Gérard Depardieu trial: prosecutor calls for 18-month suspended sentence
The French actor denies allegations during filming of Les Volets Vert, as defendants’ lawyers describe him as ‘sexual predator’ and ‘misogynist’ Gérard Depardieu should be...
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Gérard Depardieu appears in Paris court for trial on sexual assault charges
Actor is expected to testify on Tuesday over allegations by two women who worked with him on 2021 film The French actor Gérard Depardieu has...
Gérard Depardieu to appear in Paris court over sexual assault allegations
Actor, 76, denies claims made by assistant director and set designer who worked with him on Les Volets Verts Gérard Depardieu will become the most...
Mutiny brews in French bookshops over Hachette owner’s media grip
Booksellers take stand against influence of conservative billionaire by limiting orders of his company’s books and placing them on lower shelves A conservative Catholic billionaire...
Louvre’s decision to move Mona Lisa is a misguided act of snobbery
Crowds give life to the Paris museum and the painting is a silent, compelling mystery at the heart of the hubbub What a wonderful headache...
Visiting leaky, crowded Louvre is ‘physical ordeal’, museum’s boss says
In leaked memo to culture minister, Laurence des Cars sounds alarm over state of Paris art gallery Visiting the Louvre has become a “physical ordeal”...
Social media fuelling rising terror threat in France, says minister
Bruno Retailleau says threat has never been greater, as country marks decade since Charlie Hebdo attack The threat of a terrorist attack on France is...
Jocelyne Wildenstein, socialite known for extreme cat-like plastic surgery, dies at 84
Known as ‘one of the jet set’s most outrageous characters’, Wildenstein died in Paris hotel aged 84 The Swiss socialite and cosmetic surgery aficionado Jocelyne...
Paris gives Paralympic Games a send-off for the ages
Stade de France transformed into huge electronica dance party with world’s elite para athletes doing farewell conga With an explosion of fireworks, laser beams, breakdance...
‘Bloody warm, innit?’ says man who climbed Eiffel Tower on last day of Olympics
Bare-chested climber had ascended halfway up north face of structure when he was intercepted by Paris police A climber scaled the north face of the...
