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Friday, May 16, 2025




By Angelique Jackson
Oscar winner Angelina Jolie made a special appearance at the Cannes Film Festival on Friday night to present the Trophée Chopard to rising stars Marie Colomb and Finn Bennett. During the glamorous dinner ceremony, Jolie reflected on the power of international cinema to make an impact in times of global turmoil.

“I love international cinema,” Jolie told the star-studded assembly of guests, which included Cannes jury president Juliette Binoche and her fellow jurors, including Halle Berry, Jeremy Strong, Leïla Slimani and Alba Rohrwacher, as well as Quentin Tarantino and Carla Bruni. “We are brought to other lands, into private moments, even on the battlefield, we connect and we empathize. I think of films like ‘My Father Shadow’ [set during the during the 1993 Nigerian election crisis], which is premiering here at Cannes. Anything that is possible to make international cinema more accessible is necessary and welcome.”

“And none of us are naive,” Jolie, whose contributions as a humanitarian are as vaunted as her acting career, continued. “We know that many artists around the world lack the freedom and security to tell their stories, and many have lost their lives like Fatima Hassouna, killed in Gaza, Shaden Gardood killed in Sudan, and Victoria Amelina killed in Ukraine, and so many other extraordinary artists who should be with us now. We owe all of those risking their lives and sharing their stories and experiences a debt of gratitude, because they have helped us to learn and to evolve.”

The presentation of the 25th edition of the Trophée Chopard took place during a dinner on Carlton Beach co-hosted by Cannes Film Festival president Iris Knobloch, general delegate Thierry Frémaux and Chopard co-president and artistic director Caroline Scheufele.

Created in 2001, the Trophée Chopard celebrates emerging international cinema talent, each year honoring one actress and one actor with promising careers. Colomb and Bennett follow last year’s honorees Sophie Wilde and Mike Faist. Other recipients for the award, which often heralds more laurels to come, include Marion Cotillard, Diane Kruger, Léa Seydoux, Florence Pugh, Jessie Buckley, Niels Schneider, Jeremy Irvine and Joe Alwyn.

So, what is it like to have Jolie as your fairy godmother?

“She really cares about fostering young actors. I feel really honored, really lucky to be here,” Bennett told Variety at the dinner about meeting Jolie. “I just wanted to ask how she does it all. Like, as you can see, this is crazy. And she deals with it so well, completely calmly. And I think that’s amazing.”

Colomb, too, was struck by Jolie’s down-to-earth nature as they ascended the famed red steps at the Grand Lumiere before the Chopard event.

“She’s gorgeous, she’s super beautiful. I was looking at her and I was like, ‘Wow! It’s incredible, it’s unreal.’ And at the same time it’s funny because when I met her, I met a normal, nice human being,” Colomb said. “Then when you see the photos or videos afterwards, all my friends write to me like, ‘What is that?’ So, it’s pretty crazy but cool at the same time.”

Jolie shared similar praise for the young talents. “I think they’re very brave in their work. They make very brave choices, and they’re very committed and emotional and open, so they are very promising creatives, and I think they’re gonna give a lot,” Jolie told Variety. “They seem like very gracious, grateful young people, who are very professional.”

Jolie also shared the best advice her godmother, Jacqueline Bissett, gave her about navigating the business: “Learn French and do French films.”


























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CANNES, FRANCE - MAY 16: (L-R) Finn Bennett, Marie Colomb, Angelina Jolie, Iris Knobloch, Caroline Scheufele and Thierry Frémaux attend the "Eddington" red carpet at the 78th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 16, 2025 in Cannes, France. (Photo by Lionel Hahn/Getty Images)












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Tuesday, May 16, 2023



The stars are out at this year’s Cannes, and not just on the red carpet that leads up to the splashy premieres that make the festival the most glamorous celebration of movies in the world. From Daisy Ridley to Alicia Vikander, Angelina Jolie to Sylvester Stallone, Idris Elba to Jude Law, several A-list actors are attached to projects that are being brought to market at Cannes in what looks like its biggest edition in years. Will all that high-wattage talent lead to one mega-deal after another?

“It’s obviously going to be an outrageously busy market,” says Constantin Film’s Martin Moszkowicz. “I don’t think I’ve ever seen as much product, definitely not for the last couple of years, led by very high-profile movies with big cast, big directors, big budgets.”

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Thursday, May 11, 2023



EXCLUSIVE: As is often the case, two weeks before the Cannes market buyers were getting a little antsy about the lack of banner projects on offer. Those fears have largely evaporated as the enticing projects have rolled in, despite anxiety over the impact of the strike.

The latest hot package on offer is Oscar nominee Pablo Larraín’s (Jackie) biopic Maria about American-born Greek soprano Maria Callas which has Oscar winner Angelina Jolie (Eternals) aboard to star. Blue chip outfit FilmNation has newly boarded world sales and is launching ahead of the market, which gets underway next week.

The film, which was first revealed last fall, is based on true accounts and will tell the tumultuous story of the world’s greatest female opera singer, relived and re-imagined during her final days in 1970s Paris. Additional casting is underway.

