Angelina Jolie In Atelier Versace – 2011 Cannes Film Festival “The Tree Of Life” Premiere

There was no point guessing who Angelina Jolie was going to wear tonight at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival “The Tree Of Life” Premiere; it was always going to be Atelier Versace.
Angelina glided down the red carpet wearing a gorgeous Atelier Versace rich chocolate strapless silk gown.
Normally Angelina opts for something more fitted, but on this occasion she went for a lot of volume, a thigh-high split and a long train.
I love that she opted to go big at this Premiere, as the 2011 Cannes moto is, “Go Big or Go Home.”
Utterly breath-taking.

'Hello boys, I'm back': Eva Herzigova makes her red carpet comeback after giving birth... but this time it's her legs we're looking at

When she leaped to worldwide fame in the Wonderbra adverts 17 years ago, it was her décolletage attracting attention.
But as Eva Herzigova stepped onto the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival, it was her amazing legs everyone was talking about.
The Czech model, who gave birth to her second child just two months ago, sent photographers into a frenzy when she shunned couture gowns for a sexy tailored shorts suit.

Still a super model: Eva Herzigova shows off her toned legs in a pair of tailored shorts, matching jacket, white blouse and towering red heels at the premiere of The Conquest at the Cannes Film Festival

The bottom skimming shorts and towering six-inch red satin heels gave her the perfect showcase for her toned, muscular legs.
Although keeping her top half covered up under a white blouse, it was apparent the 38-year-old model had already lost her baby weight.
Herzigova gave birth to Philipe on March 13 - a little brother for her and boyfriend Gregorio Marsia's three-year-old son George.

Hot legs: Herzigova's red carpet appearance comes two months after she gave birth to her second child

Chic: Actress Milla Jovovich opted for a sleek 1920s style red, white and mocha Prada dress

A regular at Cannes, Herzigova's appearance at the screening of French film La Conquete (The Conquest) last night marked her return to the limelight since becoming a mother again.
Also at the premiere was Dutch supermodel Doutzen Kroes and models-turned-actresses Milla Jovovich and Laeticia Casta.

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Jovovich, 35, went for a 1920s' style in a red, white and mocha Prada dress and a wavy bob.
Writing on Twitter ahead of the premiere, Jovovich said her dress was custom made for her by Prada's head designer Miuccia Prada.

The carpet is your catwalk: Dutch supermodel Doutzen Kroes (left) wore a simple black gown, while French model Laetitia Casta wore a low-cut pink number

Floor-length and fabulous: Swiss model Julia Saner wore a dramatic black gown (left), while Charlie Chaplin's granddaughter Keira Chaplin wore a glittering silver number

She wrote: Well here is the moment of truth! Mrs. Prada made a dress specifically 4 me, so I'm excited 2 hear what u think of it.
'Its definitely gonna be... Different from the other Cannes dresses... Very special. Well, here I go!!!
'But when Muccia makes u a dress personally, u wear it! Lol! Its SUPER chic, no frou frou, no fuss, no lace, just straight up awesomeness!'
Meanwhile, French model Casta wore a stunning low-cut pink dress, while Dutch supermodel Doutzen Kroes - who is representing L'Oreal at the festival - appeared in a simple black number.

Presenting our film: The French cast of La Conquete (The Conquest) stands on the steps of Le Palais

Best way to mend a broken heart: Newly single Bar Refaeli hits up Cannes with her gorgeous girlfriends

There is no better way to put a break up behind you than hitting the party scene with you girlfriends – which exactly what Bar Refaeli has been doing in Cannes this week.

The 25-year-old beauty was joined by her model mates at the Roberto Cavalli party last night and appeared to have put her recent split from Leonardo Di Caprio behind her.

Bar looked stunning in a short gold embellished dress which showed off her trim figure which the model had teamed with a pair of nude heels.

Golden girl: Bar Refaeli put her recent split from Leonardo Di Caprio behind her for the night at least as she attended the Roberto Cavalli party in Cannes last night

With her blonde locks touseled into lose waves falling around her face the model had added a splash of rouge to her lips for the glitzy party to celebrate the opening of the fashion designer’s latest boutique in the French city.

The model was seen partying with fellow gorgeous girls Irina Shayk, who is currently dating Cristiano Ronaldo and George Clooney’s girlfriend Elisabetta Canalis.

