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Cannes Film Festival 2012: the big party list

Cannes Film Festival 2012: the big party list

Come on, I know you. you all wax lyrical about ‘le cinéma’ and Lars Von Trier, when deep down you are really asking “Where are the parties at the Cannes Film Festival 2012″? I have an answer. The party scene in Cannes has grown to become a sideline entertainment of its own. I’ve often sat [...]

Cindy Gallop to “blow shit up” at MIPcube?

Cindy Gallop to “blow shit up” at MIPcube?

Former US President of creative agency Bartle Bogle Hegarty and CEO of IfWeRanTheWorld.com Cindy Gallop is the first confirmed speaker at MIPCube, the hothouse for new “disruptive” projects at MIPTV next year. For the second time, the TV start-up competition will see companies from around the world pitch innovative business plans and prototypes to a [...]

Partouche Poker returns to Cannes

Partouche Poker returns to Cannes

After months of touring France, the big poker news is that the Partouche Poker Tour will finish its 4th season at the Palm Beach in Cannes, September 12-17 2011. A range of top French and international players will be battling it out for a prize pool of €4 million. The top winner last year, the [...]

Cannes Lions busts Moma Propaganda

Cannes Lions busts Moma Propaganda

Ghost ads are the bane of Cannes Lions. The event specifies that all entries must be able to prove that work submitted was actually carried out for a “fee-paying client”. Yet every year, awards are withdrawn when it is found that this is not the case. The latest agency to be busted by Cannes Lions [...]

Deepstack poker tournament at the Casino Croisette Cannes

Deepstack poker tournament at the Casino Croisette Cannes

The Casino Cannes Croisette will be a magnet for poker players this weekend, when the Summer Poker series hosts a deepstack tournament. Players will have to cough up a buy-in of €1000 for two days of action that starts on Saturday July 16 2011 at 2pm. Participants ill be given 30,000 tokens for game plays [...]

Von Trier drops a bomb

Von Trier drops a bomb

Intensely awkward in interviews, Lars Von Trier let his tongue run too far at the press conference for “Melancholia” on Thursday May 19. Von Trier noted that he knew Charlotte Gainsbourg “from all angles” and later made several references to making a long porn film featuring her and Kirsten Dunst. As the conference drew to [...]

Lady Gaga sings live on the Croisette

Lady Gaga sings live on the Croisette

(requires Flash Player) Lady Gaga – Judas – Concert du Grand Journal du 11/05/2011 It had to be one of the biggest crowds ever seen on the Croisette in a long time – and that’s saying something. Lady Gaga’s appearance on CANAL+’s Grand Journal was one of the early highpoints of the Cannes Film Festival. [...]

Visit Cannes for free for the festival

Visit Cannes for free for the festival

Headline news: most people would like to visit Cannes for free for the Cannes Film Festival . Who would have thunk? Luckily, many brands like to associate themselves with the festival and organise competitions with a range of prizes that include hotels, red carpet events and the glamour of being in Cannes for the world’s [...]

World Series of Poker Europe to move to Cannes

World Series of Poker Europe to move to Cannes

Hot news this week is that Cannes is going to host another major poker event later in the year: the World Series of Poker (WSOP). For the past four years, this has been held in London. But between October 7-21, the gaming will be held at the Casino Barrière and Hotel Majestic. The new venue [...]

Salsa to welcome the New Year in Cannes

Salsa to welcome the New Year in Cannes

After recently hosting a tango festival, Cannes will go salsa for the New Year, with the Cannes Salsa Congress. Between December 29 and 31 2010, the town will host a series of lessons, shows and of course a salsa New Years Party at the Palais Stephanie Hotel. The list of teachers and performers is impressive, [...]