Pic was written by fellow Oscar nominee Steven Knight, creator of Peaky Blinders. Pablo Larraín’s brother and creative partner Juan de Dios Larraín will produce for Fabula Pictures, alongside Lorenzo Mieli for The Apartment Pictures and Jonas Dornbach for Komlizen Film.

Jolie most recently appeared in Marvel’s Eternals and the Warner Bros drama Those Who Wish Me Dead. She’s currently in post-production on Without Blood — her fifth feature as a director, and the first under her new three-year deal with Fremantle, announced back in March.



I’m hearing a July shoot is set for the film in Greece and Rome.

Jolie also has her directorial effort “Without Blood,” starring Salma Hayek,” ready to go for the fall fests.

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Friday, May 24, 2019














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Wednesday, May 22, 2019





Rolling up both sleeves to show off his tattoo and new Breitling watch.



And doing his best to make sure he shows off the tattoo clearly and repeatedly.   Brad has never been known to have the mannerism of repeatedly holding his chin or posing to ponder simple and obvious questions some of which were already answered in earlier interviews.

At the photo call, he made sure to pose with his left arm clearly visible to show off the Breitling.  For junket interviews, he changed his shirt (Leo stayed with the same blue suit), rolled up both sleeves, and made sure his right arm was angled towards the fixed camera to show off his tattoo.





When the May 30 Order leaked, they said the leak was "misleading" and gives an "inaccurate and unfair picture of what is really happening."  Because they agreed to stay within the framework of a dissolution case as a safeguard for the children, they must choose from a set of associated legal filings what they can use to help them achieve reconciliation, reinstatement, and reunification between Brad and the kids.  Those filings -- the May 30 Order and the sealed judgement on status -- are merely tools to nudge the children to improve their relationship with Brad.  The filings thus provide a misleading and inaccurate picture of what is really happening.

Their message is: watch them and the clear signs they are giving for the true picture, not the petition which they never wanted and only agreed to keep at the urging of childcare professionals because they "are focused on what’s best for the kids."   They have held tight, weathered the storm, and worked things through TOGETHER.  As the new Miraval website makes clear, Brad and Angelina are ONE formidable force.  They are PARTNERS since 2005.  United, undivided, stronger and closer, and partners for LIFE. 








Looking a bit tired after a long day.







By Manohla Dargis May 22, 2019
CANNES, France — On Tuesday, Quentin Tarantino returned with a bang and much critical love to the Cannes Film Festival with “Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood,” his finest in years. A dream of a movie, it follows a handful of Hollywood types living in smoggy, starry Los Angeles in 1969, the year the Manson family went on a frenzied murder spree. Among the victims was the actress Sharon Tate, then married to Roman Polanski. In Tarantino’s Hollywoodland, Tate and Polanski live next door to Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio), a struggling, self-doubting TV actor. His best friend is Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt), a stuntman whose glory days are probably behind him. Rick could be another Clint Eastwood; Cliff should have been another Steve McQueen.
On Wednesday afternoon, I sat down for a brief chat with Pitt and DiCaprio in a suite at the Carlton Hotel, one of the grand hotels overlooking the Mediterranean. The two were in the midst of a massive publicity operation that day, giving interview after interview. Presenting a movie at Cannes can be big business and the army of Sony Pictures employees handling this offensive had the air of people worried about fumbling the most delicate of rarities. Their famous charges, by contrast, seemed wholly relaxed. Each man was affable, direct and seemed happy to talk, but, then, they have been in the business a long time. They know how to do this.<
[Read our critic’s take on “Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood.”]
Here are excerpts from the conversation.

MANOHLA DARGIS Did Tarantino show you movies to prepare for your roles?
BRAD PITT [to DiCaprio] More you than me.
LEONARDO DICAPRIO We had a screening of a multitude of B films that I had never heard of, a lot of 1960s television with actors like Ralph Meeker and Ty Hardin. These guys could have been McQueen-esque, but didn’t make the transition from black and white television, especially westerns, to career-makers like “The Great Escape.” So it was almost like a love story to them. Did they get that one opportunity? No, that may have passed them by. So let’s start talking about your character, what he might have been, what he’s struggling with as a working-class guy in the industry who has been playing the heavy from television show to television show. What that does to his psyche and his confidence?
PITT I [remember] a lot of that television. In fact [Tarantino] reminded me of much of it that I had forgotten. We did watch “Billy Jack,” some Tom Laughlin, just for fun. We were pretty much weaned on the same television and film. We talked a lot about the stuntman-actor relationship. I got to meet Bud Ekens, who was Steve McQueen’s. This was a legendary relationship. He did the jump for “The Great Escape,” got Steve McQueen into motorcycles. And, then, Burt Reynolds and Hal Needham. We got to talk to Burt. Originally he was going to play George Spahn. We had rehearsals before he passed. I was surprised what a joy that was and how giving he was, and I was really moved by it. But then I realized that so much of my childhood was watching Burt Reynolds — he was the biggest thing around in the late 1970s.

