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The stars are stepping out for another big event held during the 2025 Cannes Film Festival!

Nicole Kidman, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Charli Xcx, Dakota Johnson, Salma Hayek, and Halle Berry were among the many stars that attended the 2025 Kering Women In Motion Awards on Sunday (May 18) held at Place De La Castre in Cannes, France.

If you don’t know, the Women In Motion awards are given to prominent women and young female talents who seek to raise the profile of women in the industry – through the choices they have made, their careers and their view of the world.

Following the event, we compiled photos of the stars in attendance so that you can see what they wore!

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Carla Bruni

Charli xcx

Fyi: Charli is wearing Saint Laurent.

Coralie Fargeat

Daisy Edgar-Jones

Fyi: Daisy is wearing a Gucci dress and Boucheron jewelry.

The 2025 Cannes Film Festival hosted the world premiere of The Phoenician Scheme at the Grand Théâtre Lumière on Sunday (May 18) in Cannes, France.

The latest film from director Wes Anderson features a star-studded cast ensemble, following his Asteroid City in 2023 and The French Dispatch in 2021.

Stars of the film, including Michael Cera, Riz Ahmed, Benicio del Toro, Rupert Friend, Mia Threapleton, Jeffrey Wright, Benedict Cumberbatch, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Antonia Desplat, and Bill Murray, were all in attendance.

Eva Longoria, Stella Maxwell, Alexander Skarsgard, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Charlotte Le Bon, Julianne Moore, Edward Norton, Shauna Robertson, Shia Labeouf, Leila Slimani, Alba Rohrwacher, Jeremy Strong (in Loro Piana), and Halle Berry were all in attendance as well.

Here’s a plot summary of the black comedy, via Deadline: The Phoenician Scheme follows “the complex relationship between the immensely wealthy and powerful armaments and aviation magnate Zsa-zsa Korda (Benicio del Toro), considered one of Europe’s richest men,...

Angelina Jolie is bestowing a great honor on two rising stars: Marie Colomb and Finn Bennett!

The ceremony of the 25th edition of the Trophée Chopard took place at Carlton Beach during the 2025 Cannes Film Festival on Friday night (May 16) in Cannes, France.

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It was co-hosted by Festival President Iris Knobloch, General Delegate Thierry Frémaux, and President of Chopard Caroline Scheufele.

Following a moving retrospective of their careers, the 30-year-old Culte actress and the 26-year-old Warfare actor were presented with the iconic gold-coated silver film reel trophy by the 49-year-old acclaimed actress and activist, acting as the official “Godmother” of this year’s edition.

Angelina offered words of encouragement to the two actors as she presented the award, met with applause by an audience of film industry luminaries and

international stars.

Attendees included President of the Cannes Festival jury Juliette Binoche, Members of the Cannes Festival jury Halle Berry,...

Cannes Film Festival hosted the world premiere of The Phoenician Scheme, the latest film from director Wes Anderson, which boasts a star-studded cast ensemble and his return to the Croisette after premiering Asteroid City in 2023 and The French Dispatch in 2021.

Anderson was joined by the stars of the film, including Michael Cera, Riz Ahmed, Benicio del Toro, Rupert Friend, Mia Threapleton, Jeffrey Wright, Benedict Cumberbatch, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Antonia Desplat and Bill Murra,y who all walked the red carpet at the Grand Théâtre Lumière, Sunday, May 18.

Related: Deadline Studio at Cannes Film Festival 2025

Other guests who attended the event included Alexander Skarsgård, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Charlotte Le Bon, Julianne Moore, Edward Norton, Shia Labeouf, and Jury Members Alba Rohrwacher, Jeremy Strong, and Halle Berry.

Related: Cannes Film Festival 2025 In Photos: Awards Ceremony, Movie Premieres, Parties & More

The film is described as an espionage black comedy with a notably dark tone, exploring...

Love or hate Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., there's no denying that the show introduced many great characters. Chloe Bennet's Quake was among them, and while her journey from being Skye to Daisy Johnson was pretty convoluted, she's someone fans would love to see in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. 

Rumours about a potential return have swirled for years, with Bennet both teasing and denying her involvement with the MCU on multiple occasions.

Today, scooper @MyTimeToShineH brings word that Bennet is "coming back" as the character. With it looking increasingly more likely that Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. took place in an alternate reality not unlike Earth-616, it's possible the group could be part of the Multiversal Avengers: Doomsday and Avengers: Secret Wars.

Beyond that, the comic book Quake has ties to teams like the Secret Warriors and even The Avengers, so who knows how she'll be utilised by Marvel Studios if and when this supposed return happens.

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There are few franchises in the history of cinema that can rival that of "James Bond." Created by author Ian Fleming, the spy known as 007 made himself known to the world thanks to Sean Connery's portrayal in 1962's smash hit "Dr. No." Ever since, even after Connery's tenure ended, Bond has been a staple of the silver screen.

Oscar-winner Michelle Yeoh made her mark on the series with her role as Wai Lin in 1997's "Tomorrow Never Dies." Yeoh was the main Bond girl in Pierce Brosnan's second entry as Bond, following in the footsteps of "GoldenEye," which successfully revived the series after a long absence. Yeoh, it turns out, could have returned once more in Brosnan's final "Bond" movie as well, namely 2002's "Die Another Day." So, what happened? Why didn't Yeoh return?

