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Actress Sydney Sweeney is the lead and executive producer of Sony Pictures developing live-action “Barbarella”, science fiction comedy feature, based on the ‘adult’ French comic strip heroine created by writer/illustrator Jean-Claude Forest:

“…’Barbarella' is….

“…a vibrant young woman…

“…who travels from planet to planet……

“…and has numerous adventures...

“...often involving otherworldly and unexpected, romantic, close encounters.

“The aliens she meets…

“…often try to seduce her...

“…but she always comes out on top…

“…because of her love for strange new worlds…”

The original comic book version…

…of 'Barbarella'…

…was modeled on French actress Brigitte Bardot...

...and Jane Fonda starred in a live-action feature (1968), directed by her husband Roger Vadim.

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The In Memoriam portion of the 2025 Oscars telecast on Sunday night paid a moving tribute to several stars and movie industry folk who have died over the last year, but there were some notable omissions that were quickly pointed out on social media.

The In Memoriam segment of the show, that was soundtracked to the “Lacrimosa” portion of Mozart’s “Requiem in D Minor,” featured moving tributes to entertainment industry giants the likes of David Lynch, Maggie Smith, Roger Corman, Shelley Duvall, Bob Newhart, James Earl Jones and Donald Sutherland. Two-time Oscar-winner Gene Hackman, who was found dead inside his Sante Fe home alongside his wife Betsy Arakawa, was given a moving special tribute by his longtime friend Morgan Freeman.

But as ever with the Academy Awards and the In Memoriam segment, much of the discussion online is who was omitted from the televised tribute. One of the more glaring omissions was actor Tony Todd,...

Dynamite Entertainment’s “Barbarella" comic book title, continues using the likeness of actress Sydney Sweeney, who will star and executive produce a new Sony Pictures live-action feature, based on the ‘adult’ French comic strip heroine created by Jean-Claude Forest:

'Barbarella' is a young woman…

…who travels from planet to planet……

…and has numerous adventures...

....often involving sex.

The aliens she meets…

…often try to seduce her...

...and she also experiments with an 'orgasmotron'.

The original comic book version of 'Barbarella'…

…was modeled on French actress Brigitte Bardot...

...and Jane Fonda starred in a feature, directed by her husband Roger Vadim.

Click the images to enlarge...

Dynamite Entertainment continues to adapt their "Barbarella" comic book title, with the likeness of actress Sydney Sweeney, who has agreed to star and executive produce a new live-action feature, based on the ‘adult’ French comic strip heroine created by Jean-Claude Forest:

'Barbarella' is a young woman…

…who travels from planet to planet……

…and has numerous adventures...

....often involving sex.

The aliens she meets…

…often seduce her...

...and she also experiments with an 'orgasmotron'.

The original comic book version of 'Barbarella'…

…was modeled on French actress Brigitte Bardot...

...and Jane Fonda starred in a feature, directed by her husband Roger Vadim.

Click the images to enlarge...

Alain Delon, the legendary French actor, was a central figure in the French golden age of cinema during the 1960s and 70s. Known for his suave, tough-guy persona and striking good looks, Leon appeared in more than 100 movies in his five-decade career. What made Delon so memorable was the unpredictable nature of his performances. From the ruthless assassin he played in Le Samouraï, to the charismatic criminal in Borsalino, Delon especially shone when he showed his seductive side in L'Eclisse and La Piscine. Hiss filmography even includes iconic literary characters, such as Zorro and Tom Ripley.

Delon passed away on August 18th, 2024, at the age of 88. Since then, film scholars, journalists, and fans have reflected on his remarkable body of work and the legacy his powerful performances have left in cinema history. He is undoubtedly one of the greatest actors of his generation and the rare international star to achieve global acclaim.

Sabrina Carpenter Models Versace Biggie Sunglasses (Photo Credit – Instagram)

Sabrina Carpenter seems to be turning heads, including ex-Barry Keoghan’s, with her latest ad profile campaign for Versace.

The 25-year-old pop sensation stuns in the fashion brand’s winter campaign, showcasing its most enormous Biggie eyewear sunglasses, named in homage to the late rapper, Notorious B.I.G.

French basketball star Alexandre Sarr, who also features prominently in the stylish ads, joined her in the campaign. This marks another major fashion milestone for Sabrina, following her appearance in the high-profile campaign for Kim Kardashian’s Skims lingerie brand.

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Known for his creative flair and business acumen as much as for his talent for throwing the best parties, French entrepreneur and producer Pascal Breton is celebrating a milestone in the 11-year history of his Paris-based Federation Studios. That is the launch of “The Agency,” the anticipated U.S. remake of “Le Bureau des Legendes” starring Michael Fassbender, which Federation executive produced alongside George Clooney and is co-distributing internationally with Paramount Global Content Distribution.

