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☆ Brad Paisley and Howard Gospel Choir to be the entertainment for state dinner as Bidens highlight US-Kenya ties
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-22 | by ( Betsy Klein | Samantha Waldenberg | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

US President Gerald Ford dances with Britain's Queen Elizabeth II during a state dinner in Washington, DC, in 1976. Jason Reed/Reuters The White House's State Dining Room is seen ahead of a state dinner honoring French President Emmanuel Macron in 2018. Paisley first performed at the White House in 2009 during the Obama administration as part of a music series. “Tomorrow night we’ve created an experience that will feature the beautiful scenes of the White House and the Washington Monument that few get to enjoy,” White House social secretary Carlos Elizondo said. Event planner Bryan Rafanelli also helped the White House plan for the state dinner.

Persons: Brad Paisley, Joe Biden, Jill Biden, William Ruto, Rachel Ruto, “, Howard, “ Brad Paisley, Dr . Biden, Ruto’s, Biden, Ruto, ” Biden, George W, Bush, Gerald Ford, Queen Elizabeth II, Ricardo Thomas, Gerald R, Franklin D, Roosevelt, Enrique Penaranda, Penaranda, Matthew Costello, George R, Nikita Khrushchev, He's, Nina, Dwight D, Eisenhower, Mamie Eisenhower, Costello, John F, Kennedy, Habib Bourguiba, Jackie, Moufida, Bill Allen, Lyndon B, Johnson, Errol W, Barrow, Carolyn, Richard Nixon, Leonid Brezhnev, Charles Tasnadi, Betty Ford, Jordan's King Hussein, David Hume Kennerly, Betty Sherrill, Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, Jimmy Carter, Deng Xiaoping, Cho Lin, Carter, Nancy Reagan, Indira Gandhi, Mikhail Gorbachev, Joe DiMaggio, Ronald Reagan, Reagan, Boris Yeltsin, Naina, George H.W, George H.W . Bush, Barbara, Dirck Halstead, Singer Whitney Houston, Nelson Mandela, Ron Sachs, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Mandela, Zindzi, Wally McNamee, Corbis, Bill Frist, Lynne Cheney, Dick Cheney, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Laura Bush, Prince Philip, Itzhak Perlman, Saul Loeb, Barack Obama, Michelle Obama, Manmohan Singh, Gursharan Kaur, Pete Souza, White, Obama, Singh, Jason Reed, Emmanuel Macron, Donald Trump, Melania Trump, Macron, Brigitte, Jabin, Scott Morrison, Joshua Roberts, Paisley, ‘ Wake, Martin Luther, ’ ”, ” Jill Biden, we’ve, Carlos Elizondo, Cris Comerford, Bryan Rafanelli, April’s, Fumio Kishida, Yuko Kishida, CNN’s Sam Fossum Organizations: Washington CNN —, Howard Gospel Choir, White, CNN, Kenyan, Ford Presidential Library, United, White House, Historical Association, Washington Post, Getty, Barbados, AP, Indian, New York Times, Singer, South, Trump, Australian, Paisley, Japanese Locations: Kenya, United States, ”, Ghana, Africa, Russia, Namibia, Washington , DC, Bolivian, Soviet, George H.W ., toasts, Nashville, Washington

☆ Southwest Airlines dismantled basketball players' wheelchairs, leaving them stranded for hours as they tried to reassemble them
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-17 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Read previewMembers of a disabled basketball team were left with "chaos" and hours of delay after Southwest Airlines dismantled dozens of their wheelchairs on a recent flight. Wheelchair basketball teams typically travel with two chairs each —their sporting ones and their everyday ones, Shields told BI. It "was just complete chaos," despite the attempts of the pilot and a stewardess to help out, Shields told BI. In a statement to BI, Southwest Airlines said that there had been a delay in its staff reassembling the chairs, and that it had reviewed the situation and was addressing it. AdvertisementWalker also said that airlines need to stop treating the loss of wheelchairs as equivalent to a mere luggage issue.

