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Video Why is Ryan Goslings new film being panned by critics at Cannes
The Globe's film critic Liam Lacey joins Madeleine White from the Cannes film festival to discuss which films are panning and which films are quickly becoming ...
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Rafa Nadal Serena Williams enter French Open as clear favourites
Used to be the French Open was the scene for clay-court specialists and surprise champions.Scan the list of past winners and runners-up. There's Gaston Gaudio and Albert Costa, Guillermo Coria and Martin Verkerk, Andres Gomez and Mariano Puerta. Not so much a "Who's Who." More like a "Who's He?"The women's list features fewer out-of-nowhere names, yet does ...
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Nadal favored but not seeded No. 1 at French Open
FILE - In this April 20, 2013 file photo, Spain's Rafael Nadal plays a return to France's Jo-Wilfried Tsonga during their semifinal match of the Monte Carlo Tennis Masters tournament in Monaco. Nadal already owns a record seven titles at Roland Garros. The French Open begins Sunday, May 26, 2013. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau, ...
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New Jewelry Theft Reported in Cannes Festival
Paris, May 23 (Prensa Latina) A diamond necklace valued at nearly two million euros disappeared at a party in a hotel during the Cannes Film Festival, it was reported today in the French Riviera. The jewel belongs to the Swiss house De Grisogono and the theft occurred during a gala in honor held on Tuesday in the presence of several movie stars attending the festival. Sources of Cannes police ...
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Thieves make off with $2.62-million necklace in 2nd heist during Cannes film festival
A $2.6-million necklace was stolen from an exclusive French Riviera hotel during the Cannes Film Festival this week. Thieves last week stole about $1 million worth in jewelry from the Riviera’s Novotel hotel, ...
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Imperial and ‘monarchic’ scent–it could only be French
CHARRIOL Royal White eau de parfum formen There's a certain kind of attitude and swagger--the French way of doing things. "The French behave as kings," Philippe Charriol explained the idea behind and the name of his house's new men's fragrance, Royal White, in last week's launch at The Peninsula Manila. "It's very monarchic," he said, enumerating ...
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North Versailles man sentenced in shooting death of friend
An Allegheny County judge on Thursday sentenced a North Versailles man to serve 15 to 30 months in jail for shooting his friend in the kitchen of a Wilmerding ...
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Paris Hilton Signed to Cash Money With Lil Wayne Nicki Minaj Working on New Album
Lil Wayne's mentor Birdman, whose real name is Bryan Williams, announced on Twitter that Hilton, 32, had been signed to Cash Money Wednesday. Within hours, the former reality TV star was trending nationwide on the social networking site."Lil Wayne's Cash Money family has a new member! Paris Hilton: RichgangRichgirl," Birdman tweeted May ...
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Cornet advances to Strasbourg International semis
Alize Cornet and Eugenie Bouchard advanced but two other quarterfinals were rained out Thursday at the Strasbourg international tennis tournament in France. Cornet, seeded No. 3, defeated seventh-seeded Chanelle Scheepers 6-3, 6-1 by amassing seven breaks. Cornet won nearly two-thirds of the points when receiving serve and won in a lopsided score despite dropping serve three times. The ...
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French court questions Lagarde over payout
A PARISIAN court has grilled International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Christine Lagarde over her role in a large payout to a businessman in 2008, when she was France's finance minister. Lagarde is suspected of arranging arbitration that led to a compensation payment of more than 285 million euros ($A382.74 million) to Bernard Tapie, former principal owner of Adidas. Including interest, the ...
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France Wants Hezbollah Armed Wing on EU Terror List Soon
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Eugenie Bouchard advance to Strasbourg International semi-finals
Eugenie Bouchard, of Canada, returns to Jelena Jankovic, of Serbia, at the Family Circle Cup tennis tournament in Charleston, S.C., Friday, April 5, 2013. (Mic Smith/The Associated ...
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France approves English language classes
France's lower parliament has approved a proposal to allow universities to teach some classes in English, despite claims that it could turn French into a "dead ...
