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Cannes Scott Thomas glorious dip into darkness
CANNES, France -- To convince Kristin Scott Thomas to play the bloodthirsty matriarch of "Only God Forgives," director Nicolas Winding Refn appealed to Scott Thomas - how else? - with the flattery of his own mother."That's how he got me to do the film," Scott Thomas said in a beachside interview Wednesday. "He said, 'You're my mother's favorite ...
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France to wave start flag at 24 hours of Le Mans
Le Mans sports car endurance classic, the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) today announced that GRAND-AM Road Racing founder and NASCAR Vice-Chairman Jim France will wave the French flag to start the race on Saturday, June ...
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Report Missing St. Cloud soldier Kelli Bordeaux declared dead
U.S. Army have declared missing St. Cloud soldier Kelli Bordeaux dead so her family could get her military benefits, wral.com is reporting. However, a statement from Fort Bragg does not presume she is dead and her duty status was listed as missing. To read the full story, ...
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Stellar Lyon challenged by Wolfsburg in final
Olympique Lyonnais are aiming for an unprecedented third straight final win at Stamford Bridge on Thursday, but VfL Wolfsburg hope to take the title at the first attempt with their team ...
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Canadas Ryan Gosling misses his Cannes film premiere – which got booed
Only God Forgives: Ryan Gosling plays Julian, a drug-smuggler thriving in Bangkok's criminal underworld who sees his life get even more complicated when his mother compels him to find and kill whoever is responsible for his brother's recent death. ...
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Hsieh Niculescu lose in 2nd round at Strasbourg
STRASBOURG, France — Seeded players Hsieh Su-wei of Taiwan and Monica Niculescu of Romania were beaten Wednesday in the second round of the Strasbourg International. The fourth-seeded Hsieh lost 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (3) to Misaki Doi of Japan, and fifth-seeded Niculescu fell 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 to Anna Tatishvili of Georgia. Last year's runner-up Alize Cornet downed Magda Linette 6-3, 6-4. At ...
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Africa Competes by the Palme dOr in Cannes
Paris, May 22 (Prensa Latina) African cinematography enters today in competition for the Palme d'Or at Cannes Festival through the filmmaker Mahamat-Saleh Haroun from the Republic of Chad, who projects his film "Grigris", in the French resort. Haroun tells the struggle of a young man for become reality his dream of being a dancer of a shows company, despite suffering from ...
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Cannes In Jimmy P. Benicio Del Toro Acts Again
In Arnaud Desplechin's English-language Jimmy P. (Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian), Benicio Del Toro - freed at last from the tyranny of playing bit-part heavies in American thrillers and action movies - is James Picard, a Blackfoot Indian who has lost his way in post-World War II America. He's a veteran, but he's treated like an outsider in his own country. He suffers ...
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Lionsgate rakes in $250 million in Cannes
While Lionsgate isn't showing the next installments of the "Hunger Games" franchise in Cannes, the studio is making lots of deals at the festival. Lionsgate is raking in the cash in Cannes. The film fest on the French Riviera is underway and the studio that recently merged with Summit Entertainment has sold more than $250 million in territorial rights to nine titles. Lionsgate has ...
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French-Asian consortium announces winning of Canada natural gas project
PARIS--A consortium comprising French, South Korean and Chinese companies has won a contract for a liquefied natural gas project in Canada, the French partner Technip said on ...
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UK and France to join global anti-corruption initiative
oil companies to reveal the taxes paid to national governments and the value of the minerals being extracted.Nearly 40 countries have already signed but the news that France and the UK have joined the initiative represents a breakthrough.The decision to join ...
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Ryan Goslings Drive Follow-Up Is the Most Divisive Film at Cannes So Far
Radius-TWC The rumor had been spreading on Twitter the past few days, leaving red-carpet photographers and more than a few female festival-goers miffed: Ryan Gosling would not be attending Cannes for the competition entry he headlines, Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn's Thailand-set thriller Only God Forgives. Lo and behold, the heartthrob was absent during the press conference after ...
