Present every year at the Cannes Film Festival for L’Oréal (Festival partner) and for its Global Gift Gala, Eva Longoria knows how to capture the attention of photographers. She proved it once again on Thursday May 26 at the prestigious amfAR gala.
In a black dress by Roberto Cavalli, the beautiful 47-year-old brunette was more sensual than ever. And beware of the faux pas, her slit dress only hid part of her lovely silhouette. During the gala after-party, the star of Desperate Housewives was spotted barefoot, no doubt to relieve them a bit of a long week of wearing beautiful but uncomfortable pumps.
amfAR, the American foundation against AIDS, raised more than 19 million dollars (17.7 million euros), more than double the amount collected a year earlier, during an auction Thursday in Antibes, whose guest of honor was Robert de Niro, AFP noted.
During a prestigious evening, on the sidelines of the 75th Cannes Film Festival, with more than 800 guests, mainly Americans, works of art, privileged moments with stars or even luxury trips were sold for the benefit of research. against AIDS. Surprise of the sale, a work by Jeff Koons, not displayed in the auction catalog, snatched 2.1 million euros. The artist offered at the charity gala his first NFT, from the Moonphases sculpture, which will be sent to the Moon by NASA.
The guest of honor at the most important charity gala in Europe, actor Robert de Niro, also came to present a work by his father, a painter, which sold for 500,000 euros. The lucky buyer will also share a lunch with the American actor in one of his New York restaurants. In the gardens of the Hotel Eden-Roc in Cap d’Antibes on Thursday evening, and during the gala dinner, many models were photographed: Milla Jovovich, Cindy Bruna (who made her couple official!), Jordan Barrett and Isabeli Fontana.
Stars of American cinema also rushed to this event in the middle of the Cannes Film Festival: Leonardo DiCaprio, very discreet under his cap and surrounded by bodyguards, but also Christina Aguilera, who came with her husband, Tom Hanks or Casey Affleck. On the French side, PSG star Kylian Mbappé took part in the dinner, as did Nabilla, divine in a dress that revealed her baby bump. amfAR was created by Elizabeth Taylor in the early 1980s. It was the first private association to fight AIDS.