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Beyoncé added to new edition of French dictionary Le Petit Larousse

Beyoncé‘s first name will be included in the new edition of the French encyclopaedic dictionary Le Petit Larousse.As Sky News reports, more than 150 new words have been added to the 120th version of the book this year.The ‘Cowboy Carter’ star will appear as an entry alongside celebrities such as Cate Blanchett, French actor Omar Sy, Oppenheimer director Christopher Nolan, and French rugby captain Antoine Dupont.Many additions “reflect concerns, developments or strong movements” in 2024, Carine Girac-Marinier, director of the dictionaries and encyclopaedias department, told French news magazine Le Point.As Marie Claire notes, “Beyoncé” will be accompanied by the definition “American singer of R&B and pop”.Many fans have responded to the nod on social media, with one writing: “That’s when you know you’ve succeeded.” Another person said: “Beyoncé’s influence knows no bounds!” A third user commented: “Star power.”“Creole French queen,” wrote someone else, referring to Beyoncé’s Louisiana Creole ancestry (via Nola).In 2004, the term “bootylicious” – featured in Destiny’s Child 2001 hit single of the same name – was added to the Oxford English Dictionary with the definition “(of a woman) sexually attractive”.Other new additions to the Le Petit Larousse include the English phrases “fast fashion” and “skate park”, as well as “platisme” (the French term for the Flat Earth theory).In February, Beyoncé made history by becoming the first Black woman to reach Number One on the US country chart with ‘Texas Hold ‘Em’.
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Paris Hilton says she “pretended” to vote for Donald Trump in 2016
Paris Hilton had said she “pretended” to vote for Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election.In her new book, Paris: The Memoir, the reality TV star and businesswoman listed several things she’s “not proud of”.“I used to wear those horrific Von Dutch caps. I once went to a Playboy Mansion Halloween party dressed as Sexy Pocahontas,” she said, reeling off a number of “mistakes” from her past.She then revealed: “When I was put on the spot in an interview, I pretended I voted for Donald Trump because he was an old family friend and owned the first modelling agency I signed with.”In her memoir, Hilton explained Trump reacted angrily when she left to join another modelling agency: “He was furious and intimidated the shit out of me on the phone,” she wrote.Days after the 2016 presidential election, an Australian TV station asked Hilton if she had voted for Trump, to which she replied: “I’ve known him since [I was] a little girl — so yes.”Hilton first admitted to lying about her vote in 2017, telling Marie Claire that she didn’t really vote for Trump, but backed him to be a good president.“He’s always been so nice, so respectful and sweet,” she told the publication at the time.In her memoir, the model said that rather than lying about her vote at the 2016 election, she was even more ashamed of what she actually did.“The truth is even worse,” she wrote, “I didn’t vote at all.”“Am I standing by these choices? Would I make the same choices again, knowing what I know now? Of course not!” she continued.“You make it right if you can.
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