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