“We had to remove the baccalaureate, considered too difficult”: when the Unknowns made fun...
“Ben Nard Pivot, the one who is stupid.” At the start of the 1990s, Les Inconnus gently made fun of French tastes in television in “La Famille enplomb” (a parody of “Une famille en...
Death of Bernard Pivot, the man who loved books
Hello, Bernard Pivot, can you react to the death of Michel Tournier, Jean d'Ormesson, Alexandre Soljenitsyne, Jean-Claude Lattès?… Do not cross out the unnecessary mentions, there are none. He himself smiled at this reflex...
The incredible musical juggling of the Basketteuses de Bamako
This is a completely original, not to say disconcerting, spectacle. At the crossroads of rhythm, singing, dancing and... basketball! Indeed, the ball becomes the central element of the choreography and music of these “Basketteuses...
Death of Frank Stella, the most spectacular painter-sculptor
One of America's last giants of postwar art is no more. Barely more than a month after the death of the monumental and Corten steel sculptor, Richard Serra, on March 26 at the age...
Madonna thrills Brazilians on Copacabana beach
Her biggest hits, outfits as suggestive as they are erotic, symbolic religious symbols galore, spectacular stage costumes, changing, learned and precise choreography, Madonna made the 1.6 million fans who came on Saturday sing and...
Death of Bernard Hill, the worthy captain of Titanic
He was a great supporting role who brought luck to his directors. The two most famous films in which he starred, Titanic and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, won...
The electro of Justice and the echoes of Portishead
It's nothing to say that this new album from the French electro duo Justice - their fourth in almost twenty years - was eagerly awaited. Gaspard Augé and Xavier de Rosnay took eight years...
1924 Olympic Games: according to his daughter, the hero of Chariots of Fire was...
Olympic champion in 1924 in Paris, Eric Liddell entered the legend thanks to the film Chariots of Fire: his daughter Patricia Russell recalls in an interview her memories of an athlete who sacrificed glory...
The “German Brothel” in Yvelines: an uncertain future for the ruined residence
“Heritage” or “ruin”: in Mesnil-Le-Roi (Yvelines), the “German Brothel”, a building requisitioned as a brothel during the Nazi occupation, continues to divide, 80 years after the Liberation, the current owner, the town hall and...
The eye of the INA: when Paul Auster visited Bernard Pivot
Paul Auster was considered the most French of New Yorkers. He never stopped expressing his love for our country and its literature, which he studied at Columbia University. Also passionate about cinema, in particular...