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TORONTO: Marion Cotillard Stirs Oscar Buzz In Rust And Bone

The Toronto International Film Festival is off and rolling. TIFF’s official opening night is Rian Johnson ‘s Looper with Joseph Gordon-Levitt , Bruce Willis and Emily Blunt… and all kudos to them, but Toronto is sharing the opening spotlight with Walter Salles’ On The Road , a “surprise” event for Dredd , Rust & Bone — starring Gordon-Levitt’s The Dark Knight Rises co-star Marion Cotillard — and others. As TIFFers arrived in town, the tradition of a slow opening night ended. It was full tilt as events, traffic, schmoozing and gossip about what movie is good, what is less so, was well underway. One prognosticator even had the Best Female Actress Oscar noms already lined up (at least in his mind) — and one is Rust and Bone ‘s Cotillard, pictured here with Sony Pictures Classics co-president Tom Bernard Thursday evening at a dinner hosted by Moet & Chandon Champagne at Michael’s in downtown Toronto. Of course no stranger to Oscar, the French actress won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 2007 for La vie en rose . She turns out another stunning performance in Rust & Bone , by French director Jacques Audiard, in which she plays a beautiful — naturally — woman who meets a club bouncer played by Bullhead actor Matthias Schoenaerts. Their chance meeting turns into a stronger bond that takes flight after an accident. “I was very excited after reading the script,” Cotillard said about her role playing Stephanie in Cannes in May . “When a script moves me, I find that I immediately understand a character. Of course not completely, but I do understand.” Read more from the Toronto Film Festival. Follow Brian Brooks on Twitter . Follow Movieline on Twitter .

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‘Dark Knight Rises’: Who Is Miranda Tate?

We discuss just whom Marion Cotillard is playing in The Weekly Rising. By Kevin P. Sullivan Marion Cotillard Photo: Todd Williamson/ Getty Images The topic of this week’s column might be considered a spoiler. Admittedly, it’s probably the spoiler that most fans already know about, but if you wish to remain uninformed, I suggest you stop reading. Over the next two weeks, we’ll be discussing the two “Dark Knight Rises” characters that have stirred the most controversy, outside the hugely overblown debacle surrounding Bane’s voice. Almost as soon as Christopher Nolan cast Marion Cotillard and Joseph Gordon-Levitt , fans called “B.S.” How could a series with such a storied history for casting great actors as classic characters put Cotillard and Gordon-Levitt in made-up roles like Miranda Tate and John Blake? The answer is, Nolan wouldn’t. Fans saw through the ruse immediately, pointed at Cotillard and cried “Talia al Ghul.” With so much talk swirling around “The Dark Knight Rises” in the early months of its development and confirmation that it would circle back to touch on some themes from “Batman Begins,” Talia seemed like a choice candidate for a secondary “Rises” villain. By the time Joey King confirmed that she would be playing young Talia al Ghula , Tate’s true identity was all but sealed. But now we find ourselves in a curious position. With everything but an official press release telling us that Marion Cotillard will play Talia — picking up where her dear old dad, Ra’s al Ghul, left off — how will that affect the overall arch of “Dark Knight Rises”? One of the most common complaints about “The Dark Knight” was Two-Face’s uneven role. It was the Joker’s movie, and many felt that adding such an iconic villain toward the end of the film didn’t do the character justice. Is Talia destined to become the next Two-Face? It all depends on when Miranda Tate’s true identity is revealed. Such a high-profile comic book adaptation like “Dark Knight Rises” has to contend with different hazards than a normal film. The Tate/Talia twist could work in a film that didn’t feature such well-known characters. Instead, fans have a whole universe of potential true identities to assign if they feel a character is lying, which they did with Tate. For the reveal to not fall absolutely flat, Nolan would have to introduce the truth in a way that’s less “A-ha! I got you!” and more a natural progression of the story line. A spoiler of this caliber does the least amount of damage when less of the plot depends on its shock value. Attempting to make the Talia reveal a big shocker would feel would be a fool’s errand at this juncture. How Talia will fit into “The Dark Knight Rises” also relies heavily on Bane’s final role in the film. The prologue strongly hinted at the presence of a renewed League of Shadows with Bane taking the lead. That still leaves a lot of room for a leader above him, the one giving the orders. This is where Talia is most likely to fit in. So much of what we’ve seen of the film so far focuses on Bane and his role, but many of the shots come from just a few scenes. The trailer only gave the illusion of showing us a lot. That leaves the majority of the film unseen, and plenty of screen time left for Talia. On that note, even if Cotillard does end up portraying Talia, it really doesn’t spoil all that much. A character’s identity will never be a focal point of a story. Nolan is too intelligent of a storyteller to waste his final act on a plot development that people guessed a year out. Nothing that this column or any spoiler sites have uncovered has been essential enough to lessen “The Dark Knight Rises” as a movie. Did knowing about Dent’s Two-Face transformation in “The Dark Knight” ruin that movie? No. Expect the same with Talia. What would you like to see from Marion Cotillard in “The Dark Knight Rises”? Let me know on Twitter via @KPSull, and check MTV Splash Page on Wednesday, when we’ll discussion your tweets. Check out everything we’ve got on “Dark Knight Rises.” For breaking news, celebrity columns, humor and more — updated around the clock — visit MTVMoviesBlog.com . Related Videos ‘Dark Knight Rises’ Trailer Decoded! ‘Dark Knight Rises’: The Year In Review Related Photos ‘Dark Knight Rises’ Trailer: 5 Key Scenes On The Set Of ‘The Dark Knight Rises’

