Here’s the official video of director Sofia Coppola & the cast receiving a standing ovation at the end of the screening of “The Beguiled” in Cannes. The video also shows them departing the Theatre. Jesse (who sat behind Kirsten during the screening) looks very dapper in his suit!

Earlier this evening the World Premiere of “The Beguiled” was held at the Cannes Film Festival. Here is the official video of the premiere.

Earlier today at the Cannes Film Festival the photocall & press conference for “The Beguiled” were held. Director Sofia Coppola attended with Kirsten & her co-stars Nicole Kidman, Colin Farrell, Elle Fanning, Angourie Rice & Addison Riecke.

Here are the official videos of the photocall & press conference plus a video of an interview with Sofia & most of the cast.

The World Premiere of “The Beguiled” will be held tomorrow (Wednesday) at the Cannes Film Festival. The premiere will screen at the Grand Théâtre Lumière at 7.00 pm local time.

Earlier in the day a photocall & press conference for the film will be held. Director Sofia Coppola & all the main cast will be attending all three events.

Live coverage of each event can be viewed at the Festival de Cannes official website, & you will also be able to watch videos of any events you miss here.

On April 10th the Paris based luxury jeweller “House of Chaumet” held a Gala at the Rosewood Hotel in Beijing to celebrate the opening of their “Imperial Splendour” Exhibition in the city. Kirsten attended the Gala & I’ve added 20 pics to the gallery.

Here’s a short video of Kirsten talking about Chaumet jewellery during her stay in Beijing.

Sofia Coppola met her muse Kirsten Dunst in 1998. The actress was just 16 at the time, & the 27-year-old daughter of Francis Ford Coppola was about to make her directorial debut with “The Virgin Suicides,” based on a novel that she loved. Dunst was so innocent, she brought her mom along to chaperone their initial conversation. “I was a little nervous,” she says. “It was my first adult role!”

So much of Hollywood is filtered through the male gaze. But Coppola, who tells stories from the perspectives of her heroines, immediately put Dunst at ease. “She was always a good influence on me as a young woman,” Dunst says, recalling a compliment that Coppola once paid her that she never forgot. “She said to me, ‘I love your teeth; don’t ever fix your teeth.’ I remember doing a ‘Spider-Man’ movie later, and one of the producers was like, ‘I need to take you to the dentist!’ They even fixed my teeth on the poster. But I just knew I was never doing that. Sofia is the chicest, coolest girl, and she thinks my teeth are great.” At the risk of sounding “a little corny,” Dunst adds, “She gave me confidence in little things that I wouldn’t necessarily have had.”

Coppola & Dunst are the rare female duo in an industry ruled by men and notable for director-actor teams like Marty & Leo, Spielberg & Hanks, Tarantino & Samuel L. Jackson. These two women have fostered an unbreakable bond over the past two decades and four movies. “I feel big-sisterly to her,” Coppola says, sipping a mint tea near her home in New York, where she raises her two kids.

Both spent their formative years on movie sets — one as a young actress (“Interview With the Vampire,” “Little Women,” “Jumanji”), the other as the observant daughter of a famous director. After 1999’s “Virgin Suicides,” they reteamed on Coppola’s 2006 period drama “Marie Antoinette.” Dunst even popped up seven years later in a cameo in “The Bling Ring,” as herself. And now the two are headed to Cannes with Coppola’s latest endeavor “The Beguiled,” a Southern gothic thriller that will premiere at the film festival later this month & debut in theaters June 23.

When Coppola first met with Dunst for “The Virgin Suicides,” she was drawn to a particular quality — a depth beneath her all-American-girl looks. For “Marie Antoinette,” which Coppola wrote with Dunst in mind, she liked that her actress could blend in with the 18th-century corsets and wigs. “She has a German background,” Dunst says. “She’s part of that world.”

Coppola decided to cast Dunst against type in “The Beguiled,” as a shy teacher at a girls’ school who befriends a wounded Civil War soldier (Colin Farrell) taking shelter there. “I like casting her in this because it’s so opposite her personality,” Coppola says. “This character is so oppressed and she’s not at all.”

All these years later, Coppola, 46, still feels protective of Dunst, 35. When it came to directing a love scene between Dunst & Farrell, Coppola wanted to make sure Dunst was comfortable. She kept it short, and both actors kept their clothes on. “Having that sex scene with Colin is so not Sofia’s style, even though it’s brief,” Dunst says. “She gets embarrassed for me, which is funny because she’s my director.”

The ease & respect the two share was evident at their Variety photo shoot at the Houdini Estate in Laurel Canyon. They bantered nonstop, as they cracked each other up between shots. Just as the session was about to begin, Dunst noticed they were wearing nearly identical gold watches, & in a sweetly deferential gesture, she took hers off & handed it to an assistant.

Ramin Setoodeh, Variety.com

The above is part of a longer article featured in the May 16th edition of Variety magazine. You can read the full article here.

The magazine also features a lovely photoshoot of Kirsten & Sofia by photographer Yu Tsai. I’ve added pics from the photoshoot & also the magazine cover to the gallery.

Here’s the intriguing first trailer for “Woodshock”. The film will be released in North America on September 15th. Can’t wait!

Here’s the official trailer for “The Beguiled”.

Sofia Coppola has directed a series of videos for the Spring 2017 Calvin Klein women’s underwear collection . The black and white videos feature actresses and models wearing items from the collection. Kirsten appears in the main promotional video, and her own ‘Kirsten’ video. You can watch both these videos below as well as two short interviews with Kirsten done during filming.

A quick personal update – I should have my new computer by the weekend so will hopefully be able to update the gallery within the next week or so.

Yesterday Kirsten attended the CinemaCon 2017 “Focus Features Presentation” at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Kirsten was joined by Sofia Coppola & Colin Farrell for the premiere of the new trailer for “The Beguiled” (The trailer hasn’t been released online yet).

I’ll be adding pics to the gallery later this evening but in the meantime here’s a short video of Kirsten at CinemaCon.