Check out the official Lady Dior Website for a preview of the Lady Rouge music video to the song ‘The Eyes Of Mars‘ performed by Marion Cotillard and Franz Ferdinand. The stylish music video was directed by Madonna’s favourite director Jonas Akerlund. Until March 5, 2010 – the day the music video will be online – enjoy some behind the scenes stills.

I also added HQ Print Campaign pictures and the cover of the Song. For the new Dior Autumn/Winter 2009 collection, Marion Cotillard is photographed by the emblematic Annie Leibovitz. An encounter between two women in the world’s most theatrical city, New York. Under the sign of the colour red, the brand’s mythical shade. Driven by passion and mystery, Lady Red reveals her many faces

Scene 1:
The Mirror symbolic
For a woman with a double life,
Daring by day, femme fatale by night.

Scene 2:
The Brooklyn Bridge as backdrop,
Its architecture and complex structur reminiscent of the famous “cannage” motif
Lady Rouge’s silhouette stands out agains the New York skyline.

Scene 3:
A femme fatale,
On the brink of taking her place in the spotlights,
Lady Red relaxes before taking the stage.

003 New York – Lady Rouge > Print Ads
001 New York – Lady Rouge > Lady Rouge
006 New York – Lady Rouge > Lady Rouge – Behind the Scenes

Coinciding with Saturday’s César Ceremony, which Marion will be president of, Madame Figaro feature Marion Cotillard on the cover with an absolutely gorgeous new photoshoot! Ahead of the magazine’s release the lovely Mariana has donated exclusive scans. Thank you so very much & enjoy!

009 Madame Figaro (France) – February 27

The talented Arina contributed some icons for our site. Feel free to use them in our forum or for your personal use but don’t forget to credit Arina. Thank you!

Note: All our icons have the name of their respective creators in their filename, so once you’ve saved the graphic to your computer it will be very easy to see who needs to be credited.

002 Icons > Lady Dior
001 Icons > Movies – La Vie en Rose
006 Icons > Movies – Nine
002 Icons > Movies – Public Enemies
006 Icons > Photoshoots
005 Icons > Public Appearances

I added some scans from French publications released at the end of 2009. The Figaro Scope and TGV Magazine both feature outtakes from the breathtakingly beautiful 2009 June Madame Figaro shoot.

001 Figaro Scope (France) – December 16, scanned by Kelly
005 Paris Match (France) – December 23
001 Elle (France) – December 24
005 TGV Magazine (France) – December/January

Kindly do not redistribute these scans at another Marion Cotillard fan site as they were obtained/donated exclusively for ‘Magnifique Marion Cotillard’. Thank you.

Probably before attending the Paris ‘Nine‘ Premiere (more on that later) Marion Cotillard, Penélope Cruz and Daniel Day-Lewis appeared on Le Grand Journal and the following Le Petit Journal last Thursday evening. I added screencaptures and clips. Enjoy!

Gallery: 354 Talk Shows > Le Grand Journal – 2010
Video: 002 Talk Shows > Le Grand & Petit Journal

I added scans of the two French magazines currently featuring Marion Cotillard on the cover. Both magazines used pictures from the same portrait session.

Here are the links to the French interviews:
• Marion, la méga star, Elle, February 12, 2010
• Marion Cotillard la belle Américaine, Paris Match, February 18

007 Scans from 2010 > Elle (France) – February 12
009 Scans from 2010 > Paris Match (France) – February 18-24

Kindly do not redistribute these scans at another Marion Cotillard fan site as they were obtained/donated exclusively for ‘Magnifique Marion Cotillard’. Thank you.

As announced Marion Cotillard was the guest during last Wednesday’s evening news on France’s TF1. She talked about the rehearsals for ‘Nine‘, about the great rapport between all the actresses, about not being disappointed that she didn’t get nominated for an Oscar since awards can never replace playing a character, working with people, making good movies, telling stories – all of which are important to her – as well as about still acting in French movies e.g. for ‘Les Petits Mouchoirs‘. There’s also a cute “fangirl moment” at the end when Marion Cotillard is happy to meet meteo-presener Évelyne Dhéliat.

Gallery: 178 News Segments > JT20H (TF1) – 17/02/2010
Video: 001 News Segments > JT20H – TF1 – 2010/02/17

PS: Penélope Cruz and Daniel Day-Lewis have reportedly cancelled today’s appearance at the Berlin Film Festival. It’s as of yet unclear whether or not Marion is still going.

AnOther Magazine have put up exclusive content of their new Summer/Spring 2010 issue featuring Marion Cotillard on the cover up on their website. Very interesting is the behind the scenes video of Marion’s “Fashion Performance” – very much in context with the issue’s title Power of Performance.

Inspired by her powerful and chameleon-like portrayals, we decided to cast Marion Cotillard in our very own Fashion Performance. The current Lady Dior proved to the world she was master of both film and fashion when she elegantly carried off that Jean Paul Gaultier mermaid dress on the night she won Best Actress for her role as Édith Piaf. We looked to the work of the 1960s Fluxus movement to inform this one-off performance, full of intriguing yet unexplained meanings. In AnOther Magazine 18 the narrative continues in an interview, where Cotillard reveals her heroes, her passions, and the contents of her handbag.

And this is what editor in chief Jefferson Hack says about Marion:

Everyone fell in love with her on the shoot. As an actress, Marion Cotillard is the consummate performer. A dream to work with — almost too good to be true.
• source: T Magazine Blog

008 Sessions from 2010 > AnOther Magazine
062 Behind the Scenes > 2010 – AnOther Magazine

Marion Cotillard is on the cover of the upcoming issue of Another Magazine, out tomorrow. This is a preview of the (limited) cover as well as the interview:

Inspired by the instruction-based art of the Fluxus movement, AnOther Magazine gave cover star Marion Cotillard three instructions before her interview: bring an object you love; a photograph that makes you smile; and a piece of writing that has taught you something. The first object that tumbled from her bag was a vintage, folding Polaroid SX70, small enough to slide into her jacket pocket, a constant accompaniment across time zones and film sets. Her photographic heroes are Sarah Moon and Peter Beard. As for the photograph, she told us, “I couldn’t choose one. So I brought three. There’s a wood in Corsica where I went on holiday, a beach near Bordeaux I always go to, and a beautiful wood outside Paris, where I often stay with a friend.” The photographs – otherworldly, mysterious, peaceful havens – seemed to be a kind of quiet, talismanic antidote to the lively chaos that has surrounded Cotillard since 2007. The last object Cotillard brought along seemed to bring us full circle to her childhood quest for answers. She picked up a lovingly battered paperback, a collection of speeches, Freedom from the Known, given by the philosopher Jiddu Krishnamurti. “It’s hard to choose one book that has changed things in your life,” she smiled. “But the way he talks about fears, happiness, violence, time, life, death, us. How to find your own vision, and understand human beings, is so inspiring. As an actress, I feel like an anthropologist of human emotions. I don’t observe people because I’m an actress and I want to steal things from them. It’s the other way around – I’m an actress because I find human beings so very interesting.”

Marion Cotillard starts her ‘Nine‘ promotion in France already tonight: she’s scheduled to appear during the evening news on TF1 at 8pm. There’s no way I can record this since I’m not home but they put the video up on their website afterwards.

Sadly, Oscarcast executive producers Adam Shankman and Bill Mechanic have dropped a bombshell, telling artists nominated for Best Original Song that they won’t be invited to perform the usual big production number (source). Thus our hopes of seeing Marion Cotillard perform the Oscar nominated song ‘Taking it All‘ during the show have been shattered.

As honorary president of this year’s César ceremony, Marion Cotillard attended the traditional luncheon with the nominees at the Paris restaurant Fouquet’s yesterday. She looked fabulous as you can see on these pictures.

033 César Nominee Luncheon

Marion Cotillard graces the cover of the new French Elle magazine – on newsstands since yesterday. Until I have time to add the actual scans of the magazines itself enjoy the portrait session of the pictures featured in the magazine and enjoy the article.

Noteworthy facts for non-French speakers: Marion Cotillard likened the 2-month rehearsals for ‘Nine‘ to Star Academy and Fame, she refused to campaign for an Oscar nomination this year and is still thinking about recording an album – with songs written by herself. But she’d need the right people to help her with it.

• Marion, la méga star, Elle, February 12, 2010

Thank you Nadine for the heads up that on February 18, 2010, 3.30pm Marion Cotillard will also be the guest on Michel Drucker’s radio show Studio Europe 1 during the ‘Nine‘ special.

028 Sessions from 2010 > Elle

Marion Cotillard together with Penéloe Cruz and Daniel Day-Lewis will appear on the French Talk Show “Le Grand Journal” on Thursday, February 18, 2010.

As reported earlier, ‘Nine‘ will be shown at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival as the Birthday Special Gala. This will be on Friday, February 19, 2010 at 9pm the Friedrichstadtpalast. Reportedly, Marion Cotllard together with Penéloe Cruz and Daniel Day-Lewis will be present. They will stay at the Hotel Adlon. edit Feb 18 Penélope Cruz & Daniel Day-Lewis have cancelled their appearance. It is as of yet unconfirmed whether Marion will still be there.

Great news: Matt Damon, Kate Winslet, Jude Law and Marion Cotillard have all signed on to join the starry cast ensemble of Steven Soderbergh’s upcoming sci-fi thriller ‘Contagion‘. The movie is based on a script by “The Bourne Ultimatum” and “The Informant!” writer Scott Z. Burns, and revolves around the threat posed by a deadly disease, with multiple plotlines in the style of Soderbergh’s ‘Traffic‘. Reportedly the story takes place over four continents and is “terrifying.” The plan is to shoot the project later this year, possibly fall.

Sources: Variety and Ace ShowBiz

Earlier today the nominations for the 82nd Academy Awards (Oscars) were announced. Though Marion Cotillard herself was not nominated the song she performs in ‘Nine‘ was among the 5 nominated songs in the category Music (Original Song). Though this is mainly honoring songwriter Maury Yeston I like to think that Marion’s performance helped it to get nominated and just shows that she herself would have been nominated had she been campaigned as Supporting Actress instead of Leading Actress by The Weinstein Company.

Music (Original Song)
• “Almost There” from “The Princess and the Frog” Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
• “Down in New Orleans” from “The Princess and the Frog” Music and Lyric by Randy Newman
• “Loin de Paname” from “Paris 36” Music by Reinhardt Wagner Lyric by Frank Thomas
• “Take It All” from “Nine” Music and Lyric by Maury Yeston
• “The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)” from “Crazy Heart” Music and Lyric by Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett

Here’s Maury’s reaction to his nomination:

“I’m so grateful to Marion Cotillard for doing such a beautiful job with that song. It’s a very special honor to be singled out by the Academy and the world of film and my first foray into that world.”
• source: KFSM.com

‘Nine‘ was also nominated in the categories Actress in a Supporting Role (Penélope Cruz), Art Direction and Costume Design. Congratulations! See all Oscar Nominations here.

At yesterday’s press conference the French Academy revealed that this year’s honorary president of the 35th Annual César Awards Ceremony will be Marion Cotillard. Congratulations!

The event will take place on Saturday, February 27, 2010 and will be broadcast live from Théatre du Châtelet on Canal+ as of 9pm.

3 years after getting international recognition when ‘La Vie en Rose‘ celebrated its world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival, Marion Cotillard could actually come back to Germany. Yesterday, the festival announced their line-up for the “Berlin Special” Gala screenings at the upcoming 60th Berlin International Film Festival. ‘Nine‘ is one of them – and it will actually be the festival’s Birthday Special screening ahead of its theatrical release in Germany. Upon inquiry by Welt Online they could not yet confirm any of the star’s appearances, though. Let’s hope Marion will attend!

On a sidenote, our site has been listed on The Fan Carpt and please stay tuned for our in-depth coverage of Marion’s Critics Choice and Golden Globe Award appearances. Thank you for your patience

After Kate Hudson also Marion Cotillard got her very own music video for her song in ‘Nine‘. ‘Take It All’ combines previously unseen footage of Marion during the movie’s rehearsal and actual movie scenes with new music-video-style footage of Marion in the recording studio! The clip is amazing – be sure to check it out!

Gallery: 274 Music Videos > Take It All – 2010
Video: 001 Music Videos > Take It All

Marion Cotillard was on Craig Ferguson’s show last night and talked about Golden Globes, going on safari in Tanzania, skiing as well as making a documentary. She was charming, cheeky, amusing and amused and once again we could see how Marion & Craig seem to have a great rapport together. Enjoy!

Gallery: 348 The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson – 2010
Video: 001 Talk Shows > The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson

Meryl Streep won for her role in Julie & Julia in the category Marion Cotillard was nominated.

