TINSELTOWN SPYWITNESS.Byline: Elizabeth Snead and Jennifer Sklar CANNES-DO SPIRIT: The Cannes Film Festival Cannes Film Festival Film festival held annually in Cannes, France. First held in 1946 for the recognition of artistic achievement, the festival came to provide a rendezvous for those interested in the art and influence of the movies. kicked off Wednesday with the appearance of two Hollywood icons: nebbishy neurotic director Woody Allen Noun 1. Woody Allen - United States filmmaker and comic actor (1935-) Allen Stewart Konigsberg, Allen , who was presenting his film ``Hollywood Ending,'' and blond beauty Sharon Stone, best-known as the panty-less leg-crossing femme femme adj. Slang Exhibiting stereotypical or exaggerated feminine traits. Used especially of lesbians and gay men. n. 1. Slang One who is femme. 2. Informal A woman or girl. fatale in ``Basic Instinct.'' Ironically, both admitted consternation at being in the glare of the spotlight. ``I'm suppressing panic,'' Allen admitted. ``But I've rented a tux, so there's no turning back now.'' Stone has been MIA MIA n. A member of the armed services who is reported missing following a combat mission and whose status as to injury, capture, or death is unknown. [m(issing) i(n) a(ction). from Hollywood for a few years. But it's hardly been a peaceful time for the former film diva. She married newspaperman Phil Bronstein Phil Bronstein (born 1951) is the executive vice president and editor of the San Francisco Chronicle. He was married to actress Sharon Stone from February 1998 until January 2004. , settled in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , adopted a baby, coped with Bronstein's heart ailments and helped him heal after that much publicized giant lizard attack. Stone, who is serving on the Cannes Film Festival jury, revealed that she's also had her own health issues (a brain aneurysm brain aneurysm Cerebral aneurysm Neurology A dilated and weak segment of a cerebral artery, often located in the circle of Willis at the base of the brain, which is susceptible to rupture; BAs may be caused by birth defects or follow poorly controlled HTN Clinical ). Looking slim and somewhat fragile in a suede pantsuit with a leopard-print scarf and turquoise necklace, Stone was given a hand and helped to her seat next to Jury president David Lynch at the afternoon press conference. Before answering the first question, she paused and softly asked if anyone had a tissue. ``I have a used one,'' Lynch offered. ``That's fine,'' Stone replied. ``If you spit on it, I'll feel like it's my mom.'' After wiping her nose, she spoke about what it's like to be back in the public eye. ``I had taken a couple of years off to become a mother and then I was ill and took even more time off than I had planned. And just as I decided to come back to filmmaking, I was asked to come to Cannes and to come back to filmmaking with a team of people who explore film in a very profound way, from a spiritual and metaphysical sensibility. For me, it means getting to be in a very sensitive and provocative room of people and to look at the magic of filmmaking and see what films touch us the most, make us see and feel the world, humanity and possibilities.'' She also admitted that returning to her Hollywood high
At which point, Lynch said, ``We could start calling you 'Honey.' ``That might be easier for me,'' Stone said, with a small smile. ``I think what I have learned since I have been gone is that I would rather bring the 'honey' and 'mom' parts of me to my work, and I have learned to protect myself, and I want to be less in the bright light because it distorts my ability to do my work.'' Stone plans to return to Hollywood as a producer but has no firm film plans yet. OH SO HIP: Lake Hollywood looked like Woodstock Saturday afternoon, when the popular Frankie B. low-rise jeans Low-rise jeans, worn by both men and women, are jeans intended to sit low on, or below, the hips. They are also called lowcut jeans, hipsters, hip-huggers and lowriders. Usually they sit at least three inches (7.6 centimetres) lower than the belly button. label threw a party for its new fall line. Benefiting VH1's Save the Music, which preserves music programs in schools across the country, the fashion show in the sun featured Carmen Electra “Tara Patrick” redirects here. For the porn star, see Tera Patrick. Tara Leigh Patrick (born April 20 1972), professionally known as Carmen Electra,[1] is an American glamour model, television personality, dancer, singer, and actress. and other toned models showing off the latest styles for a crowd of celebs including Minnie Driver, Mariel Hemingway Mariel Hadley Hemingway (born November 22, 1961) is an Academy Award- and Golden Globe-nominated American actress. Biography Early life Hemingway was born in Mill Valley, California, daughter of Byra Louise (née Whittlesey) and Jack Hemingway, a writer. , Tyra Banks and Leonardo DiCaprio. ``It's just like what we wore 40 years ago,'' marveled denim-clad '70s supermodel Lauren Hutton. ``They look wonderful!'' Hutton hung out with her pal Rosanna Arquette, who resembled Stevie Nicks in a crushed-velvet jacket over jeans and hippie jewelry. The hippie theme extended to booths of fake tattoos, tarot tarot Sets of cards used in fortune-telling and in certain card games. The origins of tarot cards are obscure; cards approximating their present form first appeared in Italy and France in the late 14th century. card readings and tie- dying, thrown in with more L.A.-centric stations for eyebrow shaping, facials, yoga and Zone diet treats. DiCaprio, super-scruffy in Army fatigue pants and a baseball hat, pouted when his friend informed him that the Baja Fresh tent ran out of burritos, while Electra locked arms with her fiancee, a shirtless Dave Navarro. The toned bods stripped down to bras and little else as the sun beat down and Nikka Costa took the stage to belt out some tunes. ``It's like a sea of good arms,'' noted one guest who grabbed a business card from the sex-toy booth. Beautiful people held pint-size dogs in one hand and a free Dos Equis beer in the other, enjoying the West Coast version of peace, love and music. The only thing missing was a Botox tent. CAPTION(S): 3 photos Photo: (1) STONE: Touch me, heal me Patrick Gardin/Associated Press (2) ALLEN: He's not really here ... Christophe Ena/Associated Press (3) HUTTON: Jeans go back to the future Donato Sardella/WireImage.com |
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