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Timothée Chalamet rode a green e-bike to the premiere of A Complete Unknown in London on Jan. 14 at BFI Southbank.

When questioned about his ride, the actor said his decision was ecological and that a bike was faster than riding in a car. It was probably also an homage to Bob Dylan, who loves bikes.

Chalamet wore a Martine Rose suit, an Aegon blue blazer, matching slacks, a black and white snakeskin print belt and black leather dress shoes. He accessorized the outfit with Cartier diamond rings and a necklace, which complemented his bike.

He got a $73 fine for not parking the bike correctly while promoting the movie in France on the talk show Quotidien.

All the press generated for the movie has paid off – A Complete Unknown generated $51 million in its first week.

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Bollywood Mascot: Timothée Chalamet, known for his roles in films like Call Me by Your Name and Dune, made headlines with his unconventional arrival at the London premiere of his latest film, A Complete Unknown. To navigate through heavy traffic and promote eco-friendly transportation, Chalamet chose to ride a rented electric Lime bike to the event.

Dressed in a black suit paired with a blue printed shirt, Chalamet’s entrance was both stylish and environmentally conscious. However, the actor faced an unexpected consequence for his choice of transport. During an appearance on the French talk show Quotidien, Chalamet revealed that he received a £65 (approximately $79) fine for not parking the e-bike correctly. He humorously recounted the incident, stating, “There was a traffic jam. And I actually wasn’t allowed to park there [at the premiere], and I got a £65 fine.” He added, “And actually it’s horrible because it was actually kind of an advert for them.

On Tuesday evening, Aidan Zamiri, who has been photographing Timothée Chalamet during the press run for A Complete Unknown, shared an Instagram Story showing three notifications from Lime, the bike-sharing company. Two flagged an idle bike. The last was a parking penalty: “Your last ride did not end in a designated parking area. You will be charged £2 for incorrect parking in the future.” Chalamet rode to the London premiere of the Bob Dylan biopic on one of their bikes but ditched it without docking. Now, he’s been hit with the fine.

Timothée Chalamet is really embracing Bob Dylan's rebellious nature for the A Complete Unknown press tour, as he just got fined at the film's London premiere. Chalamet portrays the renowned musician, cultural icon, and environmentalist in James Mangold's latest music-based biopic, A Complete Unknown (Mangold previously told Johnny Cash's life story in Walk the Line). The actor appeared at the London premiere on a rental bicycle, which the fans in attendance loved. But, he was then punished for the bizarre and hilarious stunt, although, not for the reason you might think.

After hiring a Lime bike and riding it across the red carpet at the premiere, Timothée Chalamet received a fine from the bike company. The actor was charged £65 ($80) after the event for incorrectly parking the bike. Lime has designated parking zones for the bikes once riders are finished using them. Although, these charges normally amount to...

Although Timothée Chalamet opted for a sensible mode of transportation for his latest red carpet, apparently no good deed goes unpunished.

After the Oscar nominee arrived to Tuesday’s London premiere of A Complete Unknown on a Lime bike, he revealed he was slapped with a £65 (roughly $79) fine for incorrectly parking the ride.

“It’s ecological!” explained Chalamet on the French talk show Quotidien of why he hopped the bike. “It was horrible, because it was actually kind of an advert for them.”

He noted that he opted out of taking a car to the BFI Southbank premiere due to a traffic jam.

Chalamet’s bike ride comes after he earned a Golden Globe nomination for his performance as Bob Dylan in writer/director James Mangold‘s biopic A Complete Unknown.

« The idea is that I have no idea… there was a traffic jam and I actually wasn’t allowed...

Timothee Chalamet wound up paying a fine over his mode of transportation to the premiere of his movie A Complete Unknown in London, England earlier this week.

If you missed it, the 29-year-old actor rode a bright green Lime bicycle to the event, which took place on Tuesday night (January 14).

In a new interview, Timothee explained why he rode the bike to the event. He also revealed why he was fined around $79 for the situation.

Keep reading to find out more…

While on the French talk show Quotidien, Timothee said that he took the bike because of a traffic jam that made it impossible for him to get there on time in a car. However, he didn’t park the bike correctly, which resulted in a fine. According to The Hollywood Reporter, he paid approximately $79.53.

“It was horrible, because it was actually kind of an advert for them [Lime],” he said.

It seems Timothée Chalamet needs to stick to rolling up to movie premieres in cars.

Earlier this week, the actor went viral for arriving at the London premiere of A Complete Unknown on a Lime bike. In photos shared online (below), Chalamet could be seen sporting a navy blue suit, paired with a lime green and white bike.

Lime bikes are electric bicycles that can be rented in major cities from the Lime transportation company.

However, he recently revealed on the talk show Quotidien, while promoting the biopic in France, that he actually got a 65 pound fine that night, which equates to $79.53, for not parking the bike properly.

