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Paris Hiltons beau shoves harassing female fan at Cannes
Paris Hilton's boyfriend River Viiperi aggressively pushed an overeager fan in Cannes on Friday after the woman got too close to the reality Tv star. Hilton, who arrived in France last week, had to fight her way through crowds and paparazzi as she made her way to a party with Viiperi. It was then that one female admirer pushed up against the star's arm in an effort to capture a photo with her ...
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Jennifer Lawrence and Liam Hemsworth narrowly escape fire hazard at Cannes
Jennifer Lawrence and Liam Hemsworth, who have co-stared in the upcoming flick 'Hunger Games: Catching Fire', almost caught fire at the Cannes Film Festival when a tray of candles fell on top of them at a party. A source told JustJared.com that the pair, who is in Cannes to promote the second installment of the 'Hunger Games' series, was sitting on a sofa in the VIP section of the party when an ...
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Eva Longoria mocks wardrobe malfunction by flashing undies in sheer dress
Eva Longoria, who had a major wardrobe malfunction at the Cannes red carpet on Saturday, poked fun at her own embarrassment by flaunting her knickers in a sheer laced see-through dress on Sunday. "Here's my dress for tonight! No wardrobe malfunctions tonight!!!" the Mirror quoted her as tweeting. The 38-year-old actress was left exposed at Cannes, when she lifted her dress off the wet ground ...
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Andhra markets GAME city at Cannes
Riding on its extensive cinema industry, which produces one of the largest number of films in India, the government of the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh is keen to use the latest technological innovations in the industry to create skill development and employment opportunities for its youth. "We are planning to set up a GAME city which will serve as the hub for Gaming, Animation, ...
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Depardieu to open restaurant in Russian city
French actor Gerard Depardieu, a Russian citizen since early this year, is soon to open a restaurant in the city where he now resides, authorities said Monday. "Depardieu told us that he will soon open a restaurant that aims to attract creative, enterprising people," Valeri Maresiev, information minister for the Russian Republic of Mordovia, told the Interfax news agency. The actor went ...
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Justin Timberlake is in demand on Cannes red carpet
Teenage girls went wild when singer and actor Justin Timberlake stepped onto the red carpet at Cannes as part of the team that made the Coen brothers' movie "Inside Llewyn Davis". Hundreds of girls waited hours Sunday to catch sight of Timberlake, some with the singer's name written across their bosoms. Hearing the screams for an autograph of their idol, he spent a fair amount of time signing ...
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French gay marriage opponent kills himself on Notre Dames altar
Gay marriage protestors clash with Paris police A 78-year-old French far-right activist has killed himself at the altar of the Notre Dame cathedral, three days after a law legalising same-sex marriage came into effect. Police evacuated the cathedral, one of Paris' biggest tourist draws, after Dominique Venner - an historian known for his hard-right political essays and a fierce opponent of ...
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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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Suicide closes Paris Notre Dame Cathedral
By Becky Bratu, Staff Writer, NBC News A man committed suicide inside Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris on Tuesday, prompting the clearing out of hundreds of tourists, who had been waiting in a snaking line to visit the 850-year-old landmark.Before pulling a gun and shooting himself in the head, the elderly man placed a letter on the altar, The Associated Press reported. Its contents were not ...
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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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Notre Dame de Paris suicide French writer takes own life after lashing out against gay rights law
Shooting A far-right writer has shot himself dead inside Paris' Notre Dame Cathedral, after calling for "spectacular" action to protect France's identity. The activist reportedly left a note on the altar denouncing the new law legalizing gay marriage and adoption. Dominique Venner, who had links with France's far-right nationalist party, killed himself in front of the ...
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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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Top seeds ousted at WTAs Strasbourg Internation
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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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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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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