Federation Studios previously sold Eric Rochant’s smash hit spy series “Le Bureau des Legendes” widely, but retained the IP, allowing the outfit to make a lucrative deal with Paramount for the remake and remain in the picture as co-distributor and executive producer.

A disruptor at heart, Breton was vying for a career in academics after getting a PhD in political science with a prophetic thesis about how television has changed the rules of political life.

Jane Birkin was a prolific actress with a film career that spanned decades, starting back in 1965. Born in London, Birkin mostly worked as an actress in French cinema, becoming a major movie star in the country for her early roles in films like Slogan, La Piscine, and Cannabis. Alongside her work as an actress, she was a singer, with a number of studio albums throughout her career. However, Birkin is perhaps most famous for being the namesake of Birkin bags, fashion house Herms' most famous luxury handbags.

Sadly, Jane Birkin passed away on July 16, 2023, just two years after suffering a stroke in 2021. Her last film was the docu-drama, Jane by Charlotte, the directorial debut of her daughter, Charlotte Gainsbourg. Since first appearing in an uncredited role in the film The Knack... and How to Get It in 1965, Birkin had a legendary career right until the end.

Daddy Nostalgia (1990) Jane Birkin...

Kassem Istanbouli has been on a mission over the past decade restoring abandoned cinema theaters and converting them into cultural hubs for marginalized communities in Lebanon.

Working under the banners of Ngo the Tiro Association for Arts (Taa) and his Istanbouli Theater company, the artist, actor and filmmaker has spearheaded the renovation of cinemas in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli as well as in Beirut and the southern Lebanese cities of Tyre and Nabatieh.

Amid the escalating war between Israel and Iran-backed armed group Hezbollah, these cinema theaters are being repurposed yet again as shelters for people displaced from southern Lebanon and the capital of Beirut by Israeli military action.

Lebanon’s Health Ministry has said that least at 2,000 people have been killed since Israel stepped up its bombing campaign targeting Hezbollah leaders and arms cachets on September 23, while Un refugee agency Unhcr estimates 1.2 million people have fled their homes.

Dynamite Entertainment has adapted their "Barbarella" comic book title, with the likeness of Emmy nominated actress Sydney Sweeney, as she preps to star as "Barbarella" in a new Sony Pictures action feature, based on the erotic French comic strip heroine created by Jean-Claude Forest:

'Barbarella' is a young woman who travels from planet to planet and has numerous adventures...

....often involving sex.

The aliens she meets often seduce her...

...and she also experiments with an 'orgasmotron'.

The original comic book version of 'Barbarella'…

…was modeled on French actress Brigitte Bardot...

...and Jane Fonda starred in a feature, directed by her husband Roger Vadim.

Click the images to enlarge...

In an era where Instagram has allowed celebrities to curate their public images as they see fit, the word "sex symbol" has mostly been retired as anyone can be a sex symbol under the right circumstances. Early sex symbol figures like Marilyn Monroe and Brigitte Bardot have never truly gone away, with new generations continuing to discover them through pop culture osmosis or being name-checked in pop songs. In 2023, movie star, model, and international sex symbol Raquel Welch passed away, marking an end to the "classic" era of sex symbols. Her legacy as a sex symbol is well documented, with her biography by Peter Haining boasting the title "Raquel Welch: Sex Symbol to Super Star," not to mention the fact a huge poster of her from "One Million Years B.C." is used to cover the increasingly deep escape hole in Andy Dufresne's jail cell in "The Shawshank Redemption."

Welch was...

Cinema isn’t a beauty contest, but if it were, Alain Delon surely would have won the title of the 1960s’ most handsome actor.

That’s a subjective call, of course, and as such, Delon is the kind of figure about whom writers tend to fall back on the word “arguably” — as in, “arguably the most handsome” — which is kind of a cop-out, as it leaves the argument to somebody else. When it comes to Delon, plenty have made the case. I loved Anthony Lane’s longform analysis of Delon’s allure in The New Yorker earlier this year. And none other than Jane Fonda, who co-starred with Delon in 1964’s “Joy House,” described him as “the most beautiful human being.”

The French star, who died Sunday, made more than 100 movies in a career that spanned 50 years, but for that one transformative decade in film history — beginning with the Patricia Highsmith...

Of course he was gorgeous — it was always the first thing you noticed about Alain Delon whenever he appeared onscreen, that otherworldly handsomeness that took your breath away no matter where you fell on the Kinsey scale. The French movie star knew that he was one of the most beautiful people to ever grace the movies, from any country and in any era, with those near-geometric cheekbones and those icy blue eyes; Delon knew his looks opened professional doors for him and opened the arms of women whose company he was happy to keep.

