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25 killed 30 injured in suicide attacks in Niger

Thu, 23 May 2013 11:20:21 -0400

At least 25 people were killed and 30 got injured after two suicide bomb attacks Thursday at a military base and a plant run by French nuclear giant Areva in northern Niger, reported Xinhua. A total of 20 Nigerien soldiers and 5 assailants died in twin suicide attacks against a military barracks in Agadez, the main town in northern Niger, and another one at a factory owned by Somair, a ...

Rosario Dawson suffers wardrobe malfunction by flashing undies at Cannes

Thu, 23 May 2013 06:30:02 -0400

Rosario Dawson suffered a fashion mishap on the Cannes red carpet by accidently flashing her underwear to cameras while posing on the steps, on Monday. The 34-year-old actress looked gorgeous in a white beaded Elie Saab gown as she attended the premiere of 'As I Lay Dying', but she flaunted the front high-slit a little too much on the red carpet, Us magazine reported. After the mishap, Dawson ...

Cannes-Fashion Photos Sharon Stone Accessorizes with a Snake Janet Jackson Opts for a Sexy White Pantsuit

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:51:54 -0400

aids gala on Thursday. There, they presumably held onto their metallic clutches extra tightly as they demonstrated creative new ways of baring flesh. For Sharon Stone, this meant accessorizing her bare back with a gilt snake ornament, while Brazilian model Isabeli Fontana chose a black gown with circular cutouts. Karlie Kloss and Janet Jackson went in the other direction, opting for sexy ...

Thomis and Henry rue missed Lyon chances

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:51:22 -0400

"We missed too many chances and in a European final you pay the price for that,"lodie Thomis told UEFA.com after Olympique Lyonnais' final defeat, and Amandine Henry ...

Wolfsburg stun Lyon secure historic treble

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:40:56 -0400

The French giants came into the game hoping to win the competition for a record third year in succession, but were made to pay for failures in front of goal at Stamford Bridge. Having won the Frauen Bundesliga and German Cup in the past fortnight, Wolfsburg completed a famous treble as Martina Muller's penalty secured the ...

Briton found hanged in French jail

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:32:32 -0400

Steele , 38, was found by prison guards hanging in his cell on Tuesday, four days after he was remanded in custody.Steele, who had lived near Paris for some years, was believed to be behind a scheme which took more than 1 million in loans from French banks.A Foreign Office spokesman said: "We are aware of the death of a British national in France on 21 May and we stand ready to provide ...

Cannes Film Festival 2013 review Nebraska - Alexander Paynes new film starring Bruce Dern

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:28:49 -0400

8.44 a.m., 28 degrees Fahrenheit: Woody Grant (Bruce Dern) is picked-up by police walking along a snow-lined freeway in Montana. In the aged American's pocket is a piece of junk mail that he believes holds the promise of a $1 million prize, if only he can get to Lincoln, Nebraska to pick the cash ...

Michael Kohlhaas Cannes Review

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:22:26 -0400

Mads Mikkelsen stars in this French-language adaptation of Heinrich von Kleist's novella, which premiered in competion at the Cannes Film ...

Critics Notebook Many Films Still in Running at Cannes for Palme dOr

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:01:08 -0400

CANNES, France ...

Music Review Emel Mathlouthi at the French Institutes Tunisia Festival

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:52:42 -0400

The Tunisian singer Emel Mathlouthi, a gentle firebrand whose song ...

More Jewels Go Missing During the Cannes Film Festival This Time $2.6 Million in Diamonds

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:38:37 -0400

reports that a suspected jewelry heist of even larger proportions has occurred just a few miles away on the Cte d'Azur. Unlike the first incident, in which jewelry (and the safe holding it) was burgled from a hotel room, this time a diamond necklace worth $2.6 million went missing from a party showcasing the work of the Swiss jewelers De Grisogono--despite "80 bodyguards, local police, ...

France says dropping idea of cap on executive pay

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:37:48 -0400

Reuters © France's Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici reacts as he visits a leather goods maker during a one-day visit focused on employment in rural areas at Avoudrey, eastern France, May 3, 2013. REUTERS/Charles ...

Child actor 87 takes Cannes by storm

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:36:51 -0400

Video: Lewis, MDA mum on reasons for comedian's exit from telethon When the cameras stop flashing, he leans into the microphone in front of him: "What a great table! I can see everybody!"The kid is Jerry Lewis, and he has been in show business for 82 of his 87 years, beginning with his parents' Catskills act in the early thirties. He's in Cannes to promote a new film in ...

FRENCH OPEN 2013 Capsules on women to watch

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:35:10 -0400

Major Titles: 15 - French Open ('02), Wimbledon ('02, `03, `09, `10, `12), U.S. Open ('99, `02, `08, `12), Australian Open ('03, `05, `07, `09, ...

Wolfsburg Shock Lyon to Win Womens Champions League Final

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:30:05 -0400

LONDON ...

Rapinoes Lyon Club Upset in Womens Final

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:29:29 -0400

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Quebec film wins screenplay prize at Cannes

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:17:29 -0400

a movie by Quebec director Sebastien Pilote, has won one of the main prizes of sidebar program Critics Week at the Cannes Film Festival. The film, which translates ...

Psy Imposter Crashes Cannes VIP Parties

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:16:28 -0400

A man pretending to be South Korean pop star Psy has blagged his way into some of the biggest parties at the Cannes film festival, it has emerged. The imposter bears a resemblance to the Gangnam Style singer and had been spotted at VIP events at the world famous festival. He partied with stars, picked up freebies, danced on a French TV show, and even signed a deal to take part in a Monaco ...

Cannes Bidder Pays $1.5 Million for Trip to Space with Leonardo DiCaprio

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:08:41 -0400

A trip to the stars -- with one of the world's biggest -- has sold at a Cannes charity auction for 1.2 million euros ($1.5 million US). The winning bidder at the AmFAR Cinema Against AIDS charity dinner held on Thursday night the Hotel du Cap won an unforgettable journey into orbit on Virgin Galactic, seated next ...

Cannes Sundance Selects Nabs North American Rights to Clio Barnard’s The Selfish Giant

Thu, 23 May 2013 17:08:37 -0400

with the backing of British Film Institute and Film4, made its world premiere in Directors’ Fortnight at this year's Cannes Film Festival. Sundance Selects/IFC Films ...