“Amelie” star Audrey Tautou to host Cannes opening & closing ceremoniesApril 11, 2013 - 17:00 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - French actress Audrey Tautou will host the opening and closing ceremonies of the Cannes Film Festival when the annual film fete hits town in May, The Hollywood Reporter said. The 66th edition of the festival will open May 15, and the closing ceremony will be held May 26. Although the list of contenders still is under wraps until festival director Thierry Fremaux unveils the lineup April 18, Baz Luhrmann’s retelling of the quintessential American tale The Great Gatsby will be featured as the opening film, bringing star power to the Croisette with Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire and Carey Mulligan on the red carpet. Steven Spielberg has been previously announced as the president of this year’s jury, and Palme d’Or winner Jane Campion will preside over the short-film jury. Tautou, the face of Chanel, is no stranger to Cannes, having walked the red carpet last year for Therese Desqueroux, which closed the festival. She also shot the 2006 film Priceless at the famed Carlton hotel. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | The Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life charity The companies inform that the May beneficiary of The Power of One Dram is the “Road of Life” charitable organization. Ucom General Director gives lecture at French University in Armenia The General Director of Ucom Ralph Yirikian delivered a lecture at the French University of Armenia. Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. |