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Doi Tatishvili advance on upsets at Strasbourg International
Misaki Doi and Anna Tatishvili claimed upset wins Wednesday in second-round play of the Strasbourg International tennis tournament in France. Doi ousted fourth-seeded Hsieh 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (7-3). Doi won three more points (119-116) than Hsieh in the match, fewer than the four point-difference by which she won the tiebreaker. Tatishvili took out ...
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IMF Chief Lagarde to Appear Before French Courts
Paris, May 22 (Prensa Latina) International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde will be grilled Thursday by prosecutors investigating her alleged involvement in a corruption case occurred during her time as French finance minister. Lagarde will appear before the Court of Justice of the Republic (CJR), which probes cases of ministerial misconduct, to explain her 2007 handling of a row that ...
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Cannes Diary Delusions Of Gatsby
which writer Raj Ranade says has set a high bar for other contenders at this year's Cannes Film Festival. It's true enough that ...
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Behind the Candelabra gets raves at Cannes
Steven Soderbergh’s ';Behind the Candelabra ,'; made through the premium cable channel after Soderbergh couldn’t find an interested U.S. distributor, screened last night at Cannes to a enthusiastic reception ...
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France May Allow English-Language Courses In Universities
Demonstrators hold placards as they rally from the Pantheon square towards the National Assembly on May 22, 2013 in Paris, during a protest against a draft law by the French government for higher education. (JACQUES DEMARTHON/AFP/Getty ...
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Cannes Sundance Selects Nabs Blue Is the Warmest Color From Wild Bunch
centers on a 15-year-old girl named Adèle who dreams of finding the love of her life. When she meets Thomas -- a dark, handsome, friendly stranger who falls for her instantly -- her dream seems to have come true. But an unsettling erotic reverie upsets the romance before it begins. Adèle imagines that the mysterious, blue-haired girl she encountered in the street slips into her bed ...
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The Cannes Festival means its party-time on the French Riviera
20/05/2013 05:44 CET The magic of the Cannes Film Festival lies of course with the red carpet and the movies, but there are also secret places for the privileged where only the favoured have access. Euronews reporter Frederic Ponsard managed to bag himself an invitation to one of the top soirees. While glamour, a jewel heist and of course the movies have been grabbing the headlines this week ...
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YouTube CEO is Cannes Lions Media Person of the Year
Every year, the so-called Oscars of the advertising world bestows this honor on an influential figure in media whose innovation plays a larger role in shaping the industry. The past three recipients of the award were Jack Dorsey, Eric Schmidt and Mark ...
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UPDATE 1-Vivendi names new management for SFR
Wed May 22, 2013 1:17pm EDT (Adds details on SFR targets, possible IPO) PARIS May 22 (Reuters) - Media and telecoms conglomerate Vivendi has appointed Jean-Yves Charlier as chief executive of French telecome operator SFR, its largest unit, where profits are under pressure from a mobile price war. Charlier, a former board member of Vivendi, has been piloting the group's telecom strategy since ...
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Famed French composer Dutilleux dies at 97
FRANCE'S Henri Dutilleux, whose modernist and impressionist works ranked him among the leading composers of the 20th century, has died in Paris aged 97, his family has announced. The internationally renowned Dutilleux, born in Angers in 1916, was a composer of predominantly instrumental works ranging from symphonies, orchestral pieces, violin concertos and piano music. His latest work ...
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Kill Mittal game lets French workers vent fury
Broken relations between the French and steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal have found a new expression - an online video game called 'Kill ...
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Los Angeles calls upon star French designers for Figaro opera
By Eric Kelsey LOS ANGELES | Wed May 22, 2013 1:01pm EDT LOS ANGELES May 22 (Reuters) - Count Almaviva, muscles bulging and resplendent in white, struts like a peacock across the stage belting his baritone at his countess, who sits in a flowing red gown against a sparse backdrop of sleek, modernist lines. It is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro." But unlike ...
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Germans French eye plan to create jobs for young
Germany's labor minister, Ursula von der Leyen, said Wednesday that she and her French counterpart will meet in Paris next week along with the countries' finance ministers and European industry representatives to discuss the initiative. On July 3, Chancellor Angela Merkel plans to host a meeting of the 27 European Union nations' labor ministers and national labor agency heads in ...
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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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