Brigitte Bardot: Last News

Ben Croll “Bardot” star Julia de Nunez didn’t intend to make such a splash this early. As a drama student, she was happy to hone her craft, and planned to someday try for France’s National Conservatory, if they would have her. But when she saw a casting notice for an upcoming series – and one that resonated with her in a personal way – she had to answer the call. “Of course, I knew Brigitte Bardot as an actress and singer,” de Nunez tells Variety. “And funnily enough I was often told that I resembled her. In fact, I myself noticed the resemblance as a young girl. So it was all the more amusing to read for the role. It made sense somewhere in my life.”

EXCLUSIVE: Fremantle has acquired global distribution rights to a Brigitte Bardot documentary that will feature the likes of Pamela Anderson.

Ever since the Pam & Tommy biopic hit our screens last year we've seen plenty of celebs taking inspiration from Pamela Anderson for hair transformations. Now, Love Island finalist Lana Jenkins seems to be pulling from Pammy's trademark updo as well as from another iconic actress' hair. Posing for Instagram grid snaps, Lana looks incredible with a new long fringe and shorter layers.

Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent Once pitted againsteach other as rivals, streamers and broadcasters have become unlikely allies in the face of increased competition and economic pressure following the pandemic and the launch of more content viewing platforms.  Even in France, where Netflix was referred to as the “devil” by France Televisions president Delphine Ernotte Cunci in a 2019 interview, the tide has turned and a number of ambitious series have been jointly financed by both local broadcasters and streamers.  Examples of collaborations vary from period drama series such as “The Bonfire of Destiny” and “Women at War,” from TF1 and Netflix, to action series like Ziad Doueiri’s “Dark Hearts,” from  France Televisions and Amazon Prime Video. What do these shows have in common? They shot in French with local casts, and have the high budgets and production values that are typically allocated to international co-productions like “Marie Antoinette,” which shot in English and was produced with French and foreign TV partners. 

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Elsa Keslassy International Correspondent While she retired prematurely at the age of 39, Brigitte Bardot has left an indelible mark on France’s popular culture in the 1960’s and 1970’s. With her wild blonde mane, smoky eyes and pouty lips, Bardot became a symbol of a modern and effortlessly sexy French woman, and a style emblem that continues to inspire current trends. The event series “Bardot,” which is penned and directed by Daniele Thompson (“The Queen Margot”) and Christopher Thompson (“La bûche”), world premiered at Series Mania Festival to unanimous praise and has been pre-sold by Federation nearly worldwide. “‘Bardot’ is like the French ‘The Crown’ because Bardot embodied France, and through her journey we reminisce about many parts of France’s history and popular culture in the 1950’s and 1960’s,” Federation’s boss and “Bardot” producer Pascal Breton told Variety.

TV presenter Emily Atack has been giving us some serious blonde bombshell moments recently, and her latest Instagram snaps are no exception.The 33 year old posed for a series of selfies in the back of a taxi on Monday where she showed off her elaborate curly up do that channeled Sandy from Grease, complete with a black jacket and bright red lipstick. Emily had recently given her hair a much shorter, bouncier chop, and has been styling it in plenty of different ways that show off how versatile and glamorous her new style is.

Ed Meza @edmezavar David Pujol, whose enchanting drama “Waiting for Dalí” premiered at the Malaga Film Festival on Sunday, has a new feature film project and an international TV series in the works. Pujol has just completed the script for “Rehearsal for a Kiss,” the story of a passionate yet hapless movie theater owner in Barcelona whose love of classic movies has left his cinema in a precarious position. On the verge of losing the family business, he seeks help from his uncle in America, who has made a career for himself as a character actor in Hollywood. A flashy, larger-than-life personality, the uncle returns to his native city after 40 years to help his nephew save the theater while also reconnecting with his own past.

Lindsay Lohan made a rare public appearance Thursday to support her model siblings as they walked the runway for Christian Siriano during NYFW.The actress/singer, 36, flew all the way from Dubai to the Big Apple to catch sister Ali, 29, and brother Cody's, 26, catwalk moment.Lindsay looked absolutely radiant as she posed for photographers ahead of the show wearing a silky rust-toned outfit designed by Siriano, himself.Getting the VIP treatment, Lindsay was seated in the front row with the likes of Abbott Elementary's Quinta Brunson, and The Bourne Identity actress, Julia Styles.Also present for Ali and Cody's runway moment was Lohan family matriarch, Dina, 60.  Support: Lindsay Lohan made a rare public appearance Thursday to support her model siblings as they walked the runway for Christian Siriano during NYFW. The actress/singer, 36, flew all the way over from Dubai to the Big Apple to catch sister Ali and brother Cody's catwalk moment Radiant: Lindsay looked absolutely radiant as she posed for photographers ahead of the show Lindsay's glamorous getup consisted of a flowy blouse and cape-like shrug that fell down the Parent Trap star's back.She slipped into coordinating wide-legged trousers that often kept her sky-high patent leather pumps hidden from view.Her lustrous red tresses were worn in voluminous curls and styled in a Brigitte Bardot-esque bouffant by hairstylist Danielle Priano.The Mean Girls actress' makeup artist Kristofer Buckle made her green eyes pop with shimmery orange shadow and smoky winged eyeliner.Her cheeks were dusted with a peach blush and her lips topped with a juicy pink gloss. Lindsay had two Cartier LOVE bracelets - which cost around $7,000 - on one wrist and glitzy gold chainlink bracelets on

Spanish-born fashion designer Paco Rabanne, who was best known for his metallic space-age outfits, has died in France at the age of 88 years old.

