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Yahoo
08-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Penélope Cruz Holds Court in Purple Chanel, Diane Kruger Goes Ethereal in Alberta Ferretti and More at Les Arts Décoratifs Ball
Penélope Cruz, Keira Knightley, Kirsten Dunst, Diane Kruger and more high-profile celebrities attended the Bal D'Été at the Musée Des Arts Décoratifs in Paris on Sunday. The event served as a kickoff to Couture Week in Paris, featuring new collections from designers such as Schiaparelli, Chanel and others. For the occasion, the celebrity guests styled designer pieces, some of which paid homage to the City of Light. Ahead, WWD takes a closer look at the standout style moments from the event. More from WWD Celebrities Front Row at Patou Spring 2026: Susan Sarandon, Elizabeth Olsen and More Chanel Supports Cinema Paradiso at the Louvre, Brings Sofia Coppola for Opening Night Chanel Bolsters Management at Charity That Empowers Women and Girls Worldwide Cruz opted for a design courtesy of Chanel's spring 2025 couture collection, which debuted last January in Paris. The floor-length purple dress featured sheer fabric on the skirt and bodice. Shimmering elements were also included as part of the design on the tiered part of the skirt and around the neckline. Cruz has been an ambassador for Chanel since 2018. Knightley also favored Chanel. The Oscar-nominated 'Pride & Prejudice' star wore a streamlined, floor-length dress with black lapels and a shimmering white structure featuring pockets at the hips and on the bodice of the design. Glittering buttons were also featured running down the front placket of the dress. Knightley has been an ambassador for Chanel since 2007. Kruger wore an ethereal dress from Alberta Ferretti's fall 2025 ready-to-wear collection. The dress featured layers of soft chiffon fabric, with a tiered element at the waist. The ensemble also included long sleeves and a high neckline with soft ruffles accentuating the piece throughout. Camille Rowe embraced sheer dressing with floral inspiration for her attire in a look from Chanel pre-fall 2011 collection. The throwback design included long sleeves with a layer over a mocha-tone slipdress. Flowers in shades of white and red cascaded down the dress. Dunst and her husband Jesse Plemons attended Sunday's fete, with Dunst styling a look from Chanel's spring 2025 couture collection. The sleeveless, column gown featured a fitted bodice and long skirt, with glimmering details embroidered on the fabric. The waist included a black belt. View Gallery Launch Gallery: Inside Sofia Coppola's Grand Bal Opening Couture Week in Paris Best of WWD A Look Back at Fourth of July Celebrations at the White House Princess Diana's Birthday Looks Through the Years: Her Sleek Black Jacques Azagury Dress, Vibrant Colors and More Lauren Sánchez's Fashion Evolution Through the Years: From Her Days as TV News Anchor to Today
Yahoo
07-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Chanel Supports Cinema Paradiso at the Louvre, Brings Sofia Coppola for Opening Night
PARIS — Fashion, film and fine art will join forces for Cinema Paradiso, a four-day film festival at the Louvre, with support from Chanel. The house has boarded as a sponsor for this summer's edition of the open-air film festival held in the Cour Carrée. The event, which runs Wednesday to Saturday, will transform the heart of the museum into a community space with food, concerts and evening film screenings. More from WWD Chanel Bolsters Management at Charity That Empowers Women and Girls Worldwide Bode's Spring 2026 Reimagines the Fashion Show With Piano Performance, Dioramas and Dolls Oliver Peoples Lands in Paris Longtime Chanel ambassador Sofia Coppola will open the program, hosting a 25th anniversary screening of her debut film 'The Virgin Suicides.' The event is organized by French indie cinema group MK2. Cinema Paradiso first launched in 2013 as a private, ticketed event at the Grand Palais. In 2019, it relocated to the Louvre and shifted toward a free, public-facing event. Chanel was on board in 2015, in part due to its longstanding ties with the Grand Palais, but this year is the house's first time supporting the festival at the Louvre location. 'What we love about Chanel is that they are very sincere in their investment toward cinema. They are supportive of movie productions and movie restorations, and have a long-term engagement with the film industry,' MK2 chief executive officer Elisha Karmitz told WWD, noting the house has a team specifically dedicated to film partnerships. That division is overseen by Elsa Heizmann, Chanel's global head of fashion's relationship with cinema. She told WWD the house's return to the project reflects its broader belief supporting cinema. 