While you’re waiting to get the proper Magnifique Marion Cotillard update about tonight’s Golden Globe Awards check out this:
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You may have noticed in the last post that the audio clips section – which used to be in the old video archive – are back! I continued working on it today and now everything I had on the computer is up on the site! So if you come across more audio interviews with Marion – especially in English – please let me know!

Audio Clips: Interviews • Songs

Finally the new song written by Franz Ferdinand and performed by Marion Cotillard has been put up at LadyDior.com. It’s called ‘The Eyes of Mars‘ and Marion’s voice is stunning! You can also listen to it on our page with audio clips of Marion’s Songs.

It seems that there will be more to the 2nd chapter – how long do we have to wait for the video clip? – so stay tuned!

Meanwhile, the website reveals that Chapter 3, which plays in Shanghai and will feature a short film directed by David Lynch, will be called Lady Bleue (Lady Blue).

Guess what else Marion Cotillard did last Saturday: looking gorgeous and dancing on a photoshoot for the March cover of French magazine Jalouse. The photoshoot was last Saturday in Los Angeles.

Gallery: 014 Portraits > Behind the Scenes > 2010 – Jalouse
Video: 001 Magazines & Photoshoots > Jalouse – March 2010

First some additional pictures of Marion Cotillard at the ‘Nine‘ screening in Rome.

Upcoming Events:
Today, Marion Cotillard will (probably) attend the 15th annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards ceremony as she’s nominated for Best Supporting Actress. Red carpet arrivials will begin at 4PM (PT). The Critics’ Choice Awards ceremony will begin promptly at 6PM (PT) and will be broadcast live on VH1 Television Network at 9PM ET/PT. Details at Locate TV. Then, don’t forget the Golde Globe Awards on Sunday. More on that later.

Upcoming Talk Shows:
The recently announced talk show appearance on Live with Regis and Kelly was quietly cancelled. It seems that it was impossible for Marion to go on the show since she was in Los Angeles at business meetings. Don’t forget to watch the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson this coming Monday evening. And a new talk show appearance to note down in your diaries: Marion Cotillard is scheduled to appear on the Tavis Smiley show, Tuesday, January 19 Thursday, January 21 on PBS. Check your local listings because not all PBS stations carry Tavis’ show and if they do, the times and sometimes dates vary. Many thanks Pushpak for the info.

For both the upcoming event and talk show appearances, I’d appreciate any help with getting good quality screencaptures and video clips for the site. Thank you!

This & that:
Some background information of what went on at last Saturday’s Dior Cocktail party:

“Nine” producer Marc Platt unveiled a video she shot for her “Nine” number “Take It All.” “You may all know Marion is an Oscar-winning actress, but what you may not know is that she’s a talented music video artist,” he deadpanned. The clip showed bits from the film, rehearsal footage and outtakes of Cotillard in the recording studio. “Aaagh, this is so embarrassing,” she laughed as the small crowd, including directors Jim Sheridan, David Lynch and Michael Mann, and Tobey and Jennifer Maguire, broke into applause. Although tout Hollywood seems to want to work with her, Cotillard says she’s next turning her attention to a personal documentary on conserving the forestlands, which she was inspired to do after some friends raised her awareness about deforestation.
• source: WWD.com via Stéphanie

Then the upcoming rumoured Marion project ‘Second Coming‘ was recently mentioned by The Arizona Republic in an article about women’s rising power in Hollywood:

But if you do, and your stock is rising, it can happen. Bullock is one example. Marion Cotillard, an Oscar winner currently starring in “Nine,” is another. She’s a producer for the upcoming “The Second Coming.”

“What’s interesting is that time has changed, and now you, as an actor, can find a good story by yourself and make it happen,” Cotillard said, “like Charlize Theron with ‘Monster.’ . . . There are many ways to find roles if it doesn’t come to you from a director or producer. More and more actors are producing their movies. Maybe it’s because of that – they aren’t happy enough with the offers they get, or they want to do something else that directors will not think that they’re able to do.”

Many thanks Aurore for the following heads-up. Hugh Grant visited Le Grand Journal to promote his new movie ‘Did You Hear About the Morgans?‘ in France. During the comedy re-cap of recent news and gossip called Le Petit Journal there was a funny skit featuring Marion Cotillard. Did you think it funny how so many famous Hollywood men posed with Marion for photographs at the recent Dior Cocktail Party in her honour? Well, that’s what they thought as well, and they found a way for everyday citizens (and Hugh Grant) to do the same.

Following yesterday’s update here now the pictures of the ‘Nine‘ photocall and premiere event in Rome, Italy. Enjoy! On a sidenote, the black dress at the premiere is by Vionnet.

002 ‘Nine’ Press Conference – Rome (2 additional pics)
163 ‘Nine’ Photocall – Rome
021 ‘Nine’ Premiere – Rome

Marion Cotillard, Penélope Cruz, Sophia Loren and Rob Marshall attended a press conference for ‘Nine‘ at the St. Regis Hotel in Rome, Italy, earlier today. There was also a huge photocall as well as a screening of the movie later on. So far, I only finished sorting the pictures for the press conference, so stay tuned for more! Many thanks Amanda for her help with the pictures!

010 ‘Nine’ Press Conference – Rome

Each year, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts publishes a Film Awards Longlist ahead of announcing their final nominees. Marion Cotillard with her performance in ‘Nine‘ is one of 15 actresses short-listed for the “Leading Actress” award. Let’s hope that the confusion about her category placement won’t stand against her when the nominees are announced on January 21.

Marion Cotillard – again for her performance in ‘Nine‘ – is up for the Pantene Best International Actress award at the Irish Film and Television Awards. Other nominees are Penélope Cruz for ‘Broken Embraces‘, Anna Kendrick for ‘Up In The Air‘ and Meryl Streep for ‘It’s Complicated‘. This is a People’s Choice Award – residents of the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland are able to VOTE FOR MARION COTILLARD! The awards ceremony will take place in Dublin, February 20, 2010.

I think by now we’ve all seen Rob Marshall singing Marion’s praises at the Palm Springs Film Festival Awards Ceremony so I bring you a quote from Marion about the ‘Nine‘ director:

That human empathy defined Rob Marshall’s relationships with the actresses who star in “Nine.”

“I’ve worked with many directors you could really trust,” Marion Cotillard says. “The thing with Rob is, it’s the first time I worked with a director in an atmosphere of love.” Even on a massive set, she says, when Marshall had to use a microphone system to talk to the cast, “It was always this sweet and nice voice that he had. You know sometimes, when you talk about sweetness, it’s not always positive. But with Rob, he really is the sweetest director I’ve ever worked with. And that’s how he gets what he wants.”

Source: Hollywood Reporter

I added pictures of Marion at the Chateau Marmont for the Dior cocktails event in her honor last Saturday. She’s wearing a Dior dress and styled her hair in a new way. Other people on the photos include Alexander Skarsgard, Harry Dean Stanton, Jacqueline Bisset, Jake Gyllenhaal, Marc Platt, Martin Landau, Michael Mann, Sean Penn and Tobey Maguire.

027 Dior Cocktails For Marion Cotillard And “Nine”

As promised I added some video clips of Marion Cotillard walking the red carpet, giving lovely interviews (even humming her favourite tune from Annie “Radio”) and accepting the Best Actress award at the 21st Annual Palm Springs Film Festival. Enjoy!

Gallery:
160 Award Shows etc > 21st Palm Springs Int. Film Festival – Red Carpet – 2010
115 Award Shows etc > 21st Palm Springs Int. Film Festival – Ceremony – 2010

Video:
005 Award Ceremonies > Palm Springs Film Festival

Sorry about the delay but our gallery has finally been updated with pictures of a gorgeous Marion Cotillard at the Awards Gala at the Palm Springs Fillm Festival where she was honored with the Actress award for her performance in ‘Nine‘. I will add clips & captures from 5 event-related videos later.

Please note the bracelet she’s wearing as she probably bought it during her vacation in Tanzania last week:

The 34-year-old French actress, who looked gorgeous in an one-shoulder Elie Saab dress, Christian Dior shoes, a Christian Louboutin bag and her own bracelet from a trip to Africa.
• source

154 21st Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala

The new short film for Lady Dior will premiere online next week on January 14:

Meanwhile, Dior ambassador Marion Cotillard, who has been winning plaudits for her singing and acting chops in “Nine,” tests out her pipes for the French house in a music video making its debut on the Internet Jan. 14. Scottish rockers Franz Ferdinand wrote the music and lyrics for “Lady Rouge,” the latest installment in an online saga built around the iconic Lady Dior handbag. This musical episode, set in New York City, has Cotillard portraying a working woman who transforms into a torch singer at night, appearing from behind a velvet curtain to belt one out. Cotillard featured earlier on ladydior.com in the short thriller “The Lady Noire Affair,” directed by Olivier Dahan, with a forthcoming installment by filmmaker David Lynch that was shot recently in Shanghai.
• source: WWD.com via Stephanie, thank you!

So exciting! Remember how Dior specifically pointed out the music score on the table which can be seen on the first New York ad on Twitter.

Marion Cotillard will be a guest on Live with Regis and Kelly on Friday, January 8, 2010, 9am. Visit Locate TV to get exact listings.

Tomorrow, Marion will be presented with the Desert Palm Achievement Actress Award by ‘Nine‘ director Rob Marshall at the Black Tie Awards Gala at the beginning of the 21st Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival – as previously announced. Apparently, the event will be covered by Entertainment Tonight’s Mary Hart as of 6pm PT.

In both cases I appreciate any help with video clips and good quality screencaptures. Thank you!

Thanks Nadine for the heads up: Marion will make a 3rd appearance on the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson on January 18, 2009 – the day after the Golden Globes. I know I’m looking forward to this, should be entertaining!

Over the past few days I was busy preparing for this huge post. I added clips and screencaptures of all the promotional interviews Marion Cotillard did for ‘Nine‘ – except talk shows. I also replaced some stills as well as the screencaptures of the 3rd trailer with better ones and added screencaptures of Marion rehearsing her dance routine.

Gallery:
004 Nine – 2009 > Stills
042 Nine – 2009 > Screencaptures > Trailer
054 Nine – 2009 > Screencaptures > B-Roll Rehearsals
083 News Segments > Fox 5 News – 24/12/2009
117 Specials > Access Hollywood – 22/11/2009
011 Specials > CNN – 25/11/2009
071 Specials > ET (CBS) – 27/11/2009
089 Online Interviews > FilmsNMovies.com – 2009
030 Online Interviews > ABC.com – 2009
057 Online Interviews > Broadway.tv – 2009
008 Online Interviews > Jake the Movie Guy – 2009
065 Online Interviews > MTV.com – 2009

Video:
001 Trailers > Nine
001 Movie & TV Clips > Nine B-Roll Rehearsals
004 News Segments > ‘Nine’ Promotion
005 Interviews > ‘Nine’ Promotion

Thanks Lily07 for the heads up. It’s possible to vote for the nominees of the 15th Annual Critics Choice Awards on VH1.com.

I added additional pictures to existing albums of promotional events for ‘Nine‘ as well as new events. There are also 2 new video clips.

Be sure to go out and see ‘Nine‘ in theatres if it is playing in your area!

Gallery:
030 ‘Nine’ Press Conference – New York, November 14
001 ‘Nine’ Luncheon, December 14
052 ‘Nine’ Broadway Screening, December 14
011 ‘Nine’ Variety Screening with Q&A, December 16
028 Screencaptures: ‘Nine’ Variety Q&A – 2009
031 Screencaptures: Oprah – 2009 (Behind the Scenes)

Video:
001 Talk Shows > Oprah
001 Other Public Appearances

Thanks to Nadine I added the full interview, screencaptures and the transcript with the ‘Nine‘ cast & director on Larry King Live as aired on December 15, 2009. Due to it’s length etc the interview was split in 4 clips. Enjoy!

• Interview With The All-Star Cast of “Nine”, Transcript

About her plans for the future:

KING: The lovely Marion, what’s next?

COTILLARD: I want to travel. I’m going to go to Africa. I’m going to go to Peru. And I want to — I want to do a documentary about the forest.

KING: The forest?

COTILLARD: Deforestation and all amazing projects about reforestation. So I want to spend time in the forest.

Gallery: 147 Talk Shows > Larry King Live – 2009
Video: 004 Talk Shows > Larry King Live

Remember the ‘Nine‘ Luncheon at New York’s Per Se Restaurant on December 14, 2009 – the day after appearing on the Evening News on French TV and the day before the movie’s New York Premiere? Thanks to Nadine we have footage from it. ET aired a short interview with Marion during the luncheon together with some footage of the ‘Nine‘ New York premiere (more on that event later).