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Can You Catch Any Nudity in Contagion?

Contagion’s in theaters, and Mr. Skin has the skinny on where to find stars Gwyneth Paltrow , Kate Winslet , and Marion Cotillard naked . On Blu-Ray, Angie Dickinson is undressed to thrill in Dressed to Kill, and Mary Elizabeth Mastrontonio gets topless in Scarface.

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Emma Stone Needs to See Marion Cotillard Naked

Firebrand femme Emma Stone appears on the cover of Vanity Fair magazine this month, sporting a sexy tousled blonde ‘do and a fantastic bikini body. So fantastic, in fact, that we’re willing to overlook the gaps in her skinema knowledge- almost. In the interview Emma says that one of her career role models is French star and Oscar-winner Marion Cotillard , because she, uhm, doesn’t do nude scenes. “She’s so sexy, and she’s covered up!” quoth the new, blonde Emma. Sorry Emma, but if Marion Cotillard doesn’t do nude scenes, how’d she become a Mr. Skin Nudity Hall-of-Famer ? We have 13 sexamples of Marion being sexy and completely UN-covered, from The Story of a Boy who Wanted to be Kissed (1994) to toi et moi (2006). What can we say? We’re sticklers for the naked truth. Now just one question remains- since your role model is clearly comfortable with onscreen nudity, when do we get to see those Stone boulders, Emma? See the (ahem) physical evidence with Marion Cotillard nude after the jump!

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Marion Cotillard give birth

The baby son, named Marcel, was born Thursday night in Paris, a source confirms to us. “Mother and baby are fine,” says the source, who adds that Cotillard is “very happy.” Inception star Marion Cotillard and her French actor-director beau Guillaume Canet are parents. Cotillard, 35, and Canet, 38, first starred together in 2003#39;s Love Me If You Dare and began dating in 2007. Though Cotillard – who won a Best Actress Oscar as singer Edith Piaf in 2007#39;s La Vie En Rose, and will costar w

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Foxy Frenchwoman Marion Cotillard Brings her Bam! Pow! to The Dark Knight Rises

Nifty news, Batman fans- Mr. Skin hall-of-famer Marion Cotillard has joined the cast of director Christopher Nolan ’s next bat-saga, The Dark Knight Rises . While Marion’s role hasn’t been officially announced, it’s tr

Marion Cotillard Pregnant

Marion Cotillard, 35, and husband Guillaume Canet, 37, first starred together in 2003#39;s Love Me If You Dare and began dating in 2007. Their baby is due this spring, according to a source. Inception star Marion Cotillard and her French actor/director beau Guillaume Canet are broadening their repertoire to include parenthood. The couple are expecting their first child together, her rep confirms to us. Though the actress has been spotted wearing a diamond solitaire on her left hand – a presen

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Polyamory Is Wrong!

A very strong case for the deep, abiding wrongness of polyamory. Incidentally, television is wrong too, but that's probably not going to stop anybody. View

Forehead Tittaes

Marion Cotillard makes a strong case for Forehead Tittaes. “Make them almost look you in the eyes.” (Via Gotcha Media .) View

Clooney, Wyclef, Pitt and More Raise $57 Million for Haiti Relief

The hard work of Wyclef Jean, George Clooney and countless other celebrities to bolster Haiti relief efforts has paid off…big-time. The philanthropic stars’ Friday evening Hope…

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