"I was asked...

The Cannes Film Festival has officially banned nudity on the red carpet after updating this year’s dress code.

The festival’s guidelines were updated to state, “For decency reasons, nudity is prohibited on the red carpet, as well as in any other area of the festival.”

Held in Cannes, France, the film festival is one of the largest and most influential in the world. It is known for its lavish celebrity appearances and the debuts of the largest Hollywood films. This year, many celebrities are expected to promote their films as they walk the red carpet, such as Tom Cruise for his newest Mission: Impossible movie and Jennifer Lawrence for the premiere of Die, My Love.

The new guidelines not only ban nudity, but also “voluminous outfits, in particular those with a large train, that hinder the proper flow of traffic of guests and complicate seating in the theater,...

The world premiere of Robert Pattinson and Jennifer Lawrence’s “Die, My Love” got a Wtf red carpet moment when a man dressed as a giant condor appeared on one of the most famed runways in cinema. The bird-man’s appearance led to questions from festival goers about what exactly was going on.

Cannes festival organizers told Variety that the bird man was actually a character from “I Love Peru,” a documentary from Raphael Quenard that premiered in the festival’s Cannes Classics section. The festival’s synopsis of the doc reads: “Going through a difficult period, Raphaël Quenard abandons everyone around him and, struck by a disturbing vision, flies to Peru. In this spiritual quest, he is accompanied by his friend Hugo David.”

In Peruvian culture, condors are considered to be a connection between heaven and earth.

Considering the Cannes red carpet is known for being super strict, festival...

See all the best red carpet looks from the Cannes Film Festival, which is expected to welcome stars including Tom Cruise, Scarlett Johansson, Kristen Stewart and Robert De Niro. The jury is headed by Juliette Binoche, with members including Halle Berry, Jeremy Strong, Alba Rohrwacher, Payal Kapadia, Leïla Slimani, Dieudo Hamadi, Hong Sangsoo, and Carlos Reygadas.

The opening night film was “Partir un Jour” (Leave One Day), while Robert De Niro received his honorary Palme d’Or from Leonardo DiCaprio before the screening. On Wednesday, stars climbed the Palais steps for the “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning” red carpet. On Friday, stars including Pedro Pascal, Austin Butler and Emma Stone hit the red carpet for the screening of Ari Aster’s Western “Eddington.”

Saturday’s premieres included Lynne Ramsay’s “Die, My Love,” with Robert Pattinson and Jennifer Lawrence among those walking the red carpet.

Angelina Jolie is at the Cannes Film Festival, not with a film in the lineup but with official duties thanks to the festival’s longtime (and glamorous) sponsor, Chopard.

The Oscar winner agreed to serve as this year’s Chopard Godmother, a gig that saw her preside over Friday night’s A-list Trophée Chopard dinner at Carlton Beach and present trophies to an actor and actress anointed as next generational talent by a jury comprised of previous recipients of the esteemed festival honor. This year’s awards went to French actress Marie Colomb and breakout British star Finn Bennett, most recently seen in Alex Garland’s Warfare and opposite Jodie Foster in True Detective: Night Country.

The honors were doled out during what is always a glitzy ceremony attended by Cannes Film Festival president Iris Knobloch, general delegate Thierry Frémaux, Chopard co-president and artistic director Caroline Scheufele, members of the competition jury and A-list guests.

Angelina Jolie presented the 25th Trophée Chopard at a dinner on Carlton Beach on May 16, honoring Marie Colomb and Finn Bennett as rising screen talents. The event, co-hosted by Cannes Film Festival president Iris Knobloch, general delegate Thierry Frémaux and Chopard co-president Caroline Scheufele, brought together jurors, filmmakers and industry figures under a starry Mediterranean sky. Jolie used her platform to highlight the reach of international cinema, its capacity to foster empathy and the urgent need to support storytellers working under threat.

Jolie told attendees—including jury president Juliette Binoche, Halle Berry, Jeremy Strong, Leïla Slimani, Alba Rohrwacher, Quentin Tarantino and Carla Bruni—that films carry audiences far beyond their own experiences. “Through international cinema, we enter private moments, we witness lives at stake on distant front lines,” she said. Referencing My Father Shadow, a drama set against the 1993 Nigerian election crisis premiering at the festival, she added, “Any step...

Oscar winner Angelina Jolie made a special appearance at the Cannes Film Festival on Friday night to present the Trophée Chopard to rising stars Marie Colomb and Finn Bennett. During the glamorous dinner ceremony, Jolie reflected on the power of international cinema to make an impact in times of global turmoil.

“I love international cinema,” Jolie told the star-studded assembly of guests, which included Cannes jury president Juliette Binoche and her fellow jurors, including Halle Berry, Jeremy Strong, Leïla Slimani and Alba Rohrwacher, as well as Quentin Tarantino and Carla Bruni. “We are brought to other lands, into private moments, even on the battlefield, we connect and we empathize. I think of films like ‘My Father Shadow’ [set during the during the 1993 Nigerian election crisis], which is premiering here at Cannes. Anything that is possible to make international cinema more accessible is necessary and welcome.”

