Michelle and Jean go to the movies

Michelle Yeoh and Jean Todt mingled with other members of the glitterati at the official opening of Cite du Cinema, Luc Besson's huge new studio complex in St. Denis just outside of Paris. Besson and his backers hope to lure big Hollywood pictures to the everything under one roof facility. Luc Besson directed Michelle Yeoh in the recent succès d'estime The Lady.

She looked perfectly fetching, as always, and seems to have had an affect on Jean Todt who was wearing an evening suit that actually seemed to fit.

She brought her magic wrap/shawl/stole--the one that floats in midair:

The studio complex occupies the site of a former power station. They kept the structure of the monumental nave, an impressive place to throw a party:

Plenty of room on the sound stages for everything, including building sets:

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Michelle Yeoh and Jean Todt--Part I

It would be a cliche and unkind as well to call this "Beauty and the Beast" or "Princess and the Frog" although those terms spring to mind when thinking of the very long term relationship (don't call it an engagement, at least yet) between Hong Kong and international film actress and producer Michelle Yeoh and Formula One honcho and former Ferrari CEO Jean Todt. At least twice Todt has announced that they were engaged to be married; each time Yeoh denied that was the case. While both of them are very successful, Michelle Yeoh is an ethnically Chinese citizen of Malaysia. She is tall, elegant and athletic, much in demand by fashion houses the world over to wear their outfits at the world's most publicized film festivals, charity galas and fashion shows. Jean Todt is a Frenchman whose father was a Polish Jew who came to France to get away from the Nazis. He is short, inelegant and might be paid by men's clothing designers not to wear their lines in public.

Todt is highly thought of in the world of motor racing. He took over the moribund Ferrari F-1 constructors team and put it back on top of the standings. Ferrari rewarded him by making the CEO of the entire company, a position he left in order to campaign for and be elected as president of FIA, the world-wide governing body of F-1, the richest and most watched racing operation in the world.

I have long been intrigued by this odd couple from different cultures, continents and professions and have been collecting bits and pieces of information and images. Below are very recent pictures from the Fall/Winter collection of Robert Cavalli in Milan featuring the two of them in the front row.

An oddly framed but effective shot from the other side of the runway:

In case anyone was wondering who interested the photographers:

All images from Zimbio.

Michelle Yeoh in Venice

Michelle Yeoh and Jean Todt take in the sights in Venice. Todt, as usual, is the epitome of casual inelegance.

Love the shoes (hers)

Guess who has a watch contract:

For those interested in such thing, Michelle Yeoh has a deal with Richard Mille to design a watch in his RM series. His watches list between 150,000 Euros and 450,000 Euros with a few under 100,000 Euros. Story, glamor photo and some watch porn at this site.


Here she is doing the quintessential non-movie activity at a film festival: getting on a yacht. She shows it is possible to wear what should be an unflattering piece--that hideous blouse with the net top, huge flowers and some type of applique--and still look great.

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