Why France Stuck With Its Film Czar Dominique Boutonnat Despite His Sexual Assault Indictment

Not Speaking in Metaphor, described as “part-punk, part-heartbreak, part-dance mix — inspired by unexpected breakups, depression cycles, and a few questionable decisions.”Also on the bill is Boy Meets Pearl, a “carousel punk quartet” led by multi-instrumentalists Christian Crowley and Sea Griffin, the latter of whom you may also know as the wildly imaginative drag act Lucretia Blozia. (Crowley and Griffin also occasionally perform in The Diane Scream Show, billed as “the DMV’s only Diane Rehm-themed Talking Heads tribute band.”)Styled as a kind of nontraditional carnival funhouse act, Boy Meets Pearl performs rather eccentrically themed original songs — exploring, among other things, “time rifts, conjoined twins, tiger sharks, and the meaning of life” — with truly eccentric instrumentation, including “accordion, glockenspiel, autoharp, Chapman stick, trumpet, baritone saxophone, cajon, cello, and violin.”For this special evening event, the café and bookstore, which normally closes daily at 2:30 p.m., will be open for business.Saturday, Aug.

Duchess of Sussex on her new podcast and her efforts to “empower women”. Argentine polo player Nacho Figueras, who is an ambassador for Harry’s charity Sentebale, said Meghan “means well” with the podcast and is attacking important subjects. The first episode of the long-awaited Archetypes podcast was released on Spotify on Tuesday, in a conversation with Meghan’s close friend, tennis great Serena Williams.

Heather Morris says Jennifer Lopez cut dancers because they were Virgos. The former ‘Glee’ star heard a rumour that the ‘Hustlers’ star - who recently had a star-studded wedding to marry Ben Affleck - told people to leave an audition based on their star sign. The 35-year-old actress told comedian Justin Martindale on his podcast ‘Just Sayin’ With Justin Martindale’ on Wednesday (24.

Heidi Klum to Kourtney Kardashian and Dua Lipa, summer wouldn't be summer without celebs sharing the most fire pics on Instagram. And, of course, supermodel Kate Moss isn't one to be outdone, sharing a video of herself skinny dipping on her grid. In the caption, the 48-year-old old wrote to her 1.

Richard Blackwood was give him Celebrity MasterChef nightmares. As he slept, the actor would painstakingly toil over the hob, adding a pinch of salt here, a dash of sauce there. However, every time he came to try his dream creations it would turn out to be disgusting and foul tasting.

Jonathan Knight has married his boyfriend Harley Rodriguez. The New Kids on the Block star has confirmed he's a married man after tying the knot with his longtime partner in secret after getting engaged but they were unable to celebrate with a lavish wedding reception due to restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Jonathan confirmed the happy news to Etonline.

Vogue Williams, who publicly berated a fellow passenger for not wishing to give up his aisle seat and move to the window so that she could sit with her family. She was flying to London from Gibraltar, for goodness sake. It's a three-hour flight.

Facebook followers, he wrote:  'As a proud patron of Velindre Cancer Centre, I've trekked the world, hosted chaotic quizzes and star-studded comedy nights. I've met and made friends with so many inspirational staff, patients and their families. It has been a huge part of my life for the last ten years.

Two of Paul Newman's daughters have filed a lawsuit against the family's charity. Elinor 'Nell' Newman and Susan Newman claim Newman's Own Foundation - which was founded by the late actor in 1982 to help various educational and charitable organisations - has been giving less money to good causes and allege there has been a "pattern of disregard" and "mismanagement". The lawsuit was filed at a court in Connecticut and paperwork from the case obtained by People.

‘Beverly Hills, 90210’ star Joe E. Tata has died aged 85, says his former co-star. Ian Ziering - who appeared with the late actor on the Aaron Spelling-produced teen drama as Steve Sanders - shared the tragic news on social media about the actor who brought the Peach Pit owner Nat Bussichio to life while lamenting about the other losses the show’s cast and crew has endured “in the last few months” in an emotional tribute.

There are now just eight contestants remaining in the Big Brother house following the double eviction on the latest episode!

Vanessa Bryant has announced her plans for the $16 million she was awarded in the lawsuit she filed over the Kobe Bryant crash photos.

Arlo Parks has covered Julia Jacklin‘s ‘Good Guy’ for Australian radio station triple j’s Like a Version segment.Parks’ take on Jacklin’s 2019 ‘Crushing’ cut – filmed while she was in the country for a tour that included Gang of Youths‘ A More Perfect Union festival – stays relatively faithful to the original, filling it out with warm synths.“I chose to cover ‘Good Guy’ because there’s this really distinct sense of melancholy mixed with a little touch of funniness,” the singer-songwriter said during a post-performance interview.“With this song in particular, it’s the kind of brokenness and the sense of defeat in her voice that I wanted to bring out. Also, the recording is so incredible, I wanted it to be live instruments and I wanted it to be in a band scenario.”She continued: “I guess what I did to make it my own is channel my experiences of a similar scenario when I sing it.

Sylvester Stallone was all smiles at the screening for his new film, .Stallone surprised fans at New York City's AMC Empire 25 theater Thursday night, who were catching an early look at the film before it hits theaters and Amazon Prime Video Friday. In photos taken from the screening, Stallone, who was dressed to impress in a Navy-blue suit and shirt, high-fived fans and delivered a speech before firing up the film for the big screen.The surprise outing marks the first time Stallone has stepped out since news broke that his wife, Jennifer Flavin, had filed for divorce from the 76-year-old actor after 25 years of marriage.ET confirmed Wednesday that Flavin filed for divorce last Friday in Florida. According to the filing, she wants to remain living in the couple's home in Palm Beach, Florida, amid the divorce proceedings.

