By Dino-Ray Ramos
23.03.2020 - 03:03 / dailyrecord.co.uk
Coronavirus has claimed the life of a French doctor as the country prepares for an expected surge in cases.
France's Health Minister Olivier Veran confirmed the news on Sunday, and paid tribute to the country's frontline medical staff during a TV appearance.
According to France 3 Hauts-de-France, the deceased doctor was an emergency specialist working at a hospital in Compiegne, north of Paris, one of the first areas in the country to be badly affected by Covid-19.
The doctor died after being
By Dino-Ray Ramos
The Hollywood film, titled French Dispatch helmed by ace director Wes Anderson is the latest film to postpone its release amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The news reports suggest that the film starring Timothee Chalamet, Benicio del Toro, Lea Seydoux, Mathieu Amalric and Jeffrey Wright will now release in the month of October.
French producers have banded together to lobby the government to push insurance companies to start covering damages caused by the coronavirus pandemic. In any other country, asking insurance companies to change their policies in the midst of a pandemic for the sake of solidarity would be perceived as a practical joke, but not in France.
In today’s film news roundup, Anne Hathaway will portray an American journalist in Paris, blockbuster director Michael Bay signs with Sony Pictures, and “Extra Ordinary” and “The Etruscan Smile” are added to arthouse streaming services.
French Montana is being sued for sexual assault.
An anonymous woman sued Moroccan-American rapper French Montana on Thursday, alleging that she was given alcohol and raped during a party at the artist’s home in Hidden Hills, Calif. two years ago.
Note: This article contains descriptions of alleged sexual assault.
Prince Albert II is not here for finger-pointing. After some people blamed him for Prince Charles’ positive coronavirus diagnosis, the Monacan royal took a moment to set the record straight.
Following TF1’s announcement that it won’t offer financial forecasting this year, France’s second biggest commercial network, M6, said it has also been greatly hit by the drop in advertising revenues caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Manu Dibango has sadly passed away at the age of 86.
Albert Uderzo, the French comic book artist and scriptwriter best known for his work on Astérix, has died. He was 92.
Manu Dibango, the pioneering Cameroonian jazz musician whose song “Soul Makossa” was interpolated in Michael Jackson’s hit “Wanna Be Starting Something,” died in Paris Tuesday after contracting Covid-19, according to The Guardian and multiple news outlets. He was 86.
PARIS -- Albert Uderzo, one of the two creators of the beloved comic book character Asterix, who captured the spirit of the Gauls of yore and grew a reputation worldwide, died on Tuesday. He was 92.
Albert Uderzo, the celebrated French illustrator and writer who created the beloved “Asterix” franchise with René Goscinny more than 60 years ago, has died. He was 92. Uderzo’s family told the French newswire AFP that he died in his sleep of a heart attack at his home in Neuilly, near Paris.
The 2020 edition of the Cannes Film Festival has been postponed by the organizers owing to the Coronavirus crisis which has gripped almost every country in the world. Speculations were already rife about the prestigious film festival getting canceled in the wake of COVID 19 scare due to the fear of infection and now the reports have turned out to be true. The mega event was originally scheduled to be held from May 12 to May 23, 2020, in France.
As concern grows over the worldwide spread of COVID-19, commonly known as coronavirus, many are taking proactive measures to keep themselves safe from the flu-like virus, which can be fatal in the most extreme cases.