Alain Delon, the French actor most famous for his roles in the films of New Wave director Jean-Pierre Melville, especially “Le Samourai,” has died. He was 88.

“He passed away peacefully in his home in Douchy, surrounded by his three children and his family,” according to a statement released to the Afp news agency by his family.

In addition to “Le Samourai,” Delon also appeared in Melville’s brilliant heist film “Le Cercle rouge” and “Un Flic.”

Some of his other significant films were Rene Clement’s “Purple Noon”; Visconti’s “Rocco and His Brothers” and “The Leopard”; Antonioni’s “L’Eclisse”; Jose Giovanni’s “Two Men in Town”; and Joseph Losey’s “Mr. Klein.”

Although he triggered some controversies during the later part of his life due to his public comments on adoption of children by same-sex parents and affinity with far-right politicians, many prominent figures in France and abroad paid...

Alain Delon, the dark and dashing leading man from France who starred in some of the greatest European films of the 1960s and ’70s, has died. He was 88.

“Alain Fabien, Anouchka, Anthony, as well as (his dog) Loubo, are deeply saddened to announce the passing of their father. He passed away peacefully in his home in Douchy, surrounded by his three children and his family,” a statement from the family released to Afp news agency said.

Delon had been suffering from poor health in recent years and had a stroke in 2019.

With a filmography boasting such titles as Luchino Visconti’s Rocco and His Brothers (1960) and The Leopard (1963), René Clément’s Purple Noon (1960), Michelangelo Antonioni’s The Eclipse (1962), Joseph Losey’s Mr. Klein (1976) and Jean-Pierre Melville’s Le Samouraï (1967) and The Red Circle (1970), Delon graced several art house movies now considered classics.

His tense and stoical performances, often as...

Humane Society International and our partner organizations together constitute one of the world’s largest animal protection organizations-backed by 11 million people. Hsi works to protect all animals-including animals in laboratories, farm animals, companion animals, and wildlife-and our record of achievement demonstrates our dedication and effectiveness. With the support of our advocates and donors, we have advocated for strong legislation to protect animals. For example, in 2009 we helped achieve a European Union ban on trade in seal products, a major step toward ending the annual commercial seal slaughter in Canada. We work with local animal organizations in countries all over the world to provide direct, hands-on care to animals in need and spread the culture of compassion. Our campaigns strike at the root of problems affecting animals by providing the tools and resources to prevent animal suffering both now and in the future.

Sir Paul McCartney – has actively supported Hsi’s...

The star of La Dolce Vita and A Man and a Woman, who has died aged 92, had a unique screen presence that was at once alluring and forbidding

The superbly aquiline beauty and patrician style of Anouk Aimée made her a 60s movie icon in France, Italy and everywhere else with a presence at once alluring and forbidding. She had something of the young Joan Crawford, or Marlene Dietrich, or her contemporary, the French model and actress Capucine. Aimée radiated an enigmatic sexual aura flavoured with melancholy, sophistication and worldly reserve. Hers was not a face that could simper or pout: it was the entranced men around her who were more likely to be doing that. Hirokazu Kore-eda once wrote an amusing line that all the great French movie actresses have surnames that begin with the same letter as their first names: Danielle Darrieux, Simone Signoret, Brigitte Bardot … and of...

When you first see “Palm Royale’s” prospective patrician Maxine Douglas Dellacourte, played by Kristen Wiig, she is drowning off the coast of Palm Beach, Fla. Despite her precarious position, Maxine is fabulously dressed in a pink cocktail gown embellished with tulle-beaded flowers and 20 yards of multicolored chiffon.

“[Maxine] has this shiny positivity about her and it reminded me of little girls and their unbridled optimism. So we modeled her a little bit after a doll or like how a little girl might dress herself,” says “Palm Royale” costume designer Alix Friedberg. “[The dress] feels very Maxine and very doll-like as I said before, so that was a good little silhouette. As simple as it was, it was a really difficult dress to build.”

Based on the book “Mr. and Mrs. American Pie” by Juliet McDaniel, the AppleTV+ series “Palm Royale” follows the fabulistic antics of Maxine Dellacourte, who after marrying the last...

Dynamite Entertainment has adapted their "Barbarella" comic book title, with the likeness of Emmy nominated actress Sydney Sweeney, prepping to star as "Barbarella" in a new Sony Pictures action feature, based on the erotic French comic strip heroine created by Jean-Claude Forest:

'Barbarella' is a young woman who travels from planet to planet and has numerous adventures...

