Bono In Cannes

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emmabergstrom said:
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oh my goodness that is a good picture! :love:
 
bono has lost a decent amount of weight - a sign that he is gearing up for the new albumn / pics etc...
 
interesting that angelina's ex-husband, billy bob, has worked with/is friends with daniel lanois who works with/is friends with the boys. not that it's surprising that all of these celebrities are closely linked. it's just one big, beautiful, at-times-dysfunctional family.

that is one beautiful pregnant woman.

and i love bono in his elevator shoes ...
 
bazza said:
bono has lost a decent amount of weight - a sign that he is gearing up for the new albumn / pics etc...
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:yes: You can definitely see that in his face! He still has a little tummy, though, underneath that shirt, but I guess that's common for men his age, especially when you're short.

I think he looks GREAT, adorable, and I just love his hair so much. It's still the same reddish colour, just styled differently, and the long fuzzy look on top is brilliant. I hope he keeps it that way!
 
I don't think this has been posted yet- a bit more info about the film :up:

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jsVT-_9qJT6O1iU5-QjatquqHbgw

From refugee camp to red carpet, Penn brings aid movie to Cannes
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CANNES, France (AFP) — A small flick went from refugee camp to red carpet Friday as Sean Penn, backed by rock star Bono and film-maker Michael Moore, brought an Australian aid worker's tsunami film to the Cannes fest.

Politically-minded Penn won special agreement from the Cannes festival organisers for a special one-off red-carpet screening of "The Third Wave", a film he told the crowd was "as provocative and inspiring as anything I've ever seen."

With hotly-applauded Bono and Moore in the audience, and Faye Dunaway as well, Penn added: "In lieu of the fact that governments don't seem to be able to help, this film gives an indication of how you can help yourself."

Penn heads the Cannes jury that will award this year's coveted Palme d'Or prize for best film, and on day three of the world's biggest filmfest critics are already opining the trophy could go to a film with a conscience.

The Oscar-winning actor saw the film by Sydney-born Alison Thompson six months ago but said at the festival that given the disasters currently unfolding in China and Myanmar, the film was "even more important now."

"In lieu of the fact that governments don't seem to be able to help, this gives you an indication of how you can help yourself," he told the audience.

Shot in 2004 in Sri Lanka in the wake of the tsunami that left some 170,000 people dead across Asia, "The Third Wave" recounts how Thompson and her partner Oscar Gubernati took off from New York with little more than a handful of dollars to try to help the victims, only days after the disaster.

Picking up a couple of extra pairs of hands, they took off for the coast with a van of supplies and stopped in the village of Peraliya, where 2,500 people had died, including hundreds travelling on a smashed train.

Thompson, who had basic first aid training, took care of the wounded as the team helped stunned survivors to begin clearing the chaos. "People were lethargic to clean up, doing a little bit kept people motivated," one of them said.

Week by week they dug toilets, collected corpses, played with children, built shelters, found food, got the school going, and tried to restore morale.

By the third week, the volunteers numbered 10 as other westerners signed on. By week seven they were 40, including voluntary doctors.

The group was never financed, getting help from time to time from organised aid associations, who donated medicine or food, or from passers-by who left what cash they could.

"It was giving hope and reintroducing normalcy", said one volunteer in the film.

By the time the group left after several months, 520 homes had been rebuilt with no organised outside financial help.

Penn saw the film on the behest of Czech model Petra Nemcova, who was in Thailand on holidays when the tsunami struck and survived by clinging to a tree as her fiance was swept to his death.

Funds raised by the film would go to Sri Lanka, Nemcova said.

Thompson, who was present at the screening, said she was hoping to go to Myanmar to help. "If anyone wants to come, you can come and see me."

Former Australian Army engineer Donny Paterson, also in the first group of volunteer helpers, added: "It's easy to do ... You don't need great skills, only your heart."
 
I think that Bono will stay around south of france at least 8 days, f1 race is coming next sunday I guess he's gonna attend celebration :)
 
It's hard to believe that this is the same Bono who used to dress up as the fly. Long hair definitely suits him a lot more...still looks ok however.
 
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Hollywood Deal
by Fred Schruers

If the relevance of a film festival depends in part of its ability to avoid being typecast as favoring a single genre, then Cannes...aw, jeez, Bono just went by. He was hurrying in the twilight across the wooden walkway that leads from the festival offices to the Palais, in view of the press aerie, and when a random video shooter went to grab some footage, he teased his blonde companion, presumably a workmate, by grabbing her arms to frame her for the shooter. Since a spring rain had just washed across the bay here, he also almost slipped and landed on his butt.

Bono was headed for the evening screening of Woody Allen's Vicky Cristina Barcelona, and though Allen's continuing high profile at the festival seems more a matter of obligation than cinephilia (critics have been mixed on the film) the U2 front man is doing the correct film buff thing tonight.

There's a pic there, but I just get a red X. :shrug:
http://www.portfolio.com/views/blog...8/05/16/woody-bono-and-a-varied-mix-at-cannes
 
akann said:
It's hard to believe that this is the same Bono who used to dress up as the fly. Long hair definitely suits him a lot more...still looks ok however.
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Looks OK? Excuse me, I think he looks absolutely great for his age. Some people tend to forget that he's in his late 40s and not 25 or 30 anymore. If he dressed up like The Fly today I would be VERY disturbed. He has a whole different image now. And since his hair is thinning, this is exactly the right haircut for him.
I absolutely love these latest pictures of Bono, especially the closeups and the ones where he's laughing/smiling.
 
Well said, LU.... I totally agree. Bono looked wonderful with his long hair in JT days, and with his dark, fly looks in the 90s.... but he was YOUNGER then... and now, none of that would suit him. He has grown into his looks these days... as people tend to do. Short hair suits him much better than longer hair does now. Even looking back at the pics of him in the early noughties, I didn't like his hair then. Cropped is best. He is looking so great these days.

*steps off soapbox*

:)
 
Plebans are the best.

Bono Pix *THUD*

Sean and Bono in a movie together *dies on the spot*

Thank you bono83 for the link and onekea for your translation *hug*

:censored: :combust:

Great comments last unicorn- so true.
He is a hottie at EVERY AGE, and is looking spectacular. I hope we are blessed with having him around for many, many years to come. :heart:
 
blm said:
Great comments last unicorn- so true.
He is a hottie at EVERY AGE, and is looking spectacular. I hope we are blessed with having him around for many, many years to come. :heart:
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:yes: :up:
 
last unicorn said:


I absolutely love these latest pictures of Bono, especially the closeups and the ones where he's laughing/smiling.
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when he smiles he looks younger. but he looks freakin amazing as usual.
 
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