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Keanu Reeves makes directorial debut with Kung Fu film at Cannes
Actor and director Keanu Reeves poses during a photocall on a front pier to present his film "Man of Tai Chi" at the 66th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes May 20, 2013. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier (FRANCE - Tags: ENTERTAINMENT) (JEAN-PAUL PELISSIER) CANNES (Reuters) - He's played a science-fiction hero, policeman and even Hamlet. But now actor Keanu Reeves is taking on a new role - ...
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Murray out of French Open
Andy Murray has been ruled out of the French Open due to injury.The world number two was forced to withdraw from the Rome Masters during his second-round match with Marcel Granollers and had indicated that his participation at Roland Garros was uncertain due to an ongoing back problem.And the 26-year-old confirmed on Tuesday that he will not take part in the second Grand Slam of the ...
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Algerian president taken to another French hospital
Officials said Tuesday that Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika left the French military hospital where he has been treated for nearly a month, and was transferred to another ...
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Cannes Fashion-Photos Matt Damon and Sharon Stone Storm the French Riviera
Today, the Cannes Film Festival saw two of its most glamorous red carpets yet courtesy of a pair of star-studded screenings: one unveiling the Michael Douglas and Matt Damon Liberace biopic Behind the Candelabra and the other celebrating the 60th anniversary of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton's epic Cleopatra. For the former event, Damon and Douglas opted for classic tuxes, while Sharon ...
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Video Behind the Candelabra brings stars to Cannes
Oscar-winners Michael Douglas and Matt Damon joined at Cannes premiere of HBO film based on the rocky romance between pop pianist Liberace and lover Scott ...
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Injury forces Murray out of French Open
Andy Murray has withdrawn from next week's French Open after failing to recover from a back injury picked up at the Rome Masters. Murray met with medical specialists yesterday and again today to assess whether he would be able to take part in the second grand slam of the year at Roland Garros. And with the grass-court season and Wimbledon just weeks away, the world number two has elected ...
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Britain facing 19-year low in at French Open
Britain will be without a player in the men's singles at the French Open for the first time for 19 years if Andy Murray fails to make it to the start line next week. The 26-year-old Scot will decide today whether to risk his troublesome back after retiring in mid-match from last week's Rome ...
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Frances First Gay Wedding An Historic Oui
Gay parade in Montpellier After all, the "tout premier marriage homo" in France is an historic event and the city of Montpellier, where the wedding will be celebrated, wants to send a clear signal to the rest of the country. Vincent and Bruno will be the first gay couple to be legally married in France since President François Hollande signed the "marriage for all" ...
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Top seeds ousted at WTAs Strasbourg International
Virginie Razzano, shown at last year's French Open, had one of the four upsets in Tuesday's play at the WTA's Strasbourg International tennis tournament. UPI/David ...
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Research and Markets ICT Market Report 201213 France
"ICT Market Report 2012/13 France" report to their offering. This report provides the reader with an intimate understanding of the development and trends of the French ICT market. The bi-annual European Information Technology Observatory (EITO) market reports have built a strong reputation as indispensible source of information for marketing, consulting, policy analysis. ...
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Algerias Bouteflika convalescing in France
Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika listens to the speech of Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi at the start of the third European Union-Africa summit in Tripoli November 29, ...
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Algerias president recovering in undisclosed location after leaving Paris military hospital
PARIS - Officials say Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has left the French military hospital where he has been treated for nearly a month and transferred to another facility. Tuesday's brief statement by the defence ministry health service said Bouteflika "left Val-de-Grace hospital today to go to another establishment to continue his recovery." The statement didn't ...
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Abu Dhabi Investment Forum starts Wednesday in Paris as the emirate seeks foreign partnerships with a purpose
ABU DHABI, May 21st, 2013 (WAM): Abu Dhabi Investment Forum will start tomorrow in Paris, France, bringing together business and government leaders and decision makers from the UAE and France. The Forum will be opened by Nasser Ahmed Alsuwaidi, Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development (ADDED) which hosts the event. "We welcome French business. That's the ...
