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| Wedding day in Florence for Kim Kardashian, Kanye West Posted: 24 May 2014 06:29 AM PDT City authorities have confirmed the event, overseen by a Protestant pastor, is taking place in the Forte di Belvedere, set on a hill overlooking the city which the couple have hired for the night for 300,000 euros. But few other details have leaked out ahead of the lavish festivities. A private security firm has kept curious fans, paparazzi and television cameras from getting too close to the site, a Renaissance stronghold with high sloping walls that have been boosted by specially erected privacy screens. West, 36, a rapper, entrepreneur and self-declared romantic, proposed to 33-year-old reality TV star Kardashian in an empty baseball stadium with a specially hired orchestra, the event shown during an episode of the TV show "Keeping up with the Kardashians". The couple, known collectively as "Kimye", will celebrate their nuptials accompanied by their daughter North and around 200 family and close friends. As the castle is not normally authorised to hold weddings, it is unclear whether the event will count as a legal marriage ceremony, however. The guest list has been kept a tight secret but several celebrity magazines said power couple Jay-Z and Beyonce and Canadian singer Justin Bieber were expected with other rumoured attendances including actor Will Smith, singer Rihanna and TV talk show host Oprah Winfrey. Following a pre-wedding party and a visit to the historic Chateau de Versailles outside Paris yesterday, most are arriving by private plane in Florence's main airport and leaving tomorrow morning. They will be put up in two of the city's most luxurious hotels, where a team of around 10 of West's assistants have been overseeing preparations for the past week. Torrential rain last night had cleared by today and was not expected to pose a problem. No selfies According to the local La Nazione newspaper, suppliers have been threatened with a US $5 million penalty if they reveal details of the event and guests will be asked to hand in their mobile phones to stop anyone taking "selfies" or other pictures. Most Florence residents appeared to take the preparations in their stride but groups of fans waited outside the luxury hotels and the party site, hoping for a glimpse of the celebrity couple and their guests. "I've come here to see Kim Kardashian, I've been following her since 2008 and I like her a lot," said Italian fan Lora Marotta. "I'm obsessed so I've come here to see her and will not leave until I've seen her," she said. The guests will be escorted by city police to the event where they will dine on catering provided by Galateo, one of Florence's most famous caterers. Residents in the San Nicola area of Florence have received letters warning them that the music will be booming out until midnight. Vanessa Beecroft, an Italian-born artist and friend of West, whose performance art pieces regularly feature groups of nude female models, has set up a show within the fort and has promised to leave one of her works to the city of Florence. How much the final bill will come to is a closely guarded secret but if past celebrity practice is any guide, the couple may be able to defray some of the expense by showing the wedding on television or selling exclusive coverage rights. – Reuters, May 24, 2014 |
| Film about UK miners’ strike wins gay cinema award at Cannes Posted: 24 May 2014 02:21 AM PDT "Pride", a film by British director Matthew Warchus, tells the story of a group of gay and lesbian activists that decides to raise funds for the families of the miners during the 1984 Gay Pride in London. But the National Union of Mineworkers seems reluctant to accept their help. Undeterred, they decide to go meet miners in Wales to give them the money themselves. The two, very different communities end up uniting to defend the same cause. "It is an inspiring story for the young," Warchus told AFP. "Politics has a very bad name today among young people... The film shows that politics means changing things." The unofficial Queer Palm is awarded every year during the festival to films that best touch on homosexual, bisexual and transgender issues. Last year, French thriller "Stranger at the Lake" won the award. The film, which contains graphic sex scenes, told the story of a man who finds himself attracted to a local killer. This year's Queer Palm jury president Bruce LaBruce, a Canadian filmmaker, said "Pride" is "an important and relevant story to tell today given the climate of intolerance and violence directed against those among us whose sexuality questions the norms of the dominant culture". "The film reminds us that political, sexual or social struggles against reactionary and conservative powers were born from direct activism." Created in 2010, the Queer Palm has evolved over the years and in 2015, award organisers will launch the first professional gatherings at Cannes for people involved in so-called "queer cinema". "It's important here in Cannes to think together about problems inherent to the production of queer films that promote sexual diversity," organiser Franck Finance-Madureira told AFP. LaBruce said "queer" cinema was pushing back the "boundaries of orthodoxy". "It is often marginalised due to the idea that it only affects a part of the public. We're finally realising that's not reality." Warchus added that "Pride" was made as a mainstream movie. That "couldn't have happened five or 10 years ago". – AFP, May 24, 2014 |
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