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yes we cannes
May 14, 2013

See Stars of the Early Nineties Party at Cannes

By Stella Bugbee

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Tomorrow begins the 66th annual (and seemingly endless) Cannes Film Festival, where celebrities have gathered for decades to get louche at yacht parties and glamorous black-tie receptions, then be awarded critical prizes like the Palme d’Or, the festival’s highest honor. It’s one of our favorite places to catch celebs in their finery, in part due to the dual appearance of casual clothing and super-fancy runway looks in broad daylight during the French Riviera’s nicer weather conditions.

This year’s lineup includes new films by Steven Soderbergh (whose Sex, Lies, and Videotape won the Palme d’Or in 1989), Jim Jarmusch, the Coen Brothers, and many other early nineties auteurs. Lately, it does feel like we’re all still living in 1993, so we’ve collected our favorite shots of some of the megastars from twenty years ago. Turns out, it’s pretty fun and unsettling to look at the not-too-distant landcape of celebrity. Click through our slideshow to see a glowingly young Uma Thurman, a blond Marisa Tomei, Kyle MacLachlan in his Linda Evangelista years, Keanu Reeves when he was still hot-ish, Antonio Banderas when he actually was “too sexy,” and more. Don’t miss Nicole Kidman (who will be a juror this year) in the perfect, pre-Botox, pre-TomKat days.

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Uma Thurman in 1993. Photo: Eric Robert/© Corbis. All Rights Reserved.
Antonio Banderas in 1995. Photo: Baverel-Lefranc/© Corbis. All Rights Reserved.
Uma Thurman and Robert De Niro at a screening of Mad Dog and Glory in 1993. Photo: Orban-Robert/© Corbis. All Rights Reserved.
Madonna after a screening of In Bed with Madonna in 1991. Photo: GERARD JULIEN/2011 AFP
Diane Keaton and Andie MacDowell before the screening of Unstrung Heroes in 1995. Photo: GERARD FOUET
Johnny Depp at a party for Ed Wood  in 1995. Photo: Richard Blanshard/2011 Getty Images
Naomi Campbell at a party for Ed Wood in 1995. Photo: Richard Blanshard/2011 Getty Images
Kyle MacLachlan and Linda Evangelista at a party for Ed Wood in 1995. Photo: Richard Blanshard/2011 Getty Images
Sharon Stone at a screening of Basic Instinct in 1992. Photo: Christophe d’Yvoire/© Corbis. All Rights Reserved.
Jamie Lee Curtis at the screening of The Player in 1992. Photo: Eric Robert/© Corbis. All Rights Reserved.
Tyra Banks at an event to benefit amfAR in 2000. Photo: Fred Prouser/© Corbis. All Rights Reserved.
Keanu Reeves in 1993. Photo: Eric Robert/© Corbis. All Rights Reserved.
Cameron Diaz and Jim Carrey in 1994. Photo: Eric Robert/© Corbis. All Rights Reserved.
Meg Ryan at the presentation of French Kiss in 1994. Photo: Eric Robert/© Corbis. All Rights Reserved.
John Waters in 1994. Photo: Eric Robert/© Corbis. All Rights Reserved.
Marisa Tomei in 1995. Photo: © Band Photo / uppa.co.uk/Starstock/Photoshot. All rights reserved.
Isabelle Adjani in 1994. Photo: Cardinale-Robert/© Corbis. All Rights Reserved.
Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise in 1992. Photo: Eric Robert/© Corbis. All Rights Reserved.
Luc Ferry and Carla Bruni in 1998. Photo: Foc Kan
Elizabeth Taylor at the presentation of the movie Cliffhanger in 1993. Photo: Orban-Robert/© Corbis. All Rights Reserved.
Claudia Schiffer in 1993. Photo: Eric Robert/© Corbis. All Rights Reserved.
Sophie Marceau in 1992. Photo: David Niviere/© Corbis. All Rights Reserved.
Spike Lee and Eddie Murphy at the screening of Boys'N The Hood in 1991. Photo: Micheline Pelletier/© Corbis. All Rights Reserved.
Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger in 1990. Photo: Eric Robert/© Corbis. All Rights Reserved.
Sean Penn in 1991. Photo: Jim Duxbury / Rex Features/THIS COPYRIGHTED IMAGE MUST NOT BE USED WITHOUT PERMISSION
Geena Davis in 1991. Photo: Starstock/Photoshot. All rights reserved.
Brigitte Nielsen in 1992. Photo: Starstock/Photoshot. All rights reserved.
Sharon Stone with Paul Verhoeven in 1992. Photo: Starstock/Photoshot. All rights reserved.
Brigitte Nielsen in 1992. Photo: Starstock/Photoshot. All rights reserved.
Sigourney Weaver in 1994. Photo: Starstock/Photoshot. All rights reserved.
Michael Douglas in 1993. Photo: Gary Lee / uppa.co.uk/Starstock/Photoshot. All rights reserved.
Lori Singer in 1994. Photo: Starstock/Photoshot. All rights reserved.
Whoopi Goldberg in 1992. Photo: Starstock/Photoshot. All rights reserved.
Brooke Shields in 1990. Photo: Starstock/Photoshot. All rights reserved.
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