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05/24/2002 - Updated 09:41 AM ET

No fashion stone left unturned

By Liza Bear and Ann Oldenburg, USA TODAY

CANNES, France — Sharon Stone is letting the world know she's still a star. Preening and posing for photographers yelling her name on the red carpet since the Cannes Film Festival began last week, she seems determined to show she's ready for "Action!" again. "I had taken a couple of years off to become a mother and for health reasons — more time than I had planned. I was getting more used to hearing 'Mom, Mom' than 'Sharon, Sharon!' "


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In a variety of designer outfits from Fendi, Versace and Herve Leger, as well as Chopard jewels, Jimmy Choo shoes and even a Banana Republic T-shirt, Stone has been wowing the Cannes crowds with her one-woman fashion show.

Stone, a juror of the festival competition, which ends Sunday, said at an opening press conference that she wanted to get back to moviemaking soon, after taking a two-year break.

She and her husband, Phil Bronstein, adopted a son, Roan, in June 2000.

And she has been recovering from her health scare late last year, when doctors found a tear in an artery at the base of her skull. Before the festival began, she was taken to the hospital for a headache but was given a clean bill of health and discharged.

Stone says she is happy to be seeing lots of different films.

"For me Cannes has changed in that it has gone from my fantasy to my reality."