Persons: —, Shields, they'd, Brigitte McIntee, didn't, McIntee, Myranda Shields Shields, It's, Justin Walker, Walker, Troy Bell, Louis Vuitton Organizations: Service, Southwest Airlines, National Wheelchair, Richmond International Airport ,, Business, Wheelchair, Wheelchair Suns, Department of Transportation, Richmond International Airport, Southwest, CBS, Staff, TSA Locations: Richmond International Airport , Virginia, Richmond, stow

☆ Roberto Cavalli, Designer Who Celebrated Excess, Dies at 83
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-12 | by ( Steven Kurutz | More About Steven Kurutz | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Roberto Cavalli, the Italian-born fashion designer who celebrated glamour and excess, sending models down the runway and actresses onto red carpets wearing leopard-print dresses, bejeweled distressed jeans, satin corsets and other unapologetically flashy clothes, has died. His company announced the death on Instagram but provided no details. Mr. Cavalli’s signature style — “molto sexy, molto animal print and molto, molto Italiano,” as the British newspaper The Independent once described it — remained essentially unchanged throughout his long career. But he skillfully reinvented his clothes for different eras, enjoying several renaissances and building a global lifestyle brand in the process. When the model Naomi Campbell wore a pair during a runway show in 1993, stretch jeans became a huge trend.

Persons: Roberto Cavalli, —, Cavalli, minidresses, St . Tropez, Brigitte Bardot, Sophia Loren, Naomi Campbell Organizations: British, Independent Locations: Italian, molto, ”, St ., Europe

☆ Ecuador’s youngest mayor shot dead, police say
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-25 | by ( Heather Law | David Shortell | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Ecuador’s youngest mayor, 27-year-old Brigitte García, was found shot dead Sunday morning, the country’s national police said. Garcia was the youngest mayor in the country, according to her X profile. She was the youngest mayor of the country,” he added, along with a photo that showed him and García embracing. A memorial for García is planned for Monday afternoon, according to the San Vicente municipality. Ecuadorian police and people gather at the scene where Ecuador's youngest mayor, Brigitte Garcia was found shot dead in a car, according to the police, near San Vicente, Ecuador, in this handout image released on March 24, 2024.

Persons: CNN —, Brigitte García, García, Jairo Loor, Garcia, Rafael Correa, Brigitte, Brigitte Garcia, José Adolfo Macías, ’, Daniel Noboa, Correa Organizations: CNN, Ecuadorian Ministry of Government, State, Ecuadorian, San, National Police, Reuters, Citizen Revolution Party Locations: San Vicente, San Vicente municipality, Ecuador, Reuters Ecuador, Guayaquil

☆ 'Raël: The Alien Prophet': The story of the cult that claims to have cloned humans
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-07 | by ( Eammon Jacobs | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewNetflix's "Raël: The Alien Prophet" is perhaps one of its most gripping docuseries yet. The show delves into the world of a controversial French cult known as the Raëlian Movement, which claimed that it created the world's first human clone in the early 2000s. The Raëlian movement was convinced that cloning humans would lead to immortality. In "Raël: The Alien Prophet," Boisselier maintains that Eve is doing well, although she has little contact with her. AdvertisementWhile Raël, Boisselier, and Clonaid all maintain that they have made successful human clones, there has been no evidence to prove that they ever produced anything other than a media firestorm.

Persons: —, Claude Vorilhon, Raël, Brigette Boisselier, Mark Hunt, Andrew, Hunt, Boisselier, Clonaid, Eve, Michael Guillen, Guillen, Brigitte Boisselier, SUSAN STOCKER, hadn't, John Frusciante, there's Organizations: Service, Raëlian, Business, ABC, CBS, PBS, CNN, Broward, Getty, Broward County Circuit, Raelian Locations: France, Scottish, Florida, Broward County, Israel

☆ Lolita style, explained: Why the Japanese-born, Victorian-inspired street style enchants women around the world
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-25 | by ( Scottie Andrew | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Her youthful obsession realized in front of her, Ella was inspired to buy her first piece of Lolita fashion in 2015, from the popular Lolita e-tailer Angel Pretty. While Lolita style is named after Vladimir Nabokov’s eponymous teen in the controversial 1955 novel, the overlap ends there. Even 1950s-style American prom dresses, with their extravagant skirts and bodices, influence contemporary Lolita fashion, he said. The skirt's fullness, achieved through the use of a petticoat, is a key characteristic of Lolita fashion. Ella says her personal Lolita style is a blend of classic and sweet, with a healthy dose of prints and patterns.

