Posts with tag FilmFestival

Cute Maddox Jolie-Pitt is probably the most fashion-forward member of the growing brood. He was sporting his trademark mohawk long before Hollywood hipsters decided to bring back the late eighties. In typical "oldest child" style, he continues to lead, this time breaking the color barrier with some blue Manic Panic, hanging with his dad and brother Pax at the Venice Film festival.

There are probably a couple of parents out there thinking, "How can they let him do all of these crazy things? He's seven." But remember, if your mom is Angelina Jolie and your dad is Brad Pitt, you probably have more blackmail material than you know what to do with. Staying up late? Eating cookies? Child's play! For his twelfth birthday Mads will probably get his own Lamborghini, which he'll drive on the private track in the backyard of their mansion.

We love his self-confidence and individual style. Way to rock your own path, little man!

Michael Buckner is a fashion and celebrity photographer who travels around the world taking pictures on the red carpet. He gives us a behind-the-scenes look at the hottest entertainment industry events.



I flew into Wailea Maui on Tuesday afternoon to gorgeous 81 degree and sunny for the Maui Film Festival. Founded by Barry Rivers, the festival is five day outdoor celebration of independent film. They have huge screens set up along the beaches and golf courses where the films are screened. It's not like Venice or Cannes where snobby film junkies don tuxedos and strut along red carpets. Here Tommy Bahama subs for Dior and the red carpet is the fine Hawaiian sand. Celebrities attending will include Virginia Madsen, Pierce Brosnan, Dennis Quaid and Felicity Huffman on top of local celebrities like Laird Hamilton.

I went to the opening festivities at the Fairmont Kea Lani where movie goers washed down their Kobe beef with Heinekens and cranberry cosmopolitans.

Then I walked up the street to the Future Home of Baccarat Wailea Resort & Residences golf course, a spectacular 3-course club, where the driving range was converted to a theater under the sky to see the enormous movie theatre they have constructed.

Barry Rivers, the festival's founder and director, arranged for the energy all the projectors will use to be off-set with solar power. Another example of the film industry's "Going Green."

I'll be here a few more days, so come back for more posts.

We're so disappointed that this 11 day fashion fest film festival ended yesterday. Every day during the prestigious event we looked forward to waking up and seeing who wore what on the red carpet!