Sofia Coppola Gossip

The past 48 hours or so of the Kirsten Durst news cycle has been a pre-long weekend gift. We've been treated to new photos and video of Kiki and her fiancé Jesse Plemons as she received her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, which included the public debut of their adorable 15-month-old son Ennis, learned more about their pseudo-Canadian meet-cute, and she put critics and her peers on blast for not recognizing her work early or often enough within her industry. Full Story

And what it is, is a dreamily rendered impressionist drawing room drama, a psycho-sexual thriller buttoned up in a prim and proper façade. Sofia Coppola’s latest meditation on privileged femininity is an adaptation of Thomas Cullinan’s novel of the same title, and it’s a beautiful idea of a terrible time, stirringly acted and flawlessly shot. Full Story

Scarlett Johansson and the cast of Rough Night were at the premiere last night in New York. And over in LA, Nicole Kidman, Kirsten Dunst Full Story

Sofia Coppola won the Best Director prize at the Cannes Film Festival over the weekend and became just the second-ever female filmmaker to receive that honour. It’s a big deal. And if you ask her The Beguiled star Nicole Kidman, she’ll probably say it’s an even bigger deal because, like she noted at the press conference: “Still only about four percent of women directed the major motion pictures of 2016. Full Story

Kirsten Dunst got emotional at the world premiere of The Beguiled in Cannes last night, and shed a happy tear or two while walking the red carpet... just like she said she would minutes earlier. She’s back at the festival a year after serving on the jury, this time earning raves for work in her fourth collaboration with her friend Sofia Coppola Full Story

Cannes 2017 kicks off tomorrow, and the festival seems a bit muted, with a noticeable dimming of star power and no obvious Oscar bait in the line-up. That has to be deliberate—there is a real emphasis on the filmmaker, not the actor, this year. Which is good for the actual quality of the cinema, but a little disappointing for people and batsh*t crazy fashion watching. Full Story

The first trailer for Sofia Coppola’s remake of The Beguiled dropped yesterday and her two muses, Kirsten Dunst Full Story

In Bernalda, Italy, where her grandparents lived and where her father, Francis Ford Coppola, owns an estate. She and her husband Thomas Mars of Phoenix have two children. Sofia wore light purple Azzedine Alaia who hates Anna Wintour and Karl Lagerfeld. Full Story

It was announced a couple of months ago that Natalie Portman is the new face of Miss Dior Cherie. Her topless kitten ad is below. Now the commercial, directed by Sofia Coppola, has been released online. Her face is exquisite. Beautiful lighting. Typical Coppola atmosphere. But what’s it lacking? Something… I can’t put my finger on it. Full Story

Sofia Coppola is presenting Somewhere at the Venice Film Festival. Apparently the Italian media went all Twi-Hard over her arrival. Being a Coppola is a big deal there. Love what she’s wearing. It’s Louis Vuitton of course. Sofia has forever been tight with Marc Jacobs. And that bag she’s carrying is named for her, a Louis Vuitton Sofia Coppola Carryall. Full Story