To celebrate the 40th anniversary of Earth Day today Vanity Fair asked environmentally conscious individuals, among them Marion, to make a wish for a greener world. Here’s the video:

This is Marion Cotillard. My wish for the 40th anniversary of Earth Day is awareness, good sense and love. Because it’s the only energy that can change things.

LadyDior.com added a lovely behind the scenes video to their website. We get a glimpse of what the Steven Klein photoshoot in Shanghai was like. Marion Cotillard stars as Lady Blue in the 3rd chapter of the Lady Dior campaign.

edit April 30: Replaced the caps with bigger ones

Gallery: 055 Lady Dior > Shanghai – Lady Bleue > Print Ads – Making Of
Video: 001 DVD Extras & Featurettes – Lady Dior

I added screencaptures and the clip of the full-length music video for the Franz Ferdinand song The Eyes of Mars which was used for the New York Dior campaign. Marion looks great as a rock star!

Apparently, the music video & the song were “only” a back up option since Marion’s busy schedule made it impossible to film a proper short film continuing the story that was introduced by the Olivier Dahan directed ‘Lady Noire Affair‘. The planned ‘Lady Rouge Affaire‘ short film would have been released at the end of 2009. Getting this gorgeous music video at the beginning of March 2010 instead wasn’t a bad alternative at all, I say!

Gallery: 148 New York – Lady Rouge > Lady Rouge – Screencaptures
Video: 001 Music Videos > Lady Dior – The Eyes of Mars

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

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

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

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.