KEE@FSWMAG.COM
CANNES IS SO AWASHED WITH STARS AND CELEBRITIES IT WAS NOT DIFFICULT TO BUMP INTO ONE OR TWO EVERY NIGHT.
Last night, I went with Kassandra Kassim's Newsmakers Unplugged (this series will air sometime in August 2013 on StarWorld channel) to 3 clubs and bumped into Paris Hilton and her entourage (since when do superstars travel alone?) at Mega-Luna club.
The party at Mega-Luna club was organised by Torch Entertainment which is owned by Jonny Dodge, London's top impresario, highend event organiser and party planner.
Jonny Dodge is co-owner of top people's club Aura at posh Mayfair together with Tan Sri Tony Fernandes of AirAsia. Jonny Dodge is also the London partner of Dato Nancy Yeoh who helped her organise STYLOlympics last year.
Dodge is involved in organising some of Cannes' swankiest parties under his Torch company. And Mega Luna is one such venue. It is basically a temporary tent set by the beach, literally next to the sea as I could see the banks of sand piled high as buffer in case a storm sends high waves crashing into the dance floor.
The beaches of Cannes are lined with white tents sponsored by big companies promoting their goods and services.
I first went to La Plage Orange or The Orange Beach Club where Moet & Chandon flowed as endless as the Mediterranean sea. There was no show but the food and champagne more than made up for it. I danced a bit and some clubbers took my photos as usual.
Then the Newsmakers Unplugged gang and I walked 5 minutes to another tent which was the Mega Luna club.
The deejay was Mark Ronson one of the world's best and was an attraction. However the star was Paris Hilton who sat in the VIP table with 6 friends and surrounded by 3 burly body guards.
I took photos of Paris Hilton enjoying herself as she stood and danced and laughed. One or two of her friends waved at me to stop taking photos which irked me so I carried on. After all, she posed for me at Nice Airport as we arrived on the same plane!
A waiter then came to me and said I must stop or I had to leave Mega Luna. So I said something in Hokkien to him and stormed off in a huff and puff.
As the Newsmakers Unplugged table was 12 feet away, I started plotting. At the rate Paris Hilton was drinking, er, orange juice and mineral water, I calculated she had to go to the loo within the next 30 minutes.
True enough, to be continued as now off party!
Sunday, May 19, 2013
Saturday, May 18, 2013
CANNES' CANNY EVENTS
KEE@FSWMAG.COM
This Golden Palm award by Chopard is given to the best movie at Cannes Film Festival
CANNES IS FULL OF EXCITEMENT AND WHY NOT?
Cannes is now in the midst of the 66th Cannes Film Festival and I am mingling with the rich and famous!
Already there has been 2 bigtime dramas---thieves stole RM 5 million worth of jewels from Chopard and last night there was an even bigger drama when 2 stars were shot at point blank but luckily the bullets were blanks!
I was strolling on Croisette, the world famous and super expensive boulevard when the shooting occurred. Of course I didn't know the shooting was happening but to think I was there within hundreds of metres of the shooting which happened during a live broadcast!
No wonder I told Dato Nancy Yeoh who was with me that so many tuxedoed men and glammed women were leaving the Festival Palace where the red carpet event was going on! Now I realised they were probably fleeing just in case there were more mad men shooting blanks!
If the bullets were blanks, they could have been real live ones too! And the dummy grenade could also have been real since the knife was genuine.
As it is, nerves are frayed as tourists and visitors and even locals living in Cannes worry about getting caught in the cross-fire! If the psycho mad man who fired blanks had used real bullets, innocent bystanders could also have been shot!
The Chopard jewels were stolen unseen when the room occupant was having dinner and attending parties. No one was hurt and no shots fired but this shooting by the beach could have turned fatal with death and destruction!
But being the brave and heroic type, I am staying put in Cannes! I came here with Kassandra Kassim's Newsmakers Unplugged team on 15 May and will leave on 25 May for Paris and then home to Kuala Lumpur on 28 May.
The casino faces the sea
Tents lining the beach where parties are held nightly. On any night there are at least a dozen parties!
View from Croisette
Looks a bit like Beverly Hills
Lovely sunset
Croisette was made for a promenade!
Carlton hotel is decorated with The Great Gatsby posters
The Great Gatsby is larger than life and so are the posters
Suitable wheel for Croisette
The posh Carlton hotel
Movie posters line the hotel facade
The Great Gatsby posters were the most prominent
The Great Gatsby posters at Carlton hotel
Stately palm trees and Great Gatsby posters decorate the facade of Carlton hotel
The newsflash was not real!
This AMG babe is for real!
I almost fainted when I saw this Bugatti car! This is one of the world's rarest cars and the billionaire Arab owner flew it in inside his private jet as he could not hire one in all of France!
This babe was hoping the owner would give her a ride...
She thought her long legs would match the Bugatti's long wheelbase...
The owner kicked the girl aside and offered me a lift instead!
He drove the Bugatti to one side so I could enter as he was blocking the hotel's entrance
This is the Arab number plate of the Bugatti
How everyone admired and drooled over the Bugatti!
Sunset at Croisette
Babylon cannot be that famous if it has to claim the title itself so but then I do this myself
Beauty and the Beast in architecture! The Carlton is so majestic and elegant and this block of cheap looking, downmarket flats look like an accident! The City Hall should tear down this eyesore
The lovely Miramar
The Miramar is also very luxurious
The world famous Martinez is now a Grand Hyatt
Very de nice
Dato Nancy Yeoh and Frank Nelwan
Free live concert by the beach
Some say the Monsters and Great Gatsby are same-same, sama-sama!