“And none of us are naive,” Jolie, whose contributions as a humanitarian are...

When it comes to superhero movies, we often see lists ranking the best ones ever made. Superhero films only started being seen as good in the last decade, thanks to better CGI and effects that made superheroes look less cheesy on screen.

But before ‘Endgame’ and ‘Dark Knight,’ there were plenty of bad superhero adaptations. Some are so bad they’re still laughed at today. Fans on Ranker gathered and cast over 500K votes to decide: What’s the worst superhero movie ever?

10. ‘The Fantastic Four’ (1994)

Just by looking at the costumes and Thing’s latex suit in ‘The Fantastic Four’ (1994), you can tell what direction it’s headed. The film was so poor that it never saw an official release, though copies can still be found with some effort. Surprisingly, despite its objective flaws, it’s not terrible enough to be shelved forever. Certain aspects, like its script and...

Angelina Jolie is back on the red carpet!

After attending the premiere of Eddington at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival earlier in the day, the 49-year-old Oscar winner stepped out for the Trophée Chopard event on Friday evening (May 16) held at Carlton Beach in Cannes, France.

For the event, Angelina looked chic in a white, one-sleeved gown.

Other stars in attendance included Halle Berry, Quentin Tarantino and wife Daniella, model Carla Bruni, and Jeremy Strong.

During the event, Angelina will be acting as Godmother of the Trophée Chopard and will be handing the trophy to Laetitia star Marie Colomb and Warfare actor Finn Bennett.

It was recently announced that Angelina will be starring in the upcoming comedy movie Anxious People! Find out more about the project here.

Fyi: Angelina is wearing a Tom Ford by Haider Ackermann dress.

Click through the gallery inside for 20+ pictures of Angelina Jolie and the other stars arriving at the event…...

Earlier this week, we got a first look at what appeared to be a downed Sentinel on the set of Avengers: Doomsday. Now, we have a birds-eye view offering a clearer shot at the mutant-hunting robot's legs (in what's believed to be the X-Mansion's grounds).

We also have reason to believe that we'll see the remains of more than one Sentinel, as you can see below.

Unfortunately, the legs are still covered up, but the photographer who took these shots has confirmed that the footprints they've seen elsewhere on set match the Sentinel design from the comics.

Sentinels attacking the X-Men's home is par for the course in the comics, so this could be part of a major battle we'll see in the movie or the fallout from a previous battle. We also wouldn't discount the possibility of this being a Danger Room training exercise meant to show us what...

The 78th Cannes Film Festival takes place May 13-24, 2025, with Oscar-winning actress Juliette Binoche presiding over the main competition's jury. Held on the stunning French Riviera, this annual event culminates in the prestigious Palme d'Or prize, given to a director for their feature film, which officially kicks off the year's awards cycle. To date, four winners of the Palme d'Or have gone on to win the Oscar for Best Picture: The Lost Weekend (1945), Marty (1955), Parasite (2019), and Anora (2024).

A highlight of this year's Cannes opening ceremony was Leonardo DiCaprio's presentation of the Honorary Palme d'Or to Robert De Niro, DiCaprio's costar in films like Killers of the Flower Moon and This Boy's Life. De Niro follows in the footsteps of such recent recipients as Meryl Streep, George Lucas, Michael Douglas, Harrison Ford, and Tom Cruise.

U.S. films that competed for the 2025 Palme d'Or included Die, My Love (Lynne Ramsay...

Actress Rosamund Pike has recently reflected on her audition for the 2002 James Bond film, Die Another Day, revealing how she rejected the request to strip down, which she believes ultimately helped her land her film debut and breakthrough role as the Bond girl Miranda Frost.

Pike co-starred alongside Pierce Brosnan and Halle Berry in the 2002 movie as a double agent and MI6 operative who betrays Bond due to her allegiance to the antagonist Gustav Graves. Her character ultimately meets her end at the hands of Jinx, played by Berry.

Rosamund Pike refused to undress for the James Bond audition

One of the enduring elements of the James Bond franchise is the concept of the Bond girl, the glamorous female character who often shares a romantic connection with the iconic MI6 agent, 007.

Related: “Never bring that up on a date again”: Rosamund Pike’s Blind Date With A Suspicious Fan...

Tom Cruise owned the Cannes red carpet on Wednesday afternoon, easily commanding the kind of attention that only the iconic actor can wield.

Cruise, along with fellow cast and crew, walked the red carpet at the 78th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 14 in Cannes, France, for their film, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning.

The last time he walked the red carpet at Cannes, Cruise was accompanied by Kate Middleton and Prince William.

The Cannes Film Festival is the ultimate prestige event, with features like a live DJ and orchestra of musicians serenading the crowd with the franchise’s iconic theme as they entered the Grand Théâtre Lumière.

Guests of the night packed into the theater wearing black tie and formal evening attire. They were expected to adhere to a new dress code that was updated just this week, forbidding “voluminous outfits” and “nudity.” Some...