Gallery: 015 Specials > ET (CBS) – 16/12/2009
Video: 001 Specials > ET – 2009/12/16

She also told a journalist about her plans for the holidays during the luncheon:

Marion Cotillard told me she’s spending Christmas in Brittany seeing her 100-year-old grandmother. Then it’s off to Tanzania for a week with her boyfriend before journeying to Los Angeles for awards season.

And the lunch — it didn’t end until 4pm, at which point Marion Cotillard just about fainted from jet lag, Nicole Kidman went off to do interviews and several people went home to nap or change and get ready for Ryan Kavanagh’s cozy dinner at the Pierre Hotel’s new lounge for his Relativity Media.
• source

I certainly hope Marion is currently enjoying her week in Africa and able to relax from all the ‘Nine‘ and ‘Le dernier vol‘ promotion frenzy!

Yesterday, ‘Le dernier vol‘ (‘The Last Flight‘) entered into its 3rd week in French cinemas. So far it hasn’t been doing as well as could be wished for. I went to see it this past Monday evening and absolutely loved it. I uploaded a ton of ‘Le dernier vol‘ related material that’s been floating around since the movie’s release. Many thanks Nadine and everyone who helped me find these.

• Marion Cotillard retrouve Guillaume Canet pour « Le dernier vol », Le Matin

Gallery:
006 Le dernier vol (The Last Flight) – Stills
033 Le dernier vol (The Last Flight) – 2009 > Screencaptures > Making Of
062 Le dernier vol (The Last Flight) – 2009 > Screencaptures > Movie Clips
031 News Segments > Télématin (France 2) – 10/12/2009
024 News Segments > JT20H (TF1) – 13/12/2009
028 Online Interviews > Gaumont.fr – 2009
064 Online Interviews > InfosJeunes.fr – 2009
111 Online Interviews > Allociné.fr – 2009

Video:
003 Movie & TV Clips > Le dernier vol
001 DVD Extras & Featurettes > Le dernier vol – Making Of
002 News Segments > JT20H & Télématin
003 Interviews > ‘Le dernier vol’ Promotion

I added 3 new interviews about ‘Nine‘. They’re lovely reads, especially the last one.

• Cotillard pushed herself into music of ‘Nine’, The Arizona Republic, Dec 24
• Marion Cotillard: The No. 1 of ‘Nine’, The Baltimore Sun, December 29
• Marion Cotillard: A tiger’s fantasy Nine lives, The Toronto Star, December 30

“Someday, I hope I’ll be more confident,” Marion told me. Then she paused, and laughed a little. “Maybe not. I think maybe it’s better to be insecure, actually.”

“When people ask me how I am like Edith Piaf, how I am like Luisa Contini, then I become very mad,” she declared, eyes blazing. “I am an actress and they are characters I am playing. Why is that so hard for some people to understand?”

“Look, if you work all the time, if just do movie after movie, you’re playing another person more than you’re being yourself and the real you can get lost that way. If you don’t live your real life, then you become empty and the only place you can find authentic inspiration is in reality. That’s where the truth is.”

“Rob (Marshall) told me he wanted to make people feel Guido ought to be with Luisa again. That was my job. Where do I find it all? In my character. Never in myself.” Her voice rises again. “I will never, never use something from my own life. I feel it is too dangerous. If you wake up an old pain, for example, because you have to cry in a scene, then how do you put that pain back to sleep again?”

During the 21st Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival Marion Cotillard will be awarded the Desert Palm Achievement Actress Award. Congratulations! In 2008, she was awarded the Breakthrough Performance Award at the same festival.

“Following a distinguished career in French cinema, Marion Cotillard has firmly established herself as a major actress in American films,” said festival chairman Harold Matzner. “Her performance in Rob Marshall’s ‘Nine’ is nothing short of breathtaking.”

Past recipients of the Desert Palm Achievement Actress Award include Anne Hathaway, Halle Berry, Charlize Theron, Naomi Watts and Kate Winslet.
• source

I updated the Awards & Nominations page as well as the sidebar.

While I’ve been busy behind the scenes to bring you soon lots of Marion goodies, nickufan sent in a gorgeous portrait session taken June 20, 2009 in Chicago. Many thanks & enjoy!

025 Sessions from 2009 > Set 001

I’m sorry for the lack of updates but I’ve been in bed with a serious case of flu since Tuesday.

To start with I added some articles and interviews to the press archive:

• Cotillard has right number in ‘Nine’
• Daniel Day-Lewis, Fergie and Marion Cotillard live life Italian-style in ‘Nine’
• There’s perfect harmony among the six actresses in ‘Nine’

“Each time is unique in its own way. It was my dream as a kid to be in an American musical. It’s an amazing movie and a very special movie, and I hope that people will be made more aware of it by this.”

“The light of my dream is still on and it’s really shining bright today.”

“I feel so good! I’m so, so, so happy! I’m so happy for the movie and I’m so happy for all the people who worked so hard with us because this film really was an ensemble job that we all did. We can’t separate anyone from all these nominations … This nomination is very special. It was my dream when I was a kid to do a musical, so already to be part of this adventure – especially with Rob Marshall who is a genius … This [is] a dream that became true for me and a reality.”

Yay! Marion Cotillard was nominated for her second Golden Globe (in the same category as 2 years ago):

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Sandra Bullock, The Proposal
Marion Cotillard, Nine
Julia Roberts, Duplicity
Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia
Meryl Streep, It’s Complicated

Other nominations for ‘Nine‘: Motion Picture, Comedy/Musical, Actor, Comedy/Musical (Daniel Day-Lewis), Supporting Actress, Comedy/Musical (Penelope Cruz), and Original Song (Cinema Italiano). Congratulations!

Fresh off the plane and looking gorgeous! Marion Cotillard attended a luncheon at Per Se in New York yesterday to promote ‘Nine‘. Other cast members to attend were Daniel Day-Lewis, Penelope Cruz, Judi Dench, and Kate Hudson. Awards blogger Scott Feinberg was there too. And apparenly, Marion together with Rob Marshall, Daniel Day-Lewis Kate Hudson, Dame Judi Dench, and Maury Yeston are attending a preview of the movie right now.

004 ‘Nine’ Luncheon

I added many more pictures of Marion & Guillaume at the final day of the Gucci Masters on Sunday, a four-day unique equestrian event featuring the cream of the world’s best show jumpers.

036 International Gucci Masters Competition – Day 4

Marion also scored her 4th nomination for her performance as Luisa Contini in ‘Nine‘ yesterday. This time by the St. Louis Film Critics. Congratulations!

Best Supporting Actress:
Marion Cotillard, for “Nine”
Vera Farmiga, for “Up in the Air”
Anna Kendrick, for “Up in the Air”
Melanie Laurent, for “Inglourious Basterds”
Mo’Nique, for “Precious”
Samantha Morton, for “The Messenger”

Other nominations for ‘Nine‘: Best Cinematography and Best Music. The winners will be announced on December 21.

Later today, at 5am Pacific Time, the Golden Globe Nominations will be announced. Let’s keep our fingers crossed for Marion and the ‘Nine‘ gang!

Something I added belatedly to the post about Marion’s schedule: You will be able to watch the ‘Nine‘ premiere in New York LIVE! Be sure to tune in today at 6.45pm Eastern Time.

Earlier today the Broadcast Film Critics Association announced their nominees for the 15th Annual Critics’ Choice Movie Awards. ‘Nine‘ and ‘Inglourious Basterds‘ lead with 10 nominations each – a new record! Marion was also nominated – Congratulations!

Best Supporting Actress
Marion Cotillard – Nine
Vera Farmiga – Up In The Air
Anna Kendrick – Up In The Air
Mo’Nique – Precious
Julianne Moore – A Single Man
Samantha Morton – The Messenger

Other categories ‘Nine‘ scored nominations in are Best Picture, Best Acting Ensemble, Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Costume Design, Best Editing, Best Makeup, Best Song (Cinema Italiano) and Best Sound. The Critics’ Choice Movie Awards will be held Friday, January 15, 2010 at 9:00pm PST and will be broadcast live on VH1.

Before looking ahead let’s quickly review where Marion’s been in the last weeks:

November 14-16 she attended public ‘Nine‘ events in New York. Afterwards she did some ‘Nine‘ promotion in Los Angeles before returning to Paris, France. In the first week of December she was in Shanghai with David Lynch to shoot a short movie for Dior (thus missing the London ‘Nine‘ premiere). She returned to Paris, France last week where she started doing ‘Le dernier vol‘ promotion. Most notably on TV last Wednesday and yesterday but of course also behind the scenes. Places she could have gone as well – if she could be in two places at the same time – are the ‘Nine‘ premieres in Dubai and Los Angeles as well as the ‘Public Enemies‘ premiere in Japan. Due to Marion’s and Guillaume’s commitments there will be no ‘Le dernier vol‘ premiere this week in France (source: director Karim Dridi on official Facebook page).

What lies ahead? Marion is travelling to New York now.

December 15, 2009
• ‘Nine‘ premiere in New York, 6pm ET Watch live
• Larry King Live on CNN at 9pm ET (together with Nicole Kidman, Kate Hudson, Daniel Day Lewis, Judi Dench, Penelope Cruz, Sophia Loren, Fergie and director Rob Marshall)
• Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on NBC at 12.35/11.35 C
December 16, 2009
• Variety ‘Nine‘ Screening with Q&A, AMC Lincoln Square (NY) at 8.30pm (with director Rob Marshall)

Probably she’ll be heading to Los Angeles for awards season afterwards. Remember, ‘Le dernier vol‘ opens in France on Wednesday (Dec 16) and ‘Nine‘ opens in New York and Los Angeles on Friday (Dec 18).

Now online! The interview with the whole ‘Nine‘ cast & director Rob Marshall as aired on ABC Nightline on December 10, 2009 as well as one outtake and the full transcript of the original unaired interview!

• Full Transcript: Interview With Cast of ‘Nine’

Gallery: 071 Specials > ABC Nightline – 10/12/2009
Video: 001 Talk Shows > Nightline

Earlier tonight Marion Cotillard and Guillaume Canet were interviewed about ‘Le dernier vol‘ (‘The Last Flight‘) during the evening news on French TV. I was ready and recorded the video myself so I was able to make good quality screencaptures. Enjoy!

Yes, it’s been 7 years [since last filming a movie together] – but we’ve stayed in touch (laughs)
- Guillaume Canet

Gallery: 105 News Segments > JT20H (France 2) – 13/12/2009
Video: 001 News Segments > JT20h

Marion and Guillaume Canet attended Day 4 of the International Gucci Masters Competition, which is a Jumping Competition, in Paris earlier today. So far no pictures of them together but on one we can clearly spot Guillaume in the background.

006 International Gucci Masters Competition – Day 4

Marion Cotillard answered some questions during the programme La boîte à questions, which is part of Le grand journal, yesterday. I added the video and the clip as well as material from her earlier appearances on the show in previous years. Not sure of the dates though.

Gallery links:
023 Talk Shows > La boîte à questions – 2009
007 Talk Shows > La boîte à questions – 2007
067 Talk Shows > La boîte à questions – 2005
Video link:
001 Talk Shows – La boîte à questions

Marion Cotillard has been nominated a second time already for her performance in ‘Nine‘. This time by the Detroit Film Critics Society and in a different category (this is the only nomination for ‘Nine‘):

6. Best Supporting Actress
Marion Cotillard, Nine
Vera Farmiga, Up in the Air
Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air
Mélanie Laurent, Inglourious Basterds
Mo’Nique, Precious

The 2009 winners will be announced on December 18, 2009. There really is some confusion regarding her placement. As we posted a while back, The Weinstein Company is campaigning her as lead since she has the most screentime of all the ladies and also to give the other actresses a shot at winning supporting awards. However, since ‘Nine‘ is an ensemble Marion’s role is maybe more aptly described as supporting. Let’s see how this’ll turn out. In my opinion, it’s just nice to see that her hard work is being appreciated as it is.

Finally, the video and captures of Marion’s appearance on Oprah together with Daniel Day Lewis, Nicole Kidman, Penelope Cruz and Kate Hudson on November 18, 2009.

Gallery: 204 Oprah – 2009 • Video: 001 Talk Shows – Oprah

To promote ‘Le dernier vol‘ Marion Cotillard graces the cover of tomorrow’s Madame Figaro – for the 3rd time this year! Thanks to Mariana I added the scans to the gallery.

• Marion Cotillard, les ailes de la gloire, Madame Figaro, December 12, 2009

006 Madame Figaro (France) – December 12

And another TV Alert Marion Cotillard and Guillaume Canet will appear on 20 heures, which airs on France 2, on Sunday, December 13, 2009.

