By Josie Goldberg
JW MARRIOTT CANNES, FRANCE (The Hollywood Times) 5/27/2026
I have to say that the JW Marriott Cannes hotel was the “HOT SPOT” this 79 Cannes Film Festival. I was very lucky to have a staff pass that I was given by Nathalie Dubois the owner of DPA GIFT SUITE since I was covering her gifting suite for The Hollywood Times and had some of my clients and brands booked in her suite.
I have applied for credentials for “The Cannes Film Festival” the previous two years and was denied. This year I did not even try. In all fairness, I am an Entertainment Reporter and specialize in covering the hottest parties, events, brands, dating, and gossip. I really don’t review films or actors, so it makes sense that I was not accredited the past two years. With that being said, without the Festival De Cannes Accreditations one is not allowed access to the premier hotels, venues, movie premiers, which really is problematic and limits one substantially to access to the IT PEOPLE & PLACES. Basically all the places you want and need to be! You defiantly need a (Press Pass) or a Cannes Accreditation Pass by the Cannes Film Commission.
I have to say that I was super lucky with my Staff Pass and every night at JW Marriot Bar it was “SHANGRILAH”. I met the most fabulous men, executives in the film business and even found some Romance. (But that is for another article) …
Doing a tour of the DPA Cannes Gifting Suite this year was extra special to me. I loved my brand supplying Spoiled and Entitled tote bags for the 200 plus guests. It makes total sense, as I cover Gifting suites and I always see guest not bringing their own bag and or guests having too many gifts and have difficulty carrying the gifts out. (Not enough hands or assistants).
This year’s tour was also special as Nathalie Dubois herself debuted all the various brands she chose to be in her ultra-exclusive Cannes Film Festival Gift Suite. Nathalie gave The Hollywood Times an extra Exclusive tour before the Suite opened up, and THE HOLLYWOOD TIMES was the first.
Don’t worry my viewers, “Only Josie Knows” vlogged the whole experience and let me share with you the Marvelous Gifts that I was given by these brands:
- Maureen Meehan “60 DATES IN 6 Months”
- Masqly Paris
- Glow by ME
- GLOW 25
- L ENTROPISTE
- Amelie
- VON VEMIAN
- ERE PEREZ & ARE WATER
- SPOILED AND ENTITLED
Without my DPA PRESS PASS, I would have lost out on many events, parties, and VIP introductions that gave me many thrills and amazing evenings in the “COTE d Azure”. The Hollywood Times and “Only Josie Knows” would like to thank Nathalie Dubois & DPA CANNES GIFT SUITE 2026 and her brands for gifting amazing gifts.
