Diana Madison received the Rising Star Award at the French Riviera Film Festival in Cannes on Friday, May 19, 2023.
The festival recognized her for her impressive list of accomplishments. In her speech, she touched on two projects she has in the works— FIRST GEN, a comedy in development about first generation Armenian-Americans, as well as a crime documentary about two Armenian brothers who were cheated by the US judicial system.
Diana Madison started her career as an intern for E! News and Entertainment Tonight, later launching the YouTube channel HOLLYSCOOP, which became one of the biggest entertainment news channels in the world. Diana Madison later sold her digital media studio to Radio One/TV Onne and prusuied her lifelong passion of acting. In 2020, after executive producing the show GLAM MASTERS for Lifetime alongside Kim Kardashian, she was inspired to launch her beauty brand, Diana Madison Beauty. The “clean beauty” line is now sold at Neiman Marcus, Revolve, Anthropologie, and Naimie’s.
The French Riviera Film Festival is dedicated to celebrating and recognizing short form film content from around the world.