Yesterday’s Star profile in Envoyé Spécial on France 2 was about Guillaume Canet. As the documentary also had footage from the ‘Les Petits Mouchoirs‘ and ‘Le dernier vol‘ sets as well as the Gaumont reception at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, there was also new footage of Marion Cotillard. I added the caps and an edited clip.

Guillaume is a Ferrari, Marion a Porsche.
- Karim Dridi on the set of ‘Le dernier vol’

Gallery: Specials > Envoyé Spécial (France 2) – 10/12/2009
Video: 001 Documentaries > Envoyé Spécial 10:17 min

France’s Premiere Magazine started the online surveys for their annual Public Awards. Voting for the first category Most Glamourous Star of 2009 has already finished and Marion came in first:

1. Marion Cotillard 2.75 points out of 4
2. Ashley Green 2.5 points out of 4
3. Blake Lively 2.34 points out of 4
4. Megan Fox, Diane Kruger, AnnaLynne McCord, 2.07 points out of 4
7. Leighton Meester 1.99 points out of 4
8. Mélanie Laurent 1.93 points out of 4
9. Rihanna 1.69 points out of 4
10. Sienna Miller 1.56 points out of 4

As announced, Marion Cotillard appeared on ‘Le Grand Journal‘ earlier this night to promote her upcoming film ‘Le dernier vol‘, which is released in France and French-speaking Switzerland next Wednesday! Marion shared the time on the TV show with actress/singer Charlotte Gainsbourg. Enjoy the clip and the caps!

Gallery: 177 Talk Shows > Le Grand Journal – 2009, December 10
Video: 001 Talk Shows > Le Grand Journal 12:02 min

TIME charts the highs and lows of the past year in 50 wide-ranging lists under the title The Top 10 Everything of 2009. Marion Cotillard is featured on the Top 10 Movie Performances List for her performance in ‘Nine‘:

5. Marion Cotillard as Luisa Contini in Nine
The actresses in Nine, Rob Marshall’s musical drama based on Federico Fellini’s 8½, come alive when they sing. Penélope Cruz, Judi Dench, Nicole Kidman, Sophia Loren and (wow) Fergie all lend their solo turns knowing eroticism and high snazz. But Cotillard, as the wife of a desperate filmmaker (Daniel Day-Lewis) is in command of her character whether she’s singing, speaking or just staring darts at her philandering mate. Pain rarely seemed so proud, or hurt so regal, as in Cotillard’s rendition of the ballad “My Husband Makes Movies.” The actress’s showy turn as Edith Piaf in La vie en rose earned her an Oscar. Here, she’s simpler, deeper, better.

While we await the big interview with the whole ‘Nine‘ cast on ABC ‘Nightline’ tomorrow I added some behind the scenes pictures from when the interview was recorded at New York’s legendary Plaza Hotel. ABC promises a feisty and intimate conversation. Be sure to tune in tomorrow, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009 at 11:35 p.m. ET.

Marion Cotillard wasn’t on France’s Le Grand Journal tonight but at the end of tonight’s episode they announced that Marion and Charlotte Gainsbourg will be on tomorrow at 20.10h.

003 Talk Shows > ABC Nightline – 2009

The Lady Dior Website was recently updated with new content and a new look – be sure to check it out!

I added the new-ish interview with Marion Cotillard about the short film Lady Noire Affair (I had previously never been able to access it on the website) as well as the brand new Making Of of the New York shoot with Annie Leibovitz.

Also, we now know why Marion was absent from the ‘Nine‘ world premiere last week (the premiere was orginally scheduled for another date anyway): She was in Shanghai with director David Lynch to shoot another Lady Dior video. I’m not sure whether said video will really be the second Dior short film as fashion websites reported – or not already the third. In any case the second Lady Dior film – entitled The Lady Rouge Affair should be released this month.

Gallery links:
087 Online Interviews > LadyDior.com – 2009
062 Lady Dior > New York – Lady Rouge > Print Ads – Making Of
002 Lady Dior > New York – Lady Rouge > Screenshots Website
Video link:
002 Tag: Lady Dior

The International Press Academy (IPA) announced its nominations for the 14th Annual Satellite Awards a while back and good news is that ‘Nine‘ scored 10 nominations, including one for Marion – Congratulations!

Best Actress (Comedy Or Musical): Sandra Bullock, “The Proposal,” 
Marion Cotillard, “Nine,” 
Zooey Deschanel, “(500) Days of Summer,” 
Katherine Heigl, “The Ugly Truth,” 
Meryl Streep, “Julie & Julia”

The 2009 14th Annual Satellite Awards will take place on Sunday, December 20, 2009 at the InterContinental Hotel in Los Angeles.

Hi everyone, it seems I’m back from my vacation. I’m slowly reading up on everything that has happened in the Marion world so be patient with me. Thank you so much Mariana for keeping the site updated during my absence!

To start off: 2 talk show alerts for this week:

Wednesday, December 9 Thursday, December 10, 8pm
Marion Cotillard promotes ‘Le dernier vol‘ in France during Le Grand Journal on Canal+. [edit Dec 9] Marion wasn’t present today, but a meeting between Marion & Charlotte Gainsbourg was announced for tomorrow! Stay tuned!

Thursday, December 10, 11:35pm (ET/PT)
A (probably pre-recorded) interview with the whole ‘Nine‘ cast will air on ABC News “Nightline”. Marion Cotillard as well as Sophia Loren, Dame Judi Dench, Kate Hudson, Penelope Cruz, Stacy Ferguson (Fergie), Daniel Day Lewis, and Nicole Kidman will talk about their favorite moments during filming, the surprising details they learned about themselves and each other in the process, and their opinions of the film’s award winning director, Rob Marshall.

Before I leave for my vacation I uploaded a HQ version of Marion’s portrait for the Tck Tck Tck Time for Climate Change Campaign. We previously only had a very small version of it.

While I’m gone my dear friend Mariana will look after the site seeing as Marion is so busy right now.

The new trailer for ‘Nine‘ to air on TV November 22 debuted today (November 16, US time) exclusively on Yahoo! It is set to Kate Hudson’s Cinema Italiano and unfortunately doesn’t feature many scenes with Marion Cotillard – more glimpses. But I’m sure you’ll enjoy the HQ captures I added to the gallery.

The earlier announced ‘Nine’ micro-website on ABC.com has gone online and offers a sweepstakes to the New York premiere of ‘Nine‘ – which will take place after December 3 when the sweepstake ends. The Making Of is not yet online but a gallery. Be also sure to check out Yahoo!’s ‘Nine’ site to watch the new trailer in HD!

Gallery:
001 Nine – 2009 > Stills
017 Nine – 2009 > Screencaptures > Trailer

Video:
001 Trailers > Nine

Many thanks to Nadine I added the promo for Wednesday’s Oprah episode as well as screencaps from it to the site! Don’t forget to tune in to watch! If you’re unsure when it is airing go to Locate TV.

Gallery: 006 Talk Shows > Oprah – 2009
Video: 001 Talk Shows > Oprah

Marion Cotillard and Penélope Cruz together with ‘Nine‘ co-star Daniel Day-Lewis attended the premiere screening of ‘The Private Lives of Pippa Lee‘ (directed by Rebecca Miller, Daniel’s wife) yesterday. Marion straightened her hair similar to her look at the 4th Annual Oscar Wilde Awards and I love her dress. The two of them looked absolutely stunning. Judge for yourself by looking at the first batch of pictures from the event:

015 ‘The Private Lives Of Pippa Lee’ – The Cinema Society Screening

Last Saturday, Marion Cotillard together with Daniel Day-Lewis, Penélope Cruz, Nicole Kidman and Judi Dench attended the press conference for ‘Nine‘ at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York. I’ve added some pictures to the gallery.

Read an interview with composer-lyricist Maury Yeston about his work on ‘Nine‘ on Playbill.com. Some quotes about Marion’s song Take It All (presently available on YouTube):

The wife’s 11 o’clock number, “Be on Your Own,” sung as she hits the exit for good. The closing lines of it — “You’ll take with you all you own / From A to Z / . . . And all of me” — inspired, at Marshall’s suggestion, a new number: “Take It All.”

“‘Be On Your Own’ is a song that made me very proud when I wrote it the first time,” Yeston admitted. “It always had a wonderful and scathing effect on stage, but, as I have said, you need action in a film. Film is far more literal and far more specific than a stage show. No matter how detailed the set of a stage show is, it could never be as detailed as actually being in an actual place in a movie. You see the details of every room, you see the props, you see the lights. You are meant to accept this as literally the real world, whereas in theatre we give you a white tile set or a unit set in the abstract and we ask you to use your imagination. Because film is more literal, you really do have to go farther out on a limb to become theatrical.”

Yet another Oscar winner, Anthony Minghella (“The English Patient”), weighed in on that number. He did the final polish on Michael Tolkin’s screenplay, finishing it just days before his death, and it was his suggestion that the number be shared with Kidman and Cruz. “Three women are leaving Guido at the same time, but only one of them devoted her life to him. Only one of them has been married to him for 20 years. Only one of them is giving up everything in her body and soul. Once we explored it, it did not make any sense for three women to share and participate in the depth of despair and anger that only one of them had really earned. So we restored it to a solo.

“I saw Marion Cotillard’s movie three times, and ‘Take It All’ is as much inspired by Marion Cotillard as ‘Folies Bergeres’ was inspired by Liliane Montevecchi. I think that’s, sometimes, when you do your best work because you realize ‘Nothing that I write makes any sense if I don’t have a brilliant actor to put it across the footlights to the audience.’ Here, I knew I was writing for the specific gifts of a brilliant actress.

011 ‘Nine’ Press Conference – New York

To promote ‘Nine‘ The Weinstein Company have made a huge promotion deal with Disney. According to Variety we can expect the following:

• A new 2-minute trailer will debut on ABC on November 22 during the “American Music Awards”. It’ll also be shown on Lifetime, ABC Family, SoapNet, A&E and Bio.

• Tomorrow’s episode of ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars” will feature a dance number set to the ‘Nine‘ song “Be Italian”. Dancers will also wear outfits from the movie.

• Throughout December ‘Nine‘ will be written into episodes of “All My Children,” “One Life to Live” and “General Hospital.”

• ABC.com will feature a micro-site dedicated to ‘Nine‘, including a sweepstakes, streaming of the movie trailer and – how exciting – a half-hour “Making of ‘Nine‘” special.

• Late night programmes and ABC’s owned stations will also be involved as well as ABC’s Times Square supersign.

Wow! This sounds like great news! In the meantime I added 3 new ‘Nine‘ stills to the gallery, 2 of which in HQ thanks to Red Rose.

003 Nine – 2009 > Stills

More details of the previously announced appearance on Oprah have come in: The ‘Nine‘ promotional episode, which was taped yesterday (Friday) featuring Daniel Day-Lewis, Nicole Kidman, Penélope Cruz, Marion Cotillard and Kate Hudson, will air Wednesday, November 18, 2009! More details on TV Guide. Thanks everyone for the heads up.

‘Le dernier vol‘ will be shown as the closing gala at the 30th European Film Festival in Belgium this Saturday, November 14. More information

It is highly unlikely that Marion will be able to attend as she’s expected to be at the taping of the Oprah show with the ‘Nine‘ gang. Also she’s due to attend the press junket of the movie on the weekend as well as the Variety screening and Q&A on the 16th. Thanks Nadine for the heads up!

I received my UK ‘Public Enemies‘ Blu-ray this week. I now finished capping the scenes featuring Marion Cotillard in the main movie. I’ll try capping the Marion-relevant extras tomorrow. Enjoy!

On a sidenote, our gallery has now surpassed the 30,000 limit mark as it currently houses 30,321 pictures.

389 Public Enemies > DVD Screencaptures

I added the scans of the full ‘Nine‘ feature in Empire (UK) magazine as well as a transcript of the small article and the interview with Marion.

• Dream Girls, Empire, December 2009

008 Scans from 2009 > Empire (UK) – December

Marion Cotillard together with Daniel Day-Lewis, Judi Dench, Kate Hudson, Penelope Cruz, Stacy “Fergie” Ferguson, Producer/Director Rob Marshall, and Producer John Deluca will attend the Variety Screening of the movie on Monday, November 16, 8pm in New York and take part in the Q&A session afterwards. More information here.

Rumour has it that the ‘Nine‘ cast (Daniel Day Lewis, Nicole Kidman, Penelope Cruz, Kate Hudson, and Marion Cotillard) will appear on Oprah in the near future. Maybe on November 20. Stay tuned for more information! Thanks for the heads up on these 2 events goes to Nadine.

[edit:] The taping of the Oprah interview takes place this Friday, November 13, 2009. Thanks Nadine!

