Cannes 2007: The red carpet

The storm prepares to break ... Crowds greet the stars as they arrive to watch the opening-night film, Wong Kar Wai's My Blueberry Nights, at the Festival Palace on a bright May evening. Photograph: Fred Dufour/AFP

It was a blueberry night indeed for Norah Jones, the star of Wong Kar Wai's opening film at Cannes, though some critics have called it more of a raspberry. Here she is with co-star Jude Law. Photograph: Gareth Cattermole/Getty

Jude Law helps Norah Jones cope with the attention - sweet, given that she's just a novice and not, you know, already famous or anything. Photograph: Andrew Medichini/AP

Director Wong Kar Wai with his wife, Norah Jones and Jude Law. Photograph: Fred Dufour/AFP

Kerry Washington, Gong Li and Andie MacDowell guarantee their place on the front pages by swanning down the red carpet together, all swooshy hair, sweepy frocks and L'Oréal contracts. Photograph: Fred Dufour/AFP

Chinese actor Bai Ling arrives in a flutter of pink. Photograph: Christophe Karaba/EPA

Andie MacDowell proves she's just a down-to-earth lass and gets a quick snap as a keepsake. Photograph: Daniel Deme/EPA

Kerry Washington, Gong Li and Andie MacDowell - again. Photograph: Christophe Karaba/EPA

Gong Li waves at the crowd ... Photograph: Gareth Cattermole/AFP

... and they wave back, of course. Photograph: AFP

David Lynch arrives with a guest, as yet unidentified (how dare she?). Photograph: Pascal Le Segratin/Getty

Jury member and actor Toni Collette and British director Stephen Frears, president of the jury, arrive for the opening. Photograph: Jeff Christensen/AP

Master of ceremonies Diane Kruger at the (obviously utterly silly) opening ceremony. Photograph: Francois-Xavier Marita/AFP

Members of the Cannes jury, among them Orhan Pamuk and Toni Collete, stand up and be counted. Photograph: AFP

The Cannes jury in more relaxed mode, talking film at the afternoon press conference. Photograph: AFP

Diane Kruger poses for photographers earlier in the evening, before her transformation into terrifyingly glamorous master of ceremonies. Photograph: Andrew Medichini/AP

Actors Mark Ruffalo and Jake Gyllenhaal obviously think the whole thing is really quite funny. We can't blame them. Photograph: Fred Dufour/AFP

Along with Ruffalo and Gyllenhal, Chloe Sevigny is here to promote serial-killer thriller Zodiac. Note the Scorpio belt - cunning. Photograph: Sean Gallup/Getty

The Palme d'Or, awarded on Sunday May 27 - no award shelf complete without it. Photograph: Cannes