TheJames Bond franchise is one of Hollywood's most celebrated franchises, and yet it hasn't come without its fair share of challenges and veiled criticism. One of the allegations that has been levelled is that of its objectification of women. Actress Rosamund Pike has opened up about an uncomfortable moment in her early career, an audition for a James Bond film that left a lasting impression, not because of glamour or prestige, but for all the wrong reasons.

In a recent sit-down with Harper’s Bazaar UK, Pike revisited the experience of auditioning for the role of Miranda Frost in 2002’s Die Another Day. Though she ultimately landed the role, it wasn’t without its challenges. According to Pike, a casting director asked her to “stand there in your underwear,” telling her to “unzip and drop” her dress as part of the audition. She recounts that as a then 21-year-old finding her footing in the industry,...

Exclusive: Jack Falahee (How to Get Away with Murder), Oscar nominee Jackie Earle Haley (Little Children), Chris Noth (Sex and the City) and newcomer Saphira Moran are set to topline The Block, a supernatural thriller directed and produced by Emmy nominee Craig Singer (6:45), which has wrapped production.

Marking Singer’s fifth collaboration with writer Robert Dean Klein, the film follows Mitch James (Falahee), who was once the golden boy of horror fiction, until an unshakable writer’s block brought his meteoric rise to a halt. Years later, with his career in ruins and only his fiercely devoted fan and partner Natalie (Moran) by his side, Mitch stumbles into a dark and inexplicable event, after which, the words begin to flow again. But inspiration proves fleeting and something shadowy and malevolent seems to be demanding more in return. As Mitch becomes entangled in a chilling cycle of creation and consequence,...

Ciara and Adam Lambert are heading to the South of France to join the lineup of the glitzy amfAR Gala Cannes.

As previously announced, the starry program for the 31st Cannes gala features a headline performance by Duran Duran and host Taraji P. Henson. The gala, which takes place annually at the tail end of the Cannes Film Festival, is set for the Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc on May 22.

“We are thrilled to have such a sensational lineup of talented artists — the iconic Duran Duran, Ciara, and Adam Lambert — performing for us at amfAR Gala Cannes this year and we are deeply grateful for their support of our work,” said amfAR CEO Kevin Robert Frost. “We are also delighted that the incomparable Taraji P. Henson has graciously agreed to act as host for the evening.”

In conjunction with the news about Ciara and Lambert, amfAR revealed the chairs for the event,...

The Cannes Film Festival red carpet is a grand and glittering runway, where cinema royalty and global fashion houses create unforgettable moments. The jaw-dropping gowns and statement suits forever get etched into pop culture. Enter Halle Berry and Heidi Klum, two women who have distinct identities in Hollywood and the fashion world.

Berry is an Oscar-winning actress, known for being poised and elegant, while Klum is a beloved ex-supermodel who’s now turned into a TV mogul. But their styling choices at the Cannes couldn’t have been more different, as one played by the rules while the other discarded them all.

Halle Berry embraces the Cannes red carpet with style Halle Berry | Credits: Wired / YouTube

Halle Berry served on this year’s jury and made it clear that she wasn’t just there to judge movies, but also to honor the integrity of the event. At the night gala,...

Two of the stylishly violent spy comedies in the Kingsman franchise are finding new life on Hulu, over ten years since the first film made its debut. The movies are based on the Mark Millar and Dave Gibbons comic book series of the same name.

FlixPatrol reports that two Kingsman movies are charting high on the Top Movies on Hulu worldwide list for May 14, 2025. The Secret Service is currently #3 on the charts, with its sequel, The Golden Circle, taking the #2 spot. The only movie performing better than the Kingsman franchise on Hulu right now is Summer of 69, the newly-released Hulu original starring Chloe Fineman and Sam Morelos.

Kingsman: The Secret Service was released theatrically in early 2015, launching the film series that follows Gary "Eggsy" Unwin (Taron Egerton) as he is recruited by Harry Hart (Colin Firth) into a secret spy organization known as Kingsman. The film was critically acclaimed for its dark humor,...

The stars are enjoying a night out during the 2025 Cannes Film Festival!

Eva Longoria, Jeremy Strong, and Halle Berry posed for photos on the black carpet as they arrived at the L’Oreal Paris Dinner In Honor Of Women In Cinema on Wednesday evening (May 14) held in Cannes, Frances.

For the event, Eva, 50, donned a sequined, multi-colored dress while Jeremy, 46, and Halle, 58, twinned in salmon-colored outfits.

Andie MacDowell, in a long-sleeved white dress, was also in attendance.

Earlier in the day, Halle joined tons of other stars on the red carpet at the Cannes premiere of Tom Cruise‘s new movie Mission Impossible – The Final Reckoning.

Fyi: Eva is wearing a Zuhair Murad dress. Halle is wearing an Elie Saab dress. Jeremy is wearing custom Loro Piana. Andie is carrying a bag by Ethan K.

Click through the gallery inside for more photos of the stars at the event…...

