Jose here. Before leaving Cannes, Nicole Kidman schooled starlets in the proper way to wear Chanel by showing up at the amfAR gala looking like a million bucks. But little did we know that Nicole would make one last Kidmanifestation at the French riviera even as her holy physical presence was across the ocean...
Who She Wore: Chanel
Which Director She's Trying to Lure: Aronofsky. This dress screams Black Swan.
What Evelyn Stoker would think of this: "That sounds better in French."
After Nicole's departure she was invoked once more at the closing ceremony where she became the first woman to receive the Anniversary Award. Almodóvar's jury, perhaps refusing to accept they weren't allowed to just give her the Palme d'Or, came up with a special award to celebrate her body of work at the festival. And with reason, even though not all her projects were received with universal acclaim, can you name one other actor who's worked with Sofia Coppola and Jane Campion in the same calendar year? Not to mention, Yorgos Lanthimos and John Cameron Mitchell! Even though Nicole wasn't there to accept her award, she sent a video speech:
Nicole Kidman accepts the #Cannes70 Special 70th Anniversary Prize for her contributions to four projects at the Cannes Awards Ceremony. pic.twitter.com/oA1pcYLoQY
— Nicole Kidman News (@KidmanUpdates) May 28, 2017
Clearly, to dress up in a full gown to accept an award via video would be nonsensical, so Nicole decided to go the ultra casual, yet iconic, route and accepted her award in a white shirt. Do you think she was going for Holly or Carrie?
And then, just like her appearances began last week, she vanished in a cloud of vanilla scented fabulousness
(Fine... the screen faded to black, but it's the same)
Thanks be to the Kidman.
Amen.