Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy is sentenced to prison

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentNetflix is reteaming with “Lupin” director Louis Leterrier (“Now You See Me”) and star Omar Sy (“The Intouchables”) on a sequel to the 2012 action comedy “On the Other Side of the Tracks.”The film, which is still untitled, began shooting in Paris on March 15 and will also be lensed in the French Alps. It will be available on Netflix worldwide in 2022.Eric and Nicolas Altmayer at the Paris-based banner Mandarin et Compagnie are producing.

The Queen’s Gambit co-creator Scott Frank is heading back to the 1960s. Clive Owen is set to star in Monsieur Spade, a one-hour drama series from Frank and City On a Hill showrunner Tom Fontana, which is currently being pitched, generating a lot of interest from buyers, Deadline has learned.

Political accountability. What’s that you may ask? Not too familiar but the French are giving it a shot. This week former French President Nicolas Sarkozy, otherwise known as Mr Carla Bruni, received a three year jail sentence (two years suspended) for corruption and influence peddling.

A romantic notion persists that after the Nazis conquered France in 1940 almost the whole French nation rose up heroically to join the Résistance. Not so, as the Oscar-shortlisted short documentary Colette affirms.

Jahmil French was a Canadian actor whose notable roles included Dave Turner in the teen drama series “Degrassi: The Next Generation.”“Degrassi: The Next Generation” was French’s first major acting gig, and he got his start with the franchise in the “Degrassi: Minis” series of special episodes in 2009. He joined the cast of “Degrassi: The Next Generation” later the same year and remained with it through 2013.

Lady Gaga has been spotted for the first time since her French bulldogs Koji and Gustav were stolen at gunpoint in Hollywood. The singer, 34, looked incredibly glam when she stepped out of her hotel in Rome on March 2, offering the cameras a wave — see the pics here.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterNeon has acquired North American rights to Céline Sciamma’s latest feature, “Petite Maman,” following its premiere at the Berlin Film Festival.The sale reunites Sciamma with Neon, the New York-based independent studio that released her acclaimed drama “Portrait of a Lady on Fire.”Written and directed by Sciamma, “Petite Maman” follows 8-year-old Nelly, who loses her beloved grandmother and goes to help her parents clean out her mother’s childhood home.

Haley Bosselman editorJahmil French, who played Dave Turner on “Degrassi: The Next Generation,” died on Monday, his agent Gabrielle Kachman confirmed to Variety. He was 29.“It is with a heavy heart that I confirm the passing of a dear friend and client Jahmil French,” she said in a statement.

Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticA French cop movie with far more on its mind than simply solving the case, Xavier Beauvois’ Berlinale competition entry “Drift Away” examines the toll that law enforcement takes on an earnest sergeant (Jérémie Renier), and also how the locals react to being ordered around by such authority figures in Normandy.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentThe Party Film Sales has closed further deals on Filippo Meneghetti’s romance “Two of Us,” which represents France in the international feature film race at the Oscars and is part of 15 shortlisted films.Headlined by Martine Chevallier and Barbara Sukowa, the Golden Globe-nominated feature debut follows Nina and Madeleine, two pensioners who have hidden their deep and passionate love for many decades and see their bond put to the test when they are

reports.The 66-year-old was found guilty of corruption at a Paris court.Prosecutors sought a four-year jail sentence but he was ordered to serve a year in jail.This is the first time in France's modern history that a former president has gone on trial for corruption and is the first time a former French President in recent history has been given actual jail time.Mr Sarkozy, who was President between 2007 and 2012, intends to appeal the sentence.He denied any wrongdoing and claimed he had been

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentFrance’s former president, Nicolas Sarkozy, was on Monday sentenced by the Paris judicial court to a three-year jail term after being found guilty of corruption and influence peddling in a case dating back to 2014, according to French news channel BFMTV.The three-year sentence includes just one year of imprisonment — two years have been suspended. He can serve the term at home.

Nicolas Sarkozy, who served as French president between 2007 and 2012, has been found guilty of corruption.

LOS ANGELES -- Lady Gaga's dog walker was shot and two of the singer's French bulldogs were stolen in Hollywood during an armed robbery, police said. The singer is offering a $500,000 reward.The dog walker was shot once Wednesday night and is expected to survive his injuries, according to Los Angeles Police Capt.

Lady Gaga is “shaken up” after her French bulldogs Koji and Gustav were stolen at gunpoint and her dog walker was shot in Hollywood on Feb. 24.

Lady Gaga’s French bulldogs have been returned to her safe and unharmed after they were stolen by an armed robber.The 34 year old singer’s dogs, Koji and Gustavo, were taken after her dog walker, Ryan Fischer, was shot in Hollywood, California on Wednesday 24 February. After offering $500,000 reward for the pups’ safe return an unnamed woman, said to be “uninvolved and unassociated” with the shooting, handed the dogs in at LAPD’s Olympic Community Police Station on Friday 26 February.