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The 2009 amfAR Cinema Against AIDS Gala at the Cannes Film Festival brought a flock of glittering, very stylishly-emboldened celebs to the red carpet supporting AIDS research. Paris Hilton arrived at the event, as always overloaded with blinking accessories. She chose a dramatic gown from the Basil Soda Spring 2009 Couture collection.

Looking at yesterday’s Inglorious Bastards premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, we can say only one thing – WOW! What a star studded night it was! There was Angelina Jolie walking the red carpet along with her hubby Brad Pitt. Sharon Stone, Diane Kruger and Dita von Teese showed off their fashion flair too, and Penelope Cruz’s outfit was a show-stopper.

Here are the rewards for our patience: finally some serious A-listers showing chic couture at the Cannes Film Festival! Hilary Swank gave serious competition to the other stars who headed to the Looking for Eric premiere at Cannes. The Oscar winning actress dazzled in a grey metallic dress, Chopard jewels, Swarovski clutch and Sergio Rossi shoes.

The Don’t Look Back (Ne Te Retourne Pas) premiere at Cannes brought together on the red carpet, two of the most beautiful woman on the planet. Monica Bellucci and Sophie Marceau arrived at the premiere, both wearing red. Together, the Ladies in Red had the fashion cognoscenti ooohing in reverence.

Greetings from Eva Longoria who brought another wow factor and real drama to the Cannes red carpet. The Desperate Housewives star wore an incredibly beautiful Atelier Versace Spring 2009 blue gown along with YSL heels. Simply great!

The Cannes Film Festival has kicked off, and as a result, we can look forward to an outstanding week of stunning couture gowns, bedazzling brilliance and some movie drama, of course. Another cutie was Elizabeth Banks, who wore a red shouldered Armani Privé Spring 2009 gown for her Up premiere.

The stars will still turn up and the movie line-up looks good but the tone of the Cannes film festival will be more black and white than technicolor in 2009. The credit crunch means Hollywood studios are tightening their belts and conspicuous consumption is temporarily out of fashion. Deal-making will go on but is likely to be more circumspect. "You can feel people are more conservative, more selective," said Helen Lee Kim, president of Mandate International. "They are being more careful and not taking those big jumps as they might have last year." The annual celebration of cinema in the...

Moore blasts U.S. health-care system Canada on right track, filmmaker tells festival By Bruce Kirkland Toronto Sun Sunday, May 20, 2007 CANNES -- Sicko just caused a sensation at the 60th Cannes Film Festival last night. And George W. Bush just might be squirming in the White House this morning. Sicko is Michael Moore's new agitprop documentary. Slick, funny and wildly entertaining, the film is highly critical of the Bush administration and Congress for turning the U.S. health-care system into a profit-making machine that may be killing people by denying them drugs and surgeries. "There is something very barbaric...

"The Da Vinci Code" drew lukewarm praise, shrugs of indifference, some jeering laughter and a few derisive jabs Tuesday from arguably the world's toughest movie crowd: critics at the Cannes Film Festival. The year's most anticipated movie, "The Da Vinci Code" was a generally faithful adaptation of Dan Brown's monster best seller, spinning a murder thriller that stems from a cover-up of secrets about Christianity's roots. While readers worldwide devoured the novel, reaction from Cannes critics ranged from mild endorsement of its potboiler suspense to groans of ridicule over its heavy melodrama. "It's a movie about whether the greatest story...

A Paris court has ruled that an acclaimed new film by the director of Amelie is not French enough to vie for French prizes. Jean-Pierre Jeunet's A Very Long Engagement, a French story filmed in French, has drawn rave reviews. But a court judged it was too American to compete in French film festivals, including Cannes.

PARIS -- When "Fahrenheit 9/11" was selected for the Cannes film festival, another documentary about George W. Bush was waiting in the wings in case Michael Moore's film wasn't ready in time. "The organizers were keen to include our film in the Official Selection but felt it was politically incorrect to have two anti-Bush documentaries at Cannes," says Jean-Francois Lepetit, whose Flach Film produced "Le Monde Selon Bush" (The World According to Bush). Directed by seasoned documentary maker William Karel, the 90-minute film could scarcely be more different to Moore's pamphlet that went on to win the Palme d'Or. Karel's...

CANNES AND THE HYENAS’ FESTIVAL By: Jesús J. Chao 5/25/04 Michael Moore brought to their feet the adoring European elites with his accustomed diatribes, defamations and wild attacks against President Bush and the American traditions and values. The jubilant reaction of the privileged European and Hollywood elites in attendance to the Festival, says more about their own values than the alleged merits of Moore’s documentary. Accordingly, he received the longest standing ovation ever at the Cannes Festival, an spectacle bordering on collective hysteria. What makes it more loathsome, is that the French would be speaking German today if Americans had...

Hey folks, Harry here... the word from Cannes has just come in... a jubilant ecstatic phone call from a geek in Cannes ran down the winners and it seems that Michael Moore just accepted the Palme D'Or for FAHRENHEIT 9/11!!! Perhaps a political no-brainer... but my inner and outer Liberal screams "YESSSSS!," while the cautionary side worries about a jury headed by Quentin bestowing the top prize to any film that Harvey Weinstein is a producer of... BUT - at the same time I have no doubt that FAHRENHEIT 9/11 is the sort of emotional film that brands its message...

CANNES, France - American filmmaker Michael Moore (news)'s "Fahrenheit 9/11," a scathing indictment of White House actions after the Sept. 11 attacks, won the top prize Saturday at the Cannes Film Festival (news - web sites). AP Photo >img src=http://us.news2.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20040522/capt.can12305222051.france_cannes_film_can123.jpg> AFP Slideshow: Cannes Film Festival 'Fahrenheit 9/11' Wins Cannes' Top Prize (AP Video) "Fahrenheit 9/11" was the first documentary to win Cannes' prestigious Palme d'Or since Jacques Cousteau's and Louis Malle (news)'s "The Silent World" in 1956. "What have you done? I'm completely overwhelmed by this. Merci," Moore said after getting a standing ovation from the Cannes crowd. The grand...

A shipment of film reels arriving for the Cannes Film Festivals, has been briefly blocked by showbusiness workers currently striking in France.Around 100 artists and technicians stood in front of the gate at a warehouse in Garges-les-Gonesse, Paris, where the reels were delivered. The workers have been on strike since last summer in protest at reforms which cut their benefits. They have threatened to protest at the festival, which begins on Wednesday. Previously, France's 100,000 industry employees qualified for year-round unemployment pay-outs if they worked for just three months. EmergencyBut changes introduced in January reduced the amount of benefits and...