France Culture

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• Spanish Culture Minister: No “3-Strikes” for File-Sharers

  
  ShareConnector — Authority: 455
  Says the govt “is not considering punitive measures for the end user of Internet,” and will focus instead on web sites that illegally host copyrighted material and those that profit from them. The Spanish govt has now officially rejected any plans to disconnect illegal file-sharers from the Internet a la a ...
  2 days ago

• In Our Time Just Isn’t Enough

  
  ninme — Authority: 478
  The Times – Intellectual propertyWhy isn’t Britain as brazen as France in celebrating its greatest thinkers? No other country has quite this same cadre of men and women who can be introduced as “intellectuals” without making everyone else struggle to contain a smirk. In Britain, “intellectual” is ...
  6 days ago

• UNESCO news: Poland is national partner for Denkmal 2010

  
  Special News — Authority: 124
  Denkmal is the name of the European Trade Fair for Conservation, Restoration and Old Building Renovation. According to UNESCO , the patron for Denkmal , it is an “outstanding platform  for the international exchange of experience in heritage conservation, it is a successful symbiosis of exhibition and  special ...
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• Sunday News

  
  Mixtapes for Hookers — Authority: 128
  [Because I spent most of the week reading about prostitution in Rhode Island, this news update is abbreviated.] The Village Voice called wrestling organization Ring of Honor the Best Place To See Straight Men Get All Homoerotic.  Wrestling fans responded, obviously, by calling for the death of people from the ...
  1 week ago

• Asterix and the golden jubilee

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  As the perennially plucky Gaul turns 50, Michelle Pauli travels to France to meet his co-creator and the translator who helped him conquer an English readership Asterix fever is hitting the French capital this week. As the doughty little Gaul and his man-mountain of a friend Obelix mark their 50th birthday, the whole ...
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• Astérix conquers Paris with new exhibit

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  For half a century they have been fending off Roman attacks from their village, armed only with fearlessness, flying menhirs and a cauldron of magic potion. But now Astérix and his band of indomitable Gauls are invading Lutetia – modern-day Paris – and determined to make their presence felt. Fifty years after ...
  2 weeks ago

• Asterix the underdog

  
  Comment is free | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 155
  France may not be what it once was. But on the eve of his 50th birthday, Asterix reminds us of national traits we can be proud of This month marks the 50th birthday of Frances most popular comic book. Back in October 1959, writer René Goscinny and illustrator Albert Uderzo had their first comic strip published in ...
  2 weeks ago

• Tour Diary: Pitom Goes to France

  
  Most Recent Posts — Authority: 605
  By Yoshie Fruchter The band Pitom is on tour in France. In the meantime, frontman Yoshie Fruchter is sharing some of the highlights of the tour with Jewcy readers: September 30, 2009First blog post. ever.  This is kind of fun. so far.So we are getting into crunch time for this tour in France that we aredoing. ...
  2 weeks ago

• Eva Longoria, Tony Parker in London Fog holiday campaign

  
  Lucire: Insider — Authority: 130
  US brand London Fog , best known for its raincoats and bags, showed its new holiday 2009 campaign starring Eva Longoria-Parker and husband Tony Parker yesterday. It is the first time the couple has appeared in a marketing campaign together.    The campaign will appear from December in Elle US, Marie Claire US ...
  2 weeks ago

• In praise of ... phantasmagoria

  
  Comment is free | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 155
  Paris, 1798: in the darkness of the Pavillon de lEchiquier an audience holds its breath. There is a spark, a flame, then a flare of light and a pillar of smoke coils upwards. From the centre emerges first a red cap, then the horrifying and familiar form of Jean-Paul Marat . As the apparition opens its mouth to speak, ...
  3 weeks ago

• Chic runs from Petone to Paris

  
  Lucire: Insider — Authority: 130
  Douglas Rimington On the main part of the Lucire site today is a special travel promotion on Petone , a place which really surprised us. The historical area on Jackson Street is full of surprises, and for Wellingtonians who hold on to decades’ old views about what Petone is like, cast aside your notions. ...
  3 weeks ago

• Did French Vogue just revisit blackface?

  
  Get Fresh Daily — Authority: 136
  The October Issue of French Vogue features an entire shoot of a pale-skinned, blond haired model... not unusual for any fashion magazine, right? The unusual (at least for 2009) part is that the model is painted brown. Im not talking...
  4 weeks ago

• Paris Fashions: Yes, Theyre Supposed to Look Like That

  
  Apathetic Lemming of the North — Authority: 436
  " Its a festering skankfest of zombies, Clancy! " Oddly Enough, Reuters blog (October 8, 2009) " Lamar, you mark my words, tonight is a turning point in our luck with the babes. " But it dont make sense, Clancy. Why would professional models date guys like us? " I dont know, but my friend says they worked the ...
  4 weeks ago

• Indonesia, Islam, Adultery, Stoning, Burkinis, Divisiveness and the West

  
  Another War-on-Terror Blog — Authority: 415
  Ive run into assertions like these quite often over the last few years. You probably have, too: Those Muslims make women wear burqas, and let men do anything they want. Islam oppresses women and has no standards for male behavior or dress. Muslim women are forced to dress a certain way, Muslim men arent. I ...
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• Outrage over Vogue photographs

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 982
  French Vogue has never been one to tiptoe around controversy. Recently it has published photos of supposedly pregnant models puffing cigarettes and leather-clad glamazons kissing with blood pouring from their mouths. Now, though, the magazine may have gone too far for even the most dedicated followers of fashion. Its ...
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• Columbus in Reverse: ‘Travel as a Political Act’

  
  God's Politics Blog — Authority: 638
  Rick Steves was a teenager when he first traveled overseas. Visiting a park in Norway with his parents, he had an epiphany: Right there, my 14-year-old egocentric worldview took a huge hit. I thought, “Wow, those parents love their kids as…
  4 weeks ago

• Xth Biennale de Lyon (2009, France)

  
  Mademoiselle Le K: Blog-trotter — Authority: 141
  Till January the 3rd, 2010, the Xth Biennale de Lyon of contemporary art presents “ The Spectacle of the Everyday “: seventy international artists transform everyday in something spectacular. Great “ but “ you think contemporay art “ is pretty boring and not fun “, maybe not! Change your mind and have ...
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• Xe Biennale de Lyon: Le Spectacle du Quotidien

  
  Mademoiselle Le K: Blog-trotter — Authority: 141
  Jusqu’au 3 janvier 2010, découvrez l’art contemporain comme “spectacle du quotidien”, à la Xe Biennale de Lyon : soixante-dix artistes internationaux réinventent l’ordinaire pour en faire du spectaculaire. Très bien, “ mais ” l’art contemporain, vous trouvez “ ça, pas fun “… vous avez ...
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• McDonald’s to open restaurant in the Louvre

  
  Eideard — Authority: 490
  A cynic might say that McDonalds is a step up for them. Har !
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• France secures $6 billion in contracts with Kazakhstan

  
  Eideard — Authority: 490
  France and Kazakhstan sign $6 billion contracts.
  4 weeks ago

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