Chalamet explained that while a bike is more eco-friendly, he actually opted out of taking a car to make it to the premiere on time as there was a traffic jam. And though he made it to the premiere, it ultimately cost him.

You may have seen pictures of Timothée Chalamet arriving at the London premiere of A Complete Unknown on a bright green e-bike. However, the actor was hit with a £60 fine because he didn’t park it properly. Chalamet told the French talk show Quotidien that he chose to hop on an e-bike instead of taking a car because he wanted to beat the traffic. “It’s ecological!” he said.

Chalamet has received rave reviews for his performance as Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown. He’s scored nominations for best actor from the Golden Globes, Critics Choice Awards, SAG Awards, and BAFTAs. You can pretty much bet that he’ll also be adding an Oscar nomination to that list when they’re finally announced.

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Timothée Chalamet’s global press tour for “A Complete Unknown” went viral when he rode an electric Lime bike into the London premiere of the acclaimed Bob Dylan movie. But it turns out, Chalamet did not park the bike properly, and he was met with a £65 fine, he revealed while promoting the movie in France on the talk show “Quotidien.” That fine equates to $79.18.

“It’s ecological!” Chalamet said when asked about his decision to ride an electric bike to the premiere of a major film like “A Complete Unknown.” The actor then admitted it all came down to beating traffic. In order to make it to the premiere on time, he hopped on a bike instead of taking a car.

The actor’s press tour for “A Complete Unknown” has been full of memorable moments. He appeared as a co-host on ESPN’s “College Game Day” in December and...

French actresss Judith Godrèche has filed an official police complaint against director Benoît Jacquot for “rapes with violence of a minor less than 15-years-old”, according to an investigative report by Le Monde on Wednesday.

The complaint comes just weeks after Godrèche publicly condemned the relationship she had with director Benoît Jacquot in the late 1980s, which she says began when she was only 14 years old and he was 40.

Godrèche, who is now 51, lived with Jacquot for six years and appeared in his films The Beggars and The Disenchanted, before leaving him in her early 20s. Deadline has contacted Jacquot’s representative for comment on the complaint.

According to Le Monde, Godrèche attended an interview with the Brigade for the Protection of Minors, a police service dealing with juvenile justice matters, in Paris on February 6, where she gave an account of her relationship with Jacquot, having previously consulted her lawyer Laure Heinich on the matter.

French director Maïwenn has been fined $435 (€400) for assaulting a leading French journalist in the lead-up to the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, according to French media reports.

The charges relate to an incident last March when the actress-director came across Edwy Plenel, co-founder and editor-in-chief of investigative news website online Mediapart, in a Paris restaurant.

Eyewitnesses said she approached Plenel while he was lunching with his lawyer, pulled back his head by his hair and then spat in his face. Restaurant staff identified her as the attacker.

The investigative journalist filed a police complaint against Maïwenn for assault shortly after.

News of the incident broke just days after Maïwenn’s film Jeanne du Barry, co-starring Johnny Depp, had been announced as the opening film at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival.

According to radio network FranceInfo, Maïwenn was ordered by a Paris court to pay the fine ($435) on the charges of “voluntary violence without interruption of work.

Fresh controversy is brewing in the French film industry just weeks after a bombshell documentary detailing sexual assault accusations against Gérard Depardieu divided its ranks.

In what promises to be another divisive affair, actress Judith Godrèche has publicly condemned the relationship she openly had with director Benoît Jacquot in the late 1980s, which she says began when she was only 14 years old and he was 40.

Godrèche said this week that she was “under his influence” and that the relationship was wrong.

Jacquot – whose films as director include 2015 drama Diary Of A Chambermaid, Farewell, My Queen and Casanova, Last Love – has always held that Godrèche was 15, the minimum age of consent in France.

Godrèche, who is now 51, lived with Jacquot for six years and appeared in his films The Beggars and The Disenchanted, before leaving him in her early 20s.

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“Frenchie Shore,” the local adaptation of the popular American reality show “Jersey Shore,” rivaled Ridley Scott’s historical epic “Napoleon” as November’s most polarizing entertainment topic in France.

Since launching on Paramount+ and MTV France on Nov. 11, the reality show has inundated social media, especially TikTok where users have been posting sexually explicit, yet blurred, clips from the show illegally. It currently tops the chart of the most watched programs on Paramount+ in France, where a new episode drops every Saturday at 11 p.m.

A faithful adaptation of “Jersey Shore,” “Frenchie Shore” follows the lives of 10 housemates at a vacation home in a villa in Southern France, where they party and hook up. It was described as “borderline porno” and “the trashiest reality show ever produced in France” by French minister of culture Rima Abdul Malak in a wide-ranging interview with the newspaper Le Parisien published on Nov. 20.

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After being greeted with a seven-minute standing ovation on opening night of the Cannes Film Festival, Johnny Depp’s comeback movie “Jeanne du Barry,” directed by Maiwenn, has charmed French audiences after debuting in cinemas.

