French TV channel TF1 used Marion Cotillard’s first public appearance in her home country since the Cannes Film Festival in May for a report during 50mn inside about her status as a star and actress, analyzing her choices such as taking a break from acting while showing footage of various events from this and past years. They pointed out that promoting Rust and Bone publicly and on talk shows could well lead to a new Oscar nomination. Furthermore, they discussed her collaboration with Dior. All in all, they said Marion Cotillard does what she wants – she’s thus an actrice libre – a free actress. Thanks to Luise for the clip!

By the way, gossip column Page Six from the New York Post reports that Marion, while making it to Thursday’s Rust and Bone screening in New York, was also delayed because of the snow storm. So she spent Wednesday night in a hotel in Detroit. I hope her lost luggage has since turned up.

Gallery: 165 TV Appearances etc > Specials > 50mn inside (TF1) – 10/11/2012
Video: 001 News Segments > 50mn inside

This totally slipped my mind. But on October 19 Dior Magazine announced the new Lady Dior campaign featuring Marion Cotillard. After a number of world cities Lady Dior has now visited the Hamptons and photographer Jean-Baptiste Mondino captured her on the beach. Ads started appearing on the last October weekend in magazines such as Japanese Vogue, Elle, 25 Ans, Numéro, Italian Vogue, Vanity Fair U.S., Town & Country, Interview, American and French Elles and Madame Figaro (source).

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003 Lady Dior: Hamptons – Lady Hampton > Print Ads
068 Lady Dior: Hamptons – Lady Hampton > Print Ads – Behind the Scenes

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001 DVD Extras & Featurettes > Lady Dior Hampton – Behind the Scenes

During the last couple of weeks I added many missing pictures of Marion Cotillard at events this year.

013 Events in 2012 > Chaumet’s Cocktail Party and Dinner for Cesar’s Revelations
038 Events in 2012 > Costume Institute Gala “Schiaparelli And Prada: Impossible Conversations”
004 Events in 2012 > 65th Annual Cannes Film Festival – Dior & Elle Magazine Party
001 Events in 2012 > 65th Annual Cannes Film Festival – Chopard Trophy Evening
060 Events in 2012 > Paris Fashion Week – Christian Dior Haute Couture Autumn/Winter
009 Events in 2012 > Paris Fashion Week – Christian Dior Party
140 Events in 2012 > ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ Premiere – New York
003 Events in 2012 > ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ Premiere – After Party – New York
040 Events in 2012 > ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ Premiere – London
011 Events in 2012 > ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ Premiere – After Party – London
130 Events in 2012 > ‘Rust and Bone’ Premiere – 56th BFI London Film Festival
084 Events in 2012 > 56th BFI London Film Festival – Marion Cotillard Screen Talk
165 Events in 2012 > 16th Annual Hollywood Film Awards Gala
011 Events in 2012 > ‘Rust and Bone’ Premiere – AFI Fest

I recently added some additional pictures to the 1998, 1999 and 2000 public appearance categories. It was the time when Marion Cotillard was promoting Taxi, Guerre dans le Haut Pays, Lisa and Taxi 2.

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001 Events in 1998 > ‘Taxi’ Premiere – Marseille
003 Events in 1998 > ‘Taxi’ Premiere – 51st Annual Cannes Film Festival
001 Events in 1999 > 24th César Awards
001 Events in 1999 > Paris Film Festival
002 Events in 1999 > 52nd Annual Cannes Film Festival – 50 Years Uni France
001 Events in 1999 > 15th La Fete du Cinema
001 Events in 1999 > 13th Cabourg Romantic Film Festival – Ceremony
002 Events in 1999 > ‘Taxi’ – Celebrating 1 Million Videos
001 Events in 1999 > Paris Fashion Week – Christian Dior Haute Couture Autumn/Winter
010 Events in 1999 > Paris Fashion Week – Plan Americain Haute Couture Autumn/Winter
006 Events in 2000 > ‘Lisa’ Premiere – Paris
003 Events in 2000 > Cartier’s new jewellery collection ‘Perles et Diamants’
001 Events in 2000 > Cartier’s new watch ’21′
002 Events in 2000 > ‘Taxi 2′ Premiere – Paris
003 Events in 2000 > 53rd Cannes Film Festival – ‘In the Mood for Love’ Premiere
002 Events in 2000 > ‘Taxi 2′ Video Premiere

As previously announced, Marion Cotillard attended the Unveiling of the Dior Christmas Window Displays at the Parisian department store Printemps Haussmann yesterday early evening.

At the event she also talked about Christmas and travelling:

It was a bit of a battle for my mother. I didn’t really like Christmas when I was little, so I didn’t want any gifts, so the tradition was my mother figuring out how she was going to get me to pick something. Gifts are something I prefer to give. It’s always nice to get one, but I like searching for a present, I like thinking of a person and finding that special something that they are going to like.

Well, you know, you sleep, you rest. People live in terrible situations. Traveling is not that terrible.

Read the full article:
• Marion Cotillard: From New York to Paris, WWD, November 9, 2012

Dior Magazine has some videos of the actual window & store decorations as well as how the dolls were made: Exclusively Dior & Doll Delight.