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Cannes rolls out red carpet for Indian movies on 100th birthday
CANNES--Indian cinema is being feted in Cannes on its 100th birthday. But amid the celebrations, the B-word -- "Bollywood" -- remains ...
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French Filmmaker Americans Too Stupid To Realize Women Fantasize About Being Prostitutes
the creative point of his film (we’ll get to that). But let’s start with his thesis about why women, more than men, will understand his film about a luscious teenage girl exploring the ‘fantasy’ of ...
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UPDATE 2-Algerias Bouteflika convalescing in France
Tue May 21, 2013 3:38pm EDT * Speculation about health since rushed to hospital in Paris * France says Bouteflika still in France (Adds statement by French army's medical wing) By Myra MacDonald ALGIERS, May 21 (Reuters) - Algeria's prime minister, reacting to reports that President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is seriously ill, said the 76-year-old was recovering in France but had been ...
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Frances 100 tax rate
Well, America's rich, the fiscal cliff compromise that bumped the top effective income tax rate from 35% to 39.6% could have been a lot worse. The deal could have taken all of it and more. That's what happened in France, ...
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Christine Lagarde jets back to Paris to be questioned over Tapie payout
Christine Lagarde and Bernard Tapie are at the centre of a legal investigation into alleged complicity in embezzlement of public funds and abuse of power over a multimillion euro state payout that could expose the unhealthy friendships between high French politics and the world of business.Lagarde will jet back to Paris on Thursday to be questioned by court judges, hoping to clear her name in a ...
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Cannes Weinstein Co. Picks Up Reeves-Witherspoon Space Romance Passengers
Cannes Film Festival 2013 The company has committed to a multi-million dollar guarantee and will spend a minimum $25 million on marketing the release. Developed by Reeves ...
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Cannes Roger L. Simon to Pen The Future of Now
. "We are very excited to work with such a smart, seasoned, and talented writer such as Roger on this project," said Golubovich. "We developed this idea observing the American news media and power structure from my international perspective, and the notion of idealism gone awry." Just days earlier at the fest, Primeridian announced its first feature, based on the life ...
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Steven Soderberghs Too-Gay Liberace Movie Has Arrived at Cannes
in competition go almost unnoticed, overshadowed by a festival scandal or lost in the hype surrounding another movie in the line-up. Such was the fate of Valria Bruni Tedeschi's Un chateau en Italie (A Castle in Italy), the third French film in the main slate ...
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Miike’s gore-filled flick panned at Cannes
CANNES DO ATTITUDE: Actors Takao Osawa (left) and Nanako Matsushita, and director Takashi Miike, arrive Monday for the screening of the film 'Shield of Straw' ('Wara no Tate') at the 66th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in France. | ...
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Liberace Film Spotlights Gay Rights at Cannes
CANNES -- The relationship between the flamboyant pianist Liberace and his young lover dazzled at the Cannes film festival on Tuesday and threw the spotlight on gay rights at the movie industry's largest annual gathering. Director Steven Soderbergh said he struggled five years ago to secure funding for "Behind the Candelabra" because some financiers thought the film would only ...
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AP Photos Fashion captured by Cannes cameras
FILE - This May 19, 2013 file photo shows actress Jane Fonda wearing a purple-hued Badgley Mischka off-the-shoulder gown as she arrives for the screening of the film Inside Llewyn Davis at the 66th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France. (Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP, ...
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France Tel to invest up to 50 million euro in Dailymotion report
PARIS | Tue May 21, 2013 2:43pm EDT PARIS (Reuters) - France Telecom plans to invest between 30 and 50 million euros ($64 million) in its video-sharing website Dailymotion and begin a fresh search for a partner in the autumn, its chief executive said on Tuesday. Stephane Richard also said in an interview with RTL radio that "the door is not closed" to Yahoo Inc, which had been ...
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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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