finds love not far from his produce. Paris takes a Robert Altman-like approach to creating a handful of characters and seamlessly interweaving their stories
with smart production choices and subtle plot maneuvers. Aesthetically, it looks like an issue of French Vogue set to music, with photos that come to life and jump to something new at every turn.
Ultimately, Paris is worth watching (and wading through subtitles) not just because it’s a sumptuous, virtual trip to one of the world’s most textured cities, but because sometimes, it’s good to be reminded to savor the small things in life -- and all the better in a French accent.
