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French president signs law allowing same-sex marriage
PARIS -- French President Francois Hollande on Saturday signed a law allowing same-sex couples to marry and adopt, after months of sometimes violent protests and the vehement opposition of the country's Roman Catholic Church leaders. The controversial...
Tags: Parliament, Paris (France), Crime, Law and Justice, Jean-Marc Ayrault, Same-Sex Marriage
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Official: Toyota begins shipping Le Yaris to America
Autoblog.comFiled under: Budget, Europe, Plants/Manufacturing, Hatchback, Toyota Our tiniest Toyota (Scion iQ notwithstanding) is about to get a little French flair. The Japanese automaker announced Thursday that its Toyota Motor Manufacturing France facility would... -
Cannes 2013: A very French celebration
CANNES, France -- The audiences at the Cannes Film Festival, if they are so moved, really know how to do things right when it comes to recognizing new film talent. This was the case in spades with the Saturday morning premier of Rebecca Zlotowski’...Tags: Octavia Spencer, Movies, Cannes Film Festival, Arts and Culture, Festive Events
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Asghar Farhadi goes for maximum emotional impact in his films
CANNES, France — "Stories come to me," says Asghar Farhadi, his sharp eyes focused, intense. "This one came to me, and I decided to follow it." It sounds straightforward, simple even, but nothing about the filmmaker's latest work, "The Past," fits...
Tags: Celebrities, Human Interest, Movies, Iran, Cannes Film Festival
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Looking Out: Gay marriage makes strides in France
The Baltimore SunAs part of this blog's effort to provide LGBT-related news and commentary, we'll be bringing you links to stories from around the web in a weekly feature called Looking Out. Here's a look at what's making a splash today: -- Same-sex marriage has...Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Minority Groups, Same-Sex Marriage, Social Issues
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Cannes 2013: For Octavia Spencer, a new stop with 'Fruitvale Station'
CANNES, France -- You’d expect a savvy pro such as Octavia Spencer to have dropped in on the Cannes Film Festival once or twice over the years. But there she was on Thursday afternoon, taking it all in like a wide-eyed tourist. “First...Tags: Octavia Spencer, Sundance Film Festival, The Weinstein Company, Movies, Cannes Film Festival
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'The Marriage of Figaro,' right in time with the 21st century
Suffice to say that Mozart and librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte weren't thinking about Proposition 8 when they composed "The Marriage of Figaro." The 1786 comic opera follows bullying Count Almaviva's efforts to invoke droit du seigneur to sexually conquer...
Tags: Architecture, Frank Gehry, Paris (France), Proposition 8 (California, 2010), Culture
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Former NASCAR driver Dick Trickle dies of apparent suicide
Former NASCAR driver Dick Trickle died Thursday of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, authorities in Boger City, N.C., said. He was 71. Lincoln County sheriff's Lt. Tim Johnson said authorities received a call, apparently from Trickle, who said...
Tags: Auto Racing, NASCAR, Suicide, Stock Car Racing, Dwayne Johnson
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Across the Table: In France, a cherry tree, clafoutis and an intuitive baker
Los Angeles TimesPérigord, France, many years ago: I sit at the oilcloth-covered table, watching the bee climb in and out of the jam jar as I listen to its buzz. The sun is a shock of gold outside the window. The cicadas keep time, rubbing their wiry legs together,...Tags: Cherries, Recipes
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Francois Ozon's sensual drama 'Jeune et Jolie' gives Cannes a rising star in Marine Vacth
Associated PressCANNES, France (AP) — Cannes has been the birthplace of many a star, and the latest candidate to shine is Marine Vacth, who plays a teenager confronting the complexities of adolescent sexuality in Francois Ozon's "Jeune et Jolie" ("Young and...Tags: Celebrities, Movies, Ludivine Sagnier, Ralph Lauren, Entertainment
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Health care workers sickened by SARS-like virus
NEW YORK (AP) — Global health officials say a deadly new respiratory virus related to SARS has apparently spread from patients to two health care workers in eastern Saudi Arabia. They say the virus has likely already spread person-to-person in...Tags: Pneumonia, Health and Safety at Work, Viral Diseases and Infections, Healthcare Policies, Saudi Arabia
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Cannes 2013: Opening night welcomes 'Great Gatsby,' Euro-style
CANNES, France -- The movie world feted an old friend Wednesday night, or at least an old sport. Two weeks after celebrating Baz Luhrmann's big-budget adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel with a throwback party at the Plaza Hotel in New York,...Tags: Midnight in Paris (movie), Moonrise Kingdom (movie), Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc., Manhattan (New York City), Cannes Film Festival
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