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Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
In ‘Bonjour Tristesse,' Fashion Is a Main Character
PARIS — Forget about Charli XCX: This year's summer style icon might just be Jean Seberg. The U.S. actress with the pixie haircut is back in the spotlight thanks to two films: Richard Linklater's 'Nouvelle Vague,' which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival, and 'Bonjour Tristesse,' a new adaptation of French author Françoise Sagan's seminal coming-of-age novel. More from WWD Bethann Hardison Launches Foundation to Advance Young Talent Chanel and Tribeca Festival Announce 2025 Artist Awards Program Fondazione Prada Introduces 1.5 Million-euro Film Fund While Zoey Deutch plays Seberg in Linklater's black-and-white ode to the birth of French New Wave cinema, rising actress Lily McInerny reprises one of Seberg's most famous roles in the remake of 'Bonjour Tristesse,' which marks the feature film debut of Canadian writer and director Durga Chew-Bose. Seberg, who died in 1979 at the age of 40, played the lead character Cécile in Otto Preminger's 1958 adaptation of the book — a stylish affair that featured gowns by Givenchy, jewels by Cartier and accessories from Hermès. McInerny said she didn't see the original movie until after shooting was over. 'That was an intentional choice, so as not to even subconsciously try to mimic her incredible origination of Cécile,' she told WWD in an interview. 'Our films differ in many ways. Durga is truly a writer in her own world. She's working with the original text of the novel. She herself is very intentionally not trying to recreate anything that Preminger touched, so we both are big fans of the film and appreciate it very much, but they're very distinct in their styles,' she said. Watching Seberg navigate the plot, which chronicles the destructive behavior of a free-spirited 17-year-old and her playboy father, proved intense for the 26-year-old actress. 'I felt very emotional, and I felt very attached, and I felt very close to Jean Seberg in that moment, and it was almost like watching a distant relative or a friend I knew, or a weird sort of dream of myself,' McInerny mused. 'To have that connection with someone so glowing and untouchable as Jean Seberg, it was so cool.' For costume designer Miyako Bellizzi, the project was an excuse to indulge in her passion for period films and vintage fashion, which influenced the overall look of the film. 'I collect '30s, '40s, '50s clothes just in general. I have an archive of it all,' said Bellizzi, who was working concurrently on 'Marty Supreme,' which has garnered advance buzz for the '50s-era costumes she designed for stars Timothée Chalamet and Gwyneth Paltrow. 'From the very beginning, Durga and I always spoke about how we miss the beauty of old films and how, in a lot of more classic films, the way that costume design was approached was different to how it is now,' Bellizzi said, citing the work of legendary costume designers like Adrian and Edith Head. 'I mourn films that have good taste in clothing. It's one of my biggest pet peeves in contemporary films,' she added. 'I really wanted to showcase that, you know, bring it back.' The fact that one of the main characters in 'Bonjour Tristesse' is a fashion designer was the icing on the cake. Chloë Sevigny plays Anne, whose arrival at the family's holiday villa on the French Riviera sets in motion a deadly cycle of jealousy and retribution. Known for her work on movies including 'Good Time' and 'Uncut Gems,' Bellizzi relished the change of register. 'Most of my films are very male-heavy, and this is the first time I've had three women and it's so fashion-forward,' she said of working with McInerny, Sevigny and Nailia Harzoune, who plays Elsa, the father's girlfriend. Infused with a strong design sensibility, the film is a fashionista's delight as it revels in obscure references, rather than the splashy resortwear that is often the default wardrobe option for films and series set against a Mediterranean backdrop. 'We could do the 'White Lotus' of the south of France,' said Bellizzi, adding that the idea was discarded in favor of something more timeless. 