Newen Studios Appoints Romain Bessi As CEO, Replacing Bibiane Godfroid

Emilio Mayorga Rémi Chayé’s “Fleur,” Claude Barras’ “You’re Not the One I Expected” and Alberto Vázquez’s  “Unicorn Wars” are some of the multiple potential standouts at the 24th Cartoon Movie, Europe’s leading animated movie co-production event.Scheduled to take place in Bordeaux, France, over March 8-10, the 2022 Cartoon Movie lineup features 57 projects, 15 from France, seven less than last year as animation grows in the rest of Europe but still a mark of its predominance in Europe as a

Rick Ross just pulled the perfect French exit.

Naman Ramachandran “Girls Will Be Girls,” a female-led drama written and to be directed by debutant Shuchi Talati, has received a production grant from France’s Aide aux cinémas du monde.The grant will cover approximately 25% of the film’s production budget.

While a tropical paradise might not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think of Christmas, Scott Disick soaked in some sun on the beach in St. Barthélemy, France on Monday December 20. The 38-year-old Keeping Up With the Kardashians star sported a dark bathing suit and a purple button down shirt with a red and yellow design. He completed his outfit with a pair of shades, as he chilled on a lounger.

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Facebook manager who startled the world this fall by leaking tens of thousands of internal documents and accusing her former employer of caring more about money than about public safety has a book deal.Little, Brown and Company announced Thursday that it had acquired a planned memoir, “offering a critical examination of Facebook,” by Frances Haugen. The book does not yet have a title or release date.

Heartwarming pictures show the moment a Scots student surprised his parents after not seeing them for two years due to strict lockdown measures in Australia.

New ink! Sami Sheen just got some new tattoos and she proudly shared the new designs with the world on her Instagram on Monday.

Gordon, Gino and Fred go to a beach in the French Riviera that, unbeknownst to Gordon, is a nudist beach.For as adventurous as the celebrity chef is in the kitchen, he's definitely not as enthusiastic about being surrounded by naked people in public -- and for sure not about to take off his own swimsuit."This is embarrassing, I'm uncomfortable here," the "Hell's Kitchen" star says to his buddy Fred, who tries to get him to lose his bottoms and then encourages him to take a selfie with a nude

Brad Pitt is teaming with French producer Damien Quintard to revive Miraval Studios, located at the Château Miraval in Correns, France. A major renovation, overseen and planned by Miraval co-owner Pitt and Quintard, will see the recording studio reopen in summer 2022.

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentThierry Lachkar, the former boss of Shine France, has been named CEO of ITV Studios France, whose biggest hits include local adaptations of “The Voice” and “Four Weddings.” Lachkar will be taking the helm at the label with a focus on building and growing the company, whose shows air on France’s leading broadcasters and platforms.

Thierry Lachkar, the Founder of Shine France and MD of French indie Deeply Superficial, has been named CEO of ITV Studios France.

The English Channel was once again the centre of another heartbreaking tragedy two weeks ago.

Anna Marie de la Fuente In Panama to shoot “The Stars at Noon,” French auteur Claire Denis (“Beau Travail,” “High Life”) spoke at an IFF Panama fest panel about shooting the film in Panama and her hallmark “instinctive” filmmaking.With her were her two male actors, lead Joe Alwyn (“The Favorite”) and rising Panamanian thesp and former wrestler Nick Romano (“Kimura”), who plays a key secondary role.