Eva Longoria showed off her chic sense of style as she attended a conference during MIPCOM in Cannes, France on Monday.
The actress, 48, wore a stylish black skirt which finished just above her ankle and was adorned with decorative floral motifs.
She wore a black satin blouse and added a few inches to her stature by wearing a pair of matching heels.
American star Eva accessorised with a pair of elegant silver drop earrings and went for a look of subtle glamour with her make-up.
She was seen posing on a balcony with the beach and Mediterranean Sea in the background before heading into the conference.
In style: Eva Longoria, 48, showed off her chic sense of style in a black ensemble as she attended a conference during MIPCOM in Cannes, France on Monday
Fashion focus: The actress wore a stylish black skirt which finished just above her ankle and was adorned with decorative floral motifs
MIPCOM is an event geared towards representatives of television studios and broadcasters.
Eva confidently took to the stage before addressing the attendees at the Palais des Festivals.
Until last month Eva had gone on strike with many stars and staff who work in Hollywood as part of the first strikes in 16 years called by the Writers Guild of America.
An estimated 11,500 members have downed tools after talks with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers over pay fell apart. However, the strikes ended on September 27.
However, in New York, Eva’s fellow actress Jessica Chastain took to the streets as she joined the SAG-AFTRA strike picket line.
Talks had broken off between Hollywood actors and studios, killing any hopes that the three-month strike by performers would come to an end anytime soon.
The studios announced that they had suspended contract negotiations, saying the gap between the two sides was too great to make continuing worthwhile, despite an offer as good as the one that recently ended the writers’.
On October 2, for the first time since the began on July 14, the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) resumed negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), which represents studios, streaming services and production companies in talks.
Looking good: She wore a black satin blouse and added a few inches to her stature by wearing a pair of matching heels
Star quality: American star Eva accessorised with a pair of elegant silver drop earrings and went for a look of subtle glamour with her make-up
Ready to speak: Eva confidently took to the stage before addressing the attendees at the Palais des Festivals
Profesional: MIPCOM is an event geared towards representatives of television studios and broadcasters
When negotiations resumed with writers last month, their strike ended five days later, but similar progress was not made with the actors union.
The studios walked away from talks after seeing the actors’ most recent proposal on Wednesday.
‘It is clear that the gap between the AMPTP and Sag-Aftra is too great, and conversations are no longer moving us in a productive direction,’ the AMPTP said in a statement.
The SAG-AFTRA proposal would cost companies an additional 800 million US dollars a year and create “an untenable economic burden”, the statement said.
In a letter to members on Thursday, SAG-AFTRA said that figure was overestimated by 60%. The union said its negotiators were ‘profoundly disappointed’ the studios had broken off talks.
‘We have negotiated with them in good faith,’ the letter read, ‘despite the fact that last week they presented an offer that was, shockingly, worth less than they proposed before the strike began.’
Taking a stand: In New York, Eva’s fellow actress Jessica Chastain took to the streets of New York as she joined the SAG-AFTRA strike picket line
Catching the eye: Jessica ensured people knew why she was there, wearing a SAG-AFTRA strike T-shirt and holding a placard
Ongoing: Talks had broken off between Hollywood actors and studios, killing any hopes that the three-month strike by performers would come to an end anytime soon
Actors have been on strike over issues including increases in pay for streaming programming and control of the use of their images generated by artificial intelligence.
The AMPTP insisted its offers had been as generous as the deals that brought an end to the strike by writers and brought a new contract to the directors guild earlier this year.
But the union letter to actors said the companies ‘refuse to protect performers from being replaced by AI, they refuse to increase your wages to keep up with inflation, and they refuse to share a tiny portion of the immense revenue your work generates for them’.
Members of the Writers Guild of America voted almost unanimously to ratify their new contract on Monday.
Clash: The studios announced that they had suspended contract negotiations, saying the gap between the two sides was too great to make continuing worthwhile
Their leaders touted their deal as achieving most of what they had sought when they went on strike nearly five months earlier.
They declared their strike over, and sent writers back to work, on September 26.
Late night talk shows returned to the air within a week, and other shows including Saturday Night Live will soon follow.
But with no actors, production on scripted shows and movies will stay on pause indefinitely.
