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Drama at Cannes - but this time off the red carpet
A touch of drama came to the Cannes Film Festival in an unexpected guise on Friday night when a man disrupted a live television broadcast by firing a starting pistol. Predictably security was then stepped up and the man arrested but not before the whole incident had sent everyone running for cover. But in true showbiz spirit the glitz and the glamour and of course the competition for the ...
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French President Signs Same-Sex Marriage Into Law
the BBC reports , after the Senate and National Assembly approved the bill, it "was quickly challenged on constitutional grounds by the main right-wing opposition UMP party of former president Nicolas Sarkozy." Friday, a ruling by the Constitutional Council cleared the way for the president's signature. The council found the bill in accordance with constitution, ...
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Cannes Former EMI Boss Launches Entertainment Finance Production Venture
and three partners from the entertainment, finance and brand worlds on Friday unveiled a new entertainment finance, production and distribution venture ...
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Cannes rocked by bling burglary
About $1 million in jewelry was stolen at the Cannes Film Festival early yesterday as Hollywood stars partied at a nearby gala, police said.The heist occurred at a four-star Novotel hotel - opposite a police station and a few hours after the screening of Sofia Coppola’s "The Bling Ring," a film about a string of robberies at the homes of Hollywood stars.The burglars removed an ...
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Cannes shooting sends stars scurrying for cover
French actor Daniel Auteuil, centre, and Austrian actor Christoph Waltz, right, flee a stage on May 17, 2013 during the Cannes Film Festival in France. A man was held after shooting a starter's pistol into the air next to an outdoor TV studio, police said. (LOIC VENANCE/AFP/Getty ...
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France to buy American drones for Mali operation
War Two of America's medium-altitude Reaper drones will be sold to France as backup for the country's operations against Islamist rebels in Mali. The news comes from the 'Air et Cosmos' specialist magazine, which reported online that a deal had been reached between France and the United States for the sale of two non-armed MQ-9 units. The French air force had already ...
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France legalises same-sex marriage
France became the 14th country to legalise same-sex marriage Saturday after President Francois Hollande signed it into law following months of bitter political debate. Hollande acted a day after the Constitutional Council threw out a legal challenge by the right-wing opposition, which had been the last obstacle to passing the bill into law. The legislation also legalises gay adoption. French ...
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3 seek to unseat incumbent in North Versailles Township
A former commissioner, a former East Allegheny school director and a former social worker want to unseat the North Versailles Township Ward 6 ...
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Cannes L.A. Film Noir With Smiths Tunes Hits The Market
producing through the pair's London based production banner 1234 Films. McLusky said he is scheduled to put the idea out to post-Punk bands from the Californian city, likely to include musicians who play at the Smell club in downtown L.A. U.S.-based Brink Films, the label ...
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Cannes Peter Mullans Paradise Creates Buyer Buzz
PHOTOS: 'The Bling Ring' Steals the Spotlight at Cannes Premiere While nothing is signed, Mullan is reportedly expected to reach out to Day-Lewis as he would be the perfect choice to portray the soccer-loving priest. Celtic became the first British club to win the European Cup in 1967. The team is one of the most supported sporting entities in the world and is estimated to have more ...
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Paris Hoffman has the drive to get the Padres home
Hoffman didn't swap residences when hired in 2006. Married with five children, he declined uprooting his clan, instead turning to the I-5 and I-15 to reach Petco ...
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Cannes 2013 A Touch Of Sin the boldest work to emerge from China in years
Disgusted by corrupt local leaders, an angry miner picks up a shotgun. A migrant worker returning home looks to armed robbery to escape a life of relentless bleakness. A pretty receptionist at a sauna is driven to the limit when a gangster tries to rape her. And a young man drifts nightmarishly from job to job to try to make ends meet. These tableaux would not be out of place in a gritty ...
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Jewel heist at Cannes festival just like a movie
Thieves have stolen $1 million of jewellery from an employee of Swiss jeweller Chopard that was to be worn by the stars attending the Cannes film ...
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Directors have enjoyed setting movies at the Cannes Film Festival
May 17--Not many of us will ever get to the fabulous Cannes Film Festival currently taking place in the glamorous French resort town. But there is a way to enjoy the Cannes experience vicariously via the films that have used the international festival as a backdrop for narrative features, TV movies and documentaries. One example is "Seduced & Abandoned," Alec Baldwin and James ...