Marion Cotillard together with other French actors has participated in a spot asking people to sign the petition L’ultimatum climatique. The petition mainly addresses the French president, that he should take a stand for the environment during the upcoming conference in Copenhagen in December. But it also asks the French citizens to support any measures to save our planet and to show their readiness to do so by signing the petition. More information in the Press Release as well as on the official website Copenhague-2009.

Participants in the spot: Charles Berling, Marion Cotillard, Stéphane Debac, Agathe de La Fontaine, Marc Jolivet, Mélanie Laurent, Bernard Lavilliers, Emmanuel Petit, Lea Seydoux, Daniel Bravo & Guizmo De Tryo, Christophe Willem & Zazie.

People who have already signed the petition include Jane Birkin, Guillaume Canet, François Cluzet, Clotilde Coureau, Vanessa Paradis, Sylvie Testud and many more.

Gallery: 010 Charity & Causes > L’Ultimatum Climatique (2009)
Video: 001 Other > L’Ultimatum Climatique

I added the scans from the December issues of both the UK and the Japanese Harper’s Bazaar. Many thanks Lorna and Kelly for scanning the features for us!

I also added a transcript of the UK magazine – it’s mostly to promote Beds are burning, but also Nine. It has information about Marion’s engagement for the environment that previously only French publications have written about. Obviously, I don’t understand the Japanese article but it’s to promote ‘Public Enemies‘.

• Siren Song, Harper’s Bazaar (UK), December 2009

[edit:] Links are now working! Sorry, don’t know what had happened!

002 Harper’s Bazaar (UK) – December
006 Harper’s Bazaar (Japan) – December

Finally! Gaumont released the French trailer for ‘Le dernier vol‘ yesterday – in time for today’s screening at the American Film Market. Doesn’t it look perfect?! For a HQ version as well as a translation of the dialogue visit our forum.

Gallery: 066 Le dernier vol (The Last Flight) – 2009 > Screencaptures > Trailer
Video: 001 Tags: Le dernier vol > Trailer

It seems that the world premiere for ‘Nine‘ in London on November 4 has been cancelled. This is totally understandable as the release date has been pushed back.

For months the media have been speculating whether Marion in her role as Luisa Contini will be campaigned as Best Actress or Best Supporting Actress for the Oscars. While the Academy will be free to place her in any category they like the production of the movie have confirmed that Marion will be campaigned as lead female character for the next award season. All the other ladies will be supporting. Besides being the actress with the most screentime in ‘Nine‘ anyway it was also a wise decision because that way Marion will have a shot in the supporting category for her role in ‘Public Enemies‘. (Source: Nine – Road to the Oscars)

The December issue of UK’s Empire magazine has a ‘Nine‘ feature. As a preview I’ve added the Marion relevant page to the gallery. Scan courtesy of Lorna. Many thanks!

The official movie website has been updated with gorgeous teaser content. Go check it out!

The ‘Nine‘ soundtrack will be released December 22! (source)

001 Empire (UK) – December
002 Nine – 2009 > Screencaptures > Website

We recently posted about the December 8, 2009 release of ‘Public Enemies‘ on DVD & Blu-Ray in the US. Now I learned that the movie will be released in the UK already next Monday, November 2, 2009.

Again, you can order from Amazon.co.uk:
Public Enemies [Blu-ray] [2009] • Public Enemies [DVD] [2009]

The DVD Extras includes only the commentary with director Michael Mann while the Blu-Ray has the same extras as the upcoming US Blu-Ray (except the interactive BD Live features). DVD owners should note that HMV are offering a 2-Disc Exclusive Edition. Exact details are TBC but it is likely to include the hour of featurettes from the Blu-ray on the second disc. (source)

Lots of ‘Le dernier vol‘ goodies: I added more gorgeous posters and stills to the gallery as well as totally adorable behind the scenes pictures. They’re quite small but lovely nonetheless. Additionally, I added some interviews and background information about the movie to the press archive. This is all in French, so if someone would like to provide translations, you’re very welcome to do so! All of this comes from the French Production Notes, many thanks Nadine for sharing!

Press:
• Entretien avec Marion Cotillard
• Interview Guillaume Canet (French)
• Interview Karim Dridi (French)
• Production Notes (French)

Gallery:
006 Le dernier vol (The Last Flight) – 2009 > Stills
017 Le dernier vol (The Last Flight) – 2009 > On Set
002 Le dernier vol (The Last Flight) – 2009 > Artwork

Thank you so much Kelly for sending in the preview of the new Dior Print Ad – currently featured in the December issue of UK’s Harper’s Bazaar.

Many thanks to Lorna for her scans from Sunday’s issue of Sunday Express: S magazine. I’ll add a transcript of the article soon – but as you’ll discover from reading the scanned article it offers nothing new.

[edit:] • La Vie en Rose, Sunday Express, October 25

Marion Cotillard graces the cover of the December issue of the Japanese Harper’s Bazaar. The shoot featured in the magazine is this one. I’m not sure if I’ll be able to get my hands on a copy of this magazine so please let me know if you’re able to provide scans. Thank you!

002 Sunday Express: S (UK) – October 25
001 Harper’s Bazaar (Japan) – December

Thanks for the heads up Nadine. The Daily Mail has new pictures from the set of ‘Inception‘, including one with Marion.

But looking at these shots from the set in downtown Los Angeles, it seems a rather complicated romantic interest could also be on the cards.

During the scene, Di Caprio calls frantically to Miss Cottilard as she leans rather coolly out of her own window.

The Titanic star must have a head for heights because he looked completely at ease in between takes.

Thanks to gossipcom I replaced the existing ‘Le dernier vol‘ (‘The Last Flight‘) stills except one with HQ versions and added many new ones. Additionally, she also shared the poster of the movie with us. Many thanks! This movie just looks so pretty and I can’t wait to see it! Probably, we’ll get a trailer soon.

019 Le dernier vol (The Last Flight) – 2009 > Stills
001 Le dernier vol (The Last Flight) – 2009 > Artwork

Not only do ‘Nine‘ and ‘Le dernier vol‘ open in US or French cinemas in December, also the second ‘Lady Dior‘ video is scheduled to hit the internet that month and now news has just come in that ‘Public Enemies‘ will be released on DVD (single and 2-disc edition) and Blu-Ray on December 8, 2009. A busy month for Marion Cotillard!

Here the Special Features:

- Larger Than Life: Adversaries
- Feature Commentary with Director Michael Mann
- Michael Mann: Making Public Enemies (Two-disc and Blu-ray only)
- Last of the Legendary Outlaws (Two-disc and Blu-ray only)
- On Dillinger’s Trail: The Real Locations (Two-disc and Blu-ray only)
- Criminal Technology (Two-disc and Blu-ray only)
- Digital Copy (Two-disc and Blu-ray only)
- U Control – Interactive Timeline (Blu-ray only)
- U Control – Picture in Picture (Blu-ray only)
- Gangster Movie Challenge (Blu-ray only)
- Feature Commentary with Director Michael Mann (Blu-ray only)
- BD Live – Gangster Movie Challenge (Blu-ray only)
- BD Live – My Chat (Blu-ray only)
- BD Live – My Movie Commentary (Blu-ray only)
- BD Live – My Scenes Sharing (Blu-ray only)
- D-Box (Blu-ray only)
- IPhone APP (Blu-ray only)
• Source: ReelLoop

Pre-Order from Amazon.com:

Exclusive from Yahoo! comes the original Rehearsal Montage (also in HD) that was used for the recent ET Behind the Scenes peek. I added the clip to the video archive and replaced the very low quality ET caps with beautiful HQ screencaps from this new montage. Enjoy!

Gallery: 017 Screencaptures > Rehearsal Montage
Video: 001 Trailers – Nine

Guess what arrived in my mailbox today?! The November issue of US Vogue with Marion (together with ‘Nine‘ costars Nicole Kidman, Penélope Cruz and Kate Hudson) on the cover! Enjoy the scans.

007 Vogue (US) – November

Kindly do not redistribute these scans at another Marion Cotillard fan site as they were obtained/donated exclusively for ‘Magnifique Marion Cotillard’. Thank you.

Many thanks kelemenmarc for the heads up! The Hollywood Film Festival Award Committee has selected Marion Cotillard (along with 9 other great actresses) for the Hollywood Female Star of the Year Award. It is up to us to vote for her! She faces tough competition, especially from Megan Fox. The final awards will be presented at the Hollywood Movie Awards Gala Ceremony on October 26.

As she mentioned before, Marion Cotillard went straight from the ‘Les petits mouchoirs‘ set to the LA set of ‘Inception‘. She joined Leonardo DiCaprio and Ellen Page on the set on Malibu beach last Friday. I added 3 pictures to the gallery. I love her outfit!

003 Inception – 2010 > On Set

No, we didn’t get a second trailer, but Vogue has published the behind the scenes video for the November issue. Watch as Marion, Penélope, Nicole & Kate enjoy themselves during the shoot and laughing with photographer Annie Leibovitz despite fresh temperatures. There are also little soundbites from each one about their role in the movie. And there’s a new ‘Nine‘ movie still featuring Marion.

What I like best about the cover – the background of Malibu beach – is really the perfect backdrop for this shoot and the sea together with the rocks and the lovely sunlight is again what makes this video so absolutely charming – apart from the fact that (unlike the cover) it’s full of life & charm from the 4 leading ladies. Let’s hope for outtakes in other magazines soon!

Gallery: 070 Behind the Scenes > 2009 – Vogue
Video: 001 Magazines, Photoshoots – Vogue Diaries November 2009

I’ve just added many additional HQ pictures of Marion at last week’s silent gathering to protest the house arrest of Aung San Suu Kyi. Enjoy!

035 Silent Gathering in support of Aung San Suu Kyi

L’association pour la promotion de la presse magazine (APPM) has lanced an award to reward the French’s favourite magazine ad campaign each month. The first award, for the month of September 2009, was handed out to Dior featuring Marion Cotillard based on the campaign getting 62 % of the votes. Words attributed to the ad were sensibility, refinement, charm, chic/style, class, delicacy, elegance, femininity, glamour. Moreover, the ad makes 52% of France’s citizens want to “experience the Dior label”. (Source)

No idea what they will be airing but the official ‘Nine‘ Twitter account just said that we should tune in to ‘The Insider’ on CBS tonight at 7:00 PM EST / 7:30 PM. Maybe a second trailer?!

Also, if anyone could record it for me as I (and many other Marion fans) don’t live in the US that be wonderful! Thanks.

This year’s American Film Market will take place November 4 – 11, 2009 in Santa Monica, California, US. During that time a total of 445 films will be screened, many of which world premieres. Among those is Marion’s much awaited first leading role and her first French film since ‘La Vie en Rose‘ in ‘The Last Flight‘ (‘Le dernier vol’). It will be screened at the AMC Loews Broadway #3 cinema on the following days:

The American Film Market (AFM) is a marketplace where producers and sales companies license films to distributors. The AFM is not a festival. As far as I was able to see from their website the event is not open to the general public. As Marion will likely be stationed in that part of the world at the time to film ‘Inception‘ I’m wondering if she’ll attend?

In any case, the info page for ‘The Last Flight‘ tells us that the movie has a runtime of 98 minutes and provides us (finally) with an official English synopsis:

Marie, an obstinate, adventuresome, young pilot, sets out to track down her lover, who has vanished in the Sahara during a record flight attempt from London to Cape Town. Her unexpected arrival turns life upside down for a remote French Camel Corps troop that is already preoccupied with the stirrings of a Tuareg uprising.

Antoine, a captain in conflict with his superior officers, decides to help Marie with her desperate quest across a grandiose and hostile sea of sand.

In the oppressive heat, their desire to survive slowly binds them in a disturbing and unexpected love story.

Let’s hope all goes well for ‘The Last Flight‘ and some US distributor picks it up so that it will find its way to US theatres soon!

As we previously reported Marion was supposed to provide a design for the benefit of Mécénat Chirurgie Cardiaque – the organisation helping children from all backgrounds getting much needed heart surgery. However, she was very sad to cancel her involvement as her contract to Dior doesn’t allow her to lend her name to another label (the project also involves fashion house Maje). In her place, Guillaume Canet will sign a piece that will be auctioned off at the end of the planned exhibition.

Source: Mécénat Chirurgie Cardiaque via Marion Cotillard Web

Despite previous denial, the US release date for ‘Nine‘ has indeed been pushed back. It will now open in New York and Los Angeles on December 18 before going wide on Christmas, December 25.

Source: Variety

Finally, pictures from Tuesday’s silent gathering in support of Aung San Suu Kyi have been added to the gallery. There are a few HQ pictures as well as many regular sized ones. Enjoy!

Listen to a short interview (in French) with Marion from the event on RTL.fr.

