Movies directed by Wes Anderson, Richard Linklater and Ari Aster are among 19 films that will compete for the Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, the event’s organizers announced at a news conference on Thursday. The festival’s 78th edition, which opens May 13 and runs through May 24, will also feature the premiere … Read more
Movies directed by Wes Anderson, Richard Linklater and Ari Aster are among 20 films that will compete for the Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, the event’s organizers announced at a news conference on Thursday. The festival’s 78th edition, which opens May 13 and runs through May 24, will also feature the premiere … Read more
Each May, Hollywood glitterati descend upon Cannes for its annual Film Festival, which features — along with actors, directors and models — the Hotel Martinez at the center of the opulent affair. Film festival jury members snag luxurious rooms and suites within this historic Art Deco palace, the crown jewel of the French Riviera, which … Read more
Last year’s Cannes Film Festival was practically a one-stop shop for Oscar voters, premiering three major films — “Anatomy of a Fall,” “The Zone of Interest” and “Killers of the Flower Moon” — that would go on to be nominated for best picture. Does this year’s crop of Cannes movies have the same juice? At … Read more
A Cannes security guard is once again making headlines. The female staffer who clashed with Kelly Rowland and Massiel Taveras at the Cannes Film Festival strikes again, this time with K-pop star Yoona. Yoona, 33, was about to pose for her red carpet photos when the security guard stopped her. A video showed Yoona being … Read more
Dominican actress Massiel Taveras has spoken out on social media after she was filmed shoving a security guard at the Cannes Film Festival. The 39-year-old TV presenter — who was attending the premiere of the French film “The Count Of Monte Cristo” — had reportedly been dazzling onlookers on the red carpet with her extravagant … Read more
The Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival was awarded on Saturday to “Anora,” a giddily ribald picaresque from the American director Sean Baker about a sex worker who marries the son of a Russian oligarch — and things get very messy. A critical favorite, “Anora” takes a nonjudgmental attitude toward its protagonist, played by … Read more
Sean Baker’s “Anora,” a comic but devastating Brooklyn odyssey about a sex worker who marries the son of a wealthy Russian oligarch, has won the Cannes Film Festival’s top award, the Palme d’Or. Baker accepted the prize with his movie’s star, Mikey Madison, watching in the audience at the Cannes closing ceremony Saturday. The win for “Anora” … Read more
While shooting his new film “The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” the director Mohammad Rasoulof learned that he was facing eight years in prison for making movies that criticize Iran’s hard-line government. So Rasoulof fled Iran, made his way to Germany, and then arrived in France this past week for the Cannes Film Festival. After … Read more
A royal scolding. Sarah Ferguson ordered an unruly audience looking for “the next party” to be quiet as she delivered her speech at Thursday night’s Cannes Film Festival. The Duchess of York, 64, was captured scolding the crowd to “stop” multiple times as she thanked Simon de Pury, who had auctioned off a portrait of Queen … Read more
Demi gave them more than expected. Demi Moore appeared to scold an audience member while introducing Cher at the amfAR Cinema Against AIDS Cannes Gala on Thursday. The “Feud: Capote V. The Swans” actress, 61, was onstage when an attendee appeared to interrupt her from the back of the Hotel du Cap, Eden Roc in … Read more
One truism of the Cannes Film Festival is that no matter how alarming the news about the American movie world, Hollywood — however you understand that word — retains a powerful grip on this event. Cannes is a thoroughly French affair, but its love for le cinéma américain is evident everywhere from the faded images … Read more
Since the start of the Israel-Hamas war, followers of events known for being fashion spectacles — the Oscars, the Met Gala, Eurovision — have watched them become venues for making sartorial as well as political statements about the conflict. The Cannes Festival in France has not been immune to this trend. Several attendees have used … Read more
Say her name, say her name. Former Destiny’s Child singer Kelly Rowland, 43, has spoken out about the viral photos of her seemingly tense exchange with a security guard at Cannes. On Thursday, speaking with the Associated Press in a video posted on their Instagram, Rowland told her side of the story. “The woman knows … Read more
They’re making a vow to wow. Rather than rice, fashion fanatics are showering Hollywood’s most haute with praise for transforming the red carpet of the 77th annual Cannes Film Festival into a chichi bridal aisle. Stealing the spotlight from the marquee movies premiering at this year’s fête along the French Riviera, celebrated starlets such as … Read more
Maybe “Megalopolis” was just an amuse-bouche. After Francis Ford Coppola’s $120 million movie polarized audiences during the first week of the Cannes Film Festival, the big swings have continued with “The Substance” and “Emilia Pérez,” two much-discussed films that are either stone-cold classics or total fiascos depending on whom you talk to here. But at … Read more
Cate Blanchett has some fans in an uproar. The Oscar winner, 55, received backlash online for saying at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival that she is “middle class.” Blanchett is worth $95 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth. Cate Blanchett at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival. AP The “Ocean’s 8” star made the “middle class” … Read more
Don’t mess with Kelly Rowland. The actress and singer, 43, made headlines Tuesday when she appeared to scold security at the red carpet premiere of the French-Italian film “Marcello Mio” during the Cannes Film Festival. Photos from the event showed Rowland pointing her finger towards a female security guard during their heated exchange. Kelly Rowland arguing … Read more
Kevin Costner isn’t a crier. The “Yellowstone” star, 69, insisted that he “didn’t f–king cry” as it seemed he did when his new movie, “Horizon: An American Saga,” received an 11-minute standing ovation at the Cannes Film Festival. Costner appeared on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Tuesday after his trip to France and revealed what was going … Read more
Chaos at Cannes. Kelly Rowland appeared to scold security at the red carpet premiere of the French-Italian film “Marcello Mio” during the Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday. Kelly Rowland at the ‘Marcello Mio’ premiere at Cannes Film Festival on May 21, 2024. David Fisher/Shutterstock Photos from the event show Rowland smiling at the crowd as … Read more