Rosamund Pike, the Academy Award nominee who has starred in films like Gone Girl, Saltburn and TV shows like State of the Union, recalls a very uncomfortable situation she had to go through when auditioning for a part in the James Bond movieDie Another Day. During the audition, Pike was asked to strip, but stood her ground and refused to do it unless they guaranteed that the part was hers. Ultimately, she was cast as a Bond girl, but she strongly recalls the distressing audition for what became her Hollywood breakthrough.

Speaking to Harper's Bazaar UK about her career, Pike described her experience when landing a role in the action franchise about the international spy. "I'd never been to America until I went with Bond. Doing the press tour was mind-blowing, a magic-carpet ride," the actor said. However, she also offers some details about the James Bond audition, a shocking...

It was a star studded premiere night at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival!

Lots of celebs stepped out in their fashion forward looks for the premiere of Mission Impossible – The Final Reckoning at Palais des Festivals on Wednesday (May 14) in Cannes, France.

Cannes Juror Halle Berry, Heidi Klum with husband Tom Kaulitz, Eva Longoria, recent Oscar winner Zoe Saldana with husband Marco Perego, and Irina Shayk were just some of the names who stepped out to support the Tom Cruise-led film.

Some of Tom‘s former co-stars, like Jerry Maguire‘s Cuba Gooding Jr and The Mummy‘s Sofia Boutella were also seen at the event, as well as actress Andie MacDowell and fashion tastemaker Rahi Chadda.

Fyi: Halle is wearing Celia Kritharioti. Heidi is wearing Elie Saab. Zoe is wearing Saint Laurent. Eva is wearing Elie Saab FW25 Couture. Irina is wearing Yves Saint Laurent. Andie is wearing David Yurman shoes.

The Cannes Film Festival and its iconic red carpet are officially open for business. And aside from the shadow of President Donald Trump looming large over this year’s festivities, the buzziest story to emerge so far this week has been the fest’s new red carpet dress code.

On the eve of this year’s opening ceremony, a Cannes rep confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter that the festival updated its charter to ban full nudity and “voluminous outfits,” especially those with a large train, that “hinder the flow of traffic of guests and complicate seating in the theater.” The fest spokesperson clarified that the dress code is not meant to regulate attire “per se,” but that it did get refreshed to reflect certain rules “that have long been in effect.”

While that may be true, enforcement has definitely been, well, questionable. A quick scan of the Getty archives reveals...

The 2025 Cannes Film Festival is here. And on its first day we got a Quentin Tarantino mic drop, the first casualty of the festival’s new no-nudity-or-big-trains rule for the red carpet and even “Godzilla” made a surprise appearance.

Here’s what went down on the first day of the fest.

Quentin Tarantino Closes Out the Opening Ceremony in Typical Fashion

Quentin Tarantino, seemingly doing everything he can to not make his tenth and final film, attended the festival’s opening ceremony at the Grand Lumiére Theatre. His only job – besides walking the red carpet with wife Daniella – was to introduce the festival as officially starting. (It will run for the next 12 days.) “It’s my honor to declare the 78th festival open!” Tarantino shouted into the microphone before dropping it. True to form, he pulled it off with aplomb and the kind of borderline-cartoonish energy that characterizes his very best work.

Three years after screening “Top Gun: Maverick” at the Cannes Film Festival, Tom Cruise has returned to the French Riviera to showcase his latest blockbuster stunt extravaganza, “Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning.”

Directed and co-written by frequent Cruise collaborator Christopher McQuarrie, the eighth and latest installment in the “Mission: Impossible” franchise is a direct sequel to 2023’s “Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning.” That film introduced viewers to new characters like Hayley Atwell’s Grace, Esai Morales’ villainous Gabriel, Greg Tarzan Davis’ Degas, Pom Klementieff’s skilled assassin Paris and Shea Whigham’s Jasper Briggs. Those characters and actors are all set to return, once again, in “The Final Reckoning.”

They are accompanied in it by “Mission: Impossible” newcomers Holt McCallany (“Mindhunter”), Janet McTeer (“Ozark”), Nick Offerman (“Parks and Recreation”), Hannah Waddingham (“Ted Lasso”), Katy O’Brian (“Twisters”) and Tramell Tillman (“Severance”), as well as returning franchise veterans like Simon Pegg,...

Director Christopher McQuarrie unveils the world premiere of Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, currently on its global tour and delivering Tom Cruise’s climactic swan song to the iconic franchise.

McQuarrie was joined on the carpet by cast members Tom Cruise, Hayley Atwell, Angela Bassett, Hannah Waddingham, Greg Tarzan Davis, Christopher McQuarrie, Simon Pegg, Pom Klementieff, Esai Morales and Tramell Tillman on Wednesday, May 14 at the Grand Théâtre Lumière.

Related: Tom Cruise Lights The Fuse On ‘Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning’ With 7½-Minute Cannes Ovation

Other guests who attended the gala included Zoe Saldana, Sofia Boutella, Halle Berry, Andie Macdowell, Florian Zeller, Kim Go-eun, and more.

Picking up from Dead Reckoning Part One, Cruise’s Ethan Hunt now holds the key to confronting the formidable AI known as the Entity, his most perilous adversary yet. The film propels the plot forward as Hunt must gather his team to...