Persons: Ella hadn’t, waltzed, ”, Ella, Lauren, Shelby Knowles, Pretty, ” —, She’s, it’s, Michelle Liu Carriger, Bianca, Kandace, Vladimir Nabokov’s, Masafumi, Monden, accessorized, Lolitas, Marie Antoinette, Brigitte Bardot, Jane Birkin, ” Monden, ” Liu Carriger, lacy Lolita, Kei, don’t, Liu Carriger, Nghi, Mary, Jane heels, substyles Organizations: CNN, American, UCLA’s School of Theater, Film, Television, University of Sydney, New, Asahi Shimbun, Pink House Locations: California’s Bay, Japan, America, San Francisco , California, US, Oakland , California, Australia, British, Otaru, Hokkaido, Tokyo, Lolitas, California

☆ Brigitte Macron says she waited 10 years to marry the French president because her kids were around his age
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Amanda Goh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Brigitte Macron waited 10 years to marry the French President because her children were around his age. She spoke about her relationship with Emmanuel Macron to news magazine Paris Match, per The Times. AdvertisementBrigitte Macron says she waited a decade to marry French President Emmanuel Macron to avoid ruining the lives of her children, who were around his age. "The only obstacle was my children," she told Paris Match, as translated by The Times. AdvertisementShe then married Emmanuel Macron in 2007, about 10 years before he became the French President in 2017.

Persons: Brigitte Macron, Emmanuel Macron, —, André, Louis Auzière, Auzière Organizations: Paris, Times, Service, Paris Match, The Times Locations: French, Amiens, France, Paris

☆ Forgotten film reels bring Maria Callas' Paris debut to colourful life
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Hanna Rantala | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

LONDON, Nov 9 (Reuters) - A new film "Callas - Paris, 1958" is about to transport audiences back to the night 65 years ago when opera legend Maria Callas for the first time dazzled a Paris audience. Celebrities including Charlie Chaplin, Brigitte Bardot and the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, as well as then French president René Coty attended the three-hour performance at the Paris Opera. It was also broadcast live on television to more than 30 million people, but until film-maker Tom Volf and his team meticulously restored film reels that had lain forgotten, it had only been seen in black and white. He said the work of his team made the film "as vivid as if it was shot last month". It will be released in cinemas in some 40 countries between November and December in celebration of the centenary of Callas' birth.

Persons: Callas, Maria Callas, Charlie Chaplin, Brigitte Bardot, Duke, Duchess of, René Coty, Tom Volf, Volf, Norma, Hanna Rantala, Barbara Lewis Organizations: Paris, Thomson Locations: Paris, Duchess of Windsor, New York

☆ Anthony Holden, Royal Chronicler Who Ruffled the Palace, Dies at 76
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Penelope Green | More About Penelope Green | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The cause was a brain tumor, his son Ben said. Mr. Holden was writing the gossipy “Atticus” column — a frothy mix of politics and celebrity — for The Sunday Times in London when, in 1977, he was sent to cover Prince Charles’s visit to Canada to open the Calgary Stampede, a rodeo. The prince was sort of a dud assignment, but Mr. Holden made the best of it, even though the most interesting thing Prince Charles said to him was: “Married, are you? Fun, is it?”The column Mr. Holden wrote about the royal junket amused both Queen Elizabeth II and her son, now King Charles III, and Mr. Holden soon received a book deal to write a biography of Charles. Though he thought the subject was boring, the advance of 15,000 pounds was too large to turn down.

Persons: Anthony Holden, Shakespeare, Laurence Olivier, Lorenzo Da Ponte, Mozart’s, Ben, Holden, Atticus, Prince Charles’s, “ Atticus, ”, Brigitte Bardot, Rudolph Nureyev, Margaret Thatcher, Frank Sinatra, Prince Charles, “, Queen Elizabeth II, King Charles III, Charles . Organizations: The Sunday Times, Calgary Stampede Locations: British, London, Canada, China

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) — An inquiry that began Tuesday into New Zealand’s worst mass-shooting will examine — among other issues — the response times of police and medics and whether any of the 51 people who were killed could have been saved. The inquiry represents the first time authorities will outline the details of how they responded to the March 2019 shooting. One of the issues under examination is whether an emergency door in the Al Noor mosque was functioning at the time of the shooting — and if not, why not. Farrant gave evidence that the shooting began at 1:40 p.m. at the Al Noor mosque, where 44 people were killed, and the first emergency calls began about a minute later. Ambulance staff entered the Al Noor mosque at 2:15 p.m., Farrant said, and began removing victims eight minutes later.

