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Cannes Film Festival Photo Diary

Cannes Film Festival Photo Diary

Published by Daniella Wilson

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Nicole Kidman leaves fans saying the same thing as she reveals natural curls in rare new photo

Nicole Kidman leaves fans saying the same thing as she reveals natural curls in rare new photo

Published by Daniella Wilson

Nicole Kidman delighted fans with a rare glimpse of her natural curls, swapping her signature red carpet glamour for a relaxed countryside escape that had followers rushing to the comments section. The Babygirl star, 58, shared a laid-back photo on Instagram over the weekend that showcased a side of the actress rarely seen in public. Dressed casually in denim jeans, a blue button-up shirt and white sneakers, Nicole leaned against a farm fence surrounded by picturesque rural scenery. “Weekend vibes,” she simply captioned the post, adding a yellow heart emoji. While the setting was undeniably idyllic, it was Nicole’s naturally curly blonde hair that quickly became the focus of attention. © InstagramNicole Kidman shares a relaxed photo on social media Fans were thrilled to see the Oscar winner embracing the curls that first helped launch her career in Australia more than four decades ago. “The curls are back!” one follower exclaimed. “Weekend curls at that!” another added, while a third responded: “Yes to those curls. Just gorgeous.” Others couldn’t help but praise her effortless beauty. …

Odessa A’zion Talks Cannes, Jewelry, ‘Deep Cuts’ and Music Career

Odessa A’zion Talks Cannes, Jewelry, ‘Deep Cuts’ and Music Career

Published by Daniella Wilson

Odessa A’zion is a hugger. The 25-year-old springs from a sofa on the rooftop terrace of the Chopard Suite at the Hôtel Martinez for a welcome embrace amid a dizzying 24 hours at the Cannes Film Festival. The night before, A’zion made her Cannes debut by hitting the Palais red carpet to face a crush of photographers while standing alongside actor Connor Swindells, French legend Isabelle Huppert and Chopard’s Caroline Scheufele. They then made their way to Carlton Beach for a late night Chopard Trophy ceremony during which A’zion and Swindells were honored by Huppert as next-generation talents in front of Demi Moore, Chloe Zhao, Stellan Skarsgard, Ruth Negga, James Franco, Riley Keough, Nicky Hilton, Xavier Dolan and others. A’zion gave a speech — describing the experience as “really weird, crazy and surreal” — stayed for dessert and ducked out for a cameo at the hottest party in Cannes for her I Love LA co-star Jordan Firstman’s directorial debut Club Kid. Then it was time for bed to get few hours of rest ahead of a …

Cast of The White Lotus Season 4 Caught on Set in Cannes

Cast of The White Lotus Season 4 Caught on Set in Cannes

Published by Sam Flores

The Cannes Film Festival ended on Saturday, May 23, but the red carpet remains unrolled. But this time, the celebrities walking it are fictional ones, as the cast of The White Lotus have descended on the area for a fourth season set at and around the annual Cannes affair. After seasons set in luxury accommodations in Hawaii, Italy and Thailand, Mike White’s series has moved to the south of France. Filming is underway between the Château de la Messardière in Saint-Tropez and the Hôtel Martinez in Cannes and Monaco, with a season focused on the adventures of the ultra-rich and famous during the one of the most glamorous cinema events of the year. Members of The White Lotus season 4 cast including Laura Dern (who reportedly replaced a departing Helena Bonham Carter), AJ Michalka, Chloe Bennet, Marissa Long, Chris Messina, and Alexander Ludwig have been spotted on set and in the area, as you can see from the images below. A spoiler-free sneak peek of the show’s hotly anticipated fourth season. Source link

Across Africa: Marie Lora-Mungai & the essential business handbook for the continent’s creatives – Across Africa

Across Africa: Marie Lora-Mungai & the essential business handbook for the continent’s creatives – Across Africa

Published by Sam Flores

To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. Accept Manage my choices One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. Try again ACROSS AFRICA © FRANCE 24 Issued on: 26/05/2026 – 23:29Modified: 26/05/2026 – 23:31 13:00 min From the show Reading time 1 min African creatives have global clout, but talent is only part of the picture, and in reality the starving artist is not a romantic figure but an unsupported one. No more. Georja speaks to one of the biggest advocates for the development of the continent’s artistic industries – Marie Lora Mungai’s new book “Creative Cash Flow” walks African creatives through the financial sense and business practicalities needed for their gifts to keep on giving.  By: Video by: Source link

A German Exchange Student in New Mexico

A German Exchange Student in New Mexico

Published by Daniella Wilson

German teenager Franny (newcomer Naomi Cosma) arrives in New Mexico to spend the 2001-02 academic year at a high school in Las Cruces, living with a local family, just before the terrorist attacks of 9/11 in writer-director Katharina Rivilis’ wispy but engaging debut feature. Even if you didn’t know that this was inspired by Rivilis’ own teenage experience as an exchange student back in the day you would probably guess from the way nothing really happens, apart from friends getting made, places being seen and hearts being negligibly fractured. Nevertheless, as befits a film partly backed by Wim Wenders’ Road Movies, this deploys an eclectic soundtrack and lashings of backlighting and magic hour cinematography to help capture the uncanny feeling of being a European stranger in a strange land of enchantment out west. Rivilis also coaxes confident, naturalistic performances from her non-professional cast, who largely improvised their dialogue, making this a good fit for festivals with young audiences.   I’ll Be Gone in June The Bottom Line Just like the old days. Venue: Cannes Film …