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060 100 Events in 2012 > Printemps Haussmann Christmas Illuminations Launch
027 Award Shows & Premieres etc > Printemps Haussmann Christmas Illuminations Launch – 2012

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002 Other Public Appearances > Printemps Christmas Illuminations

On her way from the US west coast to France, Marion Cotillard attended a screening of ‘Rust and Bone‘ (De rouille et d’os) at the Landmark Sunshine Cinema in New York on Thursday evening. It was hosted by The Cinema Society with Dior & Vanity Fair. She was wearing a transparent Christian Dior Spring 2013 dress with black pointy Dior heels (which reportedly caused some problems). Co-star Matthias Schoenaerts & director Jacques Audiard were delayed due to the snowstorm and only arrived in time for the after party at Indochine – which Marion however had to miss since she had to catch her flight to France.

On the red carpet Vulture asked Marion Cotillard about how she feels when she hears the Katy Perry song ‘Firework’:
• Marion Cotillard Is Not a Big Katy Perry Fan, Vulture, November 10

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046 Events in 2012 > ‘Rust and Bone’ Premiere – New York
062 Award Shows & Premieres etc > ‘Rust and Bone’ Premiere – New York – 2012

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001 Other Public Appearances > 2012 Rust and Bone New York Screening

After flying in from London and appearing on the Jay Leno Show last week but before attending the US Gala Premiere of ‘Rust & Bone‘ at the AFI Fest on Monday, Marion Cotillard (and co-star Matthias Schoenaerts, director Jacques Audiard and co-writer Thomas Bidegain) spent a weekend promoting the movie at press junkets and during Q&As at industry screenings.

HitFix.com were among those interviewing Marion Cotillard on Saturday morning and will later post their interview.

Later that day, there was a SAG AFTRA screening at the Harmony Gold theater. During the Q&A she praised Chris Nolan and said “When it’s meant to be, love will find a way.” (Sources on Twitter: Serena Orrego, Grégoire Swan, Ana Parsons, Satu Makeda, Logan McPeak, Patricia Gold and Josh the Intern)

Then, on Sunday, there was another Q&A held by the Academy of Motion Pictures and Sciences at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater:

Gallery: 045 Award Shows & Premieres etc > ‘Rust and Bone’ Q&A – Academy Conversations – 2012
Video: 001 Other Public Appearances

As the US release of ‘Rust and Bone‘ (De rouille et d’os) is approaching – November 23 in New York and December 6 in Los Angeles – Sony Classics updated the official movie site with actual content last week. It looks great, so be sure to visit!

Marion Cotillard taped 2 talk show appearances (Chelsea Lately and Craig Ferguson) this Tuesday. However, they weren’t aired as it was election day in the US. My guess is they made use of a free day to get her on tape while she was still in the States – she’s expected back in France tomorrow and will later head to Barcelona, Spain – but will air the interviews closer to the release of the movie. The Craig Ferguson interview is actually scheduled to air on November 20. I’ll keep my eyes open for the Chelsea Lately air date.

In the mean time some various promotion material from recent days:

Press Updates:
• ‘Rust and Bone’ Star Marion Cotillard on Juggling Family, Career, The Hollywood Reporter, November 6

Audio:
BBC Radio 4 • October 31, 2012 • talking to Kirsty Lang about Rust and Bone on ‘Front Row Daily’

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056 Online Interviews > Stylist – 2012

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001 Online Interviews > Rust & Bone

Luise and I added some pictures of Marion Cotillard dressed in Dior with Chopard jewellery at last night’s US gala premiere of ‘Rust and Bone‘ (De rouille et d’os) during the AFI Fest. Before the screening there was also a tribute to Marion Cotillard and her career. Watch part of it below. I also added some screencaps from her red carpet interview as well as pictures from the after party.

After a reel of footage highlighting the best films of her career thus far, the radiant Marion Cotillard graced the stage for a quick conversation before the curtain rose for her latest contribution to French Cinema, Rust and Bone. She humbly admitted that it was “super weird” and almost “schizophrenic” to see footage of herself spliced together because the characters are all her, yet they’re all different people. When asked about the path that led to her success in acting, she confided in a time when she considered leaving the profession to pursue something else, but meeting with Tim Burton and getting a role in Big Fish convinced her to stick with it. And it’s a good thing she did. Since then, she’s secured roles she feels passionate about, in both French and American films, leading her to an Oscar win for Best Actress for La vie en rose (2007), and teaming up with the likes of Michael Mann, Woody Allen, Steven Soderburgh, and Christopher Nolan along the way. After the brief sit-down, director Jacques Audiard took the stage to introduce his cast, including Matthias Schoenaerts, who, as if in character, appropriately cued the feature presentation with an exclamation of, “Open the curtain, show the movie.”
• Source: The Awards Circuit

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328 Events in 2012 > ‘Rust and Bone’ Premiere – AFI Fest
011 Events in 2012 > ‘Rust and Bone’ Premiere – After Party – AFI Fest
036 Award Shows & Premieres etc > ‘Rust and Bone’ Premiere – AFI Fest – 2012

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001 Other Public Appearances > AFI Fest

I added some pictures and screencaptures of Marion Cotillard at last Wednesday’s Harper’s Bazaar Women of the Year Awards. Part of her acceptance speech and an interview backstage was released in a video on the magazine’s website.

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045 Events in 2012 > Harper’s Bazaar Women of the Year Awards
051 Award Shows & Premieres etc > Harper’s Bazaar Woman Of The Year Awards – 2012

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001 Award Ceremonies > Bazaar Awards