Ulyanna Sergeenko’s dress. “Sur le dôme profond brillent, resplendissantes, Des milliards de flammes, plus que n’en voient nos yeux ; D’immenses galaxies, des étoiles filantes, Traits d’un pinceau d’argent sur le bleu nuit des cieux.” Arnaud Jonquet – La nuit étoilée Source : https://poesie.webnet.fr/vospoemes/Poemes/arnaud_jonquet/la_nuit_etoilee
Each year, since 1995, the magazine Vanity Fair has realized stunning and glamorous photoshoots with actors and actresses who marked the year. Cate Blanchett (1998, 2001, 2005 and 2016) and Emma Stone (2010, 2013, 2017 and 2018) appeared several times. The reknowned photographer Annie Leibovitz worked on these covers many year (1995, 1996, 1997, 1998,…
The Met Gala, also known as “Costume Institute Gala” is a fashion event having been taken place since 1946, in the Metropolitan museum, New York. Each year, in May, the gala is organized to raise money for the Met’s Costume Institute. It is also the occasion to present the Institute’s yearly fashion exhibition. The most…
Since 1929, the Academy Awards (Oscars) have been given annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) to recognize cinema excellence.
The Toronto Film Festival (TIFF) was created in 1976 in order to show the best movies presented in the other film festivals around the world to Toronto audiences. The original name was “the Festival of Festivals” ; it was renamed “the Toronto International Film Festival” in 1995. The most prestigious price is the People’s Choice…
The Venice International Film Festival is the oldest film festival ; it was founded in 1932. Each year, the festival takes place in Venice, late August or early September. The highest prize given to a film is Leone d’Oro (Golden Lion). Among movies rewarded by this honour, there are “Au revoir les enfants” by Louis…
I used an illustration made by Jane Ray from “The Apple-Pip princess” :
Glamour, sparkles and off course cinephilia are there at the Cannes Film Festival. Anna Kendrick : Audrey Tautou : Diane Kruger : Emma Stone : Elle Fanning (member of the Cannes jury in 2019) : Rachel McAdams : Leonardo DiCaprio (“Gangs of New York” in 2002, “The great Gatsby” in 2013 and “Once upon a…
This geometric figure is called an “eight-pointed star” ; it is formed by two overlapping squares. This form is a very famous pattern in the islamic arts. It symbolises the synthese between the circle (symbol of the divin, of the origin and of the perfection) and the square (symbol of the earthly and of the…