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…the following people were born: Stephen Baldwin (1966); Emilio Estevez (1962); Bruce Boxleitner (1950); Gabriel Byrne (1950); Lindsay Crouse (1948); Susan Hampshire (1938); Burt Bacharach (1929); Tony Hancock (1925); Katharine Hepburn (1907) …the following people died: Louis Calhern (1956); Erich Von Stroheim (1957); …and the following movies were released: What a Way to Go! (USA, 1964); Trop belle pour toi (France, 1989).
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The mighty Eve Ferrari, aka Lolo, will attend tomorrow's Camping Cosmos bash on the Plage Goéland, along with two retired Belgian boxers, set up for a fight in a real boxing ring, to celebrate the international launch of Belgian director Jan Bucquoy's second installment of his La vie sexuelle des Belges (The Sexual Life of the Belgians) trilogy.The actress, recently sued by Italian car manufacturer Ferrari for taking on its name, was discovered by Bucquoy at Cannes - destroying the myth that no starlets have ever been picked up from the Côte d'Azur beaches to gain screen fame. Belgophiles will be interested to hear that Bucquoy has now announced the title of the concluding part of his trilogy - La derniere temptation des Belges avant leur disparation (The Last Temptation of the Belgians before their Disappearance). |
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This man is not on his way back from yet another night at the Petit Majestic, he's the star of a new film that is described as "the first British superhero movie". Director, writer and producer Stephen Cookson made Stoneman in just eight weeks, with a budget of only £300,000 (US$500,000). He also took on the title role. Cookson completed the film only last week before heading for Cannes seeking a buyer.
MPI HORROR SCOPE Andrew L. Urban's otherworldy wisdom for today's lucky star sign
SUNDAY 12 MAY CANCER (22 June-21 July) You are always sympathetic and very understanding about other people's problems. But they think you are a sucker. You are always putting things off. That's why you'll never make anything of yourself. The vast majority of welfare recipients are Cancer people. TODAY: Ignore the feelings of inadequacy that may linger from yesterday and keep telling yourself: "I am an independent producer - and I am extremely proud of it."
Warmest birthday greetings to Cine-International's Lilli Tyc-Holm. If she can tear herself away from the Carlton, she should come to the MPI office at the Noga Hilton, where a presentation Harley Davidson is outside, polished and ready for some Croisette action. At this Cannes, Lilli is busy launching the international version of Liv Ullmann's film Kristin Lavransdatter (The Garland), which took over 650,000 admissions in Norway - a country with a population of only four million. One of those tempted to see the film, apparently, was a 93-year old woman from Drammen, outside Oslo, whose last visit to the cinema was in 1928. When asked why she had not been for 68 years, she said it was because last time she went the piano player was terrible.
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Toilet talk If you can think of a phobia, Danish director Lars von Trier has probably got it. The three-time contender for the Palme d'Or, whose Breaking the Waves screens in competition tonight, refuses to fly and hates trains with small compartments - not to mention lifts. He set off from Copenhagen by car to be in time for the competition screening. In Germany, though, he had to accept that his travel phobia had caught up with him. So he sent an apologetic telegram to festival director Gilles Jacob and returned home. However, Von Trier, who's the Howard Hughes of European cinema, is nothing if not generous. He has sponsored toilet seats at both the Gothenburg International Festival and the European Film College at Ebeltoft, back in his native Denmark.
Party time for Mopix The queues have started already for this year's edition of the legendary Moving Pictures party, to be held this year on Thursday 16 May. Held once again at the Chateau de la Napoule, the bash runs from 22.00 until an unseemly hour on Friday morning. The main sponsor this year is MDP, with the support also of co-sponsors UK-based Winchester Productions and Germany's Kinowelt. Drink this year will be supplied once again by Smirnoff, Sapporo beer and Perrier, along with Goldkenn liqueur and Campari. If you know you have an invitation waiting for you, please come to the Moving Pictures office - Salon Suquet A & B, Noga Hilton Hotel - on Wednesday. And not before!!!
He's back For those of you who missed Dieter Menz of Atlas International at Berlin, we are delighted to report that its business as usual for Menz and sons at Cannes. You can find him as ever at the Carlton, where he has held court now for more than 30 years.
MPI HORROR SCOPE Andrew L. Urban the sage of Sydney, peers into the future
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