'I wanted it to just be super classic.' She used Renaissance Renaissance, the Lebanese label founded by Cynthia Merhej that has twice reached the semifinals of the LVMH Prize, as the stand-in for Anne's fashion label. Sevigny wears several looks by the brand, in addition to vintage Yohji Yamamoto and Jean Paul Gaultier, and accessories by Sophie Buhai. Merhej also designed a key look for McInerny: a '50s-inspired pouf dress that symbolizes Cécile's transition from tomboy to ingenue. But a lot of her clothes in the film are authentically vintage: Bellizzi and McInerny got an early start on wardrobe prep by scouring secondhand stores in New York City. 'She lives down the street from me, so I'd be, like, 'Hey, let's go shop,'' Bellizzi recounted. 'She's so tiny that all the greatest, coolest vintage pieces fit her like a glove.' That includes a yellow swimsuit that was a nod to the one worn by Seberg in the original film. McInerny spends much of her time on screen in bathing suits and bikinis, but said she didn't feel self-conscious. 'That was never a hesitation for me,' she said. 'Stepping away from the film, I was like, 'Was I too covered up?' Because we're on the beaches of France, it's quite common to be topless.' Part of her confidence came from the fact that she's known Chew-Bose since she was a child. Part of it was knowing that Bellizzi had her back. 'Miyako really prioritizes an actor's comfort and confidence in the clothes that she's dressing you in. It goes a really long way in terms of our performance,' she said, adding that it's important to surrender personal hangups. 'Understanding your character thoroughly, you'll also understand what makes them feel confident and what makes them feel attractive, and that might be different from what you yourself would [wear] in your daily life,' she added. On the red carpet, McInerny has developed a close relationship with Celine since making her big screen debut in 2022 in the indie drama 'Palm Trees and Power Lines.' She collaborated with the French brand on her look for the 'Bonjour Tristesse' premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival. 'I came to them with an image from the original Preminger film of Jean Seberg in this classic black party dress. It was one of my favorite costumes from the original film,' she recalled. 'To have anything custom designed for me would be a dream come true, let alone something so intimate and closely attached to this project so dear to me, and they came back to me in a couple of weeks with this gorgeous sketch of the dress that I ultimately wore to our debut,' McInerny said. She noted that Zouzou, former creative director Hedi Slimane's final fragrance for Celine, was billed as an homage to Sagan and Seberg. 'It felt very organic and meaningful to know that everyone behind the scenes and beyond was as passionate about the history we were stepping into,' the actress said. 'That's our greatest hope, that it transports you to an era of style and film that sometimes gets overlooked these days.' 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Boston Globe
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Boston Globe
Major newspapers ran a summer reading list. AI made up its book titles.
Advertisement Many pointed out quotes attributed to experts and professors who don't seem to exist, or at least don't have a significant online presence. Similarly, some pieces in the package featured quotes that social media sleuths said could not be found online — such as one from Brianna Madia, the author of a van-life book called 'Nowhere for Very Long,' talking about hammock culture to Outside Magazine in 2023. Interviews she did with the magazine in 2019 and 2017 did not feature any discussion on hammocks, and she does not appear in any of the magazine's 2023 stories online. The section's 'Summer reading list for 2025' recommended not only fake books such as 'Tidewater Dreams' by Isabel Allende and 'The Last Algorithm' by Andy Weir, but also imaginary titles from authors Brit Bennett, Taylor Jenkins Reid, Min Jin Lee, and Rebecca Makkai. (The list does feature some real books, including Françoise Sagan's 'Bonjour Tristesse' and André Aciman's 'Call Me by Your Name.') Advertisement 'It is unacceptable for any content we provide to our readers to be inaccurate. We value our readers' trust in our reporting and take this very seriously,' Victor Lim, senior director of audience development for Chicago Public Media, said in a statement. 