The Premiere of Sex and the City

New Line Cinema waited for the end of Cannes before having the premiere of Sex and the City and as usual I have the latest coverage of the big event for you.



In light of the opening of the new "Sex And The City" movie in theaters, Katie Couric notes that this highly anticipated release marks an occasion to celebrate friendships.

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Sweethearts @ Cannes 2008

Kisses & Roses reported the highlights at the 61st Cannes Film Festival and for my wrap, admire the sweethearts at the red carpet events.




Argentine Director Pablo Trapero kisses beautiful actress Martina Gusman

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Martina Gusman is all smiles


Hot, pretty and sexy model Petra Nemcova


Petra Nemcova is really having fun


Petra Nemcova strikes a unique pose


Beautiful actress Rachida Brakni


Penelope Cruz



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Laurent Cantet's "The Class," Wins the Palme d'Or at Cannes

Laurent Cantet's "The Class," has won the Palme d'Or at the 61st Cannes International Film Festival. It is a classroom drama shot in a French school using real students and teachers.

This is great for French cinema, because the last time a French film won the top prize was 21 years ago.

Cannes 2008 Official Selection

Feature films in Competition
ADORATION directed by Atom EGOYAN
BLINDNESS directed by Fernando MEIRELLES
CHE directed by Steven SODERBERGH
DELTA directed by Kornel MUNDRUCZO
ENTRE LES MURS (THE CLASS) directed by Laurent CANTET
ER SHI SI CHENG JI directed by Zhangke JIA
GOMORRA (GOMORRAH) directed by Matteo GARRONE
IL DIVO directed by Paolo SORRENTINO
L'ÉCHANGE (CHANGELING) directed by Clint EASTWOOD
LA FRONTIÈRE DE L'AUBE (FRONTIER OF DAWN) directed by Philippe GARREL
LA MUJER SIN CABEZA (THE HEADLESS WOMAN) directed by Lucrecia MARTEL
LE SILENCE DE LORNA (LORNA’S SILENCE) directed by Jean-Pierre et Luc DARDENNE
LEONERA directed by Pablo TRAPERO
LINHA DE PASSE directed by Walter SALLES, Daniela THOMAS
MY MAGIC directed by Eric KHOO
PALERMO SHOOTING directed by Wim WENDERS
SERBIS directed by Brillante MENDOZA
SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK directed by Charlie KAUFMAN
TWO LOVERS directed by James GRAY
ÜÇ MAYMUN (THREE MONKEYS) directed by Nuri Bilge CEYLAN
UN CONTE DE NOËL (A CHRISTMAS TALE) directed by Arnaud DESPLECHIN
WALTZ WITH BASHIR directed by Ari FOLMAN

Un Certain Regard
A FESTA DA MENINA MORTA (THE DEAD GIRL'S FEAST) directed by Matheus NACHTERGAELE
AFTERSCHOOL directed by Antonio CAMPOS
DE OFRIVILLIGA (INVOLUNTARY) directed by Ruben ÖSTLUND
HUNGER directed by Steve MCQUEEN
JE VEUX VOIR directed by Joana HADJITHOMAS, Khalil JOREIGE
JOHNNY MAD DOG directed by Jean-Stéphane SAUVAIRE
LA VIE MODERNE (MODERN LIFE) directed by Raymond DEPARDON
LOS BASTARDOS directed by Amat ESCALANTE
MILH HADHA AL-BAHR (SALT OF THIS SEA) directed by Annemarie JACIR
O' HORTEN directed by Bent HAMER
OCEAN FLAME directed by Fen Dou LIU
SOI COWBOY directed by Thomas CLAY
TING CHE directed by Mong-Hong CHUNG
TOKYO SONATA directed by Kiyoshi KUROSAWA
TOKYO! directed by Michel GONDRY, Leos CARAX, Joon Ho BONG
TULPAN directed by Sergey DVORTSEVOY
TYSON directed by James TOBACK
VERSAILLES directed by Pierre SCHOELLER
WENDY AND LUCY (WENDY ET LUCY) directed by Kelly REICHARDT
WOLKE 9 (CLOUD 9) directed by Andreas DRESEN

