Archive for the ‘Lead History’ Category
July 25th, 2009 | Author: Maia
London, England (BANG) – Audrey Tautou wanted to study monkeys. The “Coco Before Chanel” star admits acting was never her ambition until she reached her late teens and started to enjoy socializing.
She said: “I didn’t plan to become an actress. I had no clue fame would land on me. As a child, I wanted to study monkeys but I changed my mind with the onset of hormones and suddenly I was a teenager and I found partying more interesting than nature and got into art and theater and movies.”
Audrey mainly works in her native France because she prefers the anonymity it gives her compared with life in America.
She explained to Britain’s Independent newspaper: “I like working once in a while in Hollywood because it’s like a holiday but I am happy in France doing what I do.”
“I am happy with my life, I have enough money, I like to be myself. I like to dance when I am drunk and have a good time. I don’t go out much. I stay with my friends. This is what I like.”
source: allheadlinenews.com
June 7th, 2009 | Author: Maia
Thanks to Maria from Eva Green Web, we have scans from the May 27 issue of Vanity Fair Italy in the gallery! Check them out below:
May 12th, 2009 | Author: Maia
ISTANBUL – One of the world’s most prestigious perfumes, Chanel No. 5, has chosen Audrey Tautou to replace Nicole Kidman as its new face and Istanbul as the location of the advertising film.
The 20-minute film, which was prepared in four months, was released online on May 5. A 45-second version of the film will also be broadcast on television.
Jean-Pierre Jeunet, the director of “Amelie,” the film that made Tautou famous, shot the advertisement. Jeunet and his team, stayed for three weeks in Istanbul last May to shoot the footage. “This is not an advertising film but a short film,” Jeunet said.
It is reported that the film cost $23 million-$25 million.
$2.5 million to Tautou
In the film, Tautou departs from Venice and comes to Istanbul by Orient Express. A young man, played by model Travis Davenport, falls in love with the woman because of her perfume. The two find each other in Istanbul again thanks to the perfume. The film does not include any dialogue. The Haydarpa?a train station, the Bosphorus, the Bosphorus Bridge and boats are seen in the film.
Tautou also visits the Egyptian Bazaar in the film. It is not yet known how much money Tautou was paid for the film, but Kidman, the previous face of the perfume, received $3.71 million. It is reported that Tautou received at least $2.5 million for the film.
May 7th, 2009 | Author: Maia
Audrey’s new Chanel No. 5 commercial has been released and I’ve posted it below. Audrey looks beautiful as always!
April 30th, 2009 | Author: Maia
A film poster depicting Audrey Tautou as a cigarette-smoking Coco Chanel has left advertising watchdogs in France fuming — it has been banned throughout the Parisian transport system.
The French actress stars as the iconic couturier, who died aged 87 in 1971, in a biopic entitled “Coco avant Chanel.”
And to advertise the film’s release, posters were placed on bus and train advertising boards throughout the French capital.
The image shows Tautou laid on a bed holding a cigarette, a 50-a-day habit for which the real Chanel was famous.
But the transportation authority and the country’s Health Minister Claude Evin have slammed the ad, branding it “unhealthy and inappropriate” following France’s decision to enforce a smoking ban in public places.
The poster has been swapped by unhappy film bosses, who insist the image depicts the true essence of France’s first daughter of fashion.
A rep for Warner France, the film’s studio, says, “For us, the real poster is where Coco Chanel is smoking in a natural pose that translates her strong personality and her modernity.”
source: sfgate.com
April 24th, 2009 | Author: Maia
| The line up for the 2009 Cannes Film Festival has been announced, and it promises to be a rather interesting year on the Croissette. Quite a few Cannes-favourite directors return to the fold – Almodovar, Tarantino, Von Trier, To and Campion – but there are interesting films in the line-up from the likes of Terry Gilliam and Sam Raimi too.