/Film has previously reported on MGM's efforts to make a female-led James Bond spin-off, an ambition the studio had since as early as 1997. It seems that Michelle Yeoh's appearance in that year's Bond flick, "Tomorrow Never Dies," impressed the studio heads, and many of them felt that it was high time to invent a female counterpart to the notoriously male-centric series. For a while, MGM appeared to be courting Yeoh for additional movies -- they also wanted her to play Pierce Brosnan's co-lead in 2002's "Die Another Day" -- but she was uninterested. Their interest was inflamed anew, however, when Halle Berry took Yeoh's place for "Die Another Day," playing an all-new character named Jinx. 

Jinx proved to be so popular that MGM immediately made concrete plans to give the character her own starring role. The Broccolis approved of the idea, and Neal Purvis and Robert Wade...

Halle Berry has weighed in on whether James Bond should be played by a woman. Berry played a prominent role in 2002's Die Another Day, in which Pierce Brosnan played the iconic MI6 agent. Berry's Jinx is actually one of the most unique Bond girls since there were originally plans to develop a spinoff based on her character. While the Jinx spinoff was eventually canceled, Berry's thoughts on a female James Bond are still worth considering ahead of the upcoming 26th movie in the long-running spy franchise.

In an interview with Variety during the jury press conference at the Cannes Film Festival, Berry admitted that she's not sure if James Bond should be played by a woman. She didn't elaborate that much, but suggested that casting a female to play James Bond might not be the right thing to do right now. She also added that she doesn't think a Jinx spinoff will ever happen,...

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Tom Cruise’s global game of promotional hopscotch planted him in Cannes this week, where he will unveil “Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning” following stops in Japan, Korea and London. Brooding closeups of the star’s dirt-and-blood caked face have peppered the Croisette on 4K LED screens and the premiere promises to be one this year’s glitziest.

While Denzel Washington, Jennifer Lawrence, Scarlett Johansson, Paul Mescal and Halle Berry will all take turns on the red carpet at the Grand Palais, Cruise is the one pulling out all the stops for his last go as field agent Ethan Hunt.

At 62, the movie icon is dancing harder and faster than ever before to get global audiences to theaters. Last week, he scaled the top of the massive BFI Imax theater in London. The following day, he jumped feet-first out of a helicopter with a camera strapped to his chest.

Eva Longoria Eva Longoria (Credit: Jb Lacroix/FilmMagic) Eva Longoria (Credit: Stephane Cardinale – Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images) Heidi Klum Heidi Klum (Credit: Jb Lacroix/FilmMagic) Heidi Klum (Credit: by Monica Schipper/Getty Images) Julia Garner Julia Garner (Credit: by Mike Marsland/WireImage) Erin Kellyman Erin Kellyman (Credit: Daniele Venturelli/WireImage) Sean Baker & Samantha Quan Sean Baker and Samantha Quan (Credit: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images) Halle Berry Halle Berry (Credit: Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images) Halle Berry & Hong Sang-Soo Jury Member Halle Berry and Jury Member Hong Sang-soo ( Credit: Tristan Fewings/Getty Images) Jury Members Carlos Reygadas, Payal Kapadia, Dieudo Hamadi, Jeremy Strong, Juliette Binoche, Alba Rohrwacher, Leïla Slimani, Halle Berry and Hong Sang-soo attend the red carpet for the opening ceremony and “Partir Un Jour” (Leave One Day) screening at the 78th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 13, 2025 in Cannes, France. (Credit: Tristan Fewings...

Rosamund Pike says her audition for “Die Another Day” almost went too far.

In a recent sit-down with Harper’s Bazaar UK, Pike, who played Miranda Frost in the 2002 Bond flick, says she was asked to strip down to her underwear when auditioning for the film.

“In the Bond audition, I was asked to unzip and drop the dress I was wearing, to just stand there in underwear,” Pike said. “And I thought, ‘Well, no, I’ll be doing that if I get the part. I won’t be doing that now.’ I don’t know what possessed me.”

Despite the disagreement, Pike went on to star alongside Pierce Brosnan in “Die Another Day.” In the film, Pike’s Miranda Frost, a Harvard grad and Olympic fencer, disguises herself as a fellow member of MI6, only to later be revealed as a double agent. In the movie’s climax, she is...

Leonardo DiCaprio presents Robert De Niro with his honorary Palme d’Or Photo: Courtesy of Cannes Film Festival The opening of the 78th edition of the Cannes Film Festival last night was a fairly muted affair with a first time French film Leave One Day, a musical comedy, kicking off proceedings. Although the cast, including Juliette Armanet as well as director Amélie Bonnin, looked the part it took the legendary Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio to bring some Hollywood chutzpah to the proceedings.

DiCaprio was presenting De Niro with his honorary Palme d’Or but this year’s mega star Tom Cruise (in town for the global launch of the latest Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning) was conspicuous by his absence. Instead we had Quentin Tarantino striding out alongside last year’s Palme d’Or winner Sean Baker (for Anora) and jury president Juliette Binoche and her cohorts...

Robert De Niro criticised president Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs on films made outside the US at the Cannes Film Festival’s opening night ceremony, which took place tonight (May 13).

