On top of her Cannes gig, Mélanie has landed another high-profile honor! She is going to be the face of a Christian Dior perfume. No word yet on what the name of it will be, or when the campaign will be launched, but very exciting news nevertheless! To my knowledge, this will be the first modelling Mélanie has done.

More updates coming soon, including magazine scans and some photos from her first concert. Thank you all for your patience while I’m a little slow adding the new goodies to the site.

Big news! Mélanie has been announced as the Mistress of Ceremony for the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, which means she’ll get to host the opening and closing dinners for the entire festival. This is a big honor for her, so congratulations Mélanie!

Hello, everyone! I know updates have been slow lately, but I’ll be putting up some late goodies over these next few days. First, a happy birthday to Mélanie! She turns 28 today. Second, the first single from Mélanie’s upcoming album has been released. The title is “En t’attendant” and there’s an accompanying music video, which you can see below, as well as screencaptures in the gallery.

You can download the mp3 of the song for free on http://www.melanielaurent-music.com by signing up for the mailing list! Mélanie can also be seen in concert on April 24th in Paris at the Printemps de Bourges. The album itself is to be released a week or so later, on May 2nd.

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Miscellaneous > Music > Music Video – “En t’attendant” Captures

Hello, Mélanie fans! I know this is old news for many of you at this point, but I haven’t had the time to pay as much attention to the site as I’d like to lately. Mélanie’s upcoming English language feature “Beginners” has been assigned a release date — June 3rd, 2011 in the USA — and a clip featuring her has been released! No formal trailer yet, and I don’t expect one for a while since the release date is so far away, but it’s something for now. Check out the clip below and click into the thumbnails to view video captures in our gallery.

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Film Productions > Beginners (2011) > Extract 1 – Video Captures

Hello, all! I have a bit of news regarding Mélanie’s debut full-length feature film as a director: she’s chosen more of her cast! The title is still up on the air, as some sources report it as “Putain de pluie !”, others as having returned to the original title “Les Adoptés”, and others still report the project is untitled.

Mélanie will be co-starring as a young mother alongside actress and friend Marie Denarnaud, as previously reported, but added to the bunch are Clémentine Célarie and Denis Menochet (Perrier LaPadite, “Inglourious Basterds”.) No news on characters’ names or who Clémentine and Denis will be playing, but I’m guessing Clémentine may be playing Mélanie’s mother, the role she was hoping to snag Isabelle Adjani for.

Lastly, a “Beginners” tidbit, thanks to Magdalena: Mélanie’s character is named Anna!

Now for something I’m sure many of us have been waiting for: some news and our first peek at Mélanie’s first English-language American movie, Mike Mills’ “Beginners.” The film is set to have its world premiere at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, which runs from September 9 – 19. I’m not sure whether Mélanie will be there to attend the premiere or any press events, since the festival overlaps with her filming of “Et soudain, tout le monde me manque”, but I’m hoping she’ll be able to make it at least for a day. This also means we get our first official glimpse of Mélanie in the film! Here you can see her alongside co-star Ewan McGregor. Thank you to the people at ioncinema for the still!

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Film Productions > Beginners (2011) > Production Stills

Now that “Le Concert” is in a limited US theatrical run, the English speaking press has taken some time to speak with Mélanie again. I plan on updating the press archive some time soon with new French and English press alike, but in the meantime, check out this new interview. What’s special about it? She mentions she’d like to tour the United States with her debut album! While the album itself isn’t even predicted before 2011, that’s still exciting news for American Mélanie fans — myself included!

Most of us know Mélanie Laurent as one of Quentin Tarantino’s Inglorious Basterds, but Laurent had a lengthy resume even before then. But being that they were all foreign films, very few in the US experienced her work. With her new international star status that’s all changing and now we’ve got the chance to see her latest release, the French film The Concert.

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Wow! “Un Requiem pour Mister Child” has barely wrapped, and Mélanie has already booked another movie to film. It’s called “Et soudain, tout le monde me manque”, the second film of “Jusqu’à toi” director Jennifer Devoldère. So far, all we know is that Michel Blanc will be playing Mélanie’s father, Eli, and that Mélanie’s character is named Justine. The film will focus on the relationship between Eli and Justine after they receive the news that Suzanne, Eli’s fourth wife, is expecting — leaving Justine no longer the youngest child. It starts filming at the end of July through mid-September.