....often involving sex.

The aliens she meets often seduce her...

...and she also experiments with an 'orgasmotron'.

The original comic book version of 'Barbarella'…

…was modeled on French actress Brigitte Bardot...

...and Jane Fonda starred in a feature, directed by her husband Roger Vadim.

Click the images to enlarge...

The Cannes Film Festival has a storied history of infamous moments. We think of Brigitte Bardot in her bikini, Spike Lee threatening Wim Wenders with a baseball bat after losing the Palme d’Or, pretty much everything Lars Von Trier has said or done…But one that really caught the media’s attention was when Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren went at it on the red carpet, with people under the impression that the Universal Soldier co-stars and European macho men were really at each other’s throats. Turns out, it was all just a gag for the press.

It’s one thing that Universal Soldier was even being represented at the Cannes Film Festival but another entirely that it wasn’t even screened! As it was, despite a minor presence on the Palais des Festivals, Roland Emmerich’s sci-fi action flick wasn’t part of any screenings because it wasn’t complete.

Religion, Karl Marx said, is the opiate of the masses. Today, he would likely say that the opiate of the masses is fame — the desire for it, the things you have to do to get it, the fragmentary nature of it, and everything it’s supposed to bring you. The new fame, the lusty fickle kind bred by social media, is at the center of the startlingly bold French drama “Wild Diamond.”

It tells the story of Liane (Malou Khebizi), a 19-year-old glam trainwreck who lives with her mother and kid sister in the town of Fréjus in Southern France. Liane’s entire existence is driven by her compulsion to connect with the up-from-nowhere apparatus of fame, the kind that transforms people on Instagram and TikTok — and, the subject of “Wild Diamond,” reality TV — into overnight spangly vessels of adoration.

In the first scene, Liane is in a department store,...

Throughout the past century, the world has been introduced to thousands of beautiful models, but some have made a bigger impact—and a bigger paycheck—than others.

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In 2023, Kendall Jenner secured the top spot as the highest-paid model with earnings of $40 million, driven by her runway shows, brand campaigns, reality TV appearances, and tequila brand.

Chrissy Teigen followed closely with $39 million, thanks to her modeling work, hosting “Lip Sync Battle,” and bestselling cookbooks. Veteran supermodel Gisele Bündchen earned $33 million, while Rosie Huntington-Whiteley amassed $32 million through modeling and entrepreneurial ventures.

Palais Intrigue Warren Beatty and Natalie Wood

Warren Beatty and his Splendor in the Grass co-star (and then girlfriend) Natalie Wood on the steps of the Palais du Festival, 1962.

Queen Elizabeth Liz Taylor

A bejeweled and becrowned Liz Taylor grabs a seat, and all the attention, at the 1957 edition of the festival.

Bonjour, Bb! Brigitte Bardot

French actress Brigitte Bardot at the Ninth Cannes Film Festival in 1956, the year Roger Vadim’s And God Created Woman made her a star.

Stars Aligning Cary Grant and Kim Novak

Cary Grant and Kim Novak at the 12th edition of the festival, perhaps discussing their recent work for Alfred Hitchcock.

Belle Journée Marie Laforêt

French singer Marie Laforêt in a dreamy moment at the Cannes Festival in 1960.

Moment of Reflection Grace Kelly

Grace Kelly in the Carlton Hotel in 1955, the year she appeared with Grant in Hitchcock’s To Catch a Thief, about...

Emmy nominated actress Sydney Sweeney will star as outer space heroine "Barbarella" in a developing Sony Pictures action feature, to be directed by Edgar Wright, based on the French comic strip heroine created by Jean-Claude Forest:

'Barbarella' is a young woman who travels from planet to planet and has numerous adventures...

....often involving sex. 

The aliens she meets often seduce her...

...and she also experiments with an 'orgasmotron'. 

The original comic book version of 'Barbarella' was modeled on French actress Brigitte Bardot...

...and Jane Fonda starred in a spoof feature, directed by her husband Roger Vadim.

Click the images to enlarge...

Italy’s Taormina Film Fest has appointed Marco Muller as artistic director, ahead of its 70th edition this summer (July 12-19).

Italian executive Muller has previously been director of Venice, Locarno, Rotterdam and Rome film festivals. He is currently director of the Film Art Research Centre at Shanghai University, and professor emeritus at the Shanghai Film Academy.

Muller created and directed China’s Pingyao and Macao film festivals, and has written and edited more than 20 monographic books on international cinema.

Muller will work with a selection committee comprised of former BFI London Film Festival director Sandra Hebron, journalist Enrico Magrelli,...