'Inviting the public to discover or rediscover films on the big screen in the heart of iconic Parisian locations naturally aligns with Chanel's belief that cinema should be an experience of wonder and sharing,' she said. 'This year's eclectic programming in the Cour Carrée of the Louvre once again promises four absolutely magical evenings.' Chanel brought on board Coppola to present her cult classic on opening night. 'It was a somewhat crazy idea but one that immediately excited us,' Heizmann said of inviting the director. 'Sofia Coppola is a cult filmmaker both for viewers like me who saw 'Virgin Suicides' when it was released 25 years ago and for a whole new generation of young directors and cinephiles who are discovering her films and are often moved or inspired by her work,' Heizmann said. Coppola's longstanding relationship with Chanel runs deep. Chanel recently created the wedding dress worn by Cailee Spaeny in Coppola's film 'Priscilla,' and she directed the teaser for Chanel's most recent Cruise collection. 'The relationship between Chanel and Sofia has been long established and has grown over time through multiple creative collaborations,' Heizmann said. Chanel's renewed involvement with Cinema Paradiso highlights the House's deep and ongoing ties with the industry, a relationship that extends beyond red carpet dressing. 'This [event] perfectly illustrates the uniqueness of the relationship and dialogue that Chanel maintains with the Seventh Art,' she added. This year's event coincides with the weeklong gap between men's fashion week and couture, which starts on Sunday. The Louvre itself is hosting its first exhibition dedicated entirely to fashion, on view through Aug. 24. That made the inclusion of fashion-minded films a natural choice, Karmitz said. 'With fashion in mind, bringing in Coppola was quite obvious,' he said. In the fashion vein, MK2 also programmed Wong Kar-wai's 'In the Mood for Love,' long considered one of the most stylish films of the 2000s. The lineup also includes a tribute to David Lynch, whose films were long distributed by MK2. 'It was important to have to us and for the family to pay an homage to David,' Karmitz said. The festival will close with the public premiere of 'The Secret Agent,' the Brazilian feature directed by Kleber Mendonça Filho and starring Wagner Moura. The two took home the best director and the best actor prize at the Cannes Film Festival in May and will be on hand to present the film. Karmitz emphasizes that this will be a cinema experience, with a full theater-quality movie screen and the quality sound to match. 'It's about honoring cinema with technical excellence, even in an outdoor setting. It's kind of a French way of doing a big pop-up cinema event,' he said. He described the project as an effort to elevate film as an art form among fine art, as well as build communal experiences in this divided, algorithmic age. 'The idea is also to express the fact that cinema is bringing people together to share emotions collectively in front of a piece of unique storytelling,' Karmitz said. 'That's the purpose of art. That's the purpose of the Louvre — to create enlightenment, create education, and to create a community together.' Karmitz noted that the Louvre's broader summer programming reflects a shift toward inclusion. 'It's also a way for many Parisians who sometimes won't enter the Louvre for an exhibition to get in contact with this space and this more classical culture,' he said. 'We consider cinema as a total art,' Karmitz added. 'Cinema would be impossible without fine arts, without fashion, without photography, without music.' Other programming includes concerts and a variety of food trucks for a festival atmosphere ahead of the are distributed through an online and social media lottery, while Chanel will host an opening night cocktail. 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Scotsman
26-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Scotsman
I was one of the first back inside Edinburgh's Filmhouse
Sign up to our Arts and Culture newsletter, get the latest news and reviews from our specialist arts writers Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... I fell in love with the Filmhouse as a student, fresh-faced and new to Edinburgh. It was everything I wanted in a cinema and more. Over the years, I've seen countless movies within its walls, from the latest releases to cult classics and undisputed masterpieces. It's hard to pick a single highlight, but I'll never forget experiencing Lawrence of Arabia on 70mm. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad In 2012, I volunteered at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, helping to man the small, dark room within the building where critics and others could catch any films they might have missed. Cinema One in the Filmhouse | Kat Gollock I probably saw more movies that summer than was physically good for me. It was glorious. The following year, I wrote a piece for The Guardian's 'cine-files' series, which allowed readers to wax lyrical about cinemas close to their hearts. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad The Filmhouse, I insisted, was 'something increasingly precious' - a cinema that catered shamelessly for cinephiles and wasn't afraid to take risks. 'Upstairs, Cinema One boasts one of the best screens in all of Edinburgh, with a red-curtained cosiness harking back to a lost age of cinematic glamour and old-fashioned, starry-eyed movie mystery,' I wrote, in slightly overenthusiastic student prose. (L-R) Filmhouse programme director Rod White and executive director Andrew Simpson inside cinema one. Picture: Andrew O'Brien/The Scotsman | Andrew O'Brien All this is to say I was devastated when it shut in October 2022. It felt like a body blow, and a depressing sign of the times. I was lucky enough to be in a position to contribute some money to the fundraiser, and the decision to do so was a no-brainer. That the Filmhouse is now re-opening on Friday after more than two-and-a-half years feels like something close to a miracle. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad On Wednesday evening, I attended one of the first screenings in the newly refurbished venue, for those who had donated a certain amount. It was very special to be back in Cinema One, among all that red-curtained cosiness and starry-eyed movie mystery. The film on the big screen? Cinema Paradiso. For those who love the Filmhouse, it is mostly just as you remember it, but more modern and with comfier seats. Andrew O'Brien The cafe and bar area remains the kind of place you can lose an afternoon in. My only plea is that they bring back the DVDs and Blu-rays for sale at the front.
Edinburgh Reporter
25-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Edinburgh Reporter
Filmhouse – a star is born
Filmhouse opens its doors to the public on Friday with new seats and new screens. Until then here are some images to keep you going. Built in a repurposed church on Edinburgh's Lothian Road, Filmhouse has been a landmark cinema in the city since 1978. Following a £2 million refurbishment, Scotland's leading independent cinema Filmhouse returns with new leadership, a vision which builds on the venue's legacy as a space for learning and discovery, and a commitment to building a sustainable future. The first film to welcome audiences back to the venue on Friday will be the ode to the beauty of the cinemagoing experience, Giuseppe Tornatore's Cinema Paradiso (1988). Filmhouse is set to once again become a hub for film enthusiasts, offering a cutting-edge cinematic experience, a vibrant social space, and a platform for film lovers and filmmakers to engage with the very best in global cinema. Previously a three-screen venue, the new Filmhouse will become a four-screen cinema and soon will be unveiling a fourth screen with a capacity of 24, allowing for an even more expansive programme, as well as being available for private screenings and hires. The cinema's technical capabilities include 70mm, 35mm, 16mm, 8mm, and digital projection. The cinema also includes a Clipster Unit for creating Digital Cinema Packages (DCPs) required for festival and theatrical distribution. Here is the team behind the renovated gem: All photos Kat Gollock Like this: Like Related
Edinburgh Live
25-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Edinburgh Live
First look at £2m Edinburgh Filmhouse refurbishment ahead of grand reopening
Edinburgh's landmark cinema Filmhouse has revealed images of its new screens and spaces ahead of its public reopening tomorrow Friday, June 27 - following a £2 million refurbishment. After its closure in October 2022, the reopening of Filmhouse marks the culmination of a three-year long campaign to save the historic cinema backed by film lovers in Edinburgh, Scotland, and around the world and by A-list film talent including patrons Jack Lowden and Charlotte Wells, as well as Dougray Scott, Brian Cox, and Emma Thompson. Three screens have been unveiled which seat between 59 and 188 viewers. A new fourth screen will soon be revealed which seats 22 plus one wheelchair. A completely refurbished Filmhouse Bar will be able to seat 100 people for lunch and dinner, with drinks available throughout the day. Filmhouse will re-open its doors with a hand-picked programme of the very best films the cinema missed out on playing during the venue's two-and-a-half-year closure. The programme will have a strong emphasis on films that did not screen in the city because of its absence. Tickets are on sale now via the Filmhouse website. The first film to welcome audiences back to the venue will be the much-loved film gem and ode to the beauty of the cinemagoing experience, Giuseppe Tornatore's Cinema Paradiso (1988).
