Nicole Kidman Joins Cannes Jury

NICOLE KIDMAN will join this year's Cannes Film Festival jury. The Vogue cover girl will sit on the 2013 panel alongside chair Steven Spielberg.

The jury will award one of the 19 competing films the esteemed Palme d'Or prize. Also sitting on the panel this year are actor Christoph Waltz; directors Ang Lee, Naomi Kawase and Cristian Mungiu; and actress Vidya Balan.

Competing for the winning title this year are productions includingOnly God Forgives, directed by Nicolas Winding Refn and starring Ryan Gosling; Steven Soderbergh's Liberace biopic, Behind The Candelabra; The Immigrant starring Joaquin Phoenix and Marion Cotillard; and the Coen brothers' latest film, Inside Llewyn Davis, with Carey Mulligan and Justin Timberlake playing the leading roles. Last year's winner was Michael Haneke's Amour, which went on to win Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars.

The 2013 Cannes Film Festival runs from May 15 to 26. Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby will premiere as the opening night film, while South African movie Zulu - starring Orlando Bloom and Forest Whittaker - will close the schedule. Neither film are in competition for the Palme d'Or prize.

Rebecca Hall: Fashion Isn’t Superficial

REBECCA HALL is no stranger to a red carpet, or a designer label for that matter. The actress, who is currently promoting Iron Man 3, is a strong advocate of fashion as an "important and empowering" means of expressing yourself - and with names such as Lanvin, Louis Vuitton and Givenchy spanning her impressive wardrobe, she's demonstrated an ability to express herself in a most stylish manner.

"I love clothes," she told us. "I've never actively followed trends, but I definitely know what I like and what I don't like. I think fashion is a really important and empowering thing. I don't think it's superficial actually, I think it's very important. I love being able to express myself through what I wear - and for it to be a way of expressing uniqueness and individuality."

The actress admits that her love of clothes makes for an expensive retail therapy habit when she's between jobs - using her style as a means of chanelling any untapped creativity.

"Shopping is a bit of a relaxing hobby for me, which is sometimes troubling for the bank balance," she told us. "My friends have noticed that if I suddenly go through a couple of months' unemployment, there seems to be a correlation that I don't ever tend to wear the same outfit twice. There will be such strange combinations of clothes because I'm probably a bit creatively stifled, so it's coming out in my wardrobe."

As for favourite brands, the British-born star counts the home-grown Mulberry as one of her preferred labels. She was sat front row during Emma Hill's autumn/winter 2011-12 show for the brand.

"I like Mulberry a lot - it's easy to wear and they show humour in their clothes. It's a very English thing to have a humorous twist even if it's very classical," she said. "There's always something a bit witty about it somewhere. Also, the shows are fun. They always do a big production which is always interesting to watch."

But don't expect a celebrity clothing line from Hall any time soon - while she loves to "indulge", there will be no equivalent of Rihanna's River Island collection or Kate Moss' partnership with Topshop.

"For me, it's a spectator thing," she said. "It's not my profession, but it's something that I love to be a part of. I love that I have access to wearing beautiful clothes that I would have otherwise just admired in magazines."

David Beckham Discusses Romeo’s Burberry Billboards

ROMEO BECKHAM might be enjoying life as Burberry's latest campaign star but, according to David Beckham, he's just like any other young boy his age. The 10-year-old was cast alongside Cara Delevingne and Edie Campbell in the British brand's spring/summer 2013 adverts - a move which made headlines worldwide and cast him firmly in the international spotlight.

"Romeo might be on the billboards and be the Burberry model, but he's also one of those little boys who loves going home and playing on PlayStation or going over to the park and having a kick around," he said. "[My children] are very grounded, they do normal things - as normal as they can, obviously, given our situation."

The 37-year-old has four children - Brooklyn, 14; Romeo, 10; Cruz, 7; and 1-year-old daughter Harper - with wife Victoria Beckham.

"I always wanted kids I could take to work and for them to experience the things I experience. So, having three boys as a footballer was a dream," he told men's magazine Man About Town. "And now to have a little girl who just lightens up my day every time I see or speak to her - my children are my life."

Donatella Versace: Gianni Would Have Loved Lady Gaga

DONATELLA VERSACE believes that if her brother Gianni was still alive, he'd have loved Lady Gaga. The designer is close friends with the singer, and has worked with her creatively on several occasions.

"She was determined, she already knew what she wanted: to go straight to the heart of the maison and show those clothes to a new generation, to all her fashion-lover fans," she recalled of her first meeting with the star. "I'm sure that, if Gianni were still alive, he would have been a huge fan of hers."

The pair most notably collaborated on Gaga's The Edge of Glorymusic video - for which Donatella opened up the fashion house's archives for the first time since her brother's death in 1997, and allowing the 27-year-old to wear vintage Gianni Versace designs. Gaga also paid a much-publicised visit to the Versace Milan headquarters in October last year.