Streaming in Europe on Netflix, “Bardot" is a 6-episode, France-produced drama TV series, created, directed by Danièle Thompson and Christopher Thompson, starring Julia de Nunez as the iconic film actress:

"...the series follows the career of French cinema actress Brigitte Bardot, from her first casting as a teenager...

"...to the filming of Henri-Georges Clouzot's feature "La Vérité"..."

Cast also includes Victor Belmondo as 'Roger Vadim', Jules Benchetrit as 'Sami Frey'...

...Géraldine Pailhas as 'Anne-Marie Mucel'...

...Hippolyte Girardot as 'Louis Bardot', Yvan Attal as 'Raoul Lévy'......

...... Anne Le Ny as 'Olga Horstig', Louis-Do de Lencquesaing as 'Henri-Georges Clouzot'...

...Laurent Stocker as 'Pierre Lazareff'...

...Oscar Lesage as 'Jacques Charrier', Noham Edje as 'Jean-Louis Trintignant'...

...Fabian Wolfrom as 'Sacha Distel' and Mikaël Mittelstadt as 'Gilbert Bécaud'.

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Dynamite Entertainment has adapted their ongoing "Barbarella" comic book title, with the likeness of Emmy nominated actress Sydney Sweeney, who is prepping to star as "Barbarella" in a new Sony Pictures action feature, based on the erotic French comic strip heroine created by Jean-Claude Forest:

'Barbarella' is a young woman who travels from planet to planet and has numerous adventures...

....often involving sex.

The aliens she meets often seduce her...

...and she also experiments with an 'orgasmotron'.

The original comic book version of 'Barbarella'…

…was modeled on French actress Brigitte Bardot...

...and Jane Fonda starred in a feature, directed by her husband Roger Vadim.

Click the images to enlarge...

Dynamite Entertainment has adapted the ongoing "Barbarella" comic book title, with the likeness of Emmy nominated actress Sydney Sweeney, prepping to star as "Barbarella" in a new Sony Pictures action feature, based on the erotic French comic strip heroine created by Jean-Claude Forest:

'Barbarella' is a young woman who travels from planet to planet and has numerous adventures...

....often involving sex.

The aliens she meets often seduce her...

...and she also experiments with an 'orgasmotron'.

The original comic book version of 'Barbarella'…

…was modeled on French actress Brigitte Bardot...

...and Jane Fonda starred in a feature, directed by her husband Roger Vadim.

Click the images to enlarge...

Everyone knows that hotels — preferably isolated, ideally with very few guests — make the best settings for horror films. All that sad anonymity, all that provisional space ready to be filled with something really nasty. In Cuckoo, Alpenplatz, run by the excessively friendly Mr. Konig (Dan Stevens) totally fits the bill.

You never get a clear idea of its geography, apart from an enormous foyer fronted by a sort of supermarket where the odd, disoriented guest wanders in to vomit into the freezer unit. “Oh yes, that happens sometimes,” says the flirty receptionist Trixie (Greta Fernandez), who apparently has just stepped out of one of Brigitte Bardot’s lesser movies. There also are some bungalows — how close to the main building is not clear either — including one painted pink that Konig calls “the love nest.” In horror, that has to be a bad sign.

So a hotel is a good start.

Emmy nominated "Euphoria" actress Sydney Sweeney, currently co-starring in the Sony/Marvel Studios feature "Madame Web", has been cast as "Barbarella" in a new feature based on the French comic strip heroine created by Jean-Claude Forest:

'Barbarella' is a young woman who travels from planet to planet and has numerous adventures...

....often involving sex.

The aliens she meets often seduce her...

...and she also experiments with a 'machine excessive' or 'orgasmotron'.

The original comic book version of 'Barbarella' was modeled on French actress Brigitte Bardot...

...and Jane Fonda starred in a spoof feature, directed by her husband Roger Vadim.

The Dynamite Entertainment title "Barbarella" #1 is written by Mike Carey and illustrated by Kenan Yarar, with covers by Kenneth Rocafort, Joe Jusko, Josephn Michael Linsner, Robert Hack, Annie Wu, Kenan Yarar, Valentine DeLandro, Veronica Fish and Roberto Castro.

"...Earth's star-crossed daughter is back!

"When 'Barbarella' wanders into a war zone,...

Selena Gomez has a new look!

The 31-year-old Rare singer and beauty entrepreneur attended the premiere of the movie Lola in support of her friend Nicola Peltz Beckham on Saturday night (February 3) at Regency Bruin Theatre in Los Angeles.

And fans quickly discovered that Selena is rocking a whole new ‘do!

Keep reading to find out more…

After debuting a shorter cut last month while hosting events for Rare Beauty, she showed off bangs that Vogue described as bringing the “iconic bangs” of Bff Taylor Swift and a touch of “French girl je ne sais quoi” Brigitte Bardot to mind.