DARGIS Did you two hang out so you could develop your flow together?
DICAPRIO You come to Hollywood and you’re basically isolated and left to your own devices. [Rick and Cliff] rely on this friendship for everything. We immediately fell into those shoes. We understood that relationship [laughs] so quickly that on the first day, we were those guys.
PITT It was pretty automatic. We both came on the scene around the same time, we have crossed paths many times, we have the same reference points. I’ve always felt that you don’t understand the deal you’re making when suddenly you’re that lone gazelle on the plain and the herd’s gone, so to speak. And, you know, my friend here [he gestures toward DiCaprio] has been the same. So there’s automatic comfort in having experienced the same thing in that way. That’s not a complaint in any way, I say that merely as fact. We have mutual respect and I know when an actor elevates a scene, so we carry that respect.



DARGIS Obviously Tarantino’s movies are very written and his voice is very strong. Does it take awhile to shake his voice out and fill in yours?
DICAPRIO And hear your own, is that what you’re saying? [Laughs] I suppose so. He is such an absolute powerhouse of a personality, of course, and an artist as well. But, look, he gives you real ownership. [There are] beats that you need to hit. But there are plenty of opportunities where once you get into the groove, there can be a completely improvisational scene. And you’re almost making reference points from his dialogue and his voice and the multitude of talks that you’ve had with him about who this character is and what kind of movie he wants to make. They sort of bloom sometimes, and that’s happened quite a few times.
PITT You know when you have an altercation in public or you put your foot in your mouth, and you’re driving home and you think of that witty thing that you wished you would have said? His dialogue is that witty thing.

DARGIS Rick Dalton is kind of like the Clint Eastwood who doesn’t happen.
DICAPRIO He is the guy who almost got that shot — and that’s what’s torturing my character. I grew up in this industry, I have a lot of friends who are actors, and there’s so much talent out there. But it really boils down to being at the right place at the right time.
PITT We talk about this with streaming. With streaming, we see so much talent that was always there. There are so many more opportunities. We’re seeing this wealth of actors, writers and directors. And it just reminds us how lucky we were to land where we landed.
DICAPRIO Mm-hmm.

DARGIS I worry that so much seems disposable.
PITT It may be. I’ve been really interested in younger generations that cannot just sit in a chair for the length of a movie. They want their information quicker. That may just be the changing of the times. I don’t know.
DICAPRIO I see positives in the fact that things and ideas and story lines that normally studios might not take a chance on, through these new streaming services, will see the light of day. So cream may rise to the top. What were people saying about the transition from silent films to talkies and the advent of television? There were all these changes, but great art is going to be spoken about and, hopefully, we don’t get so inundated that we become confused.

DARGIS I found “Once Upon a Time” surprisingly moving.
PITT Absolutely, you can see it in the script, you can feel it.
DICAPRIO The only thing I’ll say is that I know what the Manson murders sort of represented, being a native of Los Angeles and having parents who are still hippies to this day.

DARGIS Real hippies?
PITT I met his dad on set and said, “How nice, he’s going to be an extra in the film.” And he goes “No, that’s him every day.”
DICAPRIO They talked about this loss of innocence, this real turning point where they had these ideals about what the future could be. And then all of a sudden this one longhaired guy — and how he manipulated these kids to do what they did — it changed the world forever.
PITT I walk away [from the film] with a hopeful reminder of what it can be, what we can be.

DARGIS What was the hopeful part?
PITT Taking care of each other, that’s what I feel at the end. It really endears me to Quentin. I could be projecting, but I see a kid who was home by himself a lot and found his —
DICAPRIO — solace —
PITT — solace and direction in these heroes on the screen, big and small. I find that in his dialogue. I find that in the scenarios. I find this one really endearing. He’s exposing his own self-doubts. [DiCaprio starts mm-hmming.] I just see this real innocent kid who wishes life could be this way. Maybe it’s because I know Quentin I find it hopeful and endearing. I was really, really moved at the end.

DARGIS I find it’s interesting that he’s gone back to the past again.
PITT He’s going back to his childhood.
DICAPRIO Yeah, I agree. What Brad said is very pertinent because cinema and television and all this stuff, it’s in [Tarantino’s] DNA. He puts things in historical context but he also creates a fairy tale. This whole idea of him recreating history — like what he did in “Inglourious Basterds” with Hitler — much like Scorsese, too, where in their childhood, cinema became part of their DNA and their language and their ability to converse with others —
PITT — their spiritual grounding —
DICAPRIO — yeah, it’s embedded in who they are as human beings. You rarely find people like that. Like Brad was saying, this is his homage and his reminiscence of 1969 where everything changed culturally and cinematically. It’s incredibly imaginative.

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Brad is obviously doing his best to display a new, dark face Breitling watch.  Perhaps just delivered to him in Cannes by George Kern.  His previous one had a white face.  Breitling promptly tweeted that he is wearing the Premier Norton Edition.

Also displaying his shiny gold necklaces












 


Unlike in the days immediately after the judgement was posted when he looked morose, he is giddily happy and playful.  His relationship with the kids must be improving very well.




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Tuesday, May 21, 2019


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with Tony Webb and the bald security who appears when they are in the South of France.


























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