"I'm very proud to say that Lady Gaga is a friend of mine," she told Italian magazine, Amica. "I'm very happy that she is part of the Versace family."

Donatella Versace is speaking at the Vogue Festival in association with Vertu this weekend.

Former Angel Slams Victoria’s Secret

FORMER model Kylie Bisutti has clarified the reasons why she quit as one of the faces of Victoria's Secret. The US beauty left the fashion industry for religious reasons in February 2012, following a risqué underwear shoot for men's magazine FHM - when a photographer told her that posing seductively in lingerie "is what Victoria's Secret models do".

Bisutti - who now lives in Montana with her husband and volunteers for her local church - first joined the Victoria's Secretline-up after winning a public competition to become an Angel.

"That's when it hit me," she recalled. "I was being paid to strip down and pose provocatively to titillate men. It wasn't about modelling clothes anymore; I felt like a piece of meat. The next day, I broke down and started sobbing. I was in my bedroom and dropped to my knees and started to pray, saying: 'God, why did you have me win the Victoria's Secret Angel competition if it was going to make me feel this way? I'm not honouring my husband. I just want answers!'"

She began to question the impact her modelling shots would have on others

"I realised that I didn't want to model anything that sold sex," she said. "At the time, a Victoria's Secret lingerie show was airing on TV, and I was looking at Twitter and saw loads of tweets from women comparing themselves to the impossible image of the models. I realised my career was sending a bad message to women about confidence and body image."

Today, Bisutti has "never been more content" and is working on a Christian clothing line that she describes as "modest clothes" modelled by women of "all shapes and sizes". She will also release a book, I'm No Angel: From Victoria's Secret Model to Role Model, on May 14 to tell her career story.

"It spreads my message, which is that beauty isn't about what you look like, it's about what's in your heart," she told The New York Post. "That's the most important thing."

Petition Against Galliano Teaching Launches

A PETITION attempting to prevent John Galliano from teaching at Parsons design college in New York has been launched. It was confirmed earlier this week that the designer would be taking a three-day master class at the celebrated school.

The petition - on change.org - currently has over 250 signatures, and was launched anonymously.

"It doesn't matter if it's for three months or three days, hiring someone who has made such horrific comments shows that the school values Galliano over their entire Jewish student body," reads the petition. "It shows they value him over their students' respect, peace of mind, and heritage. It is disgraceful to hire someone who has made such inhumane comments."

Students at Parsons The New School for Design were allegedly notified of the appointment via email. Galliano is believed to be teaching a session named Show Me Emotion - exploring the power of emotion in relation to fashion design.

Last month, the designer set a project for Central Saint Martins students, before paying a visit to the London college to comment on their final work. Rumours of a permanent teaching post circulated but were swiftly dismissed by a CSM spokesperson.

Galliano was dismissed from his position as creative director at Christian Dior in March 2011, after being filmed making anti-Semitic comments in a Paris café.

Michael Kors Hosts Glamorous London Dinner

MICHAEL KORS and Vogue editor Alexandra Shulman co-hosted a glamorous dinner in London last night for friends and special guests. The intimate event celebrated the World Food Programme - a cause close to the heart of the US designer.

Guests including Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Laura Bailey, Daisy Lowe, Yasmin Le Bon, Erin'O Connor, Samantha Barks, Jacquetta Wheeler and Miroslava Duma enjoyed a cocktail reception followed by dinner at the Café Royal in Central London. Upstairs, inside the historic venue, the dining setting was decorated in white and cream with white flowers - the perfect palette against which to set the bold stripes and colour-rich pieces of Kors' spring/summer 2013 collection; as seen on many of the guests.

The designer, excited to be in London, gave a speech welcoming his guests to the dinner. He personally donated 100 meals to the World Food Programme on behalf of each of the evening's attendees.

While in London, Michael Kors will be closing the first day of theVogue Festival in association with Vertu. There are limited tickets still available to see Kors in conversation with his close friend Yasmin Le Bon -  click here to buy. The Vogue festival takes place over two days, starting tomorrow at the Southbank Centre, with stars including Victoria Beckham, Alexa Chung, Donatella Versace and Mario Testino taking part in a host of public talks and panel discussions.

Vote For Vogue

BRITISH VOGUE has been nominated in a succession of prestigious media awards this year - so we couldn't help but tell you.

We are nominated for two PPA (Professional Publishers Association) Awards - celebrating excellence and innovation in the magazine industry - for both Consumer Magazine of the Year and Designer of the Year for creative director Jaime Perlman. The winners will be announced during a ceremony held at the Grosvenor House hotel in London on June 19.