But the men were nowhere to be seen for the girls night out and the gorgeous girl group were seen sampling the drinks on offer as well as hitting the dance floor to party the night away.

Girls night: Bar was seen partying with gorgeous girls including Elisabetta Canalis and Irina Shayk at the event which celebrated the opening of the fashion designer's latest boutique

Also in attendance at the decadent event were Rolling Stones rocker Ronnie Wood and his girlfriend Ana and French model Laetita Casta and fiancé Stefano Accorsi.

Bar has been hitting up the red carpet across the Film Festival held in the South of France and earlier in the week she was seen showing off her long limbs in a super short black and blue sequinned dress.

The Israeli born star put her best fashion foot forward at the Diamonds Are A Girls Best Friend party which was put on by jewellers Chopard and put on a huge smile despite her recent break up.

Forget about the boys: Bar and Elisabetta were seen hitting the dance floor together

After weeks of speculation, it was reported last week that DiCaprio and Bar ended their on-off six year relationship amicably.

Rumours first surfaced that all was not well when Leo failed to accompany her to the Met Gala in New York a few weeks ago, instead spending the night carousing at city hotspot Top of the Standard.

Leggy lovely: Bar was seen leaving the luxury yacht with a girlfriend later in the evening

Apparently, after more than six years of being an on and off couple the pair are said to have decided they didn’t want to settle down.

A source told the New York Post newspaper: 'It was amicable, they're still friends and they are still talking. They just grew apart and went their separate ways.

'I've learned to respect my body': Ronald Reagan's daughter Patti Davis poses nude at 58

A former Playboy pin-up, she is no stranger to nudity.

But posing naked at 58 years old is a daring feat for anyone, even someone like Patti Davis.

The often controversial and liberal daughter of former President Ronald Reagan has appeared in More magazine in order to celebrate having a body that she is happy with and one which took so long to achieve and accept.

Her body is a temple: Patti Davis, daughter of Ronald Reagan, poses nude for More magazine at 58 years old

Addicted to drugs since she was 15, she said at one time her 'body was wasted, muscles thin and barely visible'.

When she finally quit drugs in her late twenties she said she 'grabbed onto some rope in her heart that she didn't even know was there' and resolved to get back into shape and health.

Reagan's funeral: Patti did not speak to her famous family for years but reconciled with them towards the end of her father's life as he battled with Alzheimers

Speaking to the magazine she said: 'In 1986, I walked into World Gym in Venice, California—at that time, a small, funky space that women typically did not enter, except for a few female bodybuilders.

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'At age 34 I’d left the tights-and-leg-warmers world of Jane Fonda’s Workout to come to a hardcore, pumping-iron, no-frills place, having decided I wanted more muscles,
more strength. And no more pink leg warmers.

'I had a very clear idea of what and whom I wanted to see in the mirror, and I had a long way to go.'

'I found myself staring and realized this was the image of who I wanted to be. She was confident and proud, her muscles were lean, defined and beautifully sculpted.

'I thought, someday I want to feel that I deserve to pose nude like that. Not yet, but someday.'

Ironically, one of the first things that greeted her when she walked into the gym was a nude image of bodybuilder Lisa Lyon.

She said: 'I found myself staring and realized this was the image of who I wanted to be. She was confident and proud, her muscles were lean, defined and beautifully sculpted.

'I thought, someday I want to feel that I deserve to pose nude like that. Not yet, but someday.'

Patti worked on her body over months and years and said that though she became strong and fit, she often had times when she did not like what she saw in the mirror.

She said: 'I used to tell myself, how dare you feel insecure, look at the abdominal muscles centring your body, look at your legs, which can run miles and push heavy weights.

Happier times: A Reagan family portrait from 1985, showing Nancy and Ronald Reagan, front centre, and Patti Davis, far right

'Look at the power reflected there and feed off that. The body I had once disrespected, that I had ruined with drugs, was now my therapist.'