I’ve been supporting this woman for 14 years now. I was really touched when I discovered her life and what she had to go through. She’s a wonder to me, her purity, she’s someone who’s not afraid. She’s accepted to not being able to see her husband, her children, for the sake of her people. That’s something extraordinary! Information we have about her, her health condition, her…, are frightening. And if these military people, who are deaf and blind, people who are beyond sense and law… if there’s a moment to help reverse this, I believe in it. I believe that bringing as many people as possible in this country up to date on who this woman is and what is going on in that country is not in vain. It’s a start to get her out of prison.

Translation by myself. Please correct me if there are mistakes!!

027 Silent Gathering in support of Aung San Suu Kyi

Vogue has put the Nine article from the upcoming November issue online. There’s not much about Marion, though:

• Prima Time, Vogue (US), November 2009

Finally, I see Marion Cotillard singing “My Husband Makes Movies” while performing a dazzlingly chic striptease. When I talk to her by phone a few weeks later, Marion, who speaks with a delightful French accent, tells me, “It’s been my dream to do an American musical. When I was a child, Annie was my favorite. I just never thought I would get to do it.” Of playing opposite Daniel Day-Lewis, Cotillard says, “It’s easy to work with such an amazing artist.” Because he was always in character, “it gives an energy to the crew. He creates this desire in everyone to be at their best.”

002 Portraits > Sessions from 2009 > Vogue

I’m going to add pictures from Tuesday’s Silent Gathering soon. In the meantime enjoy this preview of the Vogue November cover, featuring Marion Cotillard, Penélope Cruz, Nicole Kidman and Kate Hudson. Many thanks Kelly for the heads up.

Your thoughts?

Thank you Stephanie! Marion Cotillard appeared on Canal+’s Le grand journal earlier tonight. Together with Jane Birkin she talked about tonight’s Silent Gathering in support of Aung San Suu Kyi and there was also a bit of talk about the ‘Beds are burning’ video clip. She stayed on for the remaining of the discussion about the school system.

You can watch it online (Partie 2 as well as the very end of Partie 3) or in our video archive (the final part from Partie 3 is missing here though). If anybody has a HQ clip I could use to get good quality screencaptures please don’t hesitate to contact me, thank you!

This information comes from the IMDb messageboards via Nicole’s magic:

The issue is due out on Oct 20. I don’t know if it will actually show up any earlier than that. I think I can safely say that the cover shot features Kidman, Cotillard, Cruz, and Hudson, and I believe is from the earlier Leibovitz beach shoot. It’s a beautiful image.

More from the same IMDb user via Kelly:

There is a lovely black and white spread of all the main women inside the magazine. It is from a different shoot and one I haven’t seen elsewhere. I don’t know if there will be any more, but I did see the cover and that one spread. There, it’s out.

While we’re waiting for the magazine to hit newsstands why don’t you head over to the gallery to look once more at the behind the scenes pictures from said beach shoot.

According to PurePeople Marion Cotillard will attend the following event:

Silent Gathering to support Peace Nobel Prize Aung San Suu Kyi
Tuesday October 6 – From 9 to 11pm on the Square of Paris’ Town Hall

On Jane Birkin’s initiative and with most of the artists who signed the petition launched last July for the trial among which Catherine Deneuve, Michel Piccoli, Charlotte Rampling… With the support of Info Birmanie, FIDH, Amnesty International, SOS Aung San Suu Kyi, Ligue des droits de l’homme, Human Rights Watch

Join us to show your support! Come with a candle…

Aung San Suu Kyi’s trial, Nobel Prize Laureat, started on May 18, 2009, at the Insein Prison in Rangoon. She was charged with violating the terms of her house arrest by letting an American citizen stay at her place for two nights. Yet, Aung San Suu Kyi was the unwilling host of an irrational individual convinced that God sent him to her house.

Her house arrest was to officially end on May 27. John Yettaw’s intrusion in Suu Kyi’s residence therefore constituted a dreamed opportunity for the generals to extend her detention. For the junta, all this is about eliminate any opposition before the elections planned for 2010. These elections are supposed to foster the establishment of a ‘prosperous and controlled’ democracy … ruled by the generals.

On August 11, Aung San Suu Kyi was thereby sentenced to three years in prison with hard labour. The sentence was quickly commuted to 18 months under house detention by Burma’s Senior General Than Shwe in an attempt to give an impression of leniency. The generals reached their goal: to prevent Aung San Suu Kyi from influencing the next year elections’ results and from taking part in the political process.

To dodge the international community, the Court of Rangoon accepted the appeal launched by her lawyers at the beginning of September. The courts will hear the appeal on September 18. However there is no hope to see the Nobel Price Laureate released. The Burmese junta did not invest so many political resources condemning Aung San Suu Kyi to finally free her a few weeks later.

Papers from all over the world have already forgotten this summer events. And the generals only hope for one thing: that we no longer talk about Aung San Suu Kyi. This is the reason why it is urgent that we speak up.
Source: JaneBirkin.net

Additional information: “As expected the court rejected her appeal against her 18 month sentence on October 2. A day later, on Saturday she was escorted into surprise talks with Aung Kyi, the ruling military junta’s relations minister. The meeting lasted 45 minutes and was the first since January 2008.”

Marion Cotillard has talked about her strong feelings for Aung San Suu Kyi and her case in a number of interviews.

Empire Magazine, who picked up the news about Inception’s IMAX release, spoke to Marion Cotillard in order to get more information about ‘Inception‘ this week. Of course the film is still as much of a secret as before but at least we know more about Marion’s filming schedule:

“I’ve only had one day [filming] in Paris. I’m doing a movie right now with Guillaume Canet, and when I’ve finished that I’m going to go to LA for the shoot. Can I tell you anything about Lisa? Um… noooo!”

While she’s busy filming ‘Les petits mouchoirs‘ in Cap Ferret both the ‘Beds are burning‘ Launch and the Dior Fashion Show in Paris had to do without her presence.

It has been announced today, that ‘Inception‘ – directed by Chris Nolan and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Marion Cotillard, Ellen Page, Ken Watanabe, Joseph Gordon Levitt, Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy, and Michael Caine – will be released in IMAX theatres as well as in traditional theatres on July 16, 2010:

“Chris Nolan and IMAX have proven to be ideally suited to each other, and we’re very excited to bring them back together again for Inception,” said Dan Fellman, Warner Bros. Picture’s president of domestic distribution. “With the rapidly growing IMAX network, our IMAX audience base for this release will be significantly larger than it was for The Dark Knight, which will add to the film’s event status.”

Read more enthusiastic quotes about this news from people representing Warner Bros. and IMAX here.

Finally, it is here! The full-length song “Beds are Burning” with accompanying music video was unveiled at 3pm local time in Paris, France. Kofi Annan was joined by Mélanie Laurent, a good friend of Marion. She herself seems to have been absent from the event, so here a quote from Mélanie:

I’m supporting Kofi Annan’s initiative and hope this song will be heard by as many people as possible in the world before Copenhagen. This campaign will help secure a better future for our planet and upcoming generations. The time has come.

Read all about the ‘Beds Are Burning’ Global Musical Petition Launch here.

Be sure to visit Time for Climate Justice org to watch the full music video (also in HD) and to download the song. Remember, by downloading the song you’re signing the petition that will be handed to the world’s political leaders on December 7, 2009 in Copenhagen. The song is also available on iTunes.

Marion Cotillard’s voice can clearly be heard at around 1:31. There’s not much more footage of her in the video than we’ve already seen in the trailer, but the quality of these final captures are much better. Enjoy!

Gallery: 025 Music Videos > Beds Are Burning – 2009
Video: 001 Music Videos > Beds Are Burning

Thanks to Poeiti and Amélie I’ve replaced the pictures in the behind the scenes album of the Paris Lady Dior Print Ad photoshoot with untagged ones – and added many gorgeous previously unseen pictures. Enjoy!

030 Lady Dior > Paris – Lady Noire > Print Ads – Behind the Scenes

Mark your calendars: Rob Marshall’s musical ‘Nine‘ will have its premiere in London at the Odeon, Leicester Square, on November 4, 2009. Hopefully, the full cast, incl. Marion will be attending! Thank you TheProjectNine for the heads up.

Marion Cotillard turns 34 today! I wish her a lovely day, hopefully she can spend time with her friends and family.

Thank you so much for all the nice comments you visitors are leaving here at the website all the time! It really encourages me to continue making this site better and more complete! Also my internet troubles seem to be over earlier than expected, at least I think so.

While we eagerly await the full video for ‘Beds are Burning‘ – the song to advertise the Tck Tck Tck Campaign for Time For Climate Justice – a new teaser as well as a ‘Marion Cotillard Tck Tck Tck Spot’ have hit the web. They’re both short but lovely – we also get to have a good look at Guillaume Canet in the teaser.

Gallery Links:
010 Music Videos > Beds Are Burning (Teasers) – 2009
009 Charity & Causes > Tck Tck Tck Campaign (2009)

Video Link:
002 Tags: TckTckTck

I replaced my favourite ‘Nine‘ movie still – which so far we only had in very low quality – with a HQ still. Enjoy!

I’m having trouble with my internet connection and am using my friend’s computer until I have my own proper internet again…

I uploaded the (probably) full portrait session, of which pictures first appeared in UK’s Telegraph Magazine – later other photos from the shoot also appeared in Femina, Télé 2 Semaines and Le Vif Weekend. Some of the pics are tagged but I’m sure you’ll enjoy looking at this absolutely gorgeous photo shoot as much as I!

035 Sessions from 2009 > Telegraph Magazine

A while ago, I added the portrait pictures for Marion’s Blackbook shoot, which was featured in the magazine’s June/July issue. While the original scans will be up shortly – I will use the internet-free time at home to scan my magazine clippings – I uploaded today the full session (featuring one new picture) in HQ as well as a small picture from behind the scenes. Enjoy!

012 Sessions from 2009 > BlackBook Magazine

A story of the heart you don’t come across often; One which unites Judith Milgrom, creator of Maje (fashion label) and Professeur Leca’s society Mécénat Chirurgie Cardiaque.

A heartbeat for a just cause:

Caring for children with born cardiac deformity no matter where they come from and giving them the chance to get surgery no matter the cost.

Artists good-heartedly joining the cause by offering their original works of art.

From October 21 until November 21, 2009 Maje “puts heart” to the matter and organizes an exhibition-sale at the Bon Marché Rive Gauche for all the original works of the invited designers (Marion Cotillard, Vanessa Paradis, Inès de la Fressange, Guillaume Canet, Ariel Wizman, Garance Doré, André, Kuntzel & Deygas, Marco Zanusso Jr, Sam Baron, Tania Bruno-Rosso, Nadège Winter, Mademoiselle Agnès…) as well as an exclusive sale of foulards made from their designs later on.

If your heart tells you to buy one of those foulards, you can find them in store (Maje boutique) as of November 12. All benefits from the sale will fully go to Mécénat Chirurgie Cardiaque – so that the children can live again, with a full heart.
Source: Mécénat-Cardiaque.fr

According to official information sent to Marion Cotillard Web, Marion’s design will be shown during the exhibition (October 21 – November 21) and sold afterwards for the benefit of the society – however she’s in no way affiliated with Maje nor will her design be integrated into the range of foulards.

Thanks to our forum member Nadine I’ve been able to add a new picture of Marion Cotillard on the set of ‘Les petits mouchoirs‘ to the gallery. It’s actually from a French article from SudOuest.com.

The article mostly talks about how Cap Ferret is one of writer/director Guillaume Canet’s most favourite places, he loves the sunsets, the “cabane d’Édouard” in the evening after having eaten seafood – and everything else that makes him respect the region and its people. To help preserve the region, so that it doesn’t become the next St. Tropez, it will not be mentioned by name in the movie even though the majority of it is set there. There’s also talk about the dream cast. And a brief mention of Marion:

On the day of the filming of a “surprise” scene in a pretty villa there’s Marion Cotillard pirouetting in a casual dress, guitar in hand, waiting for the green light from her boyfriend/director.

“I was very lucky because they loved the script,” explains Guillaume Canet. “Most of them knew me. Marion also loved my film and the story. I think they’re all here out of respect for my work.”

It goes on to say that for the filming the actors renounced a certain comfort they’re used to – such as nearby lodgings. The mayor of Lège-Cap-Ferret didn’t want the place to be crowded with trucks from the film crew. Filming is set to continue until October 8.

Thanks to jannaclaire who uploaded the clip to YouTube we can all enjoy the brief sneak preview at ‘Nine’s Behind the Scenes that ET aired yesterday. There are some new shots of Marion. Edit: Caps have since been replaced by HQ ones from official Rehearsal Montage.