Rebecca Hall in Quirky Sci-Fi Dramedy

Rebecca Hall in Quirky Sci-Fi Dramedy

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The always eminently watchable Rebecca Hall (The Man I Love, TV’s The Beauty) both anchors and buoys the tonally irregular but consistently thoughtful and compelling sci-fi comedy-drama The End of It, a feature debut for Catalan writer-director Maria Martinez Bayona. Offering a near future that’s creepily plausible, resonant with recent headlines and nicely underplayed in terms of design, this posits Hall as Claire, a 250-year-old artist who’s kept looking like an elegant 30something thanks to sophisticated blood dialysis techniques and other kinds of high-tech, vaguely defined wizardry, available to a very select few. The End of It The Bottom Line Augurs a potentially interesting career. Venue: Cannes Film Festival (Cannes Premiere)Cast: Rebecca Hall, Gael Garcia Bernal, Noomi Rapace, Beanie FeldsteinDirector/screenwriter: Maria Martinez Bayona 2 hours 22 minutes However, when Claire grows bored with an effectively immortal life and chooses to die, her husband Diego (Gael García Bernal), 180-year-old daughter Martha (Noomi Rapace), and android personal assistant Sarah (Beanie Feldstein) react in various ways, ranging from supportive to angry. Running an attenuated 142-minutes, this feels slightly …

‘The Samurai and the Prisoner’ Review: Kiyoshi Kurosawa Feudal Mystery

‘The Samurai and the Prisoner’ Review: Kiyoshi Kurosawa Feudal Mystery

Published by Daniella Wilson

Japanese genre maven Kiyoshi Kurosawa is mostly known outside his homeland for eerie, visually inventive films like Cure, Pulse and Loft that brought the J-horror trend into the arthouse. But he’s also made psychological thrillers (Creepy), serial killer flicks (Serpent’s Path), science-fiction movies (Before We Vanish), a darkly comic anti-capitalist actioner (last year’s Cloud) and at least one great drama (Tokyo Sonata). The auteur can now cross another genre off his bucket list with The Samurai and the Prisoner (Kokurojo), a stately and rather stagy historical mystery set during the 16th century, at a time when warring clans fought and outmaneuvered each other for control of the land. Kiyoshi Kurosawa The Bottom Line Katanas Out. Venue: Cannes Film Festival (Cannes Première)Cast: Masahiro Motoki, Masaki Suda, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Munetaka Aoki, Bando ShingoDirector, screenwriter: Kiyoshi Kurosawa, based on the book by Honobu Yonezawa 2 hours 27 minutes Based on the prizewinning 2021 novel by Honobu Yonezawa, the film tells a story that will probably be familiar to anyone who grew up in Japan. It then takes that …

Cannes Film Festival 2026 Palme d’Or winner: Fjord by Cristian Mungiu

Cannes Film Festival 2026 Palme d’Or winner: Fjord by Cristian Mungiu

Published by Sam Flores

Romanian director Cristian Mungiu won the Cannes Film ​Festival’s Palme d’Or top prize for the second time on Saturday with his Norwegian-set drama that explores clashing cultures, Fjord. This year’s ‌jury president, South Korean director Park Chan-wook, praised the film for helping shed light on understanding different views “in an artistically magnificent manner”. Celebrities including Geena Davis, who was featured on this year’s festival poster in a shot from 1991’s Thelma & Louise, as well as Tilda Swinton and Gael Garcia Bernal appeared on stage to introduce the prizes in a ceremony ​that was largely free of politics and full of praise for cinema. FJORD TACKLES CONSERVATIVE-PROGRESSIVE DIVIDE Winning an award at Cannes typically transforms careers ​and serves as a launch pad for the Oscars, with Palme d’Or winners often carrying strong awards season momentum. Fjord ⁠stars Sebastian Stan, who made his name in the Captain America trilogy, as a Romanian IT specialist who decides to move his family of ​seven to the Norwegian village where his wife, played by Sentimental Value standout Renate Reinsve, was born. Cultural …

Demi Moore, Penelope Cruz and Zoe Saldaña steal the show at Cannes Closing Ceremony

Demi Moore, Penelope Cruz and Zoe Saldaña steal the show at Cannes Closing Ceremony

Published by Daniella Wilson

The 79th Annual Cannes Film Festival came to a glamorous close on Saturday, May 23 2026 as some of the world’s biggest stars stepped onto the iconic red carpet for the highly anticipated closing ceremony at the Palais des Festivals in France. Zoe Saldaña, Demi Moore and Penélope Cruz led the celebrity style parade, with guests embracing dramatic couture gowns, shimmering embellishments and elegant monochrome looks. From oversized statement sleeves to sparkling sequins and edgy sheer detailing, the final red carpet of the festival delivered plenty of unforgettable fashion moments. © WireImage Zoe Saldaña Zoe Saldaña brought playful elegance to the Cannes closing ceremony in a dramatic black floral gown featuring oversized sculptural bow detailing at the waist. The sleeveless dress showcased a plunging neckline and bold orange-and-white floral print layered across the voluminous silhouette. She accessorised with sparkling drop earrings and black heels while wearing her hair slicked back into a sleek bun. Her glowing makeup look featured bronzed skin, softly defined eyes and a glossy nude lip. © Getty Images Penélope Cruz Penélope …