When Patti was 42, in 1994, she was asked to pose for Playboy at a time when most of the Playboy models were half her age.
But finally the moment that she promised herself, that Lisa Lyon's moment, had come.
She told More: 'I wanted what I’d envisioned all those years earlier, and I wasn’t willing to compromise. I knew, given my reputation as the rebellious First Daughter - although
my father was out of office by then - that I’d get criticized for doing Playboy, but I didn’t care.
'I wasn’t doing this to spite my parents, I was doing it for me. This was my victory lap.
This was standing naked in front of the world when it was a miracle that I was even still in the world.
'I am proof that it isn’t that easy to die, because from the age of 15, well into my twenties, I was working on dying. Most addicts are.'
Now, at 58, she said that working out is still a priority for her and as natural as brushing her teeth.
When her kick boxing instructor told her that she looks better now than she did when she posed her Playboy she decided she would do another shoot.
The resulting photos portray a woman half her age and is a testament to the fruits of her labour.
She insists that she has had no work done from the neck down but admits that she did have a facelift when she was 50.
However she does recognise that her body is changing and that her 58 years is most prevalent on her elbows.
She said: 'I’m quite upset with my elbows. If you took a close-up photo of them, you’d think, "Wow, very old person".
'There is actually a plastic surgery procedure for tightening the skin on the elbows, but that seems a bit excessive to me, not to mention costly.
'I risked everything in my teens and twenties. I risked my health and even my life. I got both back through determination and hard work. I’ve now learned to respect time as the precious commodity that it is, and I’ve learned to respect my body.'
Read the full article in the June issue of More magazine.

Strauss-Kahn quits as IMF chief as infamous Manhattan madam claims he paid her $2,500 for her escort girls

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Head of the IMF Dominique Strauss-Kahn sensationally quit his post today, amid fresh claims that he paid an infamous brothel madam $2,500 for escort girls.
Kristin Davis, 35, claimed the IMF chief used the services of Wicked Models twice in 2006.
The Frenchman, who was not in the IMF post at the time, was believed to have been referred to the brothel owner by Irma Nici, a Bosnian prostitute who had been living in Paris, according to The Times newspaper.
Ms Nici - also linked with Davis’s most famous client, the former New York governor Eliot Spitzer - recently claimed to have slept with David Beckham. The footballer denies the allegation. Mr Spitzer, who is now an anchor for CNN, was forced to resign from the role in 2008 when the scandal was made public.

Escorts: Kristin Davis, 35, claims the IMF chief used the services of her Wicked Models agency twice in 2006

According to The Times, Strauss-Kahn - who is currently on remand in New York accused of the attempted rape of a hotel chambermaid - called Davis in the third week of January 2006 to request an 'all American' girl, and paid £1,500 ($2,400) for two hours with her.
'He paid in cash', she was quoted as saying. 'The first girl I sent to him said he was aggressive and didn’t want to be back with him again.'
In his letter of resignation released by the IMF, Strauss-Kahn said: 'I deny with the greatest possible firmness all of the allegations that have been made against me,'
Speaking about her alleged liaison with the IMF boss, Ms Nici told the Daily Mail: 'Strauss-Kahn was rough and aggressive, however he maintained a certain level of decorum because he was dealing with an agency.
'The girls said he was pushy, overly grabby and forceful. He did not rape anyone. However, at $1,000 or more an hour, we expected the clients to behave like gentlemen, not animals.'
She said she had spoken out about him because of the new allegations that he violently attacked a New York hotel maid.
'I have spent three years protecting the men on my client list - however, I will no longer protect those that abuse women,' she added.
Davis sent him a second escort, a Brazilian girl, in September 2006 who made no complaint about Strauss-Kahn’s behaviour. The economist was in New York at the time for a conference arranged by Bill Clinton.
Davis was later jailed for prostitution offences, spending five months at the Rikers Island prison where Strauss-Kahn is currently being held.
She last year procured 23,000 signatures in support of her candidacy as an independent challenger for New York Governor to Andrew Cuomo - the incumbent.

 

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IMF officials have been urging Strauss-Kahn to stand down as head of the global finance body but admit it is difficult to communicate with him as he is in prison.
The IMF’s head is traditionally a European but developing countries were pushing for a change even before this scandal erupted.