Out of Competition
INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL directed by Steven SPIELBERG
KUNG FU PANDA directed by Mark OSBORNE, John STEVENSON
MARADONA BY KUSTURICA directed by Emir KUSTURICA
SURVEILLANCE directed by Jennifer LYNCH
THE CHASER directed by Hong-Jin NA
THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE WEIRD directed by Jee-woon KIM
VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA directed by Woody ALLEN
WHAT JUST HAPPENED? directed by Barry LEVINSON

Special screenings
ASHES OF TIME REDUX directed by Kar Wai WONG
C'EST DUR D'ÊTRE AIMÉ PAR DES CONS directed by Daniel LECONTE
CHELSEA ON THE ROCKS directed by Abel FERRARA
OF TIME AND THE CITY directed by Terence DAVIES
ROMAN POLANSKI: WANTED AND DESIRED directed by Marina ZENOVICH
SANGUEPAZZO directed by Marco Tullio GIORDANA
THE THIRD WAVE directed by Alison THOMPSON

Cinefondation
BA YUE SHI WU (AUGUST 15TH) directed by Xuan JIANG
BLIND SPOT directed by Johanna BESSIERE, Cécile DUBOIS HERRY, Nicolas CHAUVELOT, Simon ROUBY, Olivier CLERT, Yvon JARDEL
EL RELOJ (THE WATCH) directed by Marco BERGER
ET DANS MON COEUR J'EMPORTERAI (AND I’LL KEEP IN MY HEART ) directed by Sung-A YOON
FORBACH directed by Claire BURGER
GATA directed by Diana MKRTCHYAN
GESTERN IN EDEN (THE OTHER DAY IN EDEN) directed by Jan SPECKENBACH
HIMNON (ANTHEM) directed by Elad KEIDAN
ILLUSION DWELLERS directed by Robb ELLENDER
INTERIOR. SCARA DE BLOC (INTERIOR. BLOC OF FLATS HALLWAY) directed by Ciprian ALEXANDRESCU
KESTOMERKITSIJÄT (ROADMARKERS) directed by Juho KUOSMANEN
NAUS directed by Lukás GLASER
O SOM E O RESTO (SOUND AND THE REST) directed by André LAVAQUIAL
SHTIKA (SILENCE) directed by Hadar MORAG
STOP directed by Jae-Ok PARK
THE MAID directed by Heidi SAMAN
THIS IS A STORY ABOUT TED AND ALICE directed by Teressa TUNNEY

Short films in Competition
411-Z (411-Z) directed by Dániel ERDÉLYI
BUEN VIAJE (GOOD TRIP) directed by Javier PALLEIRO, Guillermo ROCAMORA
DE MOINS EN MOINS directed by Mélanie LAURENT
EL DESEO (THE DESIRE) directed by Marie BENITO
JERRYCAN (JERRYCAN) directed by Julius AVERY
LOVE YOU MORE (LOVE YOU MORE) directed by Sam TAYLOR-WOOD
MEGATRON (MEGATRON) directed by Marian CRISAN
MY RABIT HOPPY (MY RABIT HOPPY) directed by Anthony LUCAS
SMÁFUGLAR (2 BIRDS) directed by Rúnar RÚNARSSON

I Thank God for My Sister As She Returns Before the End of Cannes

My younger sister Stella has just returned from her medical trip outside Nigeria and my eyes became wet in elated spirits. I thank God for her successful neurosurgery and safe return home to her family. God has done it again.

Stella has been away for over a month and I missed our discussions on the latest movies and musical videos in Nigeria, America and the UK. She knows more about Hollywood than most people in Nigeria and her updates on entetaimnent are beneficial to me.

