I found pictures of Marion Cotillard attending or leaving a Pre-Oscar party in Los Angeles (maybe Harvey Weinstein’s Party?) and from the César after party in Paris, France. Enjoy!

006 Pre-Oscar Party
008 34th César Awards – After Party

As we’ve previously reported, Marion Cotillard didn’t attend the 34th César Awards ceremony at the end of February – nor the official gala dinner in the Fouquet restaurant afterwards for that matter.

However, various French websites (e.g. Free Actualités) posted that Marion together with Guillaume Canet around 3am until the early morning hours attended the traditional after party – also known as “La Party” – at Régine’s, organized by the academy, the Chivas Brothers and Albane Cleret. They kept a low profile, refused to pose together for pictures and especially Marion spent a lot of time on the dance floor.

The two of them did however pose with co-host Albane Cleret separately, as can be seen on Jalou Gallery.

I added a total of 94 regular quality pictures to almost all of 2009′s event albums.

Also I would like to remind everyone that tomorrow the 34th César Ceremony is taking place in Paris. As last year’s winner of the Best Actress césar it is very likely that Marion will be attending and/or presenting. Canal+ is airing the show as of 8.50pm MET. And apparently as of 9pm MET we will all be able to watch it live on CanalPlus.Fr..

I am not sure whether I will be able to record anything as my computer is acting weird lately whenever I’m dealing with media files. Could anyone watch out for Marion on the red carpet and during the ceremony and provide clips for this site? Thank you very much.

[edit Feb 27:] I couldn’t get that direct link to play but from what I’ve been able to gather on the live blog Marion Cotillard was absent from tonight’s Césars Ceremony despite having reportedly returned to France earlier this week (thanks Gemma for the link). I’m sure she’s taking a well deserved break before filming for her first leading role since La Vie en Rose starts in little over a week from now: Aviator Chubbie Miller searching for her fiancé in the much awaited Sahara-set adventure-romantic drama “Le Dernier vol de Lancaster” by Karim Dridi opposite Guillaume Canet. Filming starts March 9 and will mostly take place in the Moroccan desert.

Just found a few nice additional pictures – backstage with Halle Berry and Kate Winslet, on the Red Carpet with Sophia Loren, at the Governor’s Ball with Danny Boyle and at the Vanity Fair Party with Guillaume Canet:

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001 81st Academy Awards – Governor’s Ball
001 81st Academy Awards – Vanity Fair Oscar Party

I finished sorting through all the pictures of Marion at the Oscar ceremony on Sunday, and added a total of 210 (mostly HQ) pictures, including arrivals, ceremony, pressroom & after parties. I hope there are no photo duplicates. Many thanks to my friend Mariana for her help with the pictures. Marion was pictured with Penelope Cruz, Sophia Loren, Guillaume Canet and Kate Winslet. Enjoy!

Marion changed for the Vanity Fair After Party into a (probably) more comfortable dress which didn’t feature black tulle but kept the lovely blue theme. And she let her hair down.

165 81st Academy Awards
004 81st Academy Awards – Governor’s Ball
041 81st Academy Awards – Vanity Fair Oscar Party

Yesterday, Marion Cotillard together with an abundance of other stars attended a Pre-Oscar party thrown by Nine producer Harvey Weinstein:

And so it was on the roof of the beautifully renovated Sunset Hyatt Hotel — now called, strangely, the Andaz — that Weinstein summoned a small turbo charged group of A listers. On the outside terrace, sitting in a tight little tableau were Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony, with Benny Medina at their side, plus Robert DeNiro, actress Kerry Washington, director-producer Lee Daniels — whose hot film Push with Mariah Carey will be retitled Precious, Jessica Alba, as well as Weinstein’s Marchesa designer wife Georgina Chapman, and Leonardo DiCaprio (wearing his clamped down signature baseball cap), Kevin Connolly, last year’s Best Actress (and soon to be in Weinstein’s Nine) Marion Cotillard, Zack Braff, Chace Crawford, Bai Ling, designer Ozwald Boateng and Spirit Award nominee Anthony Mackie.

