French Anti-Racism Activist Assa Traoré to Receive BET International Global Good Award

Piers Morgan has received criticism for jetting off abroad amid the coronavirus pandemic.The Good Morning Britain host has been branded a hypocrite after he said farewell to the UK as he posted a photo of himself wearing a face mask while sat on plane. After landing in Saint Tropez in the south of France 55 year old Piers shared a snap of the view from a sunny balcony on Instagram.

 'Princess', Hermine de Clermont-Tonnerre has died after suffering severe injuries in a motorcycle crash in June. According to French publication Point De Vue, her family confirmed the sad news in an official statement.

Nancy Tartaglione International Box Office Editor/Senior ContributorEcho Studio, the Paris-based international production firm dedicated to creating content with social impact, has set three new projects that are aimed to inspire change and action.

“Welcome to Chechnya,” directed by David France, is about an underground pipeline created to rescue LGBTQ Chechens from the Russian republic where the government has for several years waged a crackdown on gays. In the predominantly Muslim region in southern Russia ruled by strongman Ramzan Kadyrov, LGBTQ Chechens have been detained, tortured and killed.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentEurope’s biggest nation of moviegoers, France, saw its theaters reopen with a bang on June 22 and managed to sell between 850,000 and 900,000 admissions through Sunday.It’s roughly 50% less than an average week in June, but considering the dearth of fresh releases, the heat wave, which plagued most of the country last week, and fears of a second wave of COVID-19, it’s an “outstanding result that is beyond our most optimistic forecast,” said Eric Marti at

Nick Cordero is still fighting for his life in the ICU. The 41-year-old Broadway star has been battling the coronavirus for almost 90 days now, and his wife, Amanda Kloots, took to her Instagram Stories on Sunday night to give fans an update on his health. Amanda's sister, Anna, had left to return home to Paris, France, after a lengthy visit with the family where she'd been helping Amanda with her 1-year-old son, Elvis.

Pass, or in this case, play the ketchup on Canada Day.Burlington, Ont., band Walk off the Earth seem to be the perfect choice for an unusual cover of O Canada that incorporates playing bottles of French’s ketchup as flutes and percussive instruments.The group, after all, came to fame with their five-people-playing-one-guitar rendition of Gotye’s Somebody That I Used to Know on YouTube back in 2012.“Whenever we collaborate with somebody to do the anthem, we have to remind them who they hired,”

Us Weekly has affiliate partnerships so we may receive compensation for some links to products and services.We seriously can’t get enough loungewear these days. We’ve amassed a major stockpile of comfy sweats and PJs since quarantine kicked off — and we’re not alone.

Madalina Sneddon’s husband, Scots engineer Craig Sneddon, 46, has been accused of murdering her following the incident in the popular tourist city of Aix-en-Provence.Yesterday, a friend of the couple said their families are devastated and believe the death is a tragic accident.The friend, who asked not to be named, said: “Craig and Madalina have been married for many years – over 20 at least.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentFrench anti-racism activist Assa Traoré will receive the 2020 BET International Global Good Award at the 20th edition of the BET Awards, which premiere in the U.S. on June 28 before airing internationally.The Global Good Award is BET International’s recognition of public figures who use their platform for social responsibility and are committed to the welfare of the global Black community.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Paris-based sales co Reel Suspects has added a late title to its slate for this week’s Cannes virtual Marche.Une Dernière Fois (One Last Time) is the debut feature of Olympe de G, a successful director of commercials and music videos in France, including for band Christine And The Queens.The pic follows a 69-year-old woman who refuses to age in a society that doesn’t take care of elderly people.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorThe Cannes Film Festival’s virtual roll out continues this week with its Marché du Film, which featured composers Alexandre Desplat, a multiple Oscar winner, and John Powell in a keynote conversation on Monday morning. Moderated by Variety‘s Jon Burlingame, the composers discussed a range of topics from how they choose projects to budgets and processes.