Cannes Reportage Part II:

OK, finally got some time to crop and post photos... Yay!

Here's the Grand Palais, where the films in competition at the festival are screened:


One of the great things about seeing films at the Palais is the opportunity to meet the people behind the films. A few snapshots following the screening of Clerks II:



Additionally, while working at the American Pavilion on the beach right behind the Grand Palais, one can meet filmmakers, actors, film critics, and a host of other sundry characters that make the festival what it is.

That's Brian O'Halloran (a.k.a. Dante Hicks from the Clerks films)

That's John Cameron Mitchell (a.k.a. Hedwig), who was screening his new film _Shortbus_, joining the AMPAV crew for karaoke night. We all sang along to a rousing chorus of New York, New York.

Paul Dawson and PJ DeBoy, two of the stars of Shortbus, singing "I Got You Babe".

Sook Yin Lee, another star of Shortbus. She is really cool, and it was terrific talking to her about the creative process behind the film and behind her TV program that she's developing for Canadian TV.

Kendra Wilkinson - Playmate and one of Hugh Hefner's girlfriends. Hef and the girls came by for a belated 80th birthday party for him, so we made them lunch. Alas, despite the girls' fondness for my barbecue sauce, I wasn't offered a private chef gig at the Playboy Mansion. Dommage.

Lastly, some of the fantastic chefs who helped pull the AMPAV restaurant together:


More to follow?...