Annie Cordy Dies: ‘Le Chat’ Actress Who Voiced Grandmother Willow In French Version of ‘Pocahontas’ Was 92

Juliette Greco, a French singer, actress, cultural icon and muse to existentialist philosophers of the country’s post-War period, has died, French media said Wednesday. She was 93.

The Guardian. “Her life was one like no other.”“She was still making French songs shine at the age of 89” the statement added, explaining her career then ended following a stroke.Gréco sang as a cabaret artist in Paris in the 1950s, before then starring in French TV series Belphegor in 1965, which became a hit across western Europe.Paying his respects to Juliette Gréco on Twitter, French President Emmanuel Macron wrote, “She was elegance and freedom.

Janet W. Lee Legendary French singer Juliette Gréco died Wednesday from a stroke near St.

PARIS -- Pierre Troisgros, one of France's top chefs who helped reinvent the country's traditional cuisine, died on Wednesday, French media said.

France, near Saint Tropez.The mayor of Nice, Christian Estrosi, tweeted that “a very grand lady, an immense artist has gone.”With expressive eyes inherited from her Greek ancestors and an impossibly deep, raspy voice -- acquired from years of cigarette-smoking -- Greco immortalized some of France’s most recognizable songs in an enduring seven-decade career, including the classics “Soul le ciel de Paris” (Under the Parisian sky) and “Je hais les dimanches” (I hate Sundays).Greco was born in

PARIS -- Michael Lonsdale, an enigmatic giant of the silver screen and theater in France who worked with some of the world’s top directors in an acting career that spanned 60 years, died Monday at 89, his agent said.From his role as the villain in the 1979 James Bond film “Moonraker” to that of a French monk in Algeria in the 2011 movie “Of Gods and Men,” Lonsdale acted, often in brilliant supporting roles, under top directors including Orson Welles, Steven Spielberg, Francois Truffaut and Louis

Jay Weissberg A 17-year-old Parisian girl of Algerian parentage struggles to negotiate the conflicting tensions between desire, familial expectation, peer pressure and heritage in debuting writer-director Kamir Aïnouz’s intermittently successful “Honey Cigar.” Refreshingly empowering in how it foregrounds the female gaze together with the young woman’s ownership of her sexual urges, the film too often falls back on paper-thin characterizations that trip up the director’s ambitious attempt to

Ashley Tisdale and Christopher French are looking for a bigger home for their growing family!

Ashley Tisdale got candid about her journey to starting a family with husband Christopher French shortly after confirming that she is pregnant with their first child.“I’M PREGNANT!!!! Wow, it feels so good to finally share this news with you guys! Where do I even begin?” the High School Musical star, 35, wrote in a vulnerable note posted to her blog, Frenshe, on Friday, September 18. “For YEARS it has been the question from everyone since I got married.

Cuties, a film its director argues “sounds the alarm” about sexualising pre-pubescent girls instead of exploiting ideas for art.In a memo sent out to the French industry today (September 18), the state-backed group, which supports and promotes French cinema worldwide, said it “offers its full support” to director Maïmouna Doucouré and the film’s producers.Online trolls have attacked Doucouré, Netflix and anyone connected with the movie of hyper-sexualising the movie’s young characters.As The

High School Musical costar! Vanessa Hudgens sweetly responded to Ashley Tisdale’s pregnancy announcement on Thursday, September 17.When the New Jersey native, 35, debuted her baby bump via Instagram in maternity photos with her husband, Christopher French, Hudgens, 31, commented, “Just the freaking cutest.”Tisdale received support from other celebrity friends, including Lea Michele and Haylie Duff.

Andreas Wiseman International EditorFrench cinema organization UniFrance, which is backed by the French government and represents hundreds of local producers, sales agents, directors and talent agents, has sent out a memo to industry expressing its support for filmmaker Maïmouna Doucouré and her film Cuties after the social media frenzy sparked by a Netflix poster for the film.

Oh happy day! Ashley Tisdale, 35, lit up social media when she announced the joyous news about her and husband Chris French having a baby on the way on September 17. The High School Musical alum took to her Instagram and posted two beautiful photos of she and Chris standing side by side amid a bunch of luscious greenery with her baby bump on clear display.

Comedian Dawn French and singer Beverley Knight have led a two-minute silence outside a West End theatre to draw attention to the plight of the sector.

Daft Punk-helmed remixes of tracks by the likes of Franz Ferdinand and The Micronauts feature on a new tribute compilation dedicated to the French duo’s career and influences.Compiled by the Argentina-based label Music Brokers and seemingly not officially endorsed by Daft Punk themselves, ‘The Many Faces Of Daft Punk: A Journey Through The Inner World Of Daft Punk’ was released physically earlier this week (September 7).The release is the latest instalment in Music Brokers’ ‘The Many Faces’

Annie Cordy, an acclaimed Belgian singer and actress known for her work in film, TV and stage, has died. She was 92.