De Niro, receiving the honorary Palme d’Or, said: “In my country, we’re fighting like hell for the democracy we once took for granted. And that affects all of us here because the arts are democratic. Art is inclusive. It brings people together, like tonight. Art looks for truth, art embraces diversity and that’s why art is a threat — that’s why we are a threat — to autocrats and fascists.

Halle Berry made headlines at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival during a jury press conference, where she shared her honest thoughts on the future of James Bond. The Oscar-winning actress, who played the iconic Bond girl Jinx in 2002’s Die Another Day, was asked about the possibility of a female 007, a topic that’s sparked debate among fans for years.

Berry’s response? “I don’t know if 007 should be a woman.” She also opened up about the long-rumored Jinx spinoff that never came to be, leaving fans wondering what could have been. With her candid words, Berry has reignited conversations about a female 007 in the spy franchise while reflecting on her journey in Hollywood, making her Cannes appearance a moment to remember.

Halle Berry is not sure about a female James Bond Halle Berry as Storm in X-Men | Credit: Fox

At the Cannes jury press conference on May 13, 2025, Halle Berry...

Halle Berry showed up at Cannes ready to slay until the film festival’s strict nudity rules shut down her red carpet moment. Turns out, she had a killer dress lined up. But thanks to Cannes’ no-nip, no-fun dress code, that look never saw the spotlight.

Berry didn’t push back or stir up drama, though. She played by the rules, even if it meant shelving a stunner. Still, the fact that even Halle Berry has to tone it down at Cannes says a lot about how buttoned-up the festival still is.

Halle Berry swaps dress after Cannes bans nudity and big trains Halle Berry as Storm in X-Men | Credits: 20th Century Studios

Halle Berry dropped a style bomb on Cannes and not the kind you’d expect, folks. During the Cannes jury press conference, she revealed (via Variety),

I had an amazing dress by Gupta that I cannot wear...

The Cannes Jury has arrived for the opening ceremony!

Jurors Halle Berry, Jeremy Strong, Alba Rohrwacher, Dieudo Hamadi, Payal Kapadia, Leïla Slimani and Carlos Reygadas, along with Jury President Juliette Binoche, arrived for the event, which also served as the screening for Partir Un Jour on Tuesday (May 13) in Cannes, France.

Earlier that day, Halle said her opening ceremony dress was nixed due to the new dress code rules!

“I had an amazing dress by Gupta that I cannot wear tonight because it’s too big of a train,” Halle said (via Variety). “I’m not going to break the rules. The nudity part is also probably a good rule.” Cannes did ban long, voluminous looks, as well as nudity.

Fyi: Halle is wearing Jacquemus with Chopard jewels. Juliette is wearing Chopard jewels. Jeremy is wearing Loro Piana.

Browse through the gallery for the opening night photos from the jury…...

The Cannes Film Festival kicked off its 78th edition with the Opening Ceremony and the world premiere of Amélie Bonnin’s debut feature, Partir Un Jour (Leave One Day), led by Juliette Armanet, Bastien Bouillon, and François Rollin.

The premiere was attended by the cast of the film, including Quentin Tarantino, Rossy De Palma, Julia Garner, Nava Mau, Zahra Amir Ebrahimi, and Leonardo DiCaprio, who presented the honorary Palme d’Or to Robert De Niro.

Leave One Day follows Cécile, a budding restaurateur whose ambition to open a gourmet haven in Paris takes an unexpected detour. A family crisis compels her return to her rural roots, where, amidst the echoes of her youth, she reconnects with a long-lost love.

Related: ‘Leave One Day’ Review: Amélie Bonnin’s Nostalgic Musical Debut Is A Stealth Charmer – Cannes Film Festival

The festival formally kicked off on Monday with the poster installation, then moved to the Hotel Martinez,...

What about Bob?

The 78th edition of the Cannes Film Festival launched with lots of politics and a special tribute to Robert De Niro that saw the Oscar-winning legend slam Donald Trump as “America’s philistine president.”

On the red carpet, the main attraction — the French musical comedy “Partir un Jour,” which ended up earning a five-minute standing ovation — took a backseat to paparazzi scrambling to land a shot of De Niro, who made the trek to France to accept an honorary Palme d’Or from Leonardo DiCaprio. Past winners of the Palme d’Or, the festival’s top prize, such as Quentin Tarantino and Sean Baker, walked through a gauntlet of photographers, along with Eva Longoria, Julia Garner, Heidi Klum, and Alessandra Ambrosio. But Tom Cruise, who is in town to premiere “Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning,” was nowhere to be found.

Juliette Binoche, who serves as jury president,...

Exclusive: Author Don Winslow might not be the retiring type, after all.

The prolific bestselling crime novelist “paused” his retirement to write a new collection of short novels titled The Final Score. The deal was made quietly a few months ago, and it is now up for pre-orders on Amazon, Apple and Barnes & Noble. Harper Collins/William Morrow will release the book on September 16.

“I don’t know if I am back for one more book or more,” Winslow told Deadline. “One day I just started writing again and I couldn’t stop. I wrote all of these stories in secret and for the first time in decades without a deadline. It felt good and I feel that two of these stories, Collision and The Final Score, are among the best work I’ve ever done.” Those will be the ones shopped for film and TV deals.

