From those lovers of law and order at the Associated Press: Riot policemen keep watch during New Year celebrations on the Champs Elysees Avenue in Paris January 1, 2008. French president hails New Year’s Eve largely unmarred by youth unrest Tuesday, January 1, 2008 PARIS: French President Nicolas Sarkozy thanked police officers and firefighters on Tuesday for helping decrease the number of run-ins with rowdy New Year’s Eve revelers who have made torching cars an annual problem in the country’s troubled neighborhoo... lire la suite
From those lovers of law and order at the Associated Press: Riot policemen keep watch during New Year celebrations on the Champs Elysees Avenue in Paris January 1, 2008. French president hails New Year’s Eve largely unmarred by youth unrest Tuesday, January 1, 2008 PARIS:
Check out David Lasky’s beautiful set of small watercolor paintings based on film stills. He makes it look so easy. SHARETHIS. addEntry({ title: David Lasky’s French New Wave Watercolors", url: http: drawn. ca/2008/03/05/david-laskys-french-new-wave-watercolors/" });
The Tina Fey-as-Sarah Palin phenomenon has officially found its absurdist zenith in France (where else), where the daily paper Le Soleil recently printed a photograph of last week's Palin/Couric SNL sketch to accompany a story about Palin's "hesitant, troubled and clumsy" press-handling skills.
Leave it to the French to [insert something racy here]. They have their own little scandal with a lady news anchor. It's similar to the issues we've dealt with here in the US—the chauvinist rise and fall of Katie Couric, last seen sympathizing with Hillary Clinton—but so much more French.
The Liberation of France says an oft-noticed smell emitted by Apple's Mac Pro desktop computers is caused by a combination of toxins, including benzene, which is known to cause leukemia. The questions now have to be: What did Apple know and when did Apple know it? Posts in Apple support forums, full of Mac Pro owners complaining of the smell, indicate Apple was well-aware of how their computers smell.
GM's RWD future was looking rosy until the U. S. government decided to vote in favor of new CAFE rules, forcing carmakers to improve the average fuel economy of their fleets to 35mpg by 2020. We were teased with all manner of RWD, V8 powered muscle cars, including sedans, coupes, and even a sports wagon but now many of these cars have fallen off the radar.
Most of the car-related buzz coming out of Australia at the moment relates to the launch of the next-generation Ford Falcon sedan, which is set to take place at next month's Melbourne Motor Show. Arch rival Holden, however, isn't one to sit idly by and let Ford take all of the limelight. That's why the GM division is prepping a new concept car to draw the attention of show goers, just as it did with the previous Efijy concept (pictured) back in 2005.
Ne cherchez pas Paris Hilton sur le red carpet des Oscars, dimanche 24 février, elle n'y sera pas. La raison en est simple : les organisateurs de l'événement ne veulent pas d'elle. Une mauvaise nouvelle que Paris a du mal à digérer. quot; Elle a pleuré quand elle a appris qu'elle était bannie des Oscars.
It's starting to feel like 1988 around here, and not just because Rick Astley is back in the news. No, it's because old analog-like tech is making a virtual comeback online. Muxtape, the latest project from Vimeo's Justin Ouellette, allows aging alt-rockers and hip-hoppers to create mix tapes for their crushes like we used to with cassettes.
While most of you heathens were watching The Hills and/or The New Adventures Of Two And A Half Men Who Met Your Mother on Monday night, your Uncle Grambo was plowing through the first two and a half hours of the new Frontline documentary, Bush's War. On an emotional level, it was a thoroughly exhausting experience — reliving those nightmarish days of September 2001 and the resulting six-plus years of what can only be described as another long national nightmare had precisely the opposite effect on my sleep patterns as a fistful of Ambien.
Except for dry cleaners, almost everyone likes the New York City cigarette ban. People smell better, smokers have an excuse to leave a bad conversation and non-smokers feel left out, as they should. But oh no: we're getting fat without our cigs! From 2002, when the law was enacted, through 2004, New Yorkers gained 10 million pounds collectively.
Sometime soon Wrigley's will start promoting its new Slim Pack packaging in select markets, and nationwide by 2009. It's slimmer! It's easier to carry! And it's got 15 sticks instead of 17—for the same price! A Wrigley's vice president told Brandweek that consumers wouldn't care that they're getting less product:
When I saw this come up in my RSS feeds, I thought it said Brian Lam, and so I got rather excited. I was, however, (as I so frequently am) wrong. This lamp is the brainchild of Alexander Lervik, who had an MR scan done in Stockholm of his own grey matter, before printing up the results on a 3-D printer.
Here's the trailer for the next Alone in the Dark. It's multi-plat and set in Central Park. So, it's Alone in the Dark in Central Park? We've always thought words that rhyme are way too cute for survival horror. Just our opinion!
MAYFLOWER OPENS A NEW OFFICE IN HAMBURG
Mi-janvier, on annonçait l'arrivée imminente, en deuxième partie de soirée sur France 2, de L'habit ne fait pas Lemoine, le nouveau talk-show de Jean-Luc Lemoine (trublion de Laurent Ruquier) et Faustine Bollaert (chroniqueuse de Vivement Dimanche Prochain). Oui mais voilà , après le tournage du pilote, en février, les premières rumeurs semblaient assez décevantes.
Adeline Blondieau, la brune volcanique de la série Sous le Soleil se sert de son physique de rêve pour vanter les mérites de Tanya, une ligne de cosmétiques qui chouchoute les mains les plus sensibles. L'actrice de 37 ans, qui a monté sa société de production et qui écrit des BD, prend la pose et dévoile toute sa beauté naturelle sur papier glacé.
La charmante ex-Spice Girl Geri Halliwell, alias Ginger Spice, 36 ans, va faire son grand retour au cinéma ! En effet, celle que l'on a déjà croisée au cinéma dans le film Spice World en 1997, dans Fat Slags en 2001, et dans un épisode de la saison 6 de la série Sex and the City en 2003, a accepté un rôle aux côtés de Jason Statham (Le Transporteur) dans le film Crank 2 :
Harry Potter est peut-être doué de super pouvoirs, mais dans la vie, Daniel Radcliffe, son interprète n'a pas les mêmes facilités. L'acteur de 19 ans vient de confier au Daily Mail qu'il souffrait de dyspraxie, une maladie qui l'empêche de coordonner certains de ses mouvements. Un handicap qui touche entre 3 et 6 % des enfants et qui se diagnostique plutôt mal.
A — déjà ! €” 55 ans, la diaphane et vénéneuse Isabelle Huppert n'a de cesse d'ajouter des lignes à sa filmographie (et à sa théâtrographie). Cette incroyable collectionneuse de nominations et de récompenses va pouvoir garnir un peu plus ses étagères : le Festival International du Film de Montréal, un des grands moments du calendrier ciné qui se tiendra du 21 août au 1er septembre, s'apprête à lui décerner un prix spécial venant récompenser l'ensemble de sa carrière.