France – Walking down the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival, actors could be forgiven for wanting the capture the moment.
But such sentimental whims have no place at the prestigious French festival, it seems, with its bosses issuing a withering verdict on stars who stop to capture a pre-premiere selfie at the 68th annual event, which takes place on May 13-25.
While not going as far as to ban selfies, the Cannes organisers branded them ‘ridiculous and grotesque’, adding: ‘Honestly you’re never as ugly as on a selfie’.
It will come as a blow to snap-happy stars, with famous selfie fans including TV host Ellen DeGeneres – whose photo of herself at the 2014 Oscars, pictured, with Hollywood royalty including Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Bradley Cooper, Kevin Spacey, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie got a record 779,295 retweets on Twitter in half an hour alone, causing the social media site to temporarily crash.
Daily Mail