A bit of Las Vegas does no harm
This gorgeous fur coat by Fendi costs RM 125,000!
DSquared proposes these baju for the Best Actress
Christian Dior
Christian Dior
Majestic Barriere hotel
Majestic Barriere hotel
The Golden Palm award by Chopard
Dramatic gear by Montclere
Montclere
Nice face gear by Montclere
The Festival Hall where the red carpet events are held nightly but the shooting drama left the photo stands empty as the pixmen rushed to the shooting scene by the beach
But the red carpet went on
The significance of the kissing couple is beyond me
This handsome young man was supposed to be in The Great Gatsby as many girls were waiting to be photographed with him
He certainly looked the part but someone whispered to me he was just a student and this was a scam just for larks
If your movie was rejected by Cannes Film Festival, you can always set up your own premiere by the roadside and show your own movie to the public!
This costs RM 20,000
Casino
100% electric car by Renault
This car was made for midgets
Miraculously 2 big Americans managed to squeeze themselves in!
One driver only
The latest summer suit look! Make sure your legs are shaved though
THE END
This Golden Palm award by Chopard is given to the best movie at Cannes Film Festival
CANNES IS FULL OF EXCITEMENT AND WHY NOT?
Cannes is now in the midst of the 66th Cannes Film Festival and I am mingling with the rich and famous!
Already there has been 2 bigtime dramas---thieves stole RM 5 million worth of jewels from Chopard and last night there was an even bigger drama when 2 stars were shot at point blank but luckily the bullets were blanks!
I was strolling on Croisette, the world famous and super expensive boulevard when the shooting occurred. Of course I didn't know the shooting was happening but to think I was there within hundreds of metres of the shooting which happened during a live broadcast!
No wonder I told Dato Nancy Yeoh who was with me that so many tuxedoed men and glammed women were leaving the Festival Palace where the red carpet event was going on! Now I realised they were probably fleeing just in case there were more mad men shooting blanks!
If the bullets were blanks, they could have been real live ones too! And the dummy grenade could also have been real since the knife was genuine.
As it is, nerves are frayed as tourists and visitors and even locals living in Cannes worry about getting caught in the cross-fire! If the psycho mad man who fired blanks had used real bullets, innocent bystanders could also have been shot!
The Chopard jewels were stolen unseen when the room occupant was having dinner and attending parties. No one was hurt and no shots fired but this shooting by the beach could have turned fatal with death and destruction!
But being the brave and heroic type, I am staying put in Cannes! I came here with Kassandra Kassim's Newsmakers Unplugged team on 15 May and will leave on 25 May for Paris and then home to Kuala Lumpur on 28 May.
The casino faces the sea
Tents lining the beach where parties are held nightly. On any night there are at least a dozen parties!
View from Croisette
Looks a bit like Beverly Hills
Lovely sunset
Croisette was made for a promenade!
Carlton hotel is decorated with The Great Gatsby posters
The Great Gatsby is larger than life and so are the posters
Suitable wheel for Croisette
The posh Carlton hotel
Movie posters line the hotel facade
The Great Gatsby posters were the most prominent
The Great Gatsby posters at Carlton hotel
Stately palm trees and Great Gatsby posters decorate the facade of Carlton hotel
The newsflash was not real!
This AMG babe is for real!
I almost fainted when I saw this Bugatti car! This is one of the world's rarest cars and the billionaire Arab owner flew it in inside his private jet as he could not hire one in all of France!
This babe was hoping the owner would give her a ride...
She thought her long legs would match the Bugatti's long wheelbase...
The owner kicked the girl aside and offered me a lift instead!
He drove the Bugatti to one side so I could enter as he was blocking the hotel's entrance
This is the Arab number plate of the Bugatti
How everyone admired and drooled over the Bugatti!
Sunset at Croisette
Babylon cannot be that famous if it has to claim the title itself so but then I do this myself
Beauty and the Beast in architecture! The Carlton is so majestic and elegant and this block of cheap looking, downmarket flats look like an accident! The City Hall should tear down this eyesore
The lovely Miramar
The Miramar is also very luxurious
The world famous Martinez is now a Grand Hyatt
Very de nice
Dato Nancy Yeoh and Frank Nelwan
Free live concert by the beach
Some say the Monsters and Great Gatsby are same-same, sama-sama!
A bit of Las Vegas does no harm
This gorgeous fur coat by Fendi costs RM 125,000!
DSquared proposes these baju for the Best Actress
Christian Dior
Christian Dior
Majestic Barriere hotel
Majestic Barriere hotel
The Golden Palm award by Chopard
Dramatic gear by Montclere
Montclere
Nice face gear by Montclere
The Festival Hall where the red carpet events are held nightly but the shooting drama left the photo stands empty as the pixmen rushed to the shooting scene by the beach
But the red carpet went on
The significance of the kissing couple is beyond me
This handsome young man was supposed to be in The Great Gatsby as many girls were waiting to be photographed with him
He certainly looked the part but someone whispered to me he was just a student and this was a scam just for larks
If your movie was rejected by Cannes Film Festival, you can always set up your own premiere by the roadside and show your own movie to the public!
This costs RM 20,000
Casino
100% electric car by Renault
This car was made for midgets
Miraculously 2 big Americans managed to squeeze themselves in!
One driver only
The latest summer suit look! Make sure your legs are shaved though
THE END
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