Gollum at the heart of the next Lord of the Rings film and controversies
Andy Serkis’ “Precious” will return to the big screen. The interpreter of the character in the two trilogies adapted from Tolkien's novels, will create a new story around the cursed character of Gollum. The...
In Paris, the redevelopment of the squares between Bastille and the Saint-Martin canal displeases...
Don’t touch my gates! The project to redevelop the axis between Bastille and the Saint-Martin canal arouses opposition from certain residents and associations who refuse to allow the squares to be completely open. On...
Salman Rushdie advises Giorgia Meloni to 'be less childish and grow up'
British-American writer Salman Rushdie on Thursday urged far-right Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni to be more tolerant of criticism, saying she should “be less childish and grow up,” according to media reports.The author of...
The management of the Cannes Film Festival says it is ready to handle accusations
If a film personality present at the Cannes Film Festival, which begins Tuesday, was accused of sexual assault, “we would ensure that we make the right decision on a case-by-case basis (...) but we...
Two octogenarians attack the Magna Carta of the British Library to warn about global...
Two octogenarians from the environmentalist group Just Stop Oil damaged the window protecting a copy of the Magna Carta on Friday. Considered a founding text of modern democracy, this text is exhibited at the...
It’s the hour of glory for French fans of Taylor Swift, long perceived as...
In 2024, who in France doesn't know Taylor Swift? All you have to do is go down the street and greet the first passer-by. At the very least, he will have heard about the...
Taylor Swift in Paris: a paradoxical triumph
Until now, the relationship between Taylor Swift and France could be summed up as a series of missed meetings. Between a Zenith far from being complete in 2011 and the pandemic of 2020 which...
Jeane Manson released from hospital Friday after heart attack
Singer Jeane Manson must be released from hospital in Lyon on Friday, after a cardiac incident on Tuesday during a hearing in the defamation case between her and the daughter of actor Richard Berry,...
In Normandy, frescoes and bunkers from 1939-1945 come back to life in bars, lodges...
A bunker transformed into a lodge, a bar or simply a work of art, a fresco in a hotel... Long abandoned, the remains of the Second World War in Normandy sometimes find a second...
In an Austrian concentration camp, the ghosts of the deportees summoned by Chiharu Shiota
Two hundred and eighty kilometers of red threads, forming a web of memory in a 120-meter-long gallery dug in the depths of the Salzkammergut, in Austria, during the Second World War. This impressive device...