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British Skier Dies In French Alps Fall
A British skier has died while tackling a famous off-piste glacier in the French Alps, local police have said. The man was out with another skier when they were caught in a bad storm as they descended the challenging Vallee Blanche near Chamonix. The British man, who has not been identified, fell down the north face of the Aiguille du Midi mountain after the pair decided to return to a ...
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Battling Lyon keep Nice at bay
Ten-man Olympique Lyonnais fought back to post a 1-1 draw at OGC Nice that leaves them needing a win next week to clinch third place and France's final UEFA Champions League ...
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Coen brothers’ brand of humour on full display at Cannes
, which is perhaps the most eagerly anticipated film at this year's Cannes Film Festival and is slated for a December release. A German reporter referred to Nazism and the Holocaust before inquiring if the Coen brothers could define "Jewish ...
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Cannes New Dardenne Brothers Movie Starring Marion Cotillard Goes to Sundance Selects
Golden Globe Fashion: Marion Cotillard and Jennifer Lawrence Wear Orange Dior Couture In addition to writing and directing, the Dardennes, Palme d’Or winners, will produce for Les Films Du Fleuve along ...
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Lyon Close to Champions League Spot After Nice Draw
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The new superstar at Cannes a ginger tom cat
The ginger cat, a male, provides a running theme throughout the film, which is a tale of a young folk singer struggling to make it in 1961 Greenwich Village, New ...
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Briton arrested in France over deaths of his two children say reports
A British man has been arrested after two children were found with their throats cut, and he was seen fleeing on rollerskates from his flat on the outskirts of Lyon, France, according to reports.The bodies of the children, a girl aged five and her brother, 10, were found on Saturday in their father's second-floor flat at Saint-Priest, a south-eastern suburb of the city.The man, who is ...
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Brands Advertise Full-Force at Cannes
CANNES, FRANCE--The Cannes Film Festival is in full swing, and the key players from the film industry have jetted off to the south of France for 12 days of screenings, meetings and parties. But it's not just Hollywood A-listers who have made the trek out to the South of France. Brands from Belvedere to Magnum ice cream have ubiquitous presences during the festival. They pay to sponsor ...
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Briton arrested after childrens throats slit in France
The Foreign Office said today it is 'urgently' investigating reports that a British Man is being questioned on suspicion of slitting the throats of his two ...
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The Hunger Games Catching Fire At Cannes Sequel
CANNES, France -- Little could lessen the fever-pitched excitement for "Hunger Games: Catching Fire," but heavy rain nevertheless dampened the film's lavish Cannes party. Stars of the "Hunger Games" sequel, Jennifer Lawrence, Liam Hemsworth and Sam Clafin, arrived Saturday at the Cannes Film Festival. "Catching Fire," perhaps more than any other film not ...
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Eva Longoria Wardrobe Malfunction Exposes Actress Lower Half At Cannes
Eva Longoria experienced the weather's challenges firsthand, as the petite actress' dress dragged when she made her ascent to the red carpet. Eva's seafoam ...
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France must lead breakuup of euro
LONDON - France played a decisive role in shaping not only the euro system but the entire European project. This history has predisposed French leaders to the goal of preserving the euro at all costs. Those costs, as we explained in Part 1 of this article, have become quite insupportable. A new strategy is needed, and France’s role in shaping it will once again be pivotal. France sits on ...
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Boy not killedIsrael Government Review France 2 Al-Durrah Report
Contrary to the report's claim that the boy is killed, the committee's review of the raw footage showed that in the final scenes, which were not broadcast by France 2, the boy is seen to be alive. [For a copy of the complete report: http://bit.ly/15YM5zS ] Publication of the Report of the Government Review Committee Regarding the France 2 Al-Durrah Report, its Consequences and ...
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Cannes Russias Glavkino Backs Pyotr Buslovs Flip-Out
Russian Government Sets Admissions Target for Producers Getting Funding Speaking at an event in the Russian pavilion at the Cannes Film Festival hosted ...