There were some rumours that ‘Nine‘ would be pushed back. However, The Weinstein Company has officially issued the following statement to HitFix.com:

“The rumors are untrue. ‘Nine‘ is opening limted on November 25 and will continue to expand through Christmas.”

007 Nine – 2009 > Screencaptures > Rehearsal Montage Watch on YouTube
001 Nine – 2009 > Stills uploaded HQ still

While the song ‘Beds are Burning’ for the Time for Climate Justice – Tck Tck Tck Campaign is already available on MySpace (it seems that was only a temporary version, it has since been removed), the official launch date is October 1. During the previously mentioned press conference in Paris on October 1 the video clip will be unveiled and it is also as of October 1 that it will be available as free download on many digital platforms. Each click, download and listening will count as a “virtual musical petition” that will be presented to the political leaders of the world at the climate conference in Copenhagen in December.

Sources: AFP • PurePeople

It would appear that Marion Cotillard really has been cast in the big Portuguese production ‘Mistérios de Lisboa‘ – according to yesterday’s news item on Ante-Cinema.com. Thanks Nadine for the information and Mariana for the translation:

Marion Cotillard (Public Enemies), Louis Garrel (The Dreamers), Léa Seydoux (Inglourious Basterds) and Melvil Poupad (Speed Racer) are part of the impressive international cast of Mysteries of Lisbon, one of the biggest Portuguese productions ever, which also includes Portuguese actors Adriano Luz, Maria João Bastos, São José Correia, José Afonso Pimentel, Ana Padrão, Catarina Wallenstein, Ivo Canelas, Margarida Vila Nova, Carloto Cotta, among many others.

Chilean director Raoul Ruiz is in Portugal to prepare this ambitious project, that will recreate the city of Lisbon of the end of the 18th century, beginning of the 19th century, and that will culminate in a long-feature film and a TV series. Produced by Paulo Branco — in a Clap Filmes/Alfama Filmes co-production –, Mysteries of Lisbon will be shot mainly in Lisbon, but also in France and in Brazil. The film will already have two days of shooting during the month of September.

Interestingly, Léa Seydoux was handed her Chopard Trophy by Marion Cotillard at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Note that in this bit of information Laetitia Casta is no longer listed.

Edit: According to the producer’s website Marion Cotillard’s involvement is not definite yet as they posted yesterday:

Melvil Poupad, Léa Seydoux, Gregoire Leprince-Ringuet, Martin Loizillon, Louis Garrel and, possibly, Marion Cotillard are part of the impressive international cast of Mysteries of Lisbon, one of the biggest Portuguese productions ever.

Today, I bring you scans from French speaking publications from July featuring Marion Cotillard promoting ‘Public Enemies‘. The second of which only arrived in my mailbox today. Both feature previously unseen pictures. Enjoy!

004 Télé 2 Semaines (France) – July 4-17
005 Le Vif Weekend (Belgium) – July 17

Kindly do not redistribute these scans at another Marion Cotillard fan site as they were obtained/donated exclusively for ‘Magnifique Marion Cotillard’. Thank you.

Thanks to our forum member Nadine for the information. Apparently, the release date for ‘Le dernier vol‘ (The Last Flight) in France and French-speaking Switzerland has been pushed back to December 16, 2009. It now no longer faces direct competition from ‘Twilight: New Moon‘ – however ‘Avatar‘ opens in the same week.

There’s also a new synopsis, at least it’s a re-written version of the one we’ve posted back in March (translation by myself):

French Sahara, 1933
Having embarked on a search for the man she loves, who disappeared while attempting to fly from London to Cape (South Africa) by plane, the adventurer and aviator Marie Vallières de Beaumont is constrained to land her biplane close to an outpost of the French “Meharists” (French Foreign Legion) in the middle of the Sahara desert.

Faced with the young woman’s determination Antoine Chauvet, a lieutenant in conflict with his hierarchy, decides to help her in this hopeless quest – in a place called Ténéré (south central Sahara) which is both grandiose and hostile.

In this desert, which doesn’t lie, and in the abandonment the place imposes, Marie and Antoine are going to discover a truth they hadn’t expected.

Original French Synopsis:

Sahara Français, 1933
Partie à la recherche de l’homme qu’elle aime, disparu lors d’une tentative de traversé Londres/Le cap en avion, l’aventurière et aviatrice Marie Vallières de Beaumont est contrainte de poser son Biplan prés d’un poste avancé de « méhariste » français en plein désert Saharien.

Confronté à la détermination de la jeune femme, Antoine Chauvet, lieutenant en conflit avec sa hiérarchie, décide de l’aider dans cette quête désespérée, dans un lieu aussi grandiose et hostile que le Ténéré.

Dans ce désert qui ne ment pas, et dans l’abandon qu’il impose, Marie et Antoine découvriront une vérité à laquelle ils ne s’attendaient pas.

Also there’s a tentative theatrical release date for ‘Les petits mouchoirs‘ (France): October 20, 2010.

The full-length song ‘Beds Are Burning (Dry River Bed Version)’ has been uploaded to the TckTckTck Myspace Website! Listen to Marion Cotillard, Guillaume Canet, Milla Jovovich, Lilly Allen, Bob Geldof, Mélanie Laurent, Mark Ronson, The All American Rejects, Hawskley Workman and many others singing this new version of Midnight Oil’s song that is part of the Time for Climate Justice – Tck Tck Tck Campaign!

[edit September 17] It seems that this was only a temporary version after all and has since been removed from MySpace. The final version will be available later this month.[/edit]

Beds Are Burning at the Fashion Week Paris: There will be a press conference and a photo call at the Dôme des Galeries Lafayette on October 1, 2009 as of 8 pm. No word on who will attend but let’s hope Marion will.

After a very short visit to the ‘Inception‘ movie set while it was in Paris earlier this month – the film crew has since moved on to Morocco – Marion Cotillard is back working on the set of Guillaume Canet’s third movie ‘Les petits mouchoirs‘ which started filming at the beginning of August and which is set to continue shooting for 8 more weeks. Last week the paparazzi got some (adorable) pictures from the set. The first batch is from August 26 in Claouey and the second from August 27 in Cap Ferret. Marion’s mostly pictured with Gilles Lellouche and Benoît Magimel. Enjoy!

045 Les petits mouchoirs – 2010 > On Set

I’ve actually had this magazine for a long time but somehow I forgot to add the scans to the gallery. Around the release of ‘Public Enemies‘ in France, Marion Cotillard graced the cover of Madame Figaro – for the second time this year! This is one of my top 3 photo spreads of Marion this year so enjoy!

011 Madame Figaro (France) – June 27 – July 3

Kindly do not redistribute these scans at another Marion Cotillard fan site as they were obtained/donated exclusively for ‘Magnifique Marion Cotillard’. Thank you.

I added some additional HQ stills of a number of Marion’s movies that we didn’t have in our gallery before. Enjoy!

001 L’Histoire du garçon qui voulait qu’on l’embrasse – 1994 > Stills
001 Taxi – 1998 > Stills
001 Les Jolies choses (Pretty Things) – 2001 > Stills
002 Une affaire privée (A Private Affair) – 2002 > Stills
001 Jeux d’enfants (Love Me If You Dare) – 2003 > Stills
001 Un long dimanche de fiançailles (A Very Long Engagement) – 2004 > Stills
005 Ma vie en l’air (Love is in the Air) – 2005 > Stills
004 A Good Year – 2006 > Stills
001 Toi et moi (You and Me) – 2006 > Stills

Many thanks to TheProjectNine who once again was very kind to contribute to our scan archive. Enjoy the scans from the August issue of Latin American magazine Vanidades!

004 Vanidades (Mexico) – August

This week’s issue of Elle France has 6 pages full of stunning behind the scenes pictures from the set of ‘Le dernier vol‘ (The Last Flight). Enjoy!

006 Elle (France) – August 21

Kindly do not redistribute these scans at another Marion Cotillard fan site as they were obtained/donated exclusively for ‘Magnifique Marion Cotillard’. Thank you.

The release date for Rob Marshall’s star studded musical ‘Nine‘ is fast approaching – November 25 – and finally we get to see some more Marion stills. Though middle to low quality they’re definitely exciting, so enjoy!

TheProjectNine has kindly scanned the ‘Nine‘ feature in this week’s Entertainment Weekly. There is a lovely picture (with Marion) from group rehearsals.

Also some background information from Variety:

“Take It All,” originally written as a trio for Kidman, Cruz and Cotillard but, just before shooting, rearranged as a solo for Cotillard, according to music supervisor Matt Sullivan. “Heart-wrenching” is how Yeston describes the performance by Cotillard (who won an Oscar playing Edith Piaf).

Music director Paul Bogaev’s biggest job was working with the actors and preparing them to record the songs before shooting. Cotillard auditioned for the producer but was cast as the wife.

001 Entertainment Weekly (US) – August 21-28
004 Nine – 2009 > Stills

Trying to catch up on all the many Marion Cotillard magazine features from recent months. To start, a batch of German scans.

Find a German interview with Marion Cotillard on Glamour.de. As far as I’ve been able to find out it hasn’t been featured in a print issue.

001 Glamour (Germany) – August Thanks Nathalie for the scan!
003 Gruen (Switzerland) – August 10 Schweizer Illustrierte supplement
007 Style (Switzerland) – September Schweizer Illustrierte supplement

Kindly do not redistribute these scans at another Marion Cotillard fan site as they were obtained/donated exclusively for ‘Magnifique Marion Cotillard’. Thank you.

A brand new Lady Dior Ad! On the last page of the September issue of Vogue Paris I found this ad with a very glamourous Marion Cotillard as Lady Red in New York. I added a HQ scan to the gallery.

So far, I spotted New York Lady Dior ads (the first version) in the UK September issues of Elle and Harper’s Bazaar.

The release of Marion’s latest international movie project ‘Inception‘ is still almost a year away (July 16, 2010) but the official website has already gone online (even though there’s next to no content) and a teaser has also been released (no Marion, though).

I replaced two of the ‘Le dernier vol‘ (The Last Flight) stills we recently got from the Figaro magazine with beautiful HQ pictures. Enjoy!

The release date for the film in France and French speaking Switzerland is now November 18, 2009. Unfortunately, I leave for a 3 week holiday the same day so I really really hope it will still be playing in a city nearby when I get back.

002 Le dernier vol (The Last Flight) – 2009 > Stills

Marion Cotillard narrated the forthcoming ‘Voyage sous les mers 3d‘ by the brothers Jean-Jacques & François Mantello. The film opens in French theatres next week, August 26. According to the movie’s official site as of today there will be 4 advanced screenings with the presence of the directors. Not sure, if that’ll include Marion on at least one of the screenings? Maybe she’s too busy shooting ‘Inception‘ (although I think they were only shooting in Paris for 3 days) or she went back to the set of ‘Les Petits Mouchoirs‘ again already.

Anyway, I added the French interview with Marion from the production notes, the video interview from MenStyle.fr, the trailer, the poster as well as a picture of Marion behind the microphone to the media sections.

Maybe someone could provide English translations soon? That’d be awesome. In the meantime a short summary. We learn that Marion was intrigued by the project as soon as she heard about it. She was approached while filming ‘Le dernier vol‘ in the Sahara. She’s done some diving herself and was amazed by the wonders of the ocean. According to her watching ‘Voyage sous les mers 3d‘ will feel like a real dive.

Press Archive:
• La voix du film : Entretien avec Marion Cotillard

Gallery:
001 Voyage sous les mers 3d (OceanWorld 3d) – On Set
001 Voyage sous les mers 3d (OceanWorld 3d) – Artwork
026 Online Interviews > MenStyle.fr – 2009

Video:
002 Voyage sous les mers 3D (Trailer & interview)

As previously announced Marion Cotillard attended a screening of ‘Public Enemies‘ in Lyon on July 3, 2009. Bakasphere.com kindly gave me permission to post his pictures from the event. [edit:] Actually, these (and 2 new) pictures were taken at the Hôtel de Ville, where Marion participated in the radio show ‘La tête dans les étoiles‘ for RTL just before the actual screening.[/edit]. ToxicGirls.org added a video of the 5-min interview with Marion, which took place before the screening, to DailyMotion. Find screencaptures & the clip in the media sections.

Note that some guy went up to the stage to ask for an autograph. Marion graciously signed for him but the interviewer made clear that this was to be an exception and that everyone else please remain seated. LOL

Gallery link:
004 ‘Public Enemies’ Premiere – Lyon La tête dans les étoiles (RTL) – Lyon
046 ‘Public Enemies’ Premiere – Lyon – 2009

Video link:
001 Other Public Appearances – 2009 Public Enemies Lyon Premiere

Wow! Yesterday, August 17, Marion Cotillard along with Leonardo DiCaprio and Ellen Page were busy shooting scenes for ‘Inception‘ in Paris, France. According to ComingSoon.net this took place around the Pont de Bir-Hakeim, a bridge that crosses the Seine River. They also put up a ton of pictures and it seems that Marion did 2 different scenes. One getting involved in a fight with Leonardo & Ellen’s characters and one kissing Leonardo. Marion Cotillard plays Lisa Hastley, the wife of Leonardo’s character.

