Chloe Grace Moretz and Juliette Binoche thump “Clouds of Sils Maria” in one of the last arrivals to the festival on Friday.
Heidi Klum posed with Justin Bieber, but was with art dealer Vito Scnabel all night at amfAR’s Cinema Against AIDS gala on Thursday night.
Cotillard lip sandwich: Director brothers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne kiss their star (Marion Cotillard) at a photocall for “Two Days, One Night” on Tuesday.
After “Foxcatcher”, “Maps to the Stars” rolled in. Martin Katz, Robert Pattinson, Sarah Gadon, Mia Wasikowska and David Cronenberg.
Meanwhile, a few hundred young film industry execs from around the world partied together on the roof of the Radisson Blu for the Creative Mind Group’s “The Future Party”, where french band Gush played. Creative Minds founder Robert Ford, Co-Host Romain Lahoussine, Romain of Employee Of The Year , Co-Host/Paramount’s Boye Fajinmi, and film financier Oliver Mochizuki.
Mark Ruffalo, Steve Carell, and Channing Tatum before Monday night’s “Foxcatcher” premiere.
Participant Media’s Jim Berk and Jeff Skoll flank Alice Braga. Together, they made what’s being called a “rainforest thriller,” “El Ardor,” which premiered as an official selection and got picked up by Arrow for UK theatrical distribution.
Vitalii Sediuk, the “red carpet prankster”, was arrested Friday night after he invaded America Ferrera’s person space – to put it mildly – on the way in to “How to Train Your Dragon 2”.
Later, Rita Ora performed atop the JW Marriott to kick off Belvedere’s Cannes Party. The hot real estate (known as Le Club by Albane) has one of the tightest doors on the Croisette.
Rita Ora with Belevedere president Charles Gibb on the tiled arrivals wall.
Rosario Dawson shows off new hair at a photo opp with director Atom Egoyan for “Captives” on Friday morning. The film’s reception has been less popular than Rosario’s new look.
Jeffrey Katzenberg is in town for DreamWorks Animation’s “How to Train Your Dragon 2”.
Croisette….Blanchett.
The Oscar winner hit the carpet later on Friday night.
It’s “True”: Spandau Ballet played beachside Friday night to celebrate their doc “Soul Boys of the Western World” and help CEO Thomas Buchar launch Kultur.com, billed as “Digital Nutrition for your Brain.” Spandau provided the audio nutrition for hundreds, as french grapes provided the actual nutrition.
Even the most hardened film journalists in the industry formed a “Harvey huddle” after the Weinstein’s invite-only 2014 slate presentation at the Majestic on Friday afternoon. The footage ran the gamut from Hugh Bonneville “Paddington” comedy (which got the biggest laughs), to Jessica Chastain romance drama, to Katie Holmes and Meryl Streep sci-fi, to “boxing porn” of Jake Gyllenhaal training for Antoine Fuqua’s “Southpaw”.
“We’re not just a children’s charity. We’re an artists charity,” Art of Elysium Founder Jennifer Howell (center) told the intimate group at the charity’s Paradis luncheon honoring Paz Vega (right) on Friday. Howell cited Vega, who despite the “Grace of Monaco” promotion was volunteering as recently as two weeks ago.
Jacqueline M. Wood and A.J. Calloway helped crown a woman from Belgium as Stella Artois’ 2014 World Daught Master Champion in the ballroom at the Martinez on Saturday, a 1920s themed event.
Mike Leigh’s “Mr. Turner” team arrives for their sunset premiere on Thursday night. DP Dick Pope, Dorothy Atkinson, titular lead Timothy Spall, Marion Bailey, and director Mike Leigh.
Rooney Mara, Naomi Watts, Lupita Nyong’o, and “Maps to the Stars” Julianne Moore (which is getting a lot of talk) were some of the headliners at Calvin Klein’s party on Thursday night.
At Calvin Klein, NYC scene staples Amy Sacco (Bungalow 8, No. 8) and Peggy Siegal checked in.
The real “Hunger Games”: As hundreds file out of premieres in tuxedos and gowns, the first available drinks or food in hours is this kiosk, within the secure perimeter. It echoes Vanity Fair’s annual In-N-Out truck outside their party on Oscar night.
The scene at dusk over the China opening dinner.
A massive fireworks display began as the “Mr. Turner” premiere let out, prompting me to think this is how Cannes celebrates a positive reviews. I was wrong. It was the China dinner’s final course. Pricey.
Sighting: One of the last remaining pay phones in Europe is inside the Palais.
Blake Lively at “Mr. Turner,” and earlier on Thursday, America Ferrera and Jay Baruchel “stunted” for “How to Train Your Dragon 2”.
“Mockingjay: Part 1” branding blankets the Majestic, the closest hotel to the Palais.
Large format champagne, hard to come by in L.A., is available everywhere for on-demand celebrations: sales, good reviews, new territories, or just new friends.
Does this look like St. Charles Avenue during Mardi Gras? Similar to the New Orleans festivities, amateur enthusiasts (and media without accréditation) camp out with ladders 24 hours a day across from the Palais.
This beachfront real estate is one of many party plots that spring up for the festival. DDA, repping multiple films at the festival, hosted 500 media for kickoff cocktails on Wednesday…
…in the shadow of the Carlton hotel.
Before opening night, the naked Palais (sans carpet).