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Cannes Sony Classics Likely Wins U.S. Rights to The Past
UPDATED: Michael Barker and Tom Bernard's specialty unit is a natural fit for Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi's new film, which made its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival last ...
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Seduced and Abandoned Cannes Review
CANNES -- "The trouble with movies as an art is that it’s a business, and the trouble with movies as a business is that it’s an art," is ...
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Cannes Alexandra Maria Lara Joins All-Star Cast for German Kids Book Adaptation
) will direct the movie for Fox International Productions, the studio's German production unit. The book from Andreas Steinhofel tells the story ...
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Cannes Phase 4 Takes Free Ride Starring Anna Paquin
Anna Paquin, Stephen Moyer Welcome Twins In the crime thriller set in the 1970s and based on Betz’ own life story, Paquin plays a single mother who moves to Florida with her daughters in search of a better life only to get pulled into the high-stakes drug-trade ...
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Pedrosa on Top With French GP Win
(Reuters) - Spain's Dani Pedrosa claimed top spot in the world championship MotoGP standings when he won his maiden French Grand Prix on a wet Le Mans course on Sunday. The Honda rider took the lead midway through the race to beat Britain's Cal Crutchlow (Yamaha) and Spanish rookie Marc Marquez (Honda), who were second and third respectively. Pedrosa has 83 points after the fourth ...
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Devilish Dutch drama Borgman debuts at Cannes
Director Alex Van Warmerdam poses for photographers during a photo call for the film Borgman at the 66th international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Sunday, May 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Lionel ...
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Pedrosa back on top with French GP win
Honda MotoGP rider Dani Pedrosa (C) of Spain celebrates on podium celebrates on the podium between Yamaha Tech 3's Cal Crutchlow of Britain and Honda's Marc Marquez (R) of Spain after winning the French Grand Prix in Le Mans circuit, central France May 19, 2013. REUTERS/Benoit ...
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Coens folk revival Llewyn serenades Cannes
CANNES, France -- The Coen brothers' resurrection of the pre-Dylan folk scene in Greenwich Village serenaded Cannes with its period music and melancholy tale of a self-destructive, feline-toting musician."Inside Llewyn Davis" was met rapturously at the Cannes Film Festival, where it was to premiere Sunday night. Joel and Ethan Coen said their primary interest was to recreate the ...
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Down-on-luck singer steals show in Coen brothers Cannes film
Candice Glover, a soul singer from rural South Carolina, was named "American Idol", becoming the first female singer to win the television singing competition since ...
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Cannes Wrekin Hill Picks Up Siberian Education
PHOTOS: Radiant 'X-Men' Star Fan Bingbing Honored at Glittery Cannes Fest Based on the novel by Nicolai Lilin , with a screenplay by Sandro Petraglia , Stefano Rulli and Salvatores, the film is set in the ghetto of Soviet Russia and follows two boys who are members of a gang of exiled Siberians. It was produced by Catteya’s Riccardo Tozzi , Giovanni Satabilini and Marco Chimenz ...
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During a trip to Nice France a tourist soaks up its charm and...
As I strolled along the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, France, beneath a merciless sun, there was no denying it was hot. Very hot. Still, it was impossible not to be dazzled by my first glimpse of the French Riviera and the Mediterranean Sea -- the famous sun-soaked setting where inspiration struck such writers as F. Scott Fitzgerald, who reportedly finished "The Great Gatsby" there ...
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Paris has one of the largest and most emulated bike-sharing systems in the world
Paris is becoming ever more eco-friendly with bike-sharing becoming the major fad of daily commuters and public transport users. The system is so popular, major expansion plans have been announced.
Paris is already home to the largest bicycle-sharing system in the world, but the corporation set up to manage the city’s most eco-friendly form of public transport, Velib, has extensive expansion plans for the network, which is also one of the most copied in the world. Read more
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