Tag: France

In August, we tried to answer the question in our post: Who is Sliimy? The late answer… For those of you who think Sliimy is the only exportable French singer in the world, let us introduce you Matthieu Chedid, aka ‘M’. He’s almost forty, he writes great songs with sometimes off-beat lyrics, he plays guitar and he’s very creative. Plus, Matthieu Chedid and Max Dana share several common points: they are both called ...

  Tonight, from 9pm to 10pm, Human Rights Watch, Info Birmanie, FIDH, Amnesty International, SOS pour Aung San Suu Kyi and La Ligue des Droits de L’homme call for a meeting at the Hotel de Ville of Paris. This initiative was launched by Jane Birkin in July, and most of the signers of the initiative will be there: Catherine Deneuve, Michel Piccoli, Charlotte Rampling, Marion Cotillard, Arielle Dombasle, Charles Berling, Vincent Delerme, Marie ...

“Coco Before Chanel”, the biopic of Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel, hit theaters last month in the U.S. Audrey Tautou (Amélie, Da Vinci Code) stars as legendary fashion designer Coco Chanel in this biopic penned by director Anne Fontaine, and based on the Chanel biography L’Irrégulière (The Nonconformist) by author Edmonde Charles-Roux. This is the story of a poor girl who transformed into a legendary fashion designer… We ...

  You remember our post published last month: Julie & Julia: ‘Bon appétit!’, the upcoming comedy-drama film, written and directed by Nora Ephron starring Meryl Streep and Amy Adams? If you like French food but not only, if you want to learn about gastronomy, if you want to know what will be the flavors and cuisine of tomorrow, then we just found the ultimate rendezvous for you.   Gastronomy by the Seine is the premier networking and educational ...

    Chic and Couture, that’s it. When I first saw the new Milly Carnivora created by Victoire de Castellane for Christian Dior on Dior Joaillerie website, I said to myself: ‘I wish I could buy this flower!’. I have no idea how high the price of this jewelry is but it must worth it…       The Milly Carnivora is Christian Dior’s new collection of imaginary flowers and it’s beautiful. Victoire de Castellane is a ...

Ten days ago, everyone on Twitter was asking: ‘Who is Sliimy?’. Apparently, everything started when Lady Gaga made a Twitter update asking who was Sliimy. Britney Spears, Miley Cyrus, Katy Perry, DJ AM and many other celebrities also wanted to know, thus making ‘Who is Sliimy?’ a trending topic on Twitter within a few hours… They could easily have found the answer by simply checking Sliimy’s Myspace. Anyway. ...

For our first post in the ‘Bon vivant’ Category, we wanted to honor one of the many epicurean pleasures a ‘bon vivant’ enjoys. Food, that it. Food in a movie. “Julie & Julia” is an upcoming 2009 comedy-drama film, written and directed by Nora Ephron, depicting events in the life of famed chef Julia Child. Based on two bestselling memoirs: Powell’s Julie & Julia and My Life in France, by Julia Child with ...