The costume drama, which stars Depp as the French King Louis Xv and marks his first leading role in three years, has been having a strong run at the French B.O., proving that the controversial star is still bankable. At least in France.

The film was widely released by Le Pacte on 650 screens and has grossed nearly $4.1 million from more than 550,000 tickets sold in two weeks, according to Comscore France. Currently playing across 800 screens, the film got mixed reviews in Cannes, but still has the potential of selling up to 850,000 tickets (an estimated $6.4 million), according to Eric Marti at Comscore France.

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The French are still enamored with Johnny Depp.

The embattled actor, who hasn’t appeared in public since his protracted 2022 legal battle with ex-girlfriend Amber Heard, received an ecstatic seven-minute standing ovation on Tuesday night at the premiere of Cannes Film Festival’s opening night film “Jeanne Du Barry.”

Depp held back tears as the crowd in the South of France erupted in prolonged applause for his performance as the King Louis Xv. He waved to the audience in the balcony and seemed taken aback by the response.

The film’s director and star Maiwenn also broke out into tears as she briefly took the mic. “I want to share this moment with my lover, with my producer, with Le Pacte,” she said. “It was a production that was difficult to finance … and I want to share this moment with all my team across the theater.”

Depp arrived to Cannes...

Maiwenn Le Besco, the director of Johnny Depp’s Cannes opening night film “Jeanne du Barry,” has admitted that she spit in the face of an investigative journalist in February. The filmmaker confessed to the act just days ahead of the May 16 world premiere of “Jeanne du Barry.”

The actor-director, who goes by Maiwenn, was asked on the French TV talkshow “Quotidien” if she could confirm that she had assaulted Edwy Plenel, the founder of Mediapart, which had published a report that several women had accused her ex-husband, director Luc Besson, of rape. “Do I confirm that I assaulted him? Yes,” she answered the interviewer, according to The Telegraph.

Plenel filed a police complaint on March 7, which accused Maiwenn of aggression while he was eating in a restaurant. The director, who was sitting by herself at a nearby table, allegedly grabbed Plenel by the hair and spit in his face,...

French writer/director/actress Maïwenn, née Maïwenn Lo Besco, has admitted to assaulting a journalist amid an ongoing lawsuit.

The “Jeanne du Barry” director and star is the subject of legal action taken by Edwy Plenel, the editor-in-chief of Mediapart magazine. Plenel alleged Maïwenn pulled his hair and spat in his face while dining at a Paris restaurant. The reporter filed a police report on March 7 and cited that the encounter took place in late February.

In a new live TV interview on nightly talk show “Quotidien,” Maïwenn addressed the assault allegations.

“Can you confirm? Can you say more?” host Yann Barthès asked the filmmaker (via Deadline).

“Can I confirm that I assaulted him, or that I received a complaint?” Maïwenn responded before clarifying, “I didn’t receive a complaint. I learned about it in the press.”

Barthès inquired, “And did you assault him?”

Maïwenn said, “Yes,” before sidestepping the details.

Maïwenn Lo Besco, director of the Cannes Film Festival’s Johnny Depp-starring opening film Jeanne du Barry, has admitted to assaulting a leading French journalist.

In a live TV interview promoting the film, the actress-director was quizzed about reports in April that Edwy Plenel, co-founder and editor-in-chief of investigative news website online Mediapart, had filed a complaint against her for assault.

According to French news reports a woman approached Plenel while he was lunching with his lawyer in a Paris restaurant, pulled back his head by his hair and then spat in his face. Restaurant staff identified the attacker as Maïwenn to Plenel.

Maïwenn seemed unfazed by the question on the incident which came at the end of a good-natured 15-minute interview on nightly chat show Quotidien.

“Can you confirm? Can you say more?” asked presenter Yann Barthès.

“Can I confirm that I assaulted him, or that I received a complaint?...

Have Pamela Anderson and soccer star Adil Rami parted ways?

The 51-year-old model and actress has kept silent on her relationship with the FIFA World Cup champion, 32, as rumors swirl the couple has split two months after she was photographed with a large ring.

Anderson evaded discussing her relationship with Rami while on the French talk show Quotidien in which host Yann Barthes asked her if they were still an item.

“I understand you don’t talk about your personal life so I guess you’ll understand that it’s not something I want to talk about at this point,...

Harry Styles doesn't believe in reducing equality to a partisan issue.

The "Sign of the Times" singer appeared on French talk show, Quotidien, on Wednesday, where he opened up about his reluctance to delve into politics while remaining adamantly supportive of women's rights, as well as the Lgbtq community.

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"To me, I think anything that brings people together is better than things that pull people a part," the 24-year-old Brit answered, when asked to comment on last year's Brexit vote. "I don't really comment on politics."

Pressed further by the host regarding his pro-equality stances for women and the Lgbtq community, Styles explained that, to him, those are two different things.

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