Belle De-Jour: Last News

Studiocanal has promoted Chloé Marquet to Head of International Sales for Films and TV Series, in a move that will see the TV sales team now report to her.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief French cinema icon Catherine Deneuve has begun filming in Japan of “Spirit World,” a fantasy-drama film directed by Singapore’s Eric Khoo. Deneuve portrays a singer who dies suddenly while on tour in Japan. But her spirit lives on and she embarks on a journey to find humanity in the after-world.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Marina Cicogna, Italy’s first major female film producer who shepherded films by Pier Paolo Pasolini, Franco Zeffirelli and Elio Petri, including Petri’s Oscar-winning “Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion,” has died. She was 89. Cicogna died on Nov.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief These days Jane Campion – Palme d’Or and Oscar-winning film director – is celebrated for a vein of heartfelt cinema that is aching and quirky, rather than gushing. She’s also an intelligent and determined female pioneer who has had to struggle for her present standing in a male-dominated industry. The Sydney Film Festival this week is showcasing and contextualizing her body of work. Its screening program includes all nine of her feature works, from “Two Friends” to “The Power of the Dog,” and a selection of her short films. “For our 70th edition, we wanted to present a retrospective commensurate with the milestone, reflecting the audacious and boundary pushing filmmaking synonymous with our festival and region. There was no one more appropriate than Jane Campion,” said SFF director Nashen Moodley in notes ahead of the event.

Pat Saperstein Deputy Editor The Cannes Film Festival has unveiled the poster for the 76th edition featuring none other than Gallic cinema icon Catherine Deneuve. The black and white photo pictures the noted performer in the film “La Chamade” (Heartbeat), directed by Alain Cavalier. Shot in 1968 on Pampelonne beach, near Saint-Tropez, the film stars Deneuve as Lucile, who the festival describes as living a “worldly and superficial life, tinged with ease and a taste for luxury. Her heart beats frantically, hurriedly, passionately.” The festival called her “an embodiment of cinema, far from what is conventional or appropriate. Without compromise and always in tune with her convictions, even if it means going against the grain of the times,” recalling that Deneuve has been the muse of filmmakers including Jacques Demy, Agnès Varda, Luis Buñuel, François Truffaut, Marco Ferreri, Manoel de Oliveira, André Téchiné, Emmanuelle Bercot and Arnaud Desplechin.

Heads were turned as Billie Piper debuted her new incredible hairdo on the red carpet. The former pop star attended the Royal Television Society Programme Awards 2023 on Tuesday night, where she was nominated for the Best Leading Actress accolade for I Hate Suzie Too.The 40 year old took to the blue carpet to show off her newly re-styled hairdo while sporting a form-fitting white dress. Billie's hair is now mostly black, but features red streaks throughout, including in her fringe.

It seems like everyone’s undergoing a major hair transformation right now, and actress Billie Piper is the latest celeb to go for a dramatic new chop. Billie is no stranger to a dramatic hair transformation though.The I Hate Suzie star was known for her honey blonde tresses for as long as we can remember, including during some of her most prominent roles as Dr Who’s companion Rose Tyler and Belle De Jour in Secret Diary of a Call Girl.

The Dior Spring/Summer 2023 show in Paris on Monday was wall-to-wall with A list names such as Kirsten Dunst and Karlie Kloss, but what was most impressive is all of the legends who attended.There were several familiar faces there who made their mark decades ago: movie stars, models and socialites who have all been front page news in entertainment in the 1940s to 1990s - and they all still look outstanding today.The top icons of the event were Catherine Deneuve, 79, Carla Bruni, 55, Isabelle Adjani, 67, Bianca Jagger, 77, and Marisa Berenson, 75.  The Dior show in Paris was full of legends! From left: Catherine Deneuve, 79, Carla Bruni, 55, Isabelle Adjani, 67, were all seen in France for the big eventThe event was part of the Haute-Couture Spring-Summer 2023 Fashion Week.Catherine Deneuve, 79, one of the best French actress of all time, looked ready for her closeup in a stunning maroon coat over a floral print shirt. The blonde bombshell is known for the movie The Last Metro (1980), for which she also won the David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actress, and Régis Wargnier's Indochine (1992).She first came to prominence in Jacques Demy's 1964 musical The Umbrellas of Cherbourg. And then the siren worked for Roamn Polanski in Repulsion (1965), and for Buñuel in Belle de Jour (1967) and Tristana (1970).  Lasting beauty and enduring elegance: Left to right, Bianca Jagger, 77, and Marisa Berenson, 75She was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actress for Belle de Jour, and the Academy Award for Best Actress for Indochine. She also won the 1998 Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival for Place Vendôme.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentThe Venice Film Festival is honoring French screen icon Catherine Deneuve with its Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement.Through her career, Deneuve has worked with some of Europe’s greatest directors, such as Luis Buñuel, Francois Truffaut, Manoel De Oliveira, Roman Polanski, and Lars von Trier, to name a few.Deneuve’s long rapport with the Lido harks back to 1967 when Buñuel’s “Belle de Jour” in which she played a bourgeoise Paris housewife who seeks erotic liberation through part-time work in a brothel, won the Golden Lion. Deneuve then won the Venice Volpi Cup for best actress for her role in Nicole Garcia’s “Place Vendôme” in 1998, and presided over the fest’s jury in 2006.

Iconic French actress Catherine Deneuve will be presented with the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 79th Venice Film Festival which runs August 31–September 10 on the Lido.