Persons: Brenton Tarrant, Brigitte Windley, ”, Craig Farrant, Farrant, Al Noor, Al Organizations: Associated Press, Linwood Islamic Center, . Ambulance Locations: CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand, Christchurch, Al Noor, Linwood

☆ Inquiry into New Zealand's deadliest shooting opens with memorial to victims
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Lucy Craymer | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Women react as the national anthem is played during the national remembrance service for victims of the mosque attacks, at Hagley Park in Christchurch, New Zealand March 29, 2019. Armed with high-capacity semi-automatic weapons, Brenton Tarrant, 32, killed 51 people and injured dozens when he opened fire in two mosques on March 15, 2019, in Christchurch. Tarrant released a racist manifesto shortly before the attack and streamed the shootings live on Facebook. Before the first witness appeared, a video was played with photos and memories of all those who died. The start of the inquiry was then dedicated to the events on the day and how emergency services responded.

Persons: Edgar Su, Brenton Tarrant, Tarrant, “, Brigitte Windley, Windley, ”, Lucy Craymer, Stephen Coates Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Facebook, New, Thomson Locations: Hagley, Christchurch , New Zealand, Australian, Christchurch, New Zealand

☆ Milan Fashion Week: Stars and style align at the Spring-Summer 2024 shows
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( Marianna Cerini | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

Milan CNN —Milan Fashion Week picked up where London left off last Wednesday, at least weather-wise. Both hit their strides with highly well received collections, as did a number of other familiar faces to Italy’s fashion capital. Overall, however, the festivities showed a consistency of form that continues to make the Italian city Paris’s greatest rival to the fashion scene throne. Cinematic sets and performative showsAlongside the clothes, many brands made their sets a main talking point at fashion week. Lodovico Colli di Felizzano/WWD/Getty ImagesRyan Gosling and Juila Roberts were among the star-studded crowd to pile into the Gucci show.

Persons: Milan, Gucci, Sabato de Sarno, Tom Ford’s, Peter Hawkings, Ford’s, Versace, Giulio Tanzini, Julia Roberts, Ryan Gosling, Gabrielle Union, Jessica Chastain, Paul Mescal, Jodie Comer, Emma Watson, Scarlett Johansson, Benedict Cumberbatch, Prada, Kate Moss, Linda Evangelista, Naomi Campbell, Anna Wintour, Kim Jones, Karl Lagerfeld, Rome, Tom Ford, georgette, Brigitte Bardot, Priscilla Presley, Lorenzo Serafini, Max Mara, Ian Griffiths, Carlyne Cerf, Dudzeele, Katie Grand, Lucia Liu, Gabriella Karefa, Johnson, Franco, Jeremy Scott, Cerf, Lucia Liu’s, Donatella Versace, Kendall Jenner, Gigi Hadid, Natalia Bryant, Precious Lee, Claudia Schiffer, lacy, Simone Bellotti, Francesca Murri, Matthieu Blazy, Blazy, Italy —, —, Paolo Fichera, Cavalli, Fendi, Shawn Kolodny, Pietro S, Beate Karlsson, Avavav, Sabato de Sarno's, Gregoire Avanel, Tom Ford's, Gaspar Ruiz, Pietro D'Aprano, Mattieu, Alfonso Catalano, Kim Jones nodded, Fendi Jones, Daniele Venturelli, Zakirova, Lodovico Colli di, Juila Roberts, Roberto Cavalli, Isidore Montag Organizations: Milan CNN — Milan, London, Bottega Veneta, Diesel, Prada, Britain’s Land Army, Dolce, Gabbana, Bally, Fondazione Prada, Accademia di Brera, Getty, Gucci Locations: British, Milan, Bottega, Hollywood, Fendi, organza, Los Angeles, Cannes, Bottega Veneta, Italy, French, Belgian, —, Missoni, Milan’s, Sunnei, Stockholm