The 61st Cannes Film Festival ends tomorrow Sunday May 25, 2008.
61ST CANNES SCREENINGS SCHEDULE

Screenings schedule

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Naomi Campbell's 38th Birthday Tears in Cannes

Naomi Campbell with Christophe Rocancourt

Naomi Campbell is two years from turning 40 and seems to be depressed and looking for consolation in the wrong places. She went to Cannes and was on the red carpet with an ex-con, Christophe Rocancourt. She celebrated her 38th birthday with her friends, then she went to P Diddy's VIP party aboard his luxury yacht and left in tears.
You can click here to watch the video of how Naomi Campbell's 38th birthday ended in tears at P Diddy's party.

Angelina Jolie Wears BOCHIC Jewelry at the Cannes Film Festival 2008

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Angelina Jolie chose a pair of rose cut diamond earrings and a rose cut diamond bracelet by BOCHIC for the May 20th premiere at the Palais des Festivals in Cannes, France.


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Mirror of Beauty and the Mirror of Nigerian Ignorance of the Cannes

The major newspapers in Nigeria are posting headlines on Mirror of Beauty, because it was accepted for screening at the 61st Cannes Film Festival and to them the so-called Nollywood epic directed by Okey Zubelu Okoh, has made history. They also boasted that the film was screened at the Odeon and Cineworld cinemas in the UK. That the film won the award of the Best Music Score at the last AMA-Awards and the award for Best Costume at the last Zuma Film Festival in Nigeria. But the Mirror of Beauty is not even in the competition at the Cannes. There was no information on which category of Cannes it would be screened. In fact, there is no press release on the film and the Nigerian Film Corporation does not have any media kit for the publicity of the Mirror of Beauty.


What ignorant Nigerians called epic movies in Nigeria have not even qualified for competition at the Cannes Film Festival where films by Cameroonian and other African filmmakers have competed for the highest honours such as the highly coveted Palme d'Or.

Nigerians love celebrating their ignorance, mediocrity and hypocrisy online and offline.

Ejike Asiegbu, the national president of the Actors Guild Of Nigeria (AGN), called it a feat as a major boost not only for Nollywood, but the African motion picture industry. His ignorance of the facts is abysmally ridiculous. I doubt if Mr. Ejike Asiegbu has any knowledge of "Yeelen" ("Brightness"), by the Malian director Souleymane Cisse. "Yeelen" became the first African film to win a major prize at Cannes when it won the coveted Prix du Jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1987.



Many African films have been screened at the Cannes even before Mr. Ejike left high school, but since he has not taken time to study the history of the African Cinema, he is ignorant of the facts. He has no knowledge of such titles as Les Yeux Secs by Narjiss Nejjar from Morocco and Le Silence de la forêt by Didier Ouenangare and Bassek ba Kobhio from the Central African Republic and Cameroon screened at the Cannes in 2003. I met Bassek ba Kobhio at the screening of the film in Nigeria where notable Nigerian filmmakers and critics reviewed Le Silence de la forêt. Other notable African films screened at Cannes were Khorma by Jilani Saadi from Tunisia in 2003, Heremakono by Abdherrahmane Sissako from Mauritania in 2002, La Saison des Hommes by Moufida Tlatli from Tunisia in 2000, La Genèse by Cheick Oumar Sissoko from Mali in 1999, Kini et Adams by Idrissa Ouedraogo from Burkina Faso, and Le Destin by Youssef Chahine from Egypt in 1997 and Po di Sangui by Flora Gomes from Guinea Bissau in 1996.

Please, if you are at the Cannes, and you see the Mirror of Beauty at the Théâtre Lumière or the Salle Debussy, send me the good news. The most likely place that Mirror of Beauty will be screened is at the Cinéma de la Plage for out of competition films at the Cannes Film Festival.

The Nigerian film industry is 104 years old and the first Nigerian film Palaver was shot in 1904. The most accomplished Nigerian filmmakers like Ola Balogun and the late Hubert Ogunde have produced notable films in the 1970s and 1980s and what is now dubbed as Nollywood is the result of the collapse of the Nigerian film industry in the late 1980s. Nigeria should be competing for the top prizes at Cannes and not calling the mere acceptance of screening a Nigerian film a feat!
Please, give me a break! We can do better than that.

Last year the Romanian abortion drama 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days was the winner.