The outlet also pointed out that Selena‘s hairstylist, Marissa Marino, was likely responsible for the new fringe.

So many stars turned out to support Nicola‘s new movie – find out who else!. Guests sipped on Casamigos coctails throughout the evening.

See photos of Selena Gomez‘s new look inside…...

With haute couture week in Paris concluded, the spotlight of the fashion world shifted en masse to Saint-Paul-de-Vence, the village perched on the Maritime Alps in southern France. Simon Porte Jacquemus chose it as the location to present his new collection for 2024 in the Maeght Foundation, a few kilometers from Nice, calling together his high-profile friends Gigi Hadid, Emily Ratajkowski, model (and girlfriend, reportedly, of Leonardo DiCaprio) Vittoria Ceretti and Deva Cassel (daughter of Monica Bellucci and Vincent Cassel) who paraded on a platform set up among the works of Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Alexander Calder and Alberto Giacometti.

Not surprisingly, the collection of 47 looks, both women’s and men’s, was given the name “Les Sculptures” by the French designer (who himself grew up in the south of France, in the town of Mallemort, not far from Marseille). The presentation showcased leather dresses with rounded shoulders and sleeves curving...

A convincing romantic and erotic attraction, we can all agree, is one of the keys to a good rom-com. Do you believe these two people love each other? Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell definitely have that in “Anyone but You.” It begins with the simple fact that both are such splendid camera objects. She, with her goldfish eyes and pout of self-possession, looks like a more wised-up, no-nonsense Brigitte Bardot, while he, with his squinty eyes and killer grin, resembles Tom Cruise with a weird touch of the young Dustin Hoffman’s geek glamour. These two have “mega movie stars of tomorrow” written all over them, though not merely because they look so good. Both are lightning-fast actors, delivering the spiked screwball banter and — important for this movie — the toxic insults with airy aplomb.

For, of course, the history of romantic comedy is also powered by another dynamic, one nearly as important as love.

British actor who starred in the 1960s film classics Saturday Night and Sunday Morning and The Entertainer

Shirley Anne Field, who has died aged 87, was likened to Marilyn Monroe, Catherine Deneuve and even “a sort of red-haired Brigitte Bardot”. There was no question she could stop traffic. “Lorries used to thunder to a halt, and I would wonder what they were looking at,” she said.

Her presence was sharply distinctive. In Karel Reisz’s film of Alan Sillitoe’s Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960), a defining work of kitchen-sink drama, she was a vision of self-possession as Doreen, who works in a Nottingham hairnet factory, lives with her mother and catches the eye of the discontented lathe operator Arthur Seaton, played by Albert Finney.

Red Bull Studios and London-based Featuristic Films have partnered on “Art of the Jump,” a feature documentary about the life and career of Sébastien Foucan, a well-known French athlete.

Directed by James Kermack, the documentary follows Foucan’s humble upbringing in the French suburb of Lisses to sports stardom. Foucan is known for participating in extreme sports such as freerunning and parkour, where he crosses obstacles through the use of running, jumping, climbing and rolling.

The film is produced by Julien Loeffler and James Kermack for Featuristic Films and Philipp Manderla and Dominique Cutts for Red Bull Studios. Production on the film recently wrapped after shooting across the U.K. and France.

“Sébastien Foucan’s story is a testament to the power of determination, innovation and the relentless pursuit of one’s dreams, dreams that ultimately come at a cost,” said Kermack, who described Foucan as “a man who refuses...

The Oscars are still five months away, but there’s one winner prediction that you can take to the bank. The category of Best Costume Design will be won by a period drama or a fantasy film. In the past 45 years, only one contemporary-set movie has scored the costume prize, with only about one contemporary nominee per decade.

While dressing up monarchs and showgirls and superheroes is a craft that deserves praise, the period/fantasy monopoly also highlights work outside of that mold. And there’s no better recent example of imagination in modern dress than “Passages,” the great drama from director Ira Sachs (“Love Is Strange”), elevated with idiosyncratic, seductive costumes design by Khadija Zeggaï.

Set among the bourgeoisie in modern day Paris, “Passages” focuses on German filmmaker Tomas (Franz Rogowski), who is married to artist Martin (Ben Whishaw) but falls in love with schoolteacher Agathe (Adele Excharpoulous).

The film,...

Board makes “difficult decision” ahead of October event.

The ongoing Hollywood strikes have struck again, this time forcing the Franco-American Cultural Fund (Facf) to cancel its Los Angeles event the American French Film Festival.

