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  • Gay marriage can now take place in France Gay marriage can now take place in France

    France has legalised same-sex marriage, becoming the 14th country to do so. President Francois Hollande signed the bill into law following months of bitter political debate, including a legal challenge by the right-wing opposition. On Friday the Constitutional Council threw out the challenge, allowing the president to sign the documents. The legislation also legalises gay ...

  • Weepy Becks ends glittering career with PSG win

    Football icon David Beckham had reportedly broken down into tears as he captained the newly crowned French champions Paris St-Germain at the Parc des Princes in Paris to a comfortable 3-1 victory over Brest, signifying a fitting end to his glittering career. Beckham, who was watched by a crowd of 55,000 including his wife, mother, children and former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, had by far ...

  • Russia reviews adoption law over French gay marriage

    Russia's children's rights ombudsman Pavel Astakhov has said Moscow may change its adoption agreement with France in response to the country's new gay marriage law. Earlier Saturday French President Francois Hollande signed into law a controversial bill allowing same-sex marriage. The bill has sparked mass protests throughout the nation. Russian President Vladimir Putin said late last month ...

  • Preity Zinta makes her debut as producer in Ishkq in Paris in Mumbai

    Bollywood actress Preity Zinta has made her debut as a producer with the promotion of her romantic comedy Ishkq in Paris in Mumbai. Zinta is set to return to the silver screen after a three-year sabbatical. Directed by Prem Raj, the film is shot partly in Paris and India and is a story about a couple, two complete strangers, after having met on a train from Rome to Paris, end up spending the ...

  • Ancelotti warns Chelsea-bound Mourinho to beware of sack

    Real Madrid boss Jose Mourinho has been warned by Paris Saint Germain boss Carlo Ancelotti that he may also be sacked by Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich if he returns to the club. Sources said that Mourinho has agreed to return to Stamford Bridge, where he won two Premier League titles as boss between 2004 and 2007, on a 12 million pounds-a-year contract, although the move will be confirmed ...


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Movie Review

Wonder Boys [DVD]

Wonder Boys [DVD]

Wonder Boys is a film that desperately needs to let go. It takes place over one weekend where anything that can go wrong does go wrong, but the whole film feels like it is constantly holding back, restraining itself from going along with its own inherently absurd subject matter, as if it were too dignified to admit its own wackiness. The result is a somewhat static, randomly funny movi ... ...

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  • France Must Take Deficit Cuts Seriously Bundesbank head

    France has a special responsibility as a euro zone heavyweight to take deficit reduction rules seriously, even though its budget deficit is above target, Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann said in an interview published on ...

  • Cannes U.K. Sales Banner Moviehouse Entertainment Shops Animation The Hero of Color City

    U.K. based sales banner Moviehouse Entertainment is looking to draw up deal memos with foreign buyers for former studio animation division high ...

  • Well always nab Paris

    It Books When the "Bling Ring" - a group of high school kids who pulled off a stunning series of robberies from October 2008 to August 2009, stealing over $3 million worth of high-end clothes, jewelry, art, cash and more from celebrities - were deciding on their first celebrity victim, they quickly realized that it had to be Paris ...

  • Sports Briefing | Soccer Paris St.-Germain Victory in Last Home Game for David Beckham

    Zlatan Ibrahimovic stole some of the spotlight from David Beckham, scoring two goals to lead the French champion Paris St.-Germain to a 3-1 home win against Brest. Beckham, who announced Thursday that he would retire at the end of the season, was given a standing ovation as he left the field in the 81st ...

  • During a trip to Nice France a tourist soaks up its charm and relishes its good tastes.

    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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