'We've historically relied on content partners for this information, but given recent developments, it's clear we must actively evaluate new processes and partnerships to ensure we continue meeting the full range of our readers' needs,' he added. Lisa Hughes, the publisher and CEO of the Philadelphia Inquirer, said the special section was removed from the e-edition after the discovery was made. 'Using artificial intelligence to produce content, as was apparently the case with some of the Heat Index material, is a violation of our own internal policies and a serious breach,' she said in a statement to The Washington Post. Much of the content for the section was written by Marco Buscaglia, a Chicago-based freelance writer who used AI chatbots during the writing process, he told The Post in an interview Tuesday. Buscaglia said the insert, which he began writing in February with a March deadline, wasn't written with any specific cities in mind, and he didn't know which newspapers would run it. Buscaglia said there was 'no excuse' for not double-checking his work. When he started writing the recommended books list, Buscaglia said, he considered looking at Goodreads or calling local bookstores for recommendations. But instead, he asked AI chatbots for help. (Buscaglia said he was unsure which chatbot he used, though he said it was either ChatGPT or Claude.) Advertisement 'I'm very responsible about it. I do check things out, but in this case, I mean, I totally missed it,' he said about using AI in his reporting. 'I feel like, if given the opportunity, I would approach these things differently and have a lot, you know, obviously better set of filters.' 'I do feel that it also misrepresents the Sun-Times, the Philadelphia Inquirer,' he said, adding: 'I feel bad about that, too - that the papers somehow [get] associated with that.' The misstep comes as the media industry wrestles with the advent of AI. Large language models and AI chatbots don't always search the web for information, relying on preinstalled knowledge, which can lead them to spit out incorrect or misleading information. Critics have said that newspapers that use AI tools risk exposing readers to low-quality reporting and misinformation, contributing to a rising mistrust of journalism.
Axios
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Axios
Philadelphia Inquirer prints summer reading list full of AI-generated fake titles
The Philadelphia Inquirer last week published a "summer reading list for 2025" that included multiple nonexistent titles by real authors, and was partially produced by AI. The big picture: The list, which ran in a print supplement, also appeared in the Chicago Sun-Times, causing a stir on social media as journalists worry about AI-generated material replacing human-made content. The Inquirer confirmed to Axios that the supplement contained material generated by AI, which the newspaper's publisher and CEO, Lisa Hughes, says is "a violation of our own internal policies and a serious breach." Hughes says the newsroom was not involved in producing the supplement. Between the lines: Today's AI models continue to make up things in ways that AI makers still haven't figured out how to detect or stop, and human users keep failing to check their output. Case in point: The first item on the list is a novel by the "beloved Chilean American author" Isabel Allende titled "Tidewater Dreams." Allende is real, but "Tidewater Dreams" — ostensibly a "climate fiction novel" that "explores how one family confronts rising seas levels while uncovering long-buried secrets" — doesn't exist. You have to read down the list of 15 titles to the 11th entry before you hit a real book (Françoise Sagan's 1954 novel, "Bonjour Tristesse"). Zoom in: The article was part of Heat Index, a 56-page summer guide supplement published May 15. It appeared before an ad for the Inquirer that exhorts readers to "Unsubscribe from 'traffic, parking, boardwalk cuisine… yay!' Subscribe to keeping everything beachy." It was also posted on the paper's online edition and has since been removed. King Features designed and produced the material in the supplement, and the Inquirer has been receiving syndicated materials from King for decades, Hughes tells Axios. How it happened: Chicago-based freelance writer Marco Buscaglia has since admitted to 404 Media to using AI to write the piece without fact-checking it.
