Nicky Hilton exudes glamour in a blue thigh-split satin gown as she poses on the red carpet at Cannes Film Festival’s The Count of Monte Cristo premiere

Nicky Hilton put on a very glamorous display as she arrived on the red carpet for the premiere of The Count Of Monte Cristo at the 77th Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday.

The socialite, 40, turned heads in a plunging light blue satin dress, with a daring thigh-high slit and diamond waist detail.

She upped her height in silver strappy heels and accessorized with matching jewelry, while her blonde locks were styled into a neat bun.

Paris Hilton’s sister, who Lily-Grace shares with her banker husband James Rothschild, 38, is staying at the iconic Hotel Martinez while she is in France.

Cannes is the world’s largest film festival, first conceived in 1939 as an alternative to the then fascist-influenced Venice Film Festival.

It has been held annually since 1946, except for 1948 and 1950, when it was canceled due to lack of funds.

The festival is known for its carefully selected program of films that achieved Oscar success or launched the careers of directors such as Quentin Tarantino.

Cannes’ top prize is the Palme d’Or, or Palme d’Or, whose previous winners include Taxi Driver, Apocalypse Now, Pulp Fiction, The Pianist and Parasite.

Jane Campion became the first female director to win the award in 1993 with The Piano, followed by a gap of almost three decades until Julia Ducournau received the award for Titane in 2021.

Last year, Justine Triet became only the third female director to receive the award with Anatomy of a Fall.

There is also an honorary Palme d’Or, which is awarded in recognition of notable bodies of work, including Harrison Ford, Jane Fonda and Clint Eastwood.

There are two honorees this year: George Lucas of “Star Wars” and “Indiana Jones,” and Japanese animation legend Studio Ghibli, the first group to receive the award.

Other awards include the Grand Prix, Jury Prize, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Screenplay and Best Short Film.

The Cannes Film Festival officially kicked off on Tuesday evening as celebrities walked the red carpet to the luxurious Grand Theater Lumiere in honor of Hollywood actor Meryl Streep before settling in to watch this year’s opening film, The Second Act.

Almost as prestigious as winning the Palme d’Or, the top prize of the Cannes Film Festival, is being part of the jury that chooses the winner.

Artists from all over the world who have made a name for themselves in their field are chosen to serve on the jury, with one member appointed as jury chairman.

This year’s jury chairman, American director Greta Gerwig, comes to Cannes after the huge success last summer of Barbie.

She is the first female American director to serve as jury president, taking over from the head of the 2023 jury, Triangle of Sadness director and two-time Palme d’Or winner Ruben Ostlund of Sweden.

Lily Gladstone, the breakout star of Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon, returns to Cannes after becoming the first Indian woman to be nominated for an Oscar and win a Golden Globe award for her performance.

Turkish photographer, actor and screenwriter Ebru Ceylan, one of the writers of the 2014 Palme d’Or-winning film Winter Sleep, is a familiar face at the festival.

Her first short film, On the Edge, was selected for entry into Cannes in 1998, and she has co-written several main competition films, including About Dry Grasses, Three Monkeys and The Wild Pear Tree.

As one of the few women to have starred in a James Bond film, French actor Eva Green is also on the jury.

She has an eclectic resume with Ridley Scott’s Kingdom of Heaven, small-scale projects like Nocebo and TV series Penny Dreadful.

Spanish director Juan Antonio Bayona, twelve-time winner of the prestigious Spanish Goya Awards, is on the jury.

He rose to international fame in 2007 with his first feature-length horror film The Orphanage, produced by award-winning Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro.

His latest, the survival drama and Netflix hit “Society of the Snow,” earned the director an Oscar nomination for best international feature film at this year’s ceremony.

After making a name for herself with 2018’s Capernaum, which earned her Golden Globe, BAFTA and Oscar nominations, Lebanese director and screenwriter Nadine Labaki, who has long had ties to Cannes, adds jury member to her list of accolades.

Pierfrancesco Favino, one of Italy’s most famous actors with a parallel Hollywood career, is no stranger to Cannes. He appeared in the competition films The Traitor, directed by Marco Bellocchio, and Mario Martone’s Nostalgia and is now on the jury.

Acclaimed Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda, winner of the 2018 Palme d’Or for Shoplifters, who also received an Oscar nomination, returns as a jury member of the main competition after his film Monster won the best film at the festival last year. scenario won.

With a Cesar award – the French equivalent of an Oscar – to his name for The Intouchables and several successful blockbusters, French actor Omar Sy is a Cannes veteran.

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