Diane Kruger

He was already an accomplished photographer with several photo books published as well as a best-selling novelist when Hollywood came knocking. Guillermo del Toro gave him his acting start in Mimic but he really became a star with The Walking Dead.

The 75th Cannes Film Festival came to a close and the final night saw the red carpet glamor continue, with Andie MacDowell, Diane Kruger, and Deepika Padukone showing the way. .

Diane Kruger, born in West Germany, trained as a ballerina, moved to Paris at 17 to work as a fashion model, married French actor Guillaume Canet, acted in his directorial debut Mon Idole (2002). She was cast in the American films Wicker Park with Josh Hartnett, Troy with Brad Pitt as Achilles and Eric Bana as Hector, National Treasure with Nicolas Cage.

The Berlin film festival confirmed that black and white continue to be the dominating colors on the carpet for Hollywood’s glitterati.

It was a big week on the red carpet, and the overall trend was white and black. The silhouette, either soft or strong, took center stage, and soft blue and pink started making statements.

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Could 2017 go down as the year of the women despite men taking all of the top awards at the Cannes Film Festival, bar one? The Palme d’Or went to Ruben Östlund, for the Swedish satire The Square. The runner-up Grand Prix went to festival favorite 120 Beats per Minute, by French director Robin Campillo, and Russian director Andrey Zvyagintsev was awarded the Jury Prize for his drama Loveless.

“I certainly have not been paid the same as a male star. Sometimes I've had to accept (the pay disparity) for financial reasons, or because I really wanted to play that role.