There’s a new UK poster for Bel Ami starring Robert Pattinson, notable mostly for its exceeding blandness. Luckily, we also have a tv spot, also for the UK market (which you can tell by their use of the word “cinema” instead of theater. Hey, I’m here to help.) as well as a handful of new images! (Lots of sites are proclaiming they have new images, what I find odd is that we’ve had most of them for weeks.)

Directed by Declan Donnellan and Nick Ormerod with the screenplay written by Rachel Bennette, Bel Ami is a period drama set in 1890s Paris. Pattinson is Georges Duroy, a penniless ex-soldier. The film follows his fin de sicle rise to power through his manipulation of  the most influential and wealthy women in Paris, played by Uma Thurman, Christina Ricci, and Kristin Scott Thomas.

Robert Pattinson and beautiful women in and out of period costumes set amid lavish sets and Parisian backdrops. Columbia is distributing in the US but I can’t seem to find out what it’s rated for US release so I don’t know exactly how much we’ll get to see, but I’m assuming there will be a lot of sexual situations. 

Christina Ricci, who plays Clotilde de Marelle, recently told the UK’s Daily Mirror, "You get to see a lot of Rob in the movie. Twi-hards? Is that what they’re called? Yeah they will be happy; he’s naked most of the time." And this fact is not being shouted from the rooftops? Do they want to sell tickets to this thing or not?

Bel Ami had its world premiere in Berlin last week and is set to open here in the US on March 2 and 9^th March in the UK. So we get it first and yet, all of the marketing and promotion is being done in Europe. Who’s in charge here?  Check out the tv spot and the pics. (Try not to short out your keyboard with the drooling.) We'll keep you posted on any new developments.

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Robert Pattinson’s next post-Twilight project, Bel Ami, premiered at the Berlin Film Festival last night. Not sure what was up with that convict hair cut. It’s probably for a role. Either that or he just got fed up with people talking about his hair and not his acting.

His fans certainly didn’t seem to mind. He was MOBBED. A couple of female fans had a sign letting him know that they’d waited thirty hours for his arrival. (Thirty. 3.0. I don’t think I’d wait thirty hours outside in a German February for anyone. Not even Gerard Butler.)

Rob brought along a couple of the feminine forms with which he toys in the movie, Christina Ricci (who’s losing that ‘lollipop-head-on-a-stick’ look.) and Holliday Grainger (The Borgias). I love Grainger’s blue velvet dress. The details are on trend with the ‘Downton Abbey look’ coming off the runways at NY and Paris Fashion Week. He also brought his parents. I love that. (Michael Fassbender brought his parents to the BAFTAs last week, too) He really does look like a combination of the two, doesn’t he? He also brought his GORGEOUS sisters!

Bel Ami tells the story of a young man's rise to power in Paris via his manipulation of the city's most influential and wealthy women. RPattz, of course, plays the young man. His conquests are played in addition to Grainger and Ricci, by Uma Thurman and Kristin Scott Thomas. Bel Ami is set to open in the US on March 2 and in the UK on 9^th March.

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Ooh la la!  Actress Vanessa Hudgens wows the crowd at the Paris premiere of her latest film, Journey 2: The Mysterious Island in a mid-length strapless ivory Moschino number on February 12.  This dress is quite a departure from what we're used to seeing Vanessa in.  It has more of a sophisticated and elegant essence to it.  Love the white-on-white silk embossed paisley design.  Vanessa completed her look with metallic gold Giuseppe Zanotti leather sling backs, Samantha Wills jewels and opaque stockings.  

Mamma mia!  And no, we're not talking about the musical but rather, Elisabetta Canalis when she attended the opening night of the 62th Sanremo Song Festival at the Ariston Theatre in San Remo, Italy on February 14.  Elisabetta struck a stunning silhouette sauntering down the stage steps in this white strapless gown featuring a front pick-up skirt followed by a train.  While I'm not sure who the designer is, I'm guessing it's Roberto Cavalli.  Absolutely gorgeous!

She may be petite, but actress Christina Ricci strikes one of the most memorable red carpet silhouettes that could give any supermodel a run for her money in this stunning black Jonathan Saunders Resort 2012 gown at the 2012 Elle Style Awards at the Savoy Hotel in London, UK on February 13.  The gown features a satin bustier bodice with a sheer pleated overlay and just a hint of a train.  The look says it all:  sexy, sassy, and sophisticated.  (Who needs a flight attendant's uniform?)  And don't forget, Christina is currently starring in the film Bel Ami with hunky Robert Pattinson which opens in theatres today.  

Great gams!  Getting a leg-up on the competition at the 2012 Elle Style Awards in London on February 13 are British model and presenter Lisa Snowdon and British actress Laura Carmichael who both kept it short and sweet.  Lisa Snowdon rocked it in a 60s-inspired pink pastel mini dress with just a hint of a flared skirt that even Twiggy would have approved of.  Meanwhile, Laura Carmichael opted for a more updated mini frock cut in white silk satin with a bejewelled v-neck line, with both ladies completing the look with nude platform pumps.  With legs like these, if you've got it, flaunt it!

