It’s the dumbest tradition of the Cannes Film Festival: the long standing ovation. Whether the movie is a modern classic or an assault on good taste, etiquette on the Cote d’Azur demands hopping to your feet for minutes of applause. So entrenched is this French farce that trade publications routinely time the euphoria and judge … Read more
Jude Law put blood, sweat and…poop…into his latest role. Law, 50, plays King Henry VIII in “Firebrand,” a historical drama that follows the marriage of the king and Queen Catherine Parr, his sixth and final wife — played by Alicia Vikander. In order to get into the role, the actor had a repulsive perfume blended … Read more
The film killed it. Martin Scorsese’s brand-new film “Killers of the Flower Moon” received a nine-minute standing ovation during the movie’s world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival Saturday. Scorsese, 80, was joined at the screening by fellow cast members Leonardo DiCaprio, 48, Robert De Niro,79, and Lily Gladstone, 36, reports Deadline. The nearly three … Read more
He’s whipping nay-sayers into shape. Harrison Ford slammed critics who complained about his de-aged appearance in “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” stating that it wasn’t “photoshop magic,” reports Entertainment Weekly. “I know that that is my face,” Ford, 80, said at a Cannes press conference last week. “It’s not a kind of Photoshop … Read more
It was a surreal sight on Tuesday: A smiling Johnny Depp walking the red carpet of the Cannes Film Festival 2023, signing autographs, taking selfies and hugging screaming fans. Just like old times. His new film, “Jeanne du Barry” — which stars Depp as King Louis XV — opened the famous festival. The likes of … Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — Charlbi Dean, the South African actor and model who had a breakout role in “Triangle of Sadness,” which won this year’s top prize at the Cannes Film Festival, has died at age 32. Dean died Monday at a hospital in New York from a sudden unexpected illness, her representatives said Tuesday. … Read more