Jonathan Cohen The prospect of a new version of Elton John’s “Tiny Dancer” with vocals from Britney Spears has sent the music world into a tizzy for weeks, particularly since Spears has not released fresh music in six years amid the knockdown, drag-out battle over her conservatorship. Luckily, “Hold Me Closer,” produced by Andrew Watt and Cirkut and finally due out at midnight ET, is an unabashed dance-floor celebration of good vibes much in the vein of John’s surprise smash 2021 collaboration with Dua Lipa, “Cold Heart,” which was built on elements of his past hits such as “Rocket Man.” John first worked with former Grammy producer of the year Watt while making a guest appearance on the 2020 Watt-produced Ozzy Osbourne album “Ordinary Man,” which led to Watt producing John’s “Cold Heart”-featuring “The Lockdown Sessions” album last year. “The song is still in the 20s on the global top 50, and it has been over a year,” Watt (pictured above) tells Variety of “Cold Heart.” “It really resonated with people, because the world is so serious right now. It was a way to scream an Elton John song while you’re out at a nightclub and also feel Dua’s energy. Elton wanted to do a follow-up to that song. Why wouldn’t he? We thought we’d try something with ‘Tiny Dancer,’ so they sent me the original stems.”

Elton John says he was so “excited” to work with Britney Spears on their new duet.

Kylie Jenner gathered her family, content creators, and beauty editors to celebrate her latest release of Kylie Cosmetics‘ Kylie Lip Kits at Ulta Beauty in Los Angeles. The beauty mogul and her famous family partied in Westwood.

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More of Ellen Barkin’s damning testimony has been released, and it’s painting Johnny Depp as anything but the “Southern gentleman” he described himself as during his defamation trial.

French senators approved controversial government legislation abolishing the country’s 89-year-old TV license fee in the early hours of Tuesday morning after a two-hour late-night debate.

internet is once again thirsting over Adam Driver after Burberry released new photos from their latest men’s fragrance campaign. The British luxury label shared never-before-seen images for the Burberry Hero Eau de Parfum today.

Pirates of the Caribbean and the franchise in general? There are several Pirates projects allegedly in the works, but it seems Depp is done with the Disney franchise and the Disney franchise is (mostly) done with Depp. Yet fans are still putting together plenty of fan art giving fans an idea of what it would look like if the character inhabited the role for a sixth outing, even if it took "a million alpacas" to get there.  Yes, sixth film.

The French government’s controversial move to abolish the country’s 89-year-old TV license fee is due to be voted on by France’s upper house this week.

the better Hulu comedy series “Only Murders in the Building,” which has a similar premise and is releasing new episodes at the very same time.Running time: 94 minutes. Rated R (language and brief violence). In theaters.Where B.J.

International sales agents Hengameh Panahi, Grégoire Melin, producers Philippe Rousselet, Didar Domehri and directors Jacques Audiard and Michel Gondry have been named as the members of France’s new-look Oscar committee.

Reunited and it feels so good.

revealed on Instagram Thursday that Affleck will be making an appearance as the Caped Crusader in “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom.”“REUNITED bruce and arthur,” the actor wrote. “love u and miss u Ben WB studio tours just explored the backlot alright.

Johnny Depp’s attorney Camille Vasquez has spoken out about the ongoing legal battle between the actor and his ex-wife Amber Heard.

France’s TF1 Group has posted a positive set of results for the first half of 2022, as Covid-19 pandemic challenges which weighed on turnover in 2020 and 2021 continue to subside.

Ashley Judd has detailed the powerful words her late mother Naomi Judd gave her when she decided to sue Harvey Weinstein for sexual harassment and defamation.MORE: Ashley Judd details how family is 'grieving together' after mom Naomi Judd's death"She said: ‘Go get him,'" Ashley revealed on grief expert David Kessler's podcast Healing with David Kessler. The actress, who has called herself a 'three-time rape survivor' also spoke about meeting her rapist and finding "restorative-justice".

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EXCLUSIVE: Golden Globe, SAG, WGA and BAFTA Award nominee John Cusack (Utopia) has signed with Gersh for representation in all areas.

tributes to late screen icon Paul Sorvino, who died Monday at 83 of natural causes, one video in particular seemed to resonate with fans: A clip of the “Goodfellas” star threatening to choke the life out of disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein. The old snippet amassed 126,000 views on Twitter as social media lauded the deceased thespian for standing up to predators.“It is reprehensible beyond description that women have been treated in this manner,” Sorvino told local news outlet KCAL9 at a Golden Globes Event in January 2018, addressing the highly-publicized scandal, in which multiple actresses — including the actor’s own daughter Mira Sorvino — stepped forward to accuse Weinstein, 70, of rape, sexual assault or sex harassment.“When you’ve had a phenomenal mother like I had, you are automatically a feminist.

Cooper had been arrested in 2018 after he was accused of committing lewd acts with two underage girls on separate occasions, one between 2005 and 2007 and the other between 2012 and 2016. The three convicted counts stemmed from the abuse that took place in the mid-2000s, while the other five counts were ruled as a mistrial. The accuser, now 28, recounted during the trial how Cooper had befriended her and shared her interest in music and theater before molesting her in his basement recording studio when she was 12 or 13 in 2006.“Over a decade later, this still haunts me,” she testified.