035 Inception – 2010 > On Set

I organized the pictures of Marion as the face of Lady Dior in a way that they are hopefully easier to find. Additionally, I replaced all the previous Behind the scenes pictures from The Lady Noire Affair video with HQ ones plus added many new ones!

Also the first behind the scenes pictures for the New York campaign – starring Marion as Lady Rouge – have surfaced! Enjoy!

030 Lady Dior > Paris – Lady Noire > The Lady Noire Affair – Behind the Scenes
002 Oasis (United Arab Emirates) – July 26, The National Supplement
008 Lady Dior > New York – Lady Rouge > Print Ads – Behind the Scenes
008 Lady Dior > New York – Lady Rouge > Screenshots Website

This is a project that apart from the IMDb has also been widely reported in the Portuguese media. ‘Mistérios de Lisboa‘, the novel by famous author Camilo Castelo Branco, is being made into a film and a television mini-series by Chile’s leading director Raoul Ruiz. Marion Cotillard is reportedly in negotiations to be part of the project while Laetitia Casta, Melvil Poupaud, Adriano Luz and José Afonso Pimentel among many others have already been confirmed.

One of the biggest names in worldwide cinema, Raoul Ruiz, returns to Portugal to film Mysteries of Lisbon. Ruiz’s ninth project shot in our country (Portugal), is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by one of the greatest authors of Portuguese literature: Camilo Castelo Branco. This ambitious project, shot mainly in Lisbon during the fall of 2009, anticipates a recreation of the city at the end of the 18th century, and beginning of the 19th century, an adaptation by Carlos Saboga that will result in a film and a television series.
(thanks Mariana for the translation)

Filming is also supposed to take place in France and Brazil. The book is one of Camilo Castelo Branco’s early novels and was origininally written for a local paper in the style of a novella, with each chapter enticing the reader to continue unravelling the mysteries. It has been described as a “romance of the imagination” in the style of Victor Hugo.

Synopsis (of the novel):
This narrative account of two stories that mingle and fuse,because the story of Peter can only be counted if not to forget Father Dinis. Peter is an orphan of father and mother and be educated by a priest. The biggest regret of Peter is the condition of orphans and that is so poor. But Peter is not an orphan, much less poor, is the fruit of a forbidden love and reason of a great tragedy. You son of a major Portuguese families. It spent a lot of money for he died at birth, but spent even more so that he lived. Lived, knew the truth, that has even more sad. He was orphaned, and no longer saw the death of the mother and those who most loved.
Who was the father Dinis? Someone who brought it with hope, traveled the world to life, peace and death. Father Dinis was poet, was beggar, and condemn missionary, gave his life forever and always bring death. This timeless novel is a tragedy that crosses generations, which reveals deep secrets such as the decline of humanity. Illegitimate children have to die, duels of honor, sick persecution, fortune
(thanks to forum member DJLove for the translation

Probability: This is a project which seems to really be happening in the near future. Everything’s set for a November start of filming. In the first update (July 30) about the project on the production company’s website they said they were still in negotiations with Marion Cotillard, however in another, more recent update (August 5), her name’s simply listed among the rest of the cast. Let’s hope that this means those negotiations went well and that her filming schedule for ‘Mistérios de Lisboa‘ was arranged in a way as not to interfere with the shooting of ‘Inception‘. Marion has always said she’d love to work anywhere in the world, so to have a part in a Portuguese production would clearly be thrilling for her.

Another film rumour originating from the IMDb. It’s a movie called ‘Second Coming‘, wich would be writer/director Nenad Cicin-Sain’s movie debut. Marion Cotillard would star as Galia and Mark Ruffalo as John Zener. Marion Cotillard is also listed as Executive Producer for this film.

Synopsis:
Actor John Zener becomes an even bigger media obsession after releasing a controversial film on the Second Coming of Christ. This obsession results in the death of his wife and daughter in a paparazzi-caused accident forcing John to question for the first time the choices he has made. Teetering between delusion and sanity, John embarks on a journey through NYC, France and Spain to free himself of everything that symbolized his former life. It is through his journey that John finds transcendence and embraces the empathy that was missing in his life.

Probability: Again, I’ve found no outside sources to confirm this but the fact that Marion’s also listed as executive producer gives it more credibility.

According to the IMDb Marion Cotillard and Javier Bardem are attached to star a new project called ‘Picasso‘ about the extraordinary life story of legendary artist, Pablo Picasso, written & directed by Bandar Albuliwi.

Probability: No other sources confirm this. The movie’s production company Bandar Productions lists the movie as being In Development on their website. Which means that nothing about the project has been finalized yet, incl. casting.

After the international promotional tour for ‘Public Enemies‘ but before somewhat disappearing from the limelight to prepare for her upcoming role in Guillaume Canet’s Les Petits Mouchoirs and to take a much deserved vacation (in St. Tropez) Marion Cotillard as the face of Lady Dior attended the Dior Haute Couture Autumn/Winter show during the Paris Fashion Week on July 6. She was pictured with President and Chief Executive Officer of Christian Dior Couture Sidney Toledano, John Galliano, Clotilde Courau and Nora Arnazeder.

“I loved the outside underwear and the black and flesh colors together,” said the petite actress Marion Cotillard, who was perched on Dior platform shoes so high she was on a level with Mr. Arnault. (source)

097 Paris Fashion Week – Christian Dior Haute Couture Autumn/Winter

On a hot summer day earlier this month (July 2) Marion Cotillard attended the ‘Public Enemies’ Press Conference in the Hotel George-V in Paris. Later she joined Johnny Depp and Michael Mann on the red carpet for the big premiere. She signed many pictures, wore impressive Galliano red sequin shoes and was accompanied by her mother Niseema Theillaud.

001 ‘Public Enemies’ Press Conference – Paris
077 ‘Public Enemies’ Premiere – Paris

Thanks to Marion-Cotillard.fr. Even though we still have to wait till September 8 to listen to Beds Are Burning – a song recorded by many stars, among them Marion Cotillard, in support of the Tck Tck Tck Campaign – we can now have a glimpse at the music video and the song on Facebook and MySpace

I added the small version of the signed promo picture, caps of the music video teaser as well as the teaser itself and a short clip of the New York Making Of where you can hear Marion’s singing and see her standing behind the microphone recording her parts for the song to the site’s media parts.

Gallery:
001 Charity & Causes > Tck Tck Tck Campaign (2009)
015 Music Videos > Beds Are Burning (Teaser) – 2009
Video:
002 Tck Tck Tck > Teaser & Making Of

Beds Are Burning
(Dry River Bed Version)

Down at the river bed
The earth is cracked and dry instead
Farms are failing, cities baking
Steam in 45 degrees

The time has come
To take a stand
It’s for the earth
It’s for our land
The time has come
A fact’s a fact
The heat is on
No turning back

How can we dance when our earth is turning?
How do we sleep while our beds are burning?

Heaven hopes we’ll find a cure
From Bejing west to Timbuktu
The global village lives and breathes
In 45 degrees
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Presumably before or after the “La Fête du Cinema” Cocktail Lunch Marion also recorded an interview with French TV channel TF1. It aired during the evening news of July 1. I added captures and a clip. The audio is unfortunately out of sync with the video towards the end, but I couldn’t do a better job. Sorry.

Gallery: 090 News Segments > JT20H (TF1) – 01/07/2009
Video: 001 News Segments > JT20H – TF1 – 2009/07/01

On the opening night of the Paris Film Festival, June 30, Marion Cotillard attended the “La Fete du Cinema” – Cocktail Lunch at the Ministere de la Culture in Paris.

021 25th La Fete du Cinema – Cocktail Launch

I’m back from my summer travels for the time being so I can catch up on all those Marion news I missed during my absence. To start, I have the actual scans of the article I posted last time. The French publication ‘Le Figaro Magazine’ visited the Marrocan set of ‘Le dernier vol‘ and they published some new stills! So exciting!!

004 Le Figaro Magazine (France) – July 4
003 Le dernier vol (The Last Flight) – 2009 > Stills

This second batch of new interviews consists of French interviews and articles. If anyone has time to translate at least one or two of them that’d be great! This is the last update for a while as I’m leaving town again tomorrow and won’t be with internet access until at least next week.

• Sa Vie en Rose, Le Petit Bulletin, July 7
• Confidences d’une môme qui devient grande, Gala, July 3
• Marion Cotillard, une Môme en plein Sahara, Le Figaro Magazine, July 4
• Marion Cotillard, de retour d’Amérique dans la peau d’une compagne de gangster, La Voix du Nord, July 3
• “Johnny Depp est un vrai gentleman”, Metro, July 2
• Marion Cotillard : l’amour, l’ego et Hollywood, Madame Figaro, June 27

The Sahara article is actually about Figaro Magazine’s visit to the Le dernier vol set. We learn that the full name of Marion’s character is Marie Vallières de Beaumont.

Marion had an immediate visceral connection with Marie Vallières de Beaumont, this passionate woman who fights to rescue the man she loves to the point of exhaustion and who in the abandonment of the desert discovers a new meaning of life.

Marion Cotillard shares this perfectionism, she’s always extremely focused even for a short scene. The young Oscar winner has lost none of her naturality and simplicity though. Once we see her knitting a scarf for her niece. We’re amused to see her candidly confide her “unhealthy sentimentality” towards animals, including insects. Then the Marion we know is back, one evening she’s singing and dancing, together with a nomadic Berber family who arrived to work as extras on the film. “Like my character, I’ve found a lot more in the desert than I set out for: especially these smiles of the children!”

Thanks to Paolo we have the full clip & lovely screencaptures of the long Marion Cotillard interview Canal+ aired this past Sunday as part of their Rencontres de Cinéma series. Enjoy!

If someone has time to provide a translated transcript you’re most welcome to do so as I have no time at all! Thank you!

Gallery: 266 Rencontre Marion Cotillard (Canal+) – 05/07/2009
Video: 001 Rencontre Marion Cotillard

I added a bunch of new interviews & articles to the press archive:

• Marion Cotillard on Public Enemies, CanMag, July 6
• Comparisons with Angelina a thorn as Marion blooms, Independent.ie, July 5
• Cotillard’s Vie En Roles, California Chronicle, July 4
• Film interview with Marion Cotillard, Public Enemies, The London Paper, July 3
• Marion Cotillard: Public Enemies press conference report, Den of Geek!, July 2
• Cotillard: Every day is magical, AFP, July 2
• Marion Cotillard, Public Enemies Interview, MoviesOnline, July 2
• We Say Oui Oui to Marion Cotillard!, The New York Observer, July 2
• Accent on experience, as Cotillard prepared to play Dillinger’s girl, Chicago Tribune, June 28

Then Lorna sent in some exclusive scans of a UK publication – huge thank you! – and I added also 2 pictures of a French magazine sent in by Paolo:

005 Herald Magazine (UK) – July 4
002 Femina (France) – July 5

Exciting news! Dior has posted the very first picture from the second part of the Lady Dior story, which takes place in New York. The pictures for the Print Ads are shot by renowned photographer Annie Leibovitz. Remember, for Paris it was Peter Lindbergh. Ultimately the print campaign will again be followed by a short video starring Marion Cotillard, this time entitled The Lady Red Affair.

Finally! ‘Public Enemies‘ can be seen in US theatres as of today! Be sure to head out and watch Marion’s first movie since ‘La Vie en Rose‘ (2007). The movie will open in the UK July 3, in France July 8, in Australia July 30, and in Germany August 6 (see more dates).

Check out the many features on the movie’s official site! And read some new interviews:

• Stormy role’s French twist, Journal Sentinel, June 27
• Marion Cotillard is ready for her close-ups, Twincities.com, June 30

Next, Marion Cotillard’s scheduled to promote ‘Public Enemies‘ in her home country France. First, she’ll attend the movie’s premiere in Paris tomororrow.

On Friday she’s the star guest of Radio RTL. In the morning (9.00-9.30 am) she’ll be interviewed during a programm called Laissez-vous tenter and in the afternoon she’ll participate in the programme La tête dans les étoiles together with Laurent Boyer. And in the evening there will be a screening of the movie in Lyon.

As previously announced, there’ll be a TV interview titled Marion Cotillard, la rencontre (20 minutes) airing on Canal+, Sunday 11.55 am.

I’m in and out of town this and next week but I’ll try to updat