Anniversary of Christian Audigier at VIP Cannes (50cts, Lenny Kravitz)
Birthday of Christian Audigier Yesterday evening, after 10 days of events organized at VIP ROOM by Jean-Roch, the most anticipated event, the most coveted finally took place ! Thursday 21 May, last night, Jean-Roch received his friend, the French designer Christian Audigier, to celebrate his 51th birthday. Shortly before an hour in the morning, Christian Audigier made his arrival at VIP ROOM in a white Maybach, greeted by a huge crowd, under a fire of confetti. After greeting the crowd, meeting friends and making numerous interviews and photos in the VIP ROOM entrance, Christian Audigier and Ira as well as Crystal, Christian's daughter, entered the red carpet of more than 12 meters where they were waiting for more than 70 televisions and 60 photographers from all over the world. After an hour and a half spent answering journalists' questions and asking for the photographers' objectives, Christian Audigier and Ira finally entered a VIP ROOM completely transformed and decorated for the occasion. Meanwhile, the red carpet hosted a shower of stars... Eva Herzigova came to the arms of Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana, Solange Knowles, Kerry Washington, the son of John Lennon, Julian Lennon, Paris Hilton and his boyfriend Doug Reinhardt, the creators of the brand DSquared, Dean and Dan Caten, Jean-Claude Van Damme, the founder of the brand Diesel, Renzo Rosso, Jean-Roch in the arms of his partner Alek, the jeweller Fawaz Gruosi, the co-founder of Microsoft with Bill Gates, Paul Allen, Dave Stewart... Ashton Kutcher accompanied by Vahina Giocante, Car
JURY & SELECTION Official FILMS Out of competition
Thierry Frémaux and Gilles Jacob (organisers) have just announced the official selection: JURY: Isabelle Huppert and Asia Argento – Robin Wright Penn – James Gray – Nuri Bilge – Ceylon Lee – Chand-Dong – Hanif Kureishi – Shu Qi Opening film: There Top of Pete Docter (3D animated drawing)Film closing: Coco Chanel and Igor Stravinsky by Jan Kounen Competition: – Pedro Almodovar : Etreintes Brisés avec Penelope Cruz – Andrea Arnold : Fish Tank– Jacques Audiard : Un Prophet– Marco Bellochio : Vincere– Jane Campion : Bright Star– Isabel Coixet : Map of the Sounds of Tokyo– Xavier Giannoli : A l'Origine– Michael Haeneke : Ruban Blanc– Ang Lee : Taking Woddstock– Ken Loach : Looking for Eric with Eric Cantona– Lou Ye : Spring drunken night (censored in his country)– Brilliant Mendoza: Lou Ye Kinatei– Gaspar Noé: Suddenly the Vide– Park Chan-wook: Thirst This is my blood– Alain Resnais: Les Herbes Folles– Elia Suleimane: The Time That Remains– Quentin Tarantino: Inglourious Basterds with Brad Pitt– Johnnie To: Vengeance with Johnny Hallyday – Tsai Ming-liang: Faces with Laetitia Casta– Lars Von Sort by: Antichrist with Charlotte Gainsbourg Out of competition: – Imaginarium by Doctor Parnassus, directed by Terry Gilliam (the role played by Heath Ledger disappeared during the shooting was taken over for several scenes by Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell and Jude Law). Article sharing
Edward Baer Master of ceremony
The actor Edouard Baer will again be the master of ceremonies at the 62nd Cannes Festival. It was the president of the Festival, Gilles Jacob, who announced it this morning during the show Le Fou du roi presented by Stéphane Bern on France Inter. Like last year, Edouard Baer will present the opening and closing ceremonies of the flagship event of 7th World Art Article Sharing
Cannes 2009 Press conference 23 April Paris
Isabelle Huppert, President of the 62nd Cannes Festival
French actress will preside over the jury of the Cannes International Festival Isabelle Huppert, whose filmography includes more than 80 works, has been awarded twice with a prize for female performance. While her last film, Villa Amalia, by Benoît Jacquot, was released in the theatres, she was about to chair the jury of the 62nd Cannes Festival. She presented 17 films in the official selection and won two Performance Awards: in 1978 for Claude Chabrol's Violette Nozière, and in 2001 for Michael Haneke's La Pianiste. In Villa Amalia, according to Pascal Quignard's novel, she is Ann, a woman who simmers in order not to sink. Article sharing