Are They All Pregnant @ Cannes? Not Really...

Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman and Jack Black seem to be having fun at the 2008 Festival de Cannes.


Angelina Jolie with Dustin Hoffman and Jack Black.

Red Carpet Premiere of Kung Fu Panda at Cannes

Indie Versus Indy at Cannes

15 May 2008 17:08 Africa/Lagos


Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull: the Red Carpet Premiere at Cannes

Paramount Pictures & Lucasfilm Ltd.
61ST ANNUAL CANNES FILM FESTIVAL

THE RED CARPET PREMIERE AT CANNES

SCHEDULED TO ATTEND

DIRECTOR STEVEN SPIELBERG, HARRISON FORD, SHIA LABEOUF,
CATE BLANCHETT, KAREN ALLEN, RAY WINSTONE, JOHN HURT,
JIM BROADBENT, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER GEORGE LUCAS,
PRODUCER FRANK MARSHALL, EXECUTIVE PRODUCER KATHLEEN KENNEDY

SUNDAY, MAY 18, 2008
6:00PM TO 6:30PM (Eastern)
3:00PM TO 3:30PM (Pacific)
Galaxy 26 Transponder 24 (C-Band, Analog)
Downlink Frequency - 4180 Horizontal

MONDAY, MAY 19, 2008
5:00AM to 5:30AM (Eastern)
2:00AM TO 2:30AM (Pacific)
Galaxy 26 Transponder 24 (C-Band, Analog)
Downlink Frequency - 4180 Horizontal

WHAT: Director Steven Spielberg, Harrison Ford, Shia LaBeouf, Cate
Blanchett, Karen Allen, Ray Winstone, John Hurt, Jim Broadbent,
executive producer George Lucas, producer Frank Marshall,
executive producer Kathleen Kennedy among others celebrated the
worldwide premiere of Paramount Pictures/Lucasfilm Ltd.
production of "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal
Skull," which played out of competition at the Palais during the
61st Annual Cannes Film Festival. The day began with an official
festival photocall and press conference and was followed by the
cast and filmmakers walking the red carpet prior to the official
festival screening at the Grand Theatre Lumiere.

MOVIE: The whip-toting, punch-packing, snake-hating, globe-trotting
archaeologist with a fedora is back on screen in "Indiana Jones
and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull." On May 22, Indiana Jones
is back in a new globe-trotting adventure, "Indiana Jones and the
Kingdom of the Crystal Skull." Directed by Steven Spielberg and
starring Harrison Ford as Indy, "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of
the Crystal Skull" features an outstanding cast, including
Oscar(R) winner Cate Blanchett, Karen Allen, Ray Winstone, John
Hurt, Oscar(R) winner Jim Broadbent and Shia LaBeouf. Frank
Marshall is the film's producer. George Lucas and Kathleen
Kennedy are the executive producers. The screenplay is by David
Koepp from a story by George Lucas and Jeff Nathanson.

Paramount Pictures Presents a Lucasfilm Ltd. Production "Indiana
Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" starring Harrison
Ford, Cate Blanchett, Karen Allen, Ray Winstone, John Hurt, Jim
Broadbent and Shia LaBeouf. The film is directed by Steven
Spielberg from a screenplay by David Koepp. Story by George Lucas
and Jeff Nathanson. The film is produced by Frank Marshall. The
executive producers are George Lucas and Kathleen Kennedy. The
co-producer is Denis L. Stewart. The director of photography is
Janusz Kaminski. The production designer is Guy Hendrix Dyas.
The film is edited by Michael Kahn, A.C.E. The costume designer
is Mary Zophres. The music is by John Williams. The visual
effects and animation are by Industrial Light & Magic. This film
has been rated PG-13 for adventure violence and scary images.

The Package includes:
* RED CARPET ARRIVAL FOOTAGE AND SOUNDBITES WITH THE CAST AND FILMMAKERS
* NEWSWRAP AND TRAILER


For more information: Jim Bowling, On The Scene Productions - 323-930-5830


THE FILM OPENS WORLDWIDE MAY 22, 2008


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