Meanwhile vogue.co.uk has been nominated in the Best Consumer Website category at the AOP (Association of Online Publishing) Awards - which recognises consistently high standards, editorial excellence, commercial results and creativity. The site has also been nominated for a 2013 Webby Award for Best Practices. The AOP winners will be announced during a ceremony at the Roundhouse in London on June 6 , while the Webby Award winners will be named on April 30.

Follow Natalie Massenet’s Vogue Festival Talk On Instagram

NATALIE MASSENET  has launched an Instagram account to help tell her life story on stage at the  Vogue  Festival  on Saturday April 27, enabling both guests of the event and those following at home to see her live presentation in pictures and to join her as she presents on stage. Be part of the action and follow Massenet at nataporter_mystorysofar - the account will go live just five minutes before she takes to the stage tomorrow at 12.30.

The new Instagram account will display Natalie's life in pictures, including pictures of her as a baby with her parents and some of her most memorable teenage fashion mistakes, as she documents her impressive journey from magazine junior to digital pioneer. Members of the public can interact with the Net-A-Porter founder and British Fashion Council chairman throughout the talk, by sending in pictures and questions for her to answer.

The  Vogue  Festival in association with Vertu takes place over two days, starting tomorrow at the Southbank Centre, with stars including  Victoria Beckham,  Alexa Chung,  Donatella Versace and  Mario Testino  taking part in a host of public talks and panel discussions.

Natasha Poly Expecting First Child

NATASHA POLY is pregnant. The Russian model is expecting her first child with her Dutch businessman husband, Peter Bakker.

The 27-year-old announced the news via her Instagram account last night, sharing a picture that showed her cradling her emerging bump, alongside the comment: "Baby on board". The news was quickly followed by congratulatory messages from her model friends including Doutzen Kroes and Jourdan Dunn.

Poly and Bakker were married in April 2011 in Saint Tropez. Neither the sex or the due date of the baby has yet been confirmed.

Bangladesh Factory Collapse Prompts Protests

PROTESTS took place in Dhaka, Bangladesh, yesterday over the collapse of a garment factory on Wednesday that killed more than 300 workers to date. The death toll is thought to rise as rescue teams continue to search for survivors among the rubble.

Garment workers damaged an estimated 100 vehicles in the Mirpur, Rampura and Badda areas of the city, while thousands went on strike. They are calling for the arrest of the building's owner, Sohel Rana, who allegedly forced workers to enter the factory on Wednesday - despite severe cracks having appeared on walls on Tuesday. Employees were swiftly evacuated, but instructed to return the following day - regardless of orders from manufacturing officials that the eight-storey building should remain closed. Rana has not been found since the incident, The Guardian reports.

Brands including Primark, Mango and Matalan are found to have manufactured apparel in the building.

Alice Temperley Opens Jade Jagger Pop-Up

ALICE TEMPERLEY has opened a pop-up space dedicated to Jade Jagger's jewellery line inside her label's Bruton Street store. The area - which launched with a glamorous party at the boutique last night - will remain open for two months.

"Over dinner in Paris during Fashion Week, Jade and I discussed how much I wanted her jewellery and she wanted what I was wearing, so we decided it would be a fun idea to combine forces," Temperley told us. "We will continue to sell Jade's beautiful pieces for the next two months, along with some other creative friends' artworks. We also have fashion dolls by Alice Mary Lynch, backgammon boards by Alexandra Llewellyn and painted screens by Frederick Wimsett in the store."

Entitled Frocks and Rocks, Jagger's collection sit amid Temperley's spring/summer 2013 ready-to-wear. The pair first met eight years ago at a Temperley party, celebrating the Met Ball in New York.

"I love her eclectic sensibility and the use of influences from around the world," Temperley said of Jagger's jewellery. "She mixes the old and the new with a rock and roll twist. She has a free-spirited approach to design."

Jennifer Lawrence Compared To Gisele

BEFORE she found fame as an actress, Jennifer Lawrence dabbled in the modelling industry - with one photographer likening her to a young Gisele Bundchen. The Vogue cover girl shot an Abercrombie & Fitch campaign in her teenage years, but the pictures were never used by the brand.

Photographer Chris Kaufman worked with Lawrence during her fledgling modelling career and first met her when she was just 12 years old.

"When I first took her picture, I thought that she moved like Gisele. It was like, 'Where did you get this ability?'" he told E! News. "You're looking at someone who is very comfortable in her own skin. She's just absolutely fearless."

The actress, now 22, has previously touched on her work with Abercrombie & Fitch - revealing that she wasn't Gisele-like during that particular shoot. Upon being asked to simulate a game of American football for the pictures, Lawrence got a little too involved - which was off-putting for her fellow models and didn't make for attractive photographs.

"I realised that they were model footballing and I was really playing football," she said. "I was there with flared nostrils and a red face and my hair out here, and at one point [one of the other girls] screamed: 'Get her away from me.'" The brand recently released one of the unused pictures (left).