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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. [...]
Egypt to be guest of honour at Cannes 2011
In a new move, the Festival de Cannes announced on Thursday that it was inviting Egypt to be its first guest of honour at this year’s event. Egypt “has informed the world of its need to change the course of history and of its need for freedom, while demonstrating its collective strength and expressing its [...]
Janet Jackson, Gwen Stefani to attend AIDS charity event at Cannes
Janet Jackson, Brooke Shields, Gwen Stefani, Freida Pinto, Michelle Yeoh and Milla Jovovich are some of the celebrities that are slated to attend the annual AIDS event held during the Cannes Film Festival. The annual event at the Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes, France, will include a formal dinner and a world-renowned live auction, all [...]
African film festival to kick off in Cannes
It must be hard, being the “other” festival in Cannes. But the Festival International du Film PanAfricain has been throwing a welcome spotlight on movies from Africa and the diaspora for 7 years already. I’ve often read comments about how very few African films that are given any attention at the Cannes Films Festival. So [...]
Cannes 2011 poster celebrates Faye Dunaway
The poster for the 64th Festival de Cannes celebrates Faye Dunaway. The shot was taken by film-maker Jerry Schatzberg in 1970. I’ve often wondered why a festival so dedicated to the future of cinema so frequently chooses such retro images. One reason – though perhaps not the best – is that it is impossible to [...]
Kusturica to head Un Certain Regard jury at Cannes
Emir Kusturica has been chosen to head the jury for the Un Certain Regard programming of the upcoming Cannes festival 2011. This sidebar to the official competition focuses on visionary, original work looking for international exposure.”No One Knows About Persian Cats” and “Hahaha” were the most recent winners. Kusturica has twice won the Palme d’Or [...]
CANAL+ to up TV drama investment to €50 million
French producer and broadcaster CANAL+ will announce an increase of €10 million in investment in TV drama at the upcoming MIPTV show in Cannes. The company intends to ramp up investments to €50 million for its TV dramas, underlying the need to keep a flow of international supply of original programming. CANAL+ will also [...]
Mélanie Laurent to compere at Cannes
Another surprise out of the way: French actress Mélanie Laurent will MC the Cannes festival 2011. Laurent first came to notice globally for her role in “Inglorious Basterds”. But she has been on the rise in French cinema and media for some time. The legend goes that she was spotted on the set of an [...]
Nouriel Roubini: impact of economics on real estate
While the financial quasi-meltdown caught most people by surprise, it was not news for Nouriel Roubini. He is one of the few analysts to have foreseen the problem. He will be addressing Mipim on Thursday, March 10 2011 to assess the global economics outlook and its impact on real estate. Roubini is the co-founder and [...]
Cannes Pan-African Film Fest gets new president
Latest news from the 8th Pan-African Film Festival in Cannes is that the RFI journalist Catherine Ruelle has been nominated as honorary president. Ruelle joined Radio France in 1969, which became RFI two years later. Working there as a journalist, she began specializing in cinema in 1973, producing Dialogues, Cinémas Sans Frontières and L’Actualité du [...]