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Cannes film festival suffers $1m jewellery theft Cannes film festival suffers $1m jewellery theft
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More than $1m (£650,000; 777,000 euros) worth of jewels have been stolen from a hotel in Cannes, French police say.More than $1m (£650,000; 777,000 euros) worth of jewels have been stolen from a hotel in Cannes, French police say.
The jewels were to be loaned to celebrities who have arrived on the French Riviera for the famous annual film festival. The jewels were to be loaned to stars appearing at the famous annual film festival on the French Riviera.
They were stolen from a safe in the Novotel Hotel room of an employee of exclusive Swiss jewellers Chopard. They were taken from the hotel room of an employee of exclusive Swiss jewellers Chopard in the early hours of Friday morning.
Chopard is one of the official sponsors of the festival, which opened on Wednesday. Police say the thieves ripped the safe containing the jewels from a wall of the room at the Novotel hotel.
The theft happened on the same day that the festival was shown The Bling Ring, a new film by director Sofia Coppola about some high-school students who find out when celebrities are attending red carpet events in order to break into their homes and steal their designer clothes, bags, and shoes. Festival officials said the Palme d'Or was not among the stolen items.
The event's top award is also made by Chopard, which is an official sponsor of the festival.
Celebrities choosing the Swiss firm's gems for their red carpet appearances at this year's festival include Julianne Moore, Lana Del Rey and Cindy Crawford.
The theft happened a few hours after the festival was shown The Bling Ring, a new film by director Sofia Coppola.
The film is about teenagers who find out when celebrities are attending red carpet events in order to break into their homes and steal their designer clothes, bags and shoes.