Harper Collins,...

Kim Kardashian is not to be messed with in the first teaser for Ryan Murphy’s “All’s Fair.” The trailer for the upcoming Hulu original dropped ahead of Disney’s upfronts presentation on Tuesday.

“You know what a girl’s best friend is? Not diamonds. Her lawyer,” Judith Light’s character confidentially tells Glenn Close. The trailer then pans between shots of several women looking fashionable, poised and confident from the boardroom to the courtroom as the “Cell Block Tango” from “Chicago” ominously plays.

“Get mad. Get hot,” Close’s character instructs. “Get revenge.”

The video then cuts to a voiceover from Kim Kardashian’s Allura Grant as she and her colleagues toast each other and powerwalk down hallways: “It’s our own boutique. Women representing women.”

But as the clip continues, things spiral out of control. An emotional Niecy Nash appears in a hospital gown. A tear-streaked Kardashian looks on horrified.

Just hours before the Cannes Film Festival opening gala, jury member Halle Berry revealed she had to swap her planned gown after organizers unveiled strict guidelines banning nudity and oversized trains on the red carpet. Speaking at the Palais des Festivals press conference on May 12, Berry said her custom Gupta dress featured a train deemed too large. “I’m not going to break the rules,” she said, adding that the ban on nudity “is probably a good rule.”

Cannes officials issued a statement explaining the measures align with the festival’s charter and French law. Attire that risks blocking other guests’ passage or complicating seating in screening rooms may be refused entry. Festival programmers say the guidelines formalize long-standing practices rather than introduce new mandates.

Berry sits alongside jury president Juliette Binoche and peers Jeremy Strong, Payal Kapadia, Hong Sangsoo, Alba Rohrwacher, Leïla Slimani, Dieudo Hamadi and Carlos Reygadas. The...

Halle Berry has played multiple iconic characters throughout her career. She was also a part of the James Bond universe, appearing alongside Pierce Brosnan in 2002's Die Another Day.

Berry played Giacinta "Jinx" Johnson, a National Security Agency agent. Her character was so well-received that a spinoff was discussed. Speaking to Variety, Berry weighed in on the project and revealed whether she would like to play 007 instead. "I don't know if 007 should be a woman," she said. Referring to the spinoff, she added, "There was a time that that could have happened. Probably should have happened. I would have loved for that to happen."

MGM considered a spinoff based on Jinx with a 2024 release in mind. However, in October 2003, Variety reported that the studio had "completely pulled the plug" on the spin-off, although James Bond producers Barbara Broccoli and Michael Wilson were reportedly "clearly furious" about the decision. Berry later...

When Cannes Film Festival Jury President Juliette Binoche was asked today why she didn’t sign a global film industry open letter condemning the “silence” over the deadly impact of Israel’s ongoing military campaign in Gaza; The English Patient Oscar winner told a reporter “I cannot answer you.”

“You will maybe understand it a little later,” the actress said.

Binoche at this afternoon’s Cannes jury press conference was asked by Al Jazeera English about the open letter that was released on the eve of the festival with signatures from more than 350 cinema world figures including Richard Gere, Susan Sarandon and Javier Bardem.

“In Cannes, the horror Gaza must not be silenced,” read the letter.

Binoche was questioned on why she did not sign the letter herself, despite being “well-known for speaking out about a variety of causes.” After a long hesitation, she refused to answer but insisted that...

Cannes Jury, from left: Carlos Reygadas, Payal Kapadia, Leila Slimani, Halle Berry, Jeremy Strong, Juliette Binoche, Dieudo Hamadi, Alba Rohrwacher, Hong Sangsoo Photo: Courtesy of Cannes Film Festival/Sameer Al-Doumy/Afp

This year’s reigning queen of the Croisette Juliette Binoche, president of the Competition jury in succession to last year’s Barbie director Greta Gerwig, was asked at today’s jury press conference if the #MeToo movement had led to the downfall of Gérard Depardieu, who earlier today was found guilty of sexual assault charges and given an 18-month suspended prison sentence.

The firm and unequivocal response from Binoche was: “Of course, yes, absolutely." She added that the festival had reflected the changes of attitude in society at large. "For a number of years, indeed the festival is following this trend in social and political life. There have been great changes occurring in the world. Sometimes it follows the trends,...

Despite best efforts to talk about movies at Cannes, with the sprawling official selection yet to be screened, at early press conferences festival director Thierry Fremaux and his Competition jury batted back questions about the state of the world today. Queries swung from Gerard Depardieu’s #MeToo conviction, to showing three films from Ukraine and banning Russia from the festival, which from its founding in 1939 was “predicated on liberty,” said Fremaux.

“People take risks to make films,” he said. “The most important thing is not someone’s safety, but making a film. The festival is political when the artists are political. Jafar Panahi [Iranian Competition entry ‘A Simple Accident’] is prepared to risk going to prison.”

As to the current political winds prevailing in America and elsewhere, Fremaux said, “The cinema requires a lot of funding. It is often the first target. Around the world we need to defend cinema.” As for President Donald Trump’s...