☆ France pledges $150 million to UN's IFAD fund for rural areas
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

French President Emmanuel Macron visits the construction site of Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral, which was damaged in a devastating fire, with his wife Brigitte Macron, Britain's King Charles and Queen Camilla in Paris, on the second day of their State visit to France, September 21, 2023. REUTERS/Hannah McKay/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsPARIS, Sept 24 (Reuters) - French President Emmanuel Macron pledged to invest $150 million in the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) to fight poverty and climate change in rural areas. IFAD is a Rome-based United Nations agency working to address poverty and hunger in developing countries' rural areas. France also committed to give 40 million euros ($43 million) to the U.N.'s global fund for education in emergencies and protracted crises, Education Cannot Wait (ECW), during 2023-2026, French Secretary of State for Development and International Partnerships Chrysoula Zacharopoulou said. ($1 = 0.9388 euros)Reporting by Sybille de La Hamaide and Camille Raynaud; Editing by Emelia Sithole-MatariseOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Emmanuel Macron, Brigitte Macron, Britain's King Charles, Queen Camilla, Hannah McKay, Macron, IFAD, Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, Sybille de La Hamaide, Camille Raynaud, Emelia Sithole Organizations: Notre, Dame de Paris Cathedral, REUTERS, Rights, International Fund for Agricultural Development, Global Citizen, United Nations, State, Development, Thomson Locations: Paris, France, New York, Rome, French

☆ King Charles makes historic speech at French senate
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Lauren Said-Moorhouse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

When his late mother, Queen Elizabeth II, visited in 2004, she made her speech from the adjoining Salle des Conferences. Queen Camilla plays table tennis during a visit to France's national stadium and venue for next year's Olympic Games. Hannah McKay/Pool/AFP/Getty ImagesQueen Camilla delivers a speech next to French President's wife Brigitte Macron at the national library in Paris. Queen Camilla and King Charles III are welcomed by French President Emmanuel Macron and Brigitte Macron to a state dinner in Versailles on September 20, 2023. Christian Liewig/Corbis/Getty ImagesBritain's King Charles with the French first lady Brigitte Macron at the Palace of Versailles, west of Paris, on Wednesday.

Persons: Paris CNN — King Charles III, ” Charles, Queen Camilla, Emmanuel Macron’s, Queen Elizabeth II, Charles, King ”, King –, “, ”, Russia’s, France's, Emmanuel Dunand, Brigitte Macron, Camilla, l’Entente, Denis, Hannah McKay, Bertrand Guay, Macron, Hugh Grant, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Emma Mackey, Mick Jagger, Arsene Wenger, French King Louis XIV, King Charles III, Emmanuel Macron, Christian Liewig, King Charles, Daniel Leal, Rishi Sunak’s Organizations: Paris CNN, Palais du, Rugby, National Assembly, Getty, Senate, Bibliotheque Nationale de, Notre Dame, Twitter, Mirrors Locations: France’s, France, Paris, Bordeaux, Salle, Ukraine, Europe, Palais du Luxembourg, United Kingdom, Bibliotheque Nationale de France, French, Franco, British, Saint, Paris ’, Notre, of Versailles, Versailles

☆ Queen Camilla, Brigitte Macron play table tennis amid state visit
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

There were light moments too, with Queen Camilla and President Emmanuel Macron's wife, Brigitte, trying their hand at table tennis as French youngsters looked on. Here's the latest:* Camilla also tried her hand at weaving at French luxury house Chanel's 19M workshop, with Brigitte Macron and Chanel CEO Leena Nair watching. * Queen Camilla and French President Emmanuel Macron's wife Brigitte played table tennis together at a sports centre outside of Paris - not that successfully. The royal couple and Brigitte Macron chatted with youngsters at the Saint-Denis sports centre. [1/9]Britain's Queen Camilla plays table tennis next to Britain's King Charles, Brigitte Macron, wife of French President Emmanuel Macron as they meet local youth sports associations in Saint-Denis near Paris, on the second day of their State visit to France, September 21, 2023.

