Kim Novak to attend Hitchcock's "Vertigo" screening at CannesApril 22, 2013 - 21:18 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Kim Novak will attend a Cannes Film Festival screening of a restored version of Alfred Hitchcock's "Vertigo", TheWrap said. The 1958 film classic is being shown as part of the Cannes Classics series. The 80-year old Novak will also take part in the festival's closing ceremony, where she will award one of the prizes. "Vertigo" was named the greatest film ever made by British Film Institute's Sight and Sound magazine in 2012, toppling "Citizen Kane" from its perch. The Orson Welles drama had been critics' and film historians' top pick for the past 50 years. Playing the object of James Stewart's obsessive affections gave Novak what is widely considered to be her finest role. It was a part she almost didn't get to play. Hitchcock originally cast "Psycho" star Vera Miles in the lead, but she had to drop out of the project after becoming pregnant. Novak first attended Cannes in 1959 for the presentation of the romantic drama "Middle of the Night." Her other roles include Billy Wilder's "Kiss Me, Stupid" and "Bell Book and Candle," which also cast her opposite Stewart. 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 | Ucom equips four bus stops in Ijevan with free Wi-Fi Ucom now provides free Wi-Fi coverage in smart bus stops in four communities of Ijevan. Armenia, Russia discuss life extension of Metsamor nuclear plant Issues regarding the extension of life of the 2nd power unit of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant were discussed in Yerevan. Armenians stage more campaigns against territorial concessions to Azerbaijan Protesters blocked more roads across Armenia on Friday, April 26 in continuing attempts to scuttle territorial concessions to Azerbaijan. Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. |