Real-life ‘Bling Ring’ steals Cannes jewels

Chopard jewellery worth $1.4 million intended to adorn movie stars at the Cannes film festival has been stolen, a police source said today, but the company said the value had been exaggerated and the items were not for actresses to use. According to the source, who declined to be named because he was not authorised to discuss the case with the press, the jewels were in the safe of a room rented by an employee of the luxury jeweller, which is also a Cannes sponsor.

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Cinema: Playing Tough, Going Nowhere

THE OUTSIDERS Directed by Francis Coppola Screenplay by Kathleen Knutsen Rowell”He's so greasy he glides when he walks.” This is Tulsa 1966, where lines of class and style are drawn as sharply as in any war, and there is no demilitarized zone. On one side is the “greaser,” teen descendant of Elvis, Brando and James Dean; poor white trash and proud of it

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