The Facf, which brings together the DGA, MPA, WGA and France’s authors’ rights organisation Sacem, said its board members made the “difficult decision” this week to cancel, explaining that it was “not possible to continue with business as usual”.

The group said it was “keenly aware of the impact of this decision on the filmmakers, actors, producers, and distributors of the films and series that were due to be featured,...

The American French Film Festival, which had been due to take place in L.A. from October 18 to 22, has been shelved due to the writers and actors strikes.

The Franco-American Cultural Fund (Facf) which oversees the event (formerly known as Colcoa) said it had made the difficult to decision to cancel the 2023 edition after a board meeting.

“The Facf Board of Directors determined this week that it was not possible to continue with business as usual,” the fund said in a statement.

The festival said it would still announce the full 2023 festival slate as originally planned on September 27 to honor the projects that were selected.

Previously announced elements of the program included the U.S. premiere of TV bio-drama Bardot, about the life of Brigitte Bardot, in the presence of co-creator Danièle Thompson.

“The Facf is keenly aware of the impact of this decision on the filmmakers, actors, producers, and...

Sean Connery left the James Bond franchise to star in Shalako, his only Western, due to his desire to avoid being typecast. Despite the decline of Westerns during its release, Shalako attempted to capitalize on the popularity of the Bond films but ultimately failed to impress critics and audiences. Connery enjoyed his experience making Shalako but did not pursue any more Western roles, as the genre was waning in popularity and his previous Western had been a box office bomb.

Sean Connery exited the James Bond franchise to make his one and only Western. The success of Dr. No would kick off one of cinema's most iconic franchises, and there had never been a movie phenomenon quite on the same scale before. However, Connery began to tired of both the role and the producers behind the series. He feared being permanently typecast and that he wasn't being fairly compensated, given...

Hollywood strikes have deprived festival of glamour but not debate, while focus switched to varyingly controversial directors

From Elizabeth Taylor lounging barefoot on the beach and Marlon Brando catching a water taxi, to Brigitte Bardot frolicking on a green lawn, the Venice film festival has always been synonymous with celebrity and glamour.

But with dual strikes by the writers’ and actors’ guilds forcing a Hollywood shutdown, and actors prohibited from promoting studio films during labour action, this year’s edition of the world’s oldest film festival was always going to be different. Venice without the stars, the Italians can contend, is like a spritz without the fizz.

‘Bardot’ Series Sells After Netflix Launch

Bardot, the French series about the younger years of film star Brigitte Bardot, has sold into a raft of international territories soon after its recent launch on Netflix. The Danièle Thompson and Christopher Thompson series debuted on Netflix in several European territories on August 23, having taken strong ratings on France 2 back in May. Federation Studios, which produces and sells the show, has shopped to AMC Iberia in Spain, Tvp in Poland, Nova in Greece, Mtva in Hungary, Rtvs in Slovaquia, Ltv and Tet+ in Latvia, Err in Estonia and Finch Media, which distributes content in Eastern Europe. Netflix was among a tranche of buyers who had previous bought it, though no U.S. or UK buyer has emerged yet. Federation said negotiations were planned in further European and English-speaking territories. Bardot is set to get a U.S. festival debut at the American French...

The French film star has spoken of her frustration at her lasting fame, but has agreed to a drama series about her life

She is one of cinema’s most celebrated stars but, having made her last film decades ago, Brigitte Bardot cannot understand why anyone is still interested in her life, according to the maker of a new drama series about the French actor.

Bardot expressed her frustration in a letter to Oscar-nominated Monégasque film-maker Danièle Thompson, the writer-director of the new drama series Bardot.

Pamela Anderson has been sporting a more stripped-down look in recent years.

The Canadian actress spoke about now choosing to go virtually makeup-free — which is a contrast to her “Baywatch” days — in a new interview with Elle.

She admitted she didn’t have too much input in terms of how she looked early on in her career, telling the mag: “I just went along with what people were telling me what to do.”

After her makeup artist, Alexis Vogel, died from breast cancer on April 15, 2019, Anderson chose to leave her signature look in the past.

Anderson shared, “She was the best. And since then, I just felt, without Alexis, it’s just better for me not to wear makeup.”

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The State of the Race

“Barbie” (Warner Bros.) is the one to beat for its immersive brilliance in conveying Mattel’s fashion history and tailoring it to fit story arcs for Barbie (Margot Robbie) and Ken (Ryan Gosling). But there’s plenty of competition from “Killers of the Flower Moon” (Apple TV+/Paramount), “Poor Things” (Searchlight), “Wonka” (Warner Bros.), “Dune: Part Two” (Warner Bros.), “The Color Purple” (Warner Bros.), “Asteroid City” (Focus Features), “Napoleon” (Apple TV+/Sony Pictures), “Maestro” (Netflix), “Oppenheimer” (Universal), “Priscilla” (A24), “Beau Is Afraid” (A24), and “Saltburn” (Amazon/MGM).