While the group chatted about babies, movies, the lightly falling rain and their next movies, who breezed through but the one and only Lindsay Lohan.
• source: FoxNews.com

So far, no pictures. Don’t forget to watch Marion present at the Oscars tonight. The first stars have already arrived on the red carpet as I’m typing this.

While we’re awaiting the first pictures of the Oscars I added all the 937 pictures for the “Events 2007″ category. They have been absent ever since I encountered technical difficulties last year and had to move server. Well, they’re back now – and I even replaced lots of pics with HQ ones and added a few new ones too. Happy browsing!

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences who hands out the Oscars invited all the nominees in the “Best foreign language film of the year” category to a special reception event. Laurent Cantet, Gotz Speilmann, Uli Edel, Yojiro Takita and Ari Folman were handed a certificate of their nomination and hosting the event were AMPAS president Sid Ganis and Marion Cotillard.

005 Foreign Language Film Award Reception

Marion Cotillard is busy in Los Angeles. Yesterday, she attended a pre-Academy Awards party hosted by the US-Ireland Alliance. The evening honoured Irish stars Brendan Gleeson and Jonathan Rhys Meyers, as well as legendary celebrity agent Hylda Queally – who happens to be Ms Cotillard’s US agent.

The latest client to sign with Ms Queally is Slumdog Millionaire star Freida Pinto. Asked about her feelings to be represented by an agent who apart from Marion also reps stars such as Kate Winslet, Cate Blanchett and Penelope Cruz she said:

“I feel honoured actually to be in the same kind of group as them,” Freida gushed. “I think Hylda is a wonderful person, she knows what she’s doing and she’s very instinctual.”

I’ve added some lovely pictures to the gallery. Marion was photographed with Kate Winslet, Freida Pinto and her agent Hylda Queally. I think the straightened hair is somewhat of a new look for Marion but it suits her. And it went very well with the simple white-dotted brown dress. What do you think?

027 4th Annual ‘Oscar Wilde: Honoring The Irish In Film’ Awards

In recent weeks we’ve heard a lot about the all new Oscars – how the ceremony will be different and especially no presenters were confirmed. Of course it seemed highly unlikely that Marion Cotillard wouldn’t be on the list but we couldn’t be sure. No need to worry though, apparently Marion arrived in LA and is all set to appear on stage this coming Sunday – but even she doesn’t know – yet – which award she’ll present at what moment:

Oscar Week is here, and so are the stars. Many of them are staying at the Chateau Marmont including last year’s Best Actress Marion Cotillard (La Vie En Rose). I ran into her last night in the lobby of the famed West Hollywood hotel. She told me she’s been so busy making films since she won the Oscar “I haven’t been home in a year!” Cotillard will present an award on Sunday’s show although she’s not sure which one or what point in the proceedings. “They haven’t told us anything yet!”
• source: FoxNews.com

So be sure to tune into the Academy Awards ceremony this Sunday, February 22!

Even though I have a strict “No paparazzi pictures” policy here on the site I’d like to point out this entry on a Marion Cotillard LiveJournal with pictures of Marion arriving in LA. She looks happy and doesn’t seem to mind being photographed.

She’s also all set to attend Prince’s post-Oscar bash:

Prince didn’t know he was having an Oscar party — until he read about it in the papers.

The singer was in the middle of band rehearsals when he saw a story that claimed he was throwing “the Oscar bash of the century.”

The musician finally decided to host an Academy Awards bash after Marion Cotillard — who won last year’s Oscar for Bestt Actress for her portrayal of a French singer in La Vie en Rose — called to RSVP to “the Purple Party.”

Not only will Prince host, but he will also be allowing a film crew to record the whole event for release on his upcoming website, LotusFlow3r.com.

The party will take place after the awards ceremony this Sunday.
• source: US Magazine

Thanks to the ever helpful Mariana I’ve been able to add a few additional pictures of th recent Christian Dior Fashion Show as well as the BAFTAs to the gallery. Enjoy!

023 Paris Fashion Week – Christian Dior Haute Couture Spring/Summer
013 The Orange British Academy Film Awards 2009