Glow on! Lily James was just unveiled as the face of Charlotte Tilbury’s latest drop— the Hollywood Glow Glide Face Architect Highlighter — and in a super fun short film celebrating the launch dubbed ‘Hollywood Darling’, she’s dishing the dirt on everything from her beauty must-haves to the Hollywood gentleman she’s always lusted after.

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Euphoria bombshell Sydney Sweeney has been cast as the lead in the new movie of the French comic book Barbarella.Barbarella, an outer space sexpot, was iconically played by Jane Fonda in a 1968 cult classic directed by her first husband Roger Vadim.Now Sydney, cementing her pinup credentials, will be starring in and executive producing a new film about the character, according to Deadline. New generation: Euphoria bombshell Sydney Sweeney has been cast as the lead in the new movie of the French comic book Barbarella, previously adapted with Jane Fonda (left)Roger Vadim was a famous French filmmaker with a prodigious string of wives beginning with Brigitte Bardot, whom he directed multiple times.'He was incredibly sexy and he could charm anyone,' Jane told PeopleTV in 2018.

Pat Saperstein Deputy Editor Douglas Kirkland, the celebrity photographer known for his photos of Marilyn Monroe and numerous other stars, died Sunday at his home in Los Angeles. He was 88. His 1961 Monroe portraits showed the superstar reclining on a bed surrounded by white satin sheets. In addition to his portraits of Hollywood notables including he was a special photographer for films including “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” “2001: A Space Odyssey,” “The Sound of Music,” “Sophie’s Choice,” “The Great Gatsby,” “Out of Africa,” “Titanic” and “Moulin Rouge!” His photos appeared in hundreds of magazines, and among the celebrities he photographed were Brigitte Bardot, Coco Chanel, Audrey Hepburn, Marlene Dietrich, Katharine Hepburn, Judy Garland, Elizabeth Taylor, Ann-Margret, Natalie Wood, Catherine Deneuve, Angelina Jolie, Nicole Kidman, Charlie Chaplin, Peter O’Toole, Paul Newman, Marcello Mastroianni, Michael Caine, Robert De Niro, Leonardo DiCaprio, Frank Sinatra, Mick Jagger, Bjork and Michael Jackson.

Douglas Kirkland — whose celebrity portraits became nearly as iconic as the celebrities themselves, and whose photographs document some of the most important film shoots in Hollywood history — died Monday at his home in Los Angeles of natural causes. He was 88.

Love Island 2022 finalist Tasha Ghouri is only just settling back into life outside of the villa but she’s already keen to switch up her look to suit her new environment. Her inspiration for this new glam? It seems to be 60s screen siren Brigitte Bardot.Tasha was tagged in a series of glam snaps on Instagram taken before she filmed the reunion episode, and it’s only now that we can see the intricacies of the look. Her makeup artist Gemma Wheatcroft even references the Bardot theme in the caption.

Marilyn Monroe’s death. Her glamour and style left such a big impression on the world of fashion that for the past 60 years brands and celebrities have tried to channel her signature iconic looks.

It’s hard to believe it’s been over three months since Brooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz tied the knot in a star-studded ceremony – but, when it comes to her hair, the bride already couldn’t look much more different to her big day.The 27 year old has just revealed that she’s ditched her buttery blonde tresses and gone to the dark side with a new chocolate brunette shade and, though it’s pushed into more of a curtain bangs style, it looks as though her full fringe has also been given a fresh trim. Sharing a snap of her new look to her 2.7 million Instagram followers Nicola wrote, “back to my roots,” with a winking emoji, confirming the new hue is much closer to her hair’s natural colour – and we’re sure you’ll agree, it suits her down to a tee.

French new wave cinema and burst onto the international scene in the 1966 film Un Homme et Une Femme (A Man and a Woman). He played a racing driver who found new love with a widow, played by Anouk Aimee, following the suicide of his wife. Their sensitive performances, alongside director Claude Lelouch’s visually stunning imagery and Francis Lai’s sentimental music, helped it to win two Oscars and the Cannes Film Festival’s top prize, the Palme d’Or.

announced the news to AFP on Friday. Over a 60-year career, the actor, filmmaker and racing car driver worked with some of the best-known directors of their time, including François Truffaut, Bernardo Bertolucci and Krzysztof Kieślowski. He also starred alongside the likes of Brigitte Bardot, Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu and Alain Delon.

Richard Natale Contributing WriterFrench film great Jean-Louis Trintignant, best known for his roles in “A Man and a Woman,” “Z,” and “The Conformist,” died Friday. He was 91.Trintignant died at his home in southern France, his wife, Marianne, and agent told the Agence France-Presse.Trintignant was more recently known for roles in Krzysztof Kieslowski’s “Red” and for starring opposite Emmanuelle Riva in Michael Haneke’s “Amour,” winner of the 2013 Oscar for best foreign film.Taciturn and enigmatic, the “reluctant” actor, who came by his profession by accident and several times announced he was quitting, returned time and again to appear in more than 100 films and achieve international stardom over of a period of more than 40 years working with some of the world’s great directors including Claude Chabrol, Abel Gance, Bernardo Bertolucci, Costa-Gavras, Ettore Scola and Francois Truffaut, as well as Kieslowski and Haneke.