Tarantino’s bringing Inglourious Basterds to town, in news long anticipated and planned but now confirmed. Almodovar’s latest Penelope Cruz-starrer, Broken Embraces, will also play (if you really can’t wait, that’s already out in Spain), while Von Trier will bring his intriguing Antichrist to the Festival too (check out the trailer). Johnny To is back at the Festival (following a storming performance in 2005 for Election) with Vengeance, and Michael Haneke is bringing The White Ribbon, a black-and-white film about fascism in a German school in 1913. The opening film is Pixar’s Up, which was already announced, but now we know that the Festival will close with Coco Chanel and Igor Stravinsky, Jan Koenen’s film that’s one of two competing Chanel biopics, with Anne Fontaine’s Audrey Tautou-starrer lagging behind suddenly. Brits-wise, Ken Loach is bringing his footballing drama Looking For Eric (starring, among others, Eric Cantona!) and Andrea Arnold is bringing Fish Tank after winning the Jury Prize in 2006 for her debut film Red Road. Ang Lee will premiere Taking Woodstock there, after a last-minute screening convinced organisers to include it. Liev Schreiber, Emile Hirsch and Jeffrey Dean Morgan star in that. Jane Campion brings Bright Star, about the poet Keats and his love affair with his next-door neighbour, with Ben Whishaw and Abbie Cornish. Korea’s well represented with Park Chan-Wook bringing Thirst, about a man of faith turned into a vampire by a failed medical experiment, and Bong Joon-Ho (of The Host) bringing Mother to the Un Certain Regard section, about a mother’s search for the killer who framed her son. Out of competition screenings include Terry Gilliam’s much-anticipated The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus and Sam Raimi’s Drag Me To Hell. The full line up is below, with the Director’s Fortnight selection due to follow in a week or two. 52 films from 32 countries will be screened during the Festival, with 46 of those world premieres. The Festival runs from May 13 to 24. Competition: Pedro Almodovar – Broken Embraces Un Certain Regard Bong Joon Ho – Mother Closing Film Jan Kounen – Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky Out of Competition Robert Guediguian – L’Armee Du Crime Midnight Screenings Stephane Aubier and Vincent Patar – A Town Called Panic Special Screenings Anne Aghion – My Neighbor, My Killer |
| Helen O’Hara
source: empireonline.com |
April 13th, 2009 | Author: Maia
Hey guys! I just added some scans from the April 2009 issue of Elle Belgium so check them out in the gallery!
April 9th, 2009 | Author: Maia
Hey guys! Audrey attended the “Coco Avant Chanel” Paris Premiere the other day and i’ve added photos to the gallery. Check them out!:
March 30th, 2009 | Author: Maia
GLOBAL – French film actress Audrey Tautou, famous for her role in Amelie, has become the muse in a Chanel No. 5 film, directed by Jean Pierre Jeunet.
While in the past, Chanel No. 5 commercials ran on TV and in the cinema, this is the first time a Chanel marketing campaign has kicked off on the internet, launching online globally on 5 May 2009.
Chanel No. 5 perfume is described as sensual, intimate, luxurious, and the new film portrays No. 5 women of today as serene, enchanting and free.
The brand is renewing its campaigns to appeal to younger consumers who are unaware of No. 5.
source:
March 24th, 2009 | Author: Maia
Beautiful French actress Audrey Tatou has starred in a short film for the new Chanel No.5 campaign. It’s the new Chanel No. 5 campaign that comes five years after the legendary ad starring Nicole Kidman.
Tautou plays Coco Chanel in the long-awaited biopic and will be the muse of director Jean-Pierre Jeunet in a trip on the Orient Express from Paris to Instanbul. It revolves around a series of missed encounters between two strangers, according to CatwalkQueen.
The gorgeous French actress is paired alongside model Travis Davenport in the film. A teaser of the film has also been produced for TV, and will appear on chaneln5.com in late April.
Tautou is also due to make her debut in Coco Avant Chanel, playing the title role in the biopic, due for release next month. Jeune also directed the French actress in her film “Amélie.”
The film lasts just over 2 minutes, and it’ll be officially released on the 5th of May, 88 years after Coco launched her legendary perfume.
source: allheadlinenews.com
