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The Pink Panthers Heist
If you're looking for a movie idea to pitch at the Cannes Film Festival, look no further: in 2009, a gang of men in Hawaiian shirts stole $19 million in jewels from Cartier, fleeing as a gang on motorbikes. They were reportedly...
Where It All Started
The next time you're standing in line for a club, cursing the wealthy socialites getting waved in behind the velvet rope, you can blame one man: Lord Brougham, Peer of England, Minister of Lord Gray. Lord Brougham's trip to...
Hollywood Royalty, Literally
This hotel is pretty much as "glamourous French estate" as you can get without having hosted a mid-70's Rolling Stones residency. Considered the most prestigious place to stay in Cannes, this hotel was the central location for...
Palatial Rooms, Famous Heists
Yes, it's the spot to see and be seen on the Boulevard de la Croisette, but have you considered what else Cannes' grand gem might be good for? Like swindling the rich and/or famous maybe? At the 2013 Cannes Intertnational Film...
The Home of the Cannes Film Festival
The Palais des Festival is the destination for major conventions year round, most famously the Cannes International Film Festival and Cannes Lions, but also cool shows like MIPCOM for the TV Biz, MIDEM for music, and the International Duty...
Leering at The Lérins Island
Oh, look there! It's the Lerins Islands, just a half mile off shore. If you were looking at them through binoculars in 1954, you might have caught a glimpse of Simone Silva flashing the paparazzi in a photo shoot with the hunky Robert...
Pierre and Vacanes Beach Residence
A member of China's state-run film board was burglarized here this year, one of the suprisingly many heists to rock the festival last May. Which would be saying something, if robberies weren’t so common. Like, how did “The...
Drag me home tonight
If you're looking for a quick snack or maybe to see Robin Williams in drag as Mrs. Doubtfire, or rather Alain Robie as Robin Williams as Mrs. Doubtfire… this is your kind of place. Which is to say, we wholeheartedly endorse the...