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Brigitte Bardot, 88, is recovering after first responders rushed to her house last month when she suffered from breathing problems.

Her husband, ​​Bernard d’Ormale, called the ambulance while the couple was in their home in Saint-Tropez. He shared the incident with the public explaining that the heat wave in France caused the incident. He characterized it as “​​a moment of respiratory distraction,” to the local news outlet Var-matin.

He additionally stated that the “ambulances got the wrong address” causing a delay in her care.

First responders gave Bardot oxygen to help normalize her breathing and watched her before they left.

Bardot is well-known for acting in the films The Bear and the Doll, Plucking the Daisy, The Night Heaven Fell, The Truth and Contempt. She acted until her 40th birthday in 1973 when she announced her retirement.

Since then, Bardot has become an animal activist, although some of her actions have been deemed controversial.

Exclusive: Bardot, the TV drama about the life of actress Brigitte Bardot, is headed Stateside.

The six-part series be presented in its entirety on the closing night of The American French Film Festival (Tafff) and will be competing in the fest’s Best Series Award category. Co-creator Danièle Thompson will attend the screening.

The Federation Studios drama is billed as “a post-wwii Pygmalion story” in which the young Bardot ignites a sexual revolution in France, only to struggle with her role in that and the cult of celebrity that surrounds her.It traces her life the in 1950s from her first audition aged 15 to her explosive international breakout film, God Created Woman to her performance in Henri-Georges Cluzot’s Truth in 1960.

Julia de Nunez plays Bardot, with Vincent Belmondo playing her first husband, writer/director Roger Vadim. Hippolyte Girardot and Géraldine Paihas also star.

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Brigitte Bardot was treated by emergency services on Wednesday at her home in Saint-Tropez after she began to experience breathing problems. The French actress’ husband, Bernard d’Ormale, confirmed the news to local outlet Val-Matin.

“It was around 9 a.m. when Brigitte had trouble breathing,” d’Ormale told the outlet, speaking in French. “It was harder than usual, but she didn’t lose consciousness. Let’s call it a moment of respiratory distraction. The firefighters arrived, gave her oxygen to breathe, and stayed for a moment to watch her.”

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Brigitte Bardot suffered breathing issues Wednesday related to the heat at her home in France, bringing first responders who administered oxygen and stayed to observe the 88-year-old film icon, husband Bernard d’Ormale told Page Six.

“It was around 9 a.m. when Brigitte had trouble breathing,” he told local outlet Var-matin.

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“[Her breathing] was stronger than usual but she did not lose consciousness. Let’s call it a moment of respiratory distraction,” he added. “Like all people of a certain age, she can no longer bear the heat. … It happens at 88 years old. She must not make useless efforts.”

Bardot shot to fame in the 50’s and 60’s as an actress, starring in movies like “…And God Created Woman” (1956), “La Vérité” (1960), “Love on a Pillow” (1962) and “Contempt” (1963).

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Brigitte Bardot has been dealing with health issues.

According to The Daily Mail, emergency services rushed to the home of the iconic French actress on Wednesday after she began experiencing breathing difficulties.

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Her husband, Bernard d’Ormale, confirmed the news to French outlet Var-Matin, telling them, “It was around 9 a.m. when Brigitte had trouble breathing.”

The incident occurred at their home in Saint-Tropez, though d’Ormale said that the ambulances “got the wrong” address at first, before finally arriving.

“[Her breathing] was stronger than usual but she did not lose consciousness. Let’s call it a moment of respiratory distraction,” he said.

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The emergency services put the 88-year-old actress on oxygen, and according to their husband, they “stayed to watch her” for a while afterward.

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Emergency services were called to Brigitte Bardot’s Saint Tropez home on Wednesday after the iconic French actress and animal rights activist suffered breathing difficulties, according to French media reports.

News of her malaise sent French media outlets into overdrive amid fears for the well-being of the 88-year-old actress.

Her husband Bernard d’Ormale was later reported to have told local newspaper Var Martin that his wife’s breathing was back under control and she was feeling better.

“It was around 9 o’clock when Brigitte had trouble breathing. It was stronger that usual but she didn’t lose consciousness… the fireman came and gave her oxygen and then stayed to monitor her,” he said.

He suggested high temperatures in Saint Tropez as Southern Europe suffers a prolonged heatwave had been a contributing factor.

“Like all people of a certain age, she can no longer stand the heat,” he said.

Bardot remains...