Prince Albert II of Monaco and his bride-to-be Charlene Wittstock say in an interview published in France they’re looking to become parents soon after they tie the knot next month.
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Royal wedding in Monaco
Arthur H: music to be seduced to…
Son of Jacques Higelin, an icon of French variété, Arthur H is one of our absolute favorite French singers. This is a fan video mashup using Chanson de Satie, which Arthur H recorded with Feist.
You can get some of his albums, including our favorite, adieu tristesse, on which the song in the video appears, at the Francophilia Amazon store.
“Les couples des présidentielles”
The upcoming 2012 presidential elections in France are shaping up to be a pretty big farce, not helped by the fact that the major candidates all seem to have the same names… See the rest of the odd couples at Les couples des présidentielles – L’actu en patates on the Le Monde blog.
Embarrassing Sarko biopic to come out while he’s in office
The movie, which portrays his rise to power in the five years before he was elected, opens with Mr Sarkozy waking up alone at a hotel on the Champs-Elysees after celebrating his election victory.
via Metro.co.uk
GQ France’s “Man of the Year” is Basque babe Bixente Lizarazu
Bixente (pronounced bee-shent-ay) is a pro soccer player. Watch a video of the GQ photo shoot on the GQ Magazine site. (Have plenty of ice handy.)
Geneviève de Fontenay: a fixture of French pop culture
She’s one of those institutions who’s everywhere, and long before I had any idea what the hell she’d done I’d learned that her mime-white face was one to be respected and feared, and that she was ubiquitous. What she did is run French beauty pageants for years.
via Jezebel
Carla Bruni stars in a US comic book
Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, world-famous as France’s first lady and as a model and singer, has now been “immortalized” — as a comic-book heroine, an American publisher said.
via AFP
Brigitte Bardot not happy about unauthorized biopic
“I am not okay with a film about me when I have not been told about it and when I have not given my agreement to the person playing my role,” Bardot said.
via CBC News
Lynch directs Cotillard in riveting Dior “ad”
According to Lynch, the only direction he had from Dior was, “They called me up and said, ‘Would you like to make a short film for the internet? You can do anything you want, you just need to show the handbag, the Pearl Tower and some old Shanghai.’”
via Fashionologie
LVMH buys chunk of Bono and wife’s “Edun” equitable clothing line
Ali and Bono were having lunch with friends and discovered, among the other guests, Bernard Arnault, chairman and CEO of the fashion conglomerate LVMH. Bono asked his advice — and now Edun is part of the LVMH stable of luxury brands, standing alongside Céline, Louis Vuitton and Dior.
via Times Online. See the rest of the Edun pre-fall 2010 collection.
The Great Sarko Scandal pour les nuls*
Greed, ambition, a president, a beauty empire heiress, a con man, secret envelopes filled with cash, recording devices planted by domestics, Nazis, collaborationists, and more… All you could ever want in a French political/high society scandal. The whole mess explained clearly and succinctly in this Telegraph article.
*the French version of “for Dummies” book titles
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Prince wants to move to France
His harmonica player also told the Paris daily that Prince loved French culture and was a big fan of actress Marion Cotillard and the film “La Vie en Rose,” in which she played singer Edith Piaf.