FRANCE
It's that Beaujolais Nouveau time of year
Finally, it’s here: the official uncorking of the Beaujolais Nouveau, France’s favorite fruity wine. This year, the vintage is being touted as one of the best in half a century.
USA
Oprah Winfrey to end talk show in 2011 after 25th season
Oprah Winfrey, one of the most influential and highly paid women on television, has announced that she is ending her hugely popular daytime talk show after its 25th season concludes in 2011.
AFP
Simpsons' lampoon of Sarkozy sudden French web hit
Thousands of French Internet users flooded video sharing websites Friday to enjoy a lampoon of their glamourous first couple, almost a week after they appeared on the US show the Simpsons.Cartoon caricatures of President Nicolas Sarkozy and first ...
AFP
No reply this Christmas as US blocks Santa mail
No matter if children are naughty or nice, they won't get a reply from Santa this year, as the US Postal Service has blocked mail to a tiny Alaska town that answered Christmas letters for decades.Since 1954, thousands of volunteers in the ...
ART
Christie's auctions pieces from Yves Saint Laurent’s country home
Following on from the success of the previous YSL/Berge auction, Pierre Berge, partner of the late legendary designer Yves Saint Laurent, is putting up for sale further pieces from the pair's chateaux on the French Normandy coast.
AFP
Beaujolais nouveau hot in Japan - literally
Japan's craze for Beaujolais nouveau has beaten the global recession, with tourists taking a dip Thursday in a hot mountain spring coloured red with the fruity wine.The Hakone Kowakien Yunessun spa resort celebrated the annual uncorking of the ...
THE OBSERVERS
Spray cans in Tehran – risky but increasingly popular
The most famous piece of Iranian graffiti is probably the deathly Statue of Liberty painted on the wall of the former US Embassy in Tehran.
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Couples Retreat poster omits black actors for UK audience
On the left, the US poster for Hollywood comedy romance "Couples Retreat". On the left, the same ad, but redesigned for a UK audience
CINEMA
Clint Eastwood awarded one of France's top honours
American actor and director Clint Eastwood can now add Commander of the French Legion of Honour to his list of achievements, after receiving one of France's highest honours from President Nicolas Sarkozy.
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AFP
British actor Edward Woodward dies aged 79
British actor Edward Woodward, famous for film and TV roles including "The Wicker Man," Australian feature "Breaker Morant" and US series "The Equalizer," died in hospital Monday aged 79, his agent said.Woodward had been suffering from various ...
FRANCE
Goncourt prize winner NDiaye stands by Sarkozy 'police state' comments
French-Senegalese author Marie NDiaye, who last week won France's top literary prize, the Goncourt,says she stands by her comments about President Nicolas Sarkozy creating the "atmosphere of a police state" in France.
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AFP
Jackson movie passes 200 million dollar mark
Michael Jackson's posthumous movie farewell "This Is It" has surged past the 200-million-dollar mark in worldwide earnings since its release two weeks ago, Sony Pictures said Thursday.The film, a behind-the-scenes look at Jackson's preparations for ...
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THE OBSERVERS
The Colombian conflict drawn by those who waged it
At first sight they seem to be children's drawings of jungles, mountains and rivers. But on closer inspection the details come into focus: people pleading for mercy before being executed, women being raped, hostages tied up, giant cemeteries...
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