Persons: King Charles, Queen Camilla, Emmanuel Macron's, Brigitte, Camilla, Brigitte Macron, Leena Nair, Charles, Germain, King Charles III ., Nasser Al, Khelaifi, Denis, Brigitte Macron chatted, Britain's King Charles, Emmanuel Macron, REUTER, Hannah McKay, Queen Elizabeth, France's, Macron, Dominique Vidalon, Ingrid Melander, Elizabeth Pineau, Michel Rose, Johnny Cotton, Michael Holden, Blandine, Sharon Singleton Organizations: French, Paris Saint, King Charles III . Club, Saint, Entente, Notre, Dame, Thomson Locations: Britain, France, Saint, Paris, British, Ukraine, entente, United Kingdom, Versailles

Paris CNN —Britain’s King Charles and Queen Camilla will finally arrive in France for a state visit Wednesday, six months later than initially planned. The packed royal itinerary for the rescheduled three-day visit to Paris and Bordeaux, ending Friday, is largely unchanged save for a few additions. One new engagement will see Charles and Camilla rub shoulders with top athletes at an event highlighting the advantages of sports for young people. France's President Emmanuel Macron was forced to postpone the original royal state visit back in March. Ronny Hartmann/AFP/Getty ImagesFurssedonn-Wood agreed that the public can expect “a bit of substance” from the royal visit in France.

Persons: Paris CNN — Britain’s King Charles, Queen Camilla, Emmanuel Macron, Charles, Camilla, Brigitte Macron, Macron, ”, Queen Elizabeth II, French King Louis XIV, Ludovic Marin, reigniting, Christine Ockrent, Charles ’, ” Charles, Camilla’s, French –, Rishi Sunak, Sunak, ” Sunak, Nathan Laine, Chris Fitzgerald, Elizabeth II, Christian Poncelet, Eric Fefeberg, Scott Furssedonn, Wood, Craig Prescott, Prescott, Frank, Walter Steinmeier, Elke Budenbender, Ronny Hartmann, it’s, they’re, “, They’ll Organizations: Paris CNN, Rugby, Bibliotheque Nationale de, Mirrors, France, Getty, CNN, UK, ’, European Union, Bloomberg, French, Getty Images, British, Royal Holloway, University of London, “, CNN’s Royal Locations: France, British, Germany, Paris, Bordeaux, Franco, Bibliotheque Nationale de France, Ukraine, Sahel, Elysee, of Versailles, Versailles, “, AFP, French, New Delhi, Berlin, Salle, United Kingdom, Barbados, Eastern Caribbean, Europe, Royal

On Thursday, Charles, Camilla, Macron and his wife Brigitte will visit the Notre-Dame cathedral to view restoration works following a massive blaze in 2019 that destroyed its roof. Charles and Camilla will then head to the southwestern city of Bordeaux on Friday, where excursions will include a visit to an organic vineyard. Charles had hoped for a state visit to France to have been his first as king, but a March trip was postponed due to tense protests in France over pension reforms, much to Macron's embarrassment. Her successor, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, visited France in March to kick off what he called an "entente renewed". Fifteen year-old Alexia Aubert said: "I think since Elizabeth died, the royal family isn't as important as it was, King Charles isn't as important and symbolic as Elizabeth, so it doesn't really matter if he comes or not."

Persons: Brexit PARIS, King Charles, Emmanuel Macron, Queen Camilla, Hugh Grant, Mick Jagger, Arsene Wenger, Didier Drogba, Bernard Arnault, Charles, Camilla, Macron, Brigitte, Queen Elizabeth, Adelaide de, Tonnerre, Charles's, Diana, Brigitte Macron, Liz Truss, Rishi Sunak, He's, Mireille, Alexia Aubert, Elizabeth, King Charles isn't, Elizabeth Pineau, Michel Rose, Noemie Olive, Louise Dalmasso, Michael Holden, Ingrid Melander, Bernadette Baum Organizations: Arsenal, Notre, Dame, Adelaide de Clermont, Vue, Reuters, ENTENTE, European Union, Former British, entente, Thomson Locations: Bordeaux, Britain, France, of Versailles, British, French, Adelaide, Paris, London

On Thursday, Charles, Camilla, Macron and his wife