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Dominique Strauss-Kahn's booking photo, released on an NYPD prisoner movement slip

Candidates and their supporters in various countries are now vying for the post, including former Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
Mr Brown is the fourth favourite - at 8/1 - for the post with the bookmaker William Hill.
He comes behind Axel Weber, the German Bundesbank president; Montek Singh Ahluwalia, an Indian civil servant; and the favourite – Kemal Dervis, the former Turkish finance minister.
Others who have been touted include the French finance minister Christine Lagarde and Josef Ackermann, the Swiss chief of Deutsche Bank.
Meanwhile, in grainy black and white, the mugshot of one of the world's most powerful men was released by the NYPD today.
Dominique Strauss-Kahn's mouth is set in the image, his gaze averted. He appears to be wearing a jacket and a light-coloured shirt.
The booking photo was found in a prisoner movement slip released by the NYPD today, as it emerged his lawyers are asking for him to be released on a $1million cash bail.
A bail hearing is set to be held for the IMF chief tomorrow, court officials have said.
Defence lawyers want him released on $1 million cash bail and placed under 24-hour home detention with electronic monitoring, court papers showed on Wednesday.
Strauss-Kahn's state-wide criminal justice system code (NYSID) number is 09132366L.
The document emerged as the hotel maid who has accused Strauss-Khan of a vicious sex attack is set to testify in front of a grand jury today.

Resignation: A copy of the letter Strauss-Kahn sent to the IMF in which he says he wants to devote all his energies to proving his innocence

Part of the system: The image was included on this prisoner movement slip released by NYPD today

Jeffrey Shapiro, the lawyer acting for the woman, said his client will say 'there was nothing consensual' about the assault that allegedly took place at New York's Sofitel Hotel on Saturday.
The line coupled with new physical evidence is thought to be an effort to quash Strauss-Khan's likely line of defence, that the maid did consent to sex.
It also emerged today that just one hour after Strauss-Kahn left the Times Square hotel at 12.30pm on Saturday, hotel staff phoned police about the attack.

Hitting back: Jeffrey Shapiro, the lawyer for the hotel maid said the woman will testify against the IMF boss before a grand jury

Meanwhile NYPD investigators are DNA-testing samples of fluid they found in the $3,000-a-night suite that Strauss-Khan had been staying in.
The maid showed them where she had spat after the Frenchman allegedly forced her to perform oral sex, according to CBS News.
Police also say they have checked information from the suite door's electronic card reader which indicates the woman came into the room but didn't shut the door, as is hotel policy.
This proves the maid was in the room to work, not have consensual sex, investigators told the news station.
Described as a 'good Muslim' by a close friend the maid was an asylum seeker from Guinea - one of the poorest countries in Africa.
She was granted asylum, according to lawyer Mr Shapiro, and netted the job at the prestigious Sofitel in order to support her now 15-year-old teen daughter.
If she had been earning Guinea's average annual wage of $1,000, it would have taken her three years to stay just one night in the suite where the alleged attack took place.
Mr Shapiro said yesterday that the maid had no idea there was a man inside the suite she went into clean or that he was a famous French politician.
She was now 'alone in the world' after her life had been 'turned upside down' by the alleged attack,' he said.
'She can't go home, she can't go back to work. This has been nothing short of a cataclysmic event in her life,' he added.
He also dismissed suggestions by Strauss-Khan's legal team that the woman had made up charges or is trying to cover up a consensual encounter.

Denied: Strauss-Khan, right, was denied $1million bail offered by his lawyer Benjamin Brafman, left, at his arraignment hearing this week

'This is nothing other than a physical, sexual assault by this man on this young woman,' he said.
'What (Strauss-Kahn) might be able to get away with in some countries, he can't here in this country.'

International coverage: Mr Shapiro said the maid felt she was 'alone in the world' and that her life had been 'turned upside down' since the allegations emerged

Strauss-Khan has denied all of the charges against him, which include sex abuse, a criminal sex act, unlawful imprisonment and forcible touching.
His lawyer Benjamin Brafman said he is confident his client will be exonerated once all the physical evidence is collected at his arraignment on Monday.
Strauss-Khan is currently on suicide watch at Rikers Island prison where he is being held without bail after a judge turned down a $1million offer at the hearing in Manhattan's Criminal Court.
Norman Seabrook, president of the correction officers union, said Strauss-Kahn did or said something during a mental health evaluation that concerned doctors, and he is being monitored day and night.
A law enforcement official, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of prisoner medical information, said Strauss-Kahn had not tried to harm himself.
Because he is such a high profile person Strauss-Khan has been placed in a cell on his own at the notorious prison complex.
Meanwhile calls for the 62-year-old to step down as head of the powerful International Monetary Fund, intensified with U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner saying Strauss-Kahn 'is obviously not in a position to run' the agency.