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Gun scare jewellery stolen at Cannes
A man has been arrested after shots were fired at the Cannes Film Festival, sparking panic on a dramatic day that also featured a jewellery heist.Chaos erupted briefly on Cannes' main thoroughfare yesterday when the suspected assailant allegedly fired two blank shots near the filming of a live television program.Police said the man, who was quickly detained, also had a fake grenade.The ...
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France’s first Asian cabinet minister a rising force
France's Junior Minister of Small Business, Innovation, and Digital Economy, Fleur Pellerin, arrives to attend the first cabinet meeting of the Hollande government at the Elysee Palace in Paris, May 17, 2012. (REGIS ...
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Whittier grandmother appears in movie at Cannes International Film Festival Whittier Daily News
WHITTIER -- Never did Angela McEwan dream that on her third visit to Cannes in the south of France, she would be there to go to the premiere of a movie she appears in at the city's famed international film festival. But, there she will be Wednesday, alongside Oscar-winning screenwriter Alexander Payne and actors Bruce Dern and Will Forte at the premiere of the movie, "Nebraska." ...
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France opposes Syria conference if Iran attends
Iran is invited, clouding the prospect for a U.S.-Russian initiative to end the 2-year-old war. No date has yet been agreed for the international meeting, which appears to face growing obstacles, including the announcement by a top U.S. military officer Friday that a Russian shipment of advanced missiles to Syria could embolden Assad. Western leaders have been cautious about the prospects of ...
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Director Farhadis hopes for The Past in Cannes
Iranian Oscar-winner Asghar Farhadi drew enthusiastic applause on Friday for one of the most-keenly awaited films at Cannes, a Paris-set tale about shifting ...
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Gunshots at Cannes Film Festival send TV crew and guests scrabbling for cover
A live outdoor television broadcast from the Cannes Film Festival was briefly interrupted Friday when what sounded like gunshots sent crew and spectators scurrying for ...
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Readout of Secretary Hagels Meeting with French Minister of Defense Jean-Yves Le Drian
Pentagon Press Secretary George Little provided the following readout: Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel met with French Minister of Defense Jean-Yves Le Drian this afternoon the Pentagon. Secretary Hagel commended Minister Le Drian for France's decisive actions in Mali and for their extensive cooperation in the broader Sahel region. Secretary Hagel conveyed that the United ...
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Russia France Planning 7 Kourou Launches by 2015
MOSCOW, May 18 (RIA Novosti) – Russia and France will carry out seven Soyuz-ST carrier rocket launches from the Kourou space center in French Guiana by the end of 2014, Russia’s Federal Space Agency Roscosmos said. Roscosmos head Vladimir Popovkin and President of France’s Centre National d'Études Spatiales (CNES) Jean-Yves Le Gall reaffirmed the launch schedule ...
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Cannes Jewel Heist How to Protect Your Valuables
Worried about sticky fingers on your jewels when traveling? There are a number of steps jewelry houses and individuals can take to avoid the fate that befell Chopard, when a reported $1.4 million’s worth of its jewelry was taken from an employee’s hotel room in Cannes sometime between late Thursday evening and early Friday ...
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The euro zone economy is declining for six consecutive quarters. Nine of the 17 countries are in recession Spain France Italy Finland Netherlands Portugal Cyprus Greece and Slovenia. The austerity policy imposed by the troika and the German govern
The euro zone economy is declining for six consecutive quarters. Nine of the 17 countries are in recession: Spain, France, Italy, Finland, Netherlands, Portugal, Cyprus, Greece and Slovenia. The austerity policy imposed by the troika and the German government of Angela Merkel is sinking Europe. Eurostat data was released on Wednesday (15th) and are relative to GDP in the euro area in the first ...
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Trove of jewels stolen in Cannes during festival
By Nancy Ing and Erin McClam, NBC News Premiering this year at Cannes: "To Catch a Thief."Someone stole a hotel room safe Friday and made off with hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of gems by Chopard, a Swiss jeweler that decks the stars in its ritzy wares for the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival, the most celebrated gathering in cinema. The festival opened Wednesday, ...
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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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