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Cannes diary stars from the world of music add to the glamour quotient
It's the first big party weekend of the Cannes Film Festival, and the thump-thump-thump of dance music fills the air as armies of smartly dressed revellers clamour to squeeze into the marquee clubs that line the French port's mile-long, crescent-shaped ...
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France Killings Briton Held Over Kids Deaths
A divorced British man is being questioned by police in France on suspicion of slitting the throats of his two children. The bodies of the youngsters aged five and 10 were discovered in his apartment on Saturday in Saint-Priest, a suburb of Lyon. The children were said to have arrived at the property on Friday and it was apparently the first time he had welcomed them to his apartment for ...
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France in talks with U.S. Israel to buy drones minister
PARIS (Reuters) - France is in talks with the United States and Israel to buy intelligence-gathering drones to build up a modern fleet, Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on ...
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France OKs gay marriage
By Leigh Thomas and Mark John, Reuters PARIS -- French President Francois Hollande has signed into law a bill allowing same-sex marriage, making France the 14th country to legalize gay weddings.France's official journal announced on Saturday the bill had become law after the Constitutional Council gave it the go-ahead on Friday.The bill, a campaign pledge by the Socialist president, has ...
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Radiant X-Men Star Fan Bingbing Honored at Glittery Cannes Fest
Naomie Harris, Paz Vega, IM Global's Stuart Ford, McG and James Toback braved the pouring rain to toast The Hollywood Reporter's International Star of the Year, at a party also hosted by Jimmy Choo CEO Pierre ...
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Sonam Kapoor on red carpet high in Cannes
Sonam Kapoor likens red carpets to a wedding. "It is strange but every time I am on the red carpet, I feel like I'm getting married," she said at the Cannes Film Festival. Kapoor says she treats the red carpet like a stage: "It depends on what character I want to be, so it is a bit like choosing your roles." Kapoor is in Cannes as an ambassador for L'Oral. She has ...
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Indian cinema on a mission at Cannes to dispel Bollywood image
Sun May 19, 2013 5:35am EDT * Bollywood films have struggled at global box office * Four Indian films screened at Cannes film festival * Industry keen to lure investment to India By Belinda Goldsmith CANNES, May 19 (Reuters) - Indian movie actors and a new wave of directors are on a mission at the Cannes film festival - to show that their industry, which turns 100 this year, is more than just ...
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Cannes QED China’s Huayi Brothers Form Co-Production Partnership
CANNES, France – Chinese film studio Huayi Brothers has signed a strategic co-production and distribution agreement with QED International. The new partners will first work together on the release ...
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Cannes World War Z With Brad Pitt to Open Moscow Film Festival
Brad Pitt Introduces Marc Foster's Zombie Thriller 'World War Z' They also unveiled the first 10 competition titles, with the rest set to be announced later this month. The first members of the competition jury are writer and ...
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France enacts gay marriage into law - Sun 19 May 2013 PST
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Cannes 2013 fashion report Sonam Kapoor leads Vidya Balan trails
Midway into this year's Cannes film festival, we're taking fashion stock of our desi lovelies Vidya Balan and Sonam Kapoor. Vidya predictably played it safe and ethnic with a wardrobe exclusively designed by favourite couturier Sabyasachi. Did we say safe? After a classy pre-festival outfit of a maroon and black lehenga, Vidya took us by surprise in a regal black and white lehenga, ...
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Digital Cannes Meet the IMDb guy – Colin Needham
CANNES, France – Just like it has newspapers, magazines, and television, digital technology is poised to change the way people consume movies. The Netflix-ization of your favorite films means that more and more, you can stream what movies you want, when you want, straight to whatever device you want. The principals of several digital companies working to do this with independent and ...
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French spiderman scales highest outdoor elevator
Rock climber Jean-Michel Casanova from France scales the 172-meter tall metal elevator frame in Zhangjiajie, a scenic spot in Central China's Hunan province, May 18, 2013. Casanova scaled the structure in 68 minutes equipped with only hiking shoes and a waist pack containing climbing chalk. The structure is the highest outdoor sightseeing elevator in the world. ...
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France Must Take Deficit Cuts Seriously Bundesbank head
France has a special responsibility as a euro zone heavyweight to take deficit reduction rules seriously, even though its budget deficit is above target, Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann said in an interview published on ...
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Cannes U.K. Sales Banner Moviehouse Entertainment Shops Animation The Hero of Color City
U.K. based sales banner Moviehouse Entertainment is looking to draw up deal memos with foreign buyers for former studio animation division high ...
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Well always nab Paris
It Books When the "Bling Ring" - a group of high school kids who pulled off a stunning series of robberies from October 2008 to August 2009, stealing over $3 million worth of high-end clothes, jewelry, art, cash and more from celebrities - were deciding on their first celebrity victim, they quickly realized that it had to be Paris ...
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Sports Briefing | Soccer Paris St.-Germain Victory in Last Home Game for David Beckham
Zlatan Ibrahimovic stole some of the spotlight from David Beckham, scoring two goals to lead the French champion Paris St.-Germain to a 3-1 home win against Brest. Beckham, who announced Thursday that he would retire at the end of the season, was given a standing ovation as he left the field in the 81st ...
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Federer to fight against Nadal in Rome final
Second seed Roger Federer beat French upstart Benoit Paire in straight sets on Saturday to set up a tantalizing clash with fifth seed Rafael Nadal.Federer staved off a fierec challenge from Paire 7-6 (5), 6-4, and in the earlier semifinals, six-time Rome champion Nadal defeated sixth-seeded Tomas Berdych 6-2, 6-4.This will be Nadal's eighth consecutive final since his return from an injury ...
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France must take deficit cuts seriously Bundesbank chief
France has a special responsibility as a euro zone heavyweight to take deficit reduction rules seriously, even though its budget deficit is above ...
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Sacre bleu French in uproar over plan for courses in English
So when Higher Education Minister Genevieve Fioraso last week introduced a bill that would let French colleges teach more courses in English, even when English is not the subject, the idea sparked ...
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Cannes Weinsteins Radius Nabs Blue Ruin
Cannes: 'Only God Forgives' Director Nicolas Winding Refn on Making 'Films Like a Pornographer' (Q&A) The film centers on a man who receives upsetting news and returns to his childhood home to seek revenge. He soon finds himself in a fight to protect his estranged ...
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Rain doesnt ruin red carpet at first weekend of Cannes
Regulars claim rain at Cannes used be rare, but the continual downpours are not stopping the stars from gracing the red carpet. Making an appearance on Saturday night was Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Lawrence, who is actually in France promoting Catching Fire, the second Hunger Games film. Old-school Hollywood glamour came from Jane Fonda and Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich was the heavy-metal ...
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Hunger Games sequel’s Cannes promotion gets rained out
From left to right: Hunger Games actors Liam Hemsworth, Sam Claflin and Jennifer Lawrence, and director Francis Lawrence in Cannes for the 66th Cannes Film Festival, May 18, 2013. (Yves ...
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Dockers injury woes part of AFL Lyon
Fremantle's injury woes worsened in Saturday night's AFL draw against Sydney, with Michael Walters unable to finish the game due to an ankle injury. Walters, the Dockers' leading goal-kicker this season with 19, was assisted from the field in the third quarter and played no further part in the match. Scans will confirm the full extent of the damage, but coach Ross Lyon said he ...
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Cannes THR and Jimmy Choo Honor Fan Bingbing at Martinez Fete
's first ever International Artist of the Year award. The event, originally planned for the Mouton Cadet Wine Bar atop the Palais des Festivals, was moved indoors due to the heavy rain that plagued Cannes all of ...
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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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