Axios
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Axios
Sun-Times fallout: Fake book list raises red flags over AI
The Sun-Times is feeling the heat after it printed a summer reading list Sunday, citing multiple non-existent titles by real authors — which was partially produced by AI. Why it matters: The scandal comes on the heels of a 20% cut to the editorial staff at the paper and as journalists worry about AI-generated material replacing human-made content. Also, AI models continue to make things up in ways that AI makers haven't figured out how to detect or stop, and human users keep failing to check their output. Case in point: The very first item on the list is a novel by the "beloved Chilean American author" Isabel Allende titled "Tidewater Dreams." Allende is real but "Tidewater Dreams" — ostensibly a "climate fiction novel" that "explores how one family confronts rising seas levels while uncovering long-buried secrets" — doesn't exist. You have to read down the list of 15 titles to the 11th entry before you hit a real book (Françoise Sagan's 1954 "Bonjour Tristesse"). What they're saying: The Sun-Times was quick to distance itself from the insert. "This is licensed content that was not created by, or approved by, the Sun-Times newsroom, but it is unacceptable for any content we provide to our readers to be inaccurate," CPM spokesperson Victor Lim tells Axios. "We value our readers' trust in our reporting and take this very seriously." Yes, but: While licensed and syndicated content is normal for newspapers, it is usually marked as such. This article looks like it was part of an advertising or advertorial supplement, but the section's cover simply reads "Chicago Sun-Times — Heat Index — Your guide to the best of summer." The insert also appeared in the Philadelphia Inquirer, which also touted the licensed content as its own. What happened: The Sun-Times says it licensed the content from King Features, a unit of Hearst, which claims to be the world's largest lifestyle publisher. In an interview with 404 Magazine, Chicago-based writer Marco Buscaglia takes the blame for using AI to source the list and not fact-check. "I can't believe I missed it because it's so obvious. No excuses," Buscaglia said to 404. "I'm completely embarrassed." Zoom out:"It's always been perilous when a news outlet presents material that it didn't produce on its own," former Tribune metro editor and writer of the Stop the Presses newsletter Mark Jacob tells Axios. "AI has supercharged the danger since it's so easy for lazy and sloppy people to create bad content." "What should legitimate media learn from this?" Jacob asks. "Hire trusted human beings to produce content, and carefully review any content that's going out under your brand." The Sun-Times Guild was swift in its condemnation of the paper's gaffe. "We're deeply disturbed that AI-generated content was printed alongside our work," the union said in a statement. "Our members go to great lengths to build trust with our sources and communities and are horrified by this slop syndication." "We call on Chicago Public Media management to do everything it can to prevent repeating this disaster in the future." Flashback: This isn't the first time newspapers have had issues with licensed content. In 2012, the Chicago Tribune and the Sun-Times ended their use of content produced by Journatic, a company that was accused of using fake bylines and plagiarism. When tech entrepreneur Michael Ferro took over the Tribune in 2016, he said he wanted to push the paper to use "big data and artificial intelligence" to make the paper profitable. Ferro orchestrated a wave of layoffs to make the paper more digitally focused before resigning two years later. The intrigue: The summer reading list only appears in print. It ran opposite a house ad for the Sun-Times that exhorts readers to "Donate your old car and fund the news you rely on." The bottom line: For the Sun-Times, the fallout from the error could have lasting implications now that the paper has switched to a nonprofit model that counts on reader donations.
Axios
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Axios
Chicago paper's "reading list" full of fake, likely AI-generated titles
A print supplement to the Chicago Sun-Times published a "summer reading list for 2025" Sunday citing multiple non-existent titles by real authors — a goof that readers on social media quickly attributed to AI. Why it matters: Today's AI models continue to make things up in ways that AI makers still haven't figured out how to detect or stop, and human users keep failing to check their output. Case in point: The very first item on the list is a novel by the "beloved Chilean American author" Isabel Allende titled "Tidewater Dreams." Allende is real but "Tidewater Dreams" — ostensibly a "climate fiction novel" that "explores how one family confronts rising seas levels while uncovering long-buried secrets" — doesn't exist. You have to read down the list of 15 titles to the eleventh entry before you hit a real book (Françoise Sagan's 1954 "Bonjour Tristesse"). What they're saying: The article looks like it was part of an advertising or advertorial supplement, but the section's cover simply reads "Chicago Sun-Times — Heat Index — Your guide to the best of summer." " It is not editorial content and was not created by, or approved by, the Sun-Times newsroom," a Sun-Times account on Bluesky posted Tuesday. Between the lines: The summer reading list appears in print opposite a house ad for the Sun-Times that exhorts readers to "Donate your old car and fund the news you rely on."