No surprises here as Brazilian Victoria's Secret model Isabeli Fontana took home the Best Model award at the 2012 Elle Style Awards.  But before doing so, Isabeli strutted down the red carpet in a figure-hugging pink pastel lace gown by Dolce & Gabbana, accessorizing her look with diamond stud earrings and silver clutch.  But perhaps her best accessory no matter what she's wearing are her stunning blue eyes.  Aren't they gorgeous?

It may be winter, but that didn't stop British model Poppy Delevigne from daring mother earth in a colourful English country-garden inspired mini frock by Mary Katranzou.  (Ahh … I can smell the fresh cut grass now.)  The supermodel gave the Mary Katranzou for Topshop collection its debut at the 2012 Elle Style Awards this past week.  This is a new clothing line and if you love colour, and lots of it, I highly suggest that you check it out at www.ustopshop.com.  Can you imagine a world full of people wearing this much colour?  I can.  

She may have kept it quiet and elegant, but actress Thandie Newton thundered on the red carpet at the 2012 Laureus World Sports Awards this past week in London, U.K.  The actress was sleek and sophisticated in this Grecian-inspired one-shoulder creation by designer Osman.  With just a trace of a gold belt, Roger Vivier clutch, Solange Azagury-Partridge tassel earrings, and sleek and glossy hair, Thandie kept her look sophisticated and trés chic.  Less is definitely more!

That's it for another week happy people.  I hope you enjoyed my picks!  Be sure to return next Friday as I'll have even more great fashion! 

Mark your calendars!  Next Sunday, February 26 is the biggest red carpet event on the planet, the Academy Awards.  And you do know what that means, right?  So be sure to tune in on Monday morning for all my picks from the red carpet.  Until then, have a great weekend and love and peace to you all.

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That’s right all you Twi-hard, Twi-hearts who have already watched your first copy of the Twilight: Breaking Dawn – part one dvd until it melted your machine, here’s a little something to get you psyched for the RPattz’s new movie, Bel Ami.  It’s eleven minutes and fifty eight seconds of footage from the film also featuring Kristin Scott Thomas, Uma Thurman (who looks amazing), Christina Ricci and Holliday Grainger.

“Bel Ami is the story of Georges Duroy (Pattinson), who travels through 1890s Paris, from cockroach ridden garrets to opulent salons, using his wits and powers of seduction to rise from poverty to wealth, from a prostitute’s embrace to passionate trysts with wealthy beauties, in a world where politics and media jostle for influence, where sex is power and celebrity an obsession.”

He may not be playing a vampire but there’s still something stalkerish about Bob in the beginning of this clip. KST might be praying for the strength to resist Georges, but we all know resistance is futile. It seems RPattz is a babe magnet in La Belle Epoch (Edward probably was too) or whatever century he’s in, and to all generations apparently as it’s a seven year old that gives him the nickname ‘Bel Ami’.

Bel Ami opens in the US on March 2 and in the UK on 9th March.

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I should have known, since there was too much activity surrounding Bel Ami, after such a long period of nothing, that a trailer was coming soon! Bel Ami is the latest adaptation of the novel by Guy de Maupassant, starring Robert Pattinson as Georges Duroy, a man of modest means who basically sleeps his way through Parisian high-society during the period known as La Belle Epoque. The women in question are Uma Thurman, Kristin Scott Thomas and Christina Ricci. The costumes and production design are enough to get me into the theater. An international trailer has just dropped today and you can watch it below thanks to MSN.

Bel Ami, directed by Nick Oremerod and Declan Donnellan has been filmed seven times before, dating all the way back to 1919 (although four of those were for French television.) The film also stars Colm Meaney, Holliday Grainger, Philip Glenister, Pip Torrens and James Lance. It finally has a couple of release dates, all in Europe: 2^nd March in the UK, 27^th June in France. Nothing for the US…yet.

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How weird is that? I was just thinking the other day that it had been quite some time since we’d heard anything about Bel Ami, the Nick Oremerod and Declan Donnellan period drama based on a novel by Guy de Maupassant with Robert Pattinson. It’s been since August actually, that we had anything new to bring you. Considering the world-wide megahit that Twilight: Breaking Dawn – part 1 has become (shocker, huh?), you’d think the producers of Bel Ami would want to get a piece of that publicity. Well, today we have some new pics of Pattinson on set in costume and some stills. Also pictured are Holliday Grainger, Christina Ricci and Kristin Scott Thomas.

Well, the movie looks lush anyway. Pattinson stars as Georges Duroy, a man of modest means who basically sleeps his way through Parisian high-society during the period known as La Belle Epoque (the age so wistfully described by Marion Cotilliard in Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris.) The women in question are Uma Thurman, Kristin Scott Thomas and Christina Ricci, so hopefully this one will draw a more mature audience than his sparkly vampire role. Although, who am I kidding? Those emo-vamp flicks didn't make bazillions from the babysitting cash of tweens alone. Therefore, this one has a huge built-in audience. The set design and the costumes are enough to get me into the theater.

Bel Ami has been filmed seven times before, dating all the way back to 1919 (although four of those were for French television.) The film finally has a couple of release dates. 2^nd March in the UK…and Lithuania. 27^th June in France. Nothing for the US…yet.

I'm not one of those that swoons at the mention of RPattz, but I can enable with the best of 'em. Enjoy the pics girls (or whoever…)

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