It looks like this year's Cannes Film Festival turned out to be Festival de Sean Penn. Not only did Penn have two winning films in the fest, he was also honored at the first Cinema For Peace inaugural dinner for his charity work in Haiti.

On Saturday, This Must Be The Place, in which Sean plays an aging rock star, won the festival's prestigious Ecumenical Jury Prize. And on Sunday, the Cannes Film Festival awarded its highest prize, the Palme d'Or, to The Tree of Life, a film by Terrence Malick which also stars Penn, along with Brad Pitt. Though the movie won top honors at the fest, there's some questions about how regular Joes (a.k.a. the rest of us) will embrace the movie, especially since it features dinosaurs, little dialog, and Sean Penn as Brad Pitt's adult son. ]]> cmb 2011-05-23T14:07:22-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2011/5/17/124959/137

We knew Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie were going to have a good night in Cannes, but we didn't think it would be this good! After premiering Brad's new movie, the highly anticipated Tree of Life, at the Palais des Festivals, the couple joined a few of their celeb friends, including Naomi Campbell, at the L'Affable restaurant to celebrate.

L'Affable is a pretty affordable place when it's not Film Festival season. A prix fixe dinner menu runs 39 Euros, whereas lunch of a few courses is only 25 Euros.

Though Brad and Ange looked flawless when they arrived at the place, by the time they emerged a few hours later, he had an ear-to-ear grin and she looked completely disheveled, with messy hair, smeared make-up and glassy eyes. We're not sure what happened inside the party, but based on the looks of Brangelina, we're guessing a lot of alcohol was involved!

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The Cannes Film Festival is in full swing with the premieres of several new movies over the weekend, including Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris, but it's the parties that have people buzzing.

The weekend's biggest bash was thrown by financing group Red Granite and featured fireworks and performances by Kanye West with Jamie Foxx and Pharrell Williams on Carlton Beach. Leonardo DiCaprio and Bradley Cooper were among the A-Listers there to dine on gourmet pasta, sushi, and canapés while sucking down free top shelf liquor.

But tonight, things will really get interesting as the fest's most anticipated film, The Tree of Life, premieres at Palais K followed by an afterparty with the film's stars, Brad Pitt, Sean Penn and their significant others, Angelina Jolie and Scarlett Johansson.

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AmfAR, the foundation for AIDS Research, is preparing for their Cinema Against AIDS Gala, which is held annually during the Cannes Film Festival.

This year the star-studded event will be held at at the Hotel Du Cap-Eden-Roc in Antibes, France, and will include a formal dinner and a live auction, with proceeds benefiting amfAR. ]]> cmb 2011-05-10T14:02:15-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2011/4/19/123946/875

The Fesitval de Cannes, which takes place in Cannes between May 11- 22, 2011, has announced its all-star line-up.

The most talked about film at the festival will likely be Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life, if for no other reason than its red carpet, featuring the movie's stars Brad Pitt and Sean Penn, and their significant others, Angelina Jolie and Scarlett Johansson. Penn has double-duty this year with a second film in competition, This Must Be the Place, too. ]]> cmb 2011-04-19T14:07:42-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2010/3/30/131612/398

The Cannes Film Festival, which takes place this year on May 12- May 23, is known for welcoming the world's biggest stars, and keeping everyone else out. Cannes is open to film industry professionals and the press only, unlike most film festivals, there are no tickets available to the public for screenings and other events. Only those with accreditation (in other words industry types and journalists) are admitted to screenings and this rule is strictly enforced.

But, before you lose all hope of ever seeing a film in Cannes Film Festival, there are still a few options for us regular folks. First, Cannes does offer accreditation to film enthusiasts and educational groups through the "Cannes Cinéphiles" program. Film students and film club associations can apply for accreditation, but unfortunately the deadline has passed for this year. Registration for next year will open around February 1, 2011.

But wait, you get a third chance to see some films in Cannes, after the jump! ]]> cmb 2010-03-30T14:09:12-05:00 http://www.jaunted.com/story/2009/9/4/154728/8773

Once again Jaunted Flickr Pool member Chris Gold has come through with a bunch of great travel snapshots for us to sift through on this lazy Friday before Labor Day. Spotted at the Palais Club Disco in Cannes: a girl dancing barefoot on the bar. Not a very wise idea in our opinion. There could be sharp glass and sticky grenadine and blow on that bar there. But when it's hot in Cannes, it doesn't matter.

The massive club can hold about 2,500 jetsetters. Their dress code is listed as "dressy" and this is not a cheap joint. Prepare to max out your Amex. Or get Gianfranco to foot the bill. But it does have a rooftop from where you can gaze out at the Mediterranean and escape the deeply-tanned Euros smoking cigarettes and waving their sparklers.

Sadly, if you're looking to party at the Palais, you'll have to wait until next summer. The club had its summer closing party last weekend.

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