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21 May 2007
As Angelina Jolie stepped on to the red carpet last night, she was accompanied by two heart-throbs in one.
As usual, her partner Brad Pitt was by her side at the Cannes Film Festival.
But Pitt's slicked-back hairstyle reminded movie fans of another great cinematic sex symbol - Robert Redford as he appeared in The Great Gatsby in 1974.
Redford, now 69, played self-made millionaire Jay Gatsby in F Scott Fitzgerald's story of 1920s decadence.
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Robert Redford's predecessor? Brad Pitt's slick look at Cannes is reminiscent of Redford's suave appearance in 1974's 'The Great Gatsby'
Miss Jolie, 31, was attending the premiere of A Mighty Heart, in which she plays Mariane Pearl, whose husband Daniel was abducted and murdered by Islamic extremists.
She and 43-year-old Pitt, along with their 'rainbow family' of children from around the world, are staying at the five-star Hotel Du Cap down the coast from Cannes.
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The beautiful people: Brad with Angelina on the red carpet at Cannes
On Sunday night they took over the hotel's Les Cedres villa to throw a £300-ahead dinner party for friends.
And if that seems extravagant, you ain't seen nothing yet.
Brad and Angelina will be among 200 guests paying up to £100,000 for a single ticket to the "party to end all parties" tonight.
George Clooney, Daniel Craig, Matt Damon and Al Pacino are also expected aboard the £80 million 'mega-yacht' RM Elegant, moored off the Cap d'Antibes.
The charity event, aimed at helping to end genocide in the Darfur region of the Sudan, has been organised by Warner Brothers at an estimated cost of £2.5 million and coincides with the premiere of the heist movie Ocean's 13.
There will be a four-course banquet, including lobster, beef with truffles and a choice of five desserts.
As well as an outdoor jacuzzi filled with floating rose petals, a full casino, magicians, circus acts, a surround-sound music system and interactive games console 'play area', clay pigeon shooting from the upper decks is rumoured to be part of the fun.
Surprise performers, rumoured to include the American rapper Snoop Dogg, will entertain guests while Clooney, who sang in the movie O Brother Where Art Thou?, is tipped to take to the stage.
Five hundred bottles of Krug and Cristal champagne have been shipped in at an estimated cost of £100,000.
It will be the biggest such event since the after-party for Matrix Reloaded four years ago - another Warner Brothers production.
Sadly, while the theme of the evening is undoubtedly glamour, all female guests have been warned that they will be required to remove their designer stilettos while the men will also pad around barefoot to avoid damaging the deck.
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