Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt will make their grand return to the Cannes Film Festival in France this week. Last year, Angie made a huge splash heavily pregnant with twins Vivienne and Knox. And, she had two films to promote, the animated “Kung Fu Panda” and “The Changeling.”
This year her schedule won’t be quite as heavy. But Brad will be working to promote the new Quentin Tarantino film “Inglorious Basterds.” Brad stars in the World War II movie, one of 20 competing for the coveted Palme d'Or for best picture.
Last year, the Jolie-Pitt crew stayed with Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen at his luxurious villa in Saint-Jean Cap-Ferrat on the French Riviera.
No word yet on where they will be staying this year, but they are sure to have the twins, Maddox, 7,Pax, 5, Zahara, 4, and Shiloh, almost 3, in tow.
Brad is expected to arrive first, and Jolie will take some time off from filming “Salt” to join him May 20, according to People.com. It will be the third time the couple has jetted in for the film fete.
The festival opened today (May 12) with "Up," an animation comedy directed by Pete Docter and produced by Disney's Pixar studios. "Up," about the adventures of a retired balloon salesman and a zealous boy scout, has received solid reviews in Hollywood trade papers.
The film marks the opening of 12 days of screenings, interviews, red carpets and revelry. But like the rest of the global economy, the film industry is suffering in the downturn, and even the palm-lined, luxury Croisette waterfront is feeling the effects.
Party tents still line the beach and yachts fill the harbor, but in a sign of the times, Vanity Fair magazine has cancelled its exclusive party and the number of deals are likely to be scaled back as well in a festival that will be far less extravagant than previous years.
"Around Cannes, perhaps it was just too much sometimes, too much partying. This year perhaps we can think about the cinema, not the stars and the starlets and the excessiveness of Cannes but the emphasis on the films," Festival director Thierry Fremaux told Reuters Television.
Angie and Brad were among the most watched stars at the festival last year, and this year is likely to be no different. Except, Angie will be back to regular form, looking svelte with her trim, post-pregnancy body.
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