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Suicide bombers in Niger strike military barracks and French mine
General view taken on 23 February 2005 at Somair mineral treatment plant near the uranium opencast mine exploited by Areva of France, in Arlit, Niger. On Thursday, the mine was hit by suicide bombings that injured dozens. (Pierre Verdy/AFP/Getty ...
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Hezbollah should be labeled a terrorist group say France Britain Germany
BRUSSELS, Belgium - Hezbollah should be labeled a terrorist group by the European Union, France, Britain and Germany said Wednesday. The Lebanese militant group ...
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Second jewellery theft reported near Cannes
Police said that the "high value" necklace was stolen on Wednesday night in Cap d'Antibes. Last week, thieves stole about $1m (663,000) worth of jewels after ripping a safe from the wall of a Novotel hotel room in Cannes. The jewellery was taken from the room of an employee of Chopard, the Swiss-based watch and jewellery maker that has loaned items to A-list stars walking the red ...
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Boos for violent Ryan Gosling film at Cannes
acclaim for the crime heist thriller . It also garnered best-director honours for Refn. However, their latest movie, starring Gosling as a drug-smuggler in Bangkok pressured by his mother (Kristin Scott Thomas) to avenge his brother's death, has polarized critics at Cannes with its violence. A brutal scene involving eye and ear mutilation had audiences squirming, while another in which a ...
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Cannes comes down to earth with depression-era movie Nebraska
Link to video: Nebraska: 'What it lacks in voltage it makes up in warmth' - Cannes video review This year at Cannes, film after film has delved into the world of the wealthy. The Great Gatsby's lavish parties have been rivalled by only the madly superficial Roman fiesta that begins Paolo Sorrentino's The Great Beauty. Meanwhile their glittering possessions are filched in ...
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French singer-songwriter Georges Moustaki dies following illness
Georges Moustaki was introduced to Edith Piaf in the late 1950s and started to write songs for the Parisian star. Photograph: Manciet/Dalmas/Sipa/Rex ...
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Cannes Salvo Tops Critics Week Awards
Filmmakers Fabio Grassadonia and Antonio Piazza nabbed two awards, while Daria Belova's "Come and Play," "Pleasure" by Nina Thyberg and "Le Demantlement" by Sebastien Pilote were also ...
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Paris Singer and Piaf songwriter Moustaki dies
French singer and songwriter Georges Moustaki has died after a long illness. He was 79. Greek-born Moustaki arrived in Paris in 1951 and will be remembered by many for his songs celebrating liberty and his collaborations with Edith Piaf. French Culture Minister Aurelie Filippetti hailed an ';artist with convictions who conveyed humanist values… and a great poet.'; Twitter was ...
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Unions seek probe of Qatari buyout of famed French store
PARIS (AFP) - Unions at the French department store Printemps have asked authorities open a probe into what they call opaque finances in the sale of the luxury shop chain to investors from the gas-rich Gulf state of Qatar."We have turned to the prosecutor because we have discovered multiple financial arrangements in the sale specifying exorbitant commissions and intermediaries which also ...
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Emal and Kizad in French link-up talks
The French industrial engineer Fives Group has proposed setting up a new operation within Kizad to provide Emal with state-of-the-art technology to manufacture anodes crucial to the production of aluminium. Rich-Joseph Facun / The ...
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In photos Jerry Lewis in fine form at Cannes
Comedian Jerry Lewis, 87, attends a photo call for the film Max Rose at the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, on Thursday.(Lionel ...
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A French filmmaker looks back at his teenaged self
Unlike many French teenagers who would grow up to become filmmakers, 16-year-old Olivier Assayas didn't care much about movies. His principal passions were politics, painting and pop music, and not always in that order. Now 58 years old and one of the world's most celebrated directors ...
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Mutual importance of Sino-Franco relations
China and France, two major regional powers in Asia and Europe respectively, have long had steady economic relations. Cultural ties have seen a disparity, however, which is perhaps due to the recently unsteady diplomatic relations between the two countries. In the last few months though, there has been a significant improve in this area.
France was one of the first western powers to recognize the People’s Republic of China as a legitimate country and established an embassy in the country before Great Britain, Germany or the United States. Since 2008, however, France has found itself often at odds with the emerging superpower, especially over its One China policy. Read more
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