CANNES - The Hollywood Reporter

MAY 18, 2013
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A Real-Life
Bling Ring
Rocks Cannes
By Gary Baum and Rhonda Richford
In a scene out of To Catch a
Thief, Chopard jewels worth
more than $1 million have
been stolen during the festival,
though from a less glamorous
setting than in the classic film,
which took place at the Carlton.
They were taken from the Suite
Novotel Cannes Centre far from
the Croisette. Thieves broke
into the room of an American
employee of Chopard late Thursday
or early Friday; police believe
the entrance was made through
an unoccupied adjoining room.
Cannes police tell THR the
value of the stolen jewelry was
about $1.4 million, and that an
entire safe was taken. The police
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Weinstein Hawks
His Contenders
By Gregg Kilday
It might as well have been
the unofficial start of the
2013 Oscar race. In what has
become an annual Cannes ritual,
impresario Harvey Weinstein summoned
a crowd full of press and
buyers Friday night to the Majestic
for a show-and-tell spotlighting
upcoming features from The
Weinstein Co.
Admitting that when he and his
brother Bob first tried to re-create
the success they had enjoyed at
Miramax by founding TWC seven
years ago, they hit a rocky patch,
Chaos erupted shortly after 8 p.m.
on Friday in front of the Martinez
when a man fired a pellet gun
while also carrying a suspicious
device in the midst of a crowd
gathered to watch a live Canal
Plus TV interview between
well-known French host Michel
Denisot and Christoph Waltz.
The 1 Percent’s New
Hot Investment: Film
As the rich get richer, they flood Cannes looking for better returns
on their millions with at least four new financing companies:
‘You’ll get 5 … 10 percent’ By Pamela McClintock and Scott Roxborough
A
flurry of new film financing
ventures are being
announced in Cannes this
year as the rich get richer and
realize the independent film business
can provide a better return
than traditional investment routes.
On Friday, former indie agent
Cassian Elwes, who has become a
prolific financier and producer,
and Robert Ogden Barnum (who
did gigs at Benaroya Pictures and
Annapurna Pictures) announced
the launch of e2b Capital. Working
with producers, talent agen-
cies and foreign sales companies,
e2b will arrange equity financing,
gap financing and other debt
solutions for 10 to 12 titles a year.
The L.A.-based venture will be
backed by five yet-to-be revealed
production companies with access
to equity, Elwes and Barnum tell
The Hollywood Reporter. The duo
have collaborated on a number
of films in the past several years
and are in Cannes to celebrate the
world premiere of J.C. Chandor’s
All is Lost, starring Robert Redford,
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IN THIS ISSUE
The Chic Life of
Fest ‘It’ Girl
Fan Bingbing ......................17
How Major
Players Fight
Major Jet Lag ....................28
Secrets of
the Call Girl
Economy
at Cannes ...................................32
Dining:
Where to Be Seen
& Where to Hide ..........38
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