I usually refrain from posting personal (speak: not work related) information about Marion Cotillard but since this appears to be official I decided to make an exception:

The Oscar winning star, 35, will welcome her first child with longtime love Guillaume Canet, her rep confirms to UsMagazine.com exclusively.
• Source: US Magazine

The news was also confirmed by the rep to other US media outlets such as People.com, USA Today and JustJared.com as well as to French PurePeople – who also posted that the baby’s due at the end of May.

Congratulations!

And one more batch of scans for tonight. This time from the French issue of Elle from October 15, 2010 which also features Marion Cotillard on the cover as announced here. There are just a few more magazines that I need to scan before the gallery is all up to date in the ‘Scans from 2010′ category. Stay tuned!

Kindly do not redistribute the magazine scans at another Marion Cotillard fan site as they were scanned exclusively for ‘Magnifique Marion Cotillard’. Thank you.

010 Scans from 2010 > Elle (France) – October 15

I finally replaced the existing digital scans of the features in September’s Evening Standard Magazine & November’s French Glamour with my own original scans. Many thanks Natalie and Kelly for providing us with the temporary versions until now.

Kindly do not redistribute the magazine scans at another Marion Cotillard fan site as they were scanned exclusively for ‘Magnifique Marion Cotillard’. Thank you.

007 Scans from 2010 > Evening Standard Magazine (UK) – September 10
008 Scans from 2010 > Glamour (France) – November

Marion Cotillard graced the cover of the 50th issue of Aéroports de Paris Magazine back in October 2010. This is the airport’s free magazine with information about Paris – including culture etc. The good thing about it is that the articles are both in French and English. Many thanks to Gina for making this magazine available to me!

Kindly do not redistribute the magazine scans at another Marion Cotillard fan site as they were scanned exclusively for ‘Magnifique Marion Cotillard’. Thank you.

004 Scans from 2010 > Aéroports de Paris Magazine (France) – October

At the end of September 2010 when ‘Inception‘ was about to be released in Italian cinemas Marion Cotillard graced the cover of the Italian Vanity Fair magazine. The photoshoot caught the attention of many internet websites shortly afterwards because it appeared not to have been retouched. I love the idea even if the styling of the hair and the flowery dress might not have been the best choices. Additionally, there are some gorgeous pictures of Marion in costume rehearsing or playing with the rock band Yodélice as well as pictures that have a somewhat everyday life-feeling to them. Enjoy!

If anybody who knows Italian feels like sending in a translation of the exclusive interview please don’t hesitate to do so – it would be much appreciated!

Kindly do not redistribute the magazine scans at another Marion Cotillard fan site as they were scanned exclusively for ‘Magnifique Marion Cotillard’. Thank you.

021 Scans from 2010 > Vanity Fair (Italy) – September 29

NOW Magazine has a new interview with iconic actor Christopher Plummer. At the end there’s an audio snippet where he talks about his connection to Edith Piaf and why Marion Cotillard deserved her Oscar:

I couldn’t believe it, she got her… Because how… She’s not old enough to have known her. But how she got her voice, speaking voice exactly. And her manner in life exactly. It was like she watched a film of every gesture of Edith have made. It was quite uncanny

The longlist for this year’s Orange British Academy Film Awards were announced today. Marion Cotillard is on it for her supporting performance in ‘Inception‘. Congratulations! The full nominations will will be announced on Tuesday, January 18.

Supporting Actress
Amy Adams (Charlene Fleming) – The Fighter *
Barbara Hershey (Erica Sayers / The Queen) – Black Swan *
Ellen Page (Ariadne) – Inception
Geraldine James (Connie) – Made In Dagenham
Helena Bonham Carter (Queen Elizabeth) – The King’s Speech *
Helena Bonham Carter (Red Queen) – Alice In Wonderland
Lesley Manville (Mary) – Another Year *
Marion Cotillard (Mal) – Inception
Melissa Leo (Alice Ward) – The Fighter
Mila Kunis (Lily / The Black Swan) – Black Swan
Miranda Richardson (Barbara Castle) – Made In Dagenham *
Olivia Williams (Ruth Lang) – The Ghost
Rebecca Hall (Claire Keesey) – The Town
Rosamund Pike (Lisa Hopkins) – Made In Dagenham
Winona Ryder (Beth Macintyre / The Dying Swan) – Black Swan

* Denotes Chapter selection from Round One

• Source: Bafta.org

Remember ‘Cosmopolis‘ – the David Cronenberg movie Marion Cotillard’s been attached to since last May? It seems that Colin Farrell who had been attached to the project to take the lead role is out of the picture because Deadline reports that Robert Pattinson has signed for the part of Eric Packer.

While all the news reports are still mentioning Marion Cotillard and Paul Giamatti (also “in talks” to join according to a report by The Playlist from last December) their involvement is as of yet unclear – there haven’t been any reports of them actually signing on to the movie. If Marion is still on board she’d play Pattinson’s wife.

This idea comes from Gemma_Marion and is being organized by Cotillardaddict . The idea is to unite all the fans of Marion Cotillard from all over the world – everyone would make a mini movie of themselves with a message for Marion. Want to participate? The more the merrier – visit our messageboard for all the information on how to participate!

Facebook page: Marion Cotillard Fan Project 2011

Welcome to 2011! I know I haven’t managed to add all the missing pictures from 2010 appearances and magazine features to the gallery but since I already skipped it last year for these reasons I decided to compile a review of 2010 nontheless. What are your choices? Feel free to comment!

Best News: Marion Cotillard being awarded the Desert Palm Achievement Actress Award at the Palm Springs Film Festival last January and ‘Les petits mouchoirs‘ (Little White Lies) being the most successful French movie of the year. And of course Marion joining the French rock band Yodélice as Simone.

Worst News: After Marion’s participation in the oratorio ‘Jeanne au bûcher‘ was announced for November back in August we didn’t hear anything further. November came and went without the special performances happening. And 48 hours before the year ended Harry Potter passed ‘Les petits mouchoirs‘ (Little White Lies) at the French box office keeping it from being the most successful movie of the year in France.

Favourite magazine cover:

As always Marion Cotillard graced quite a number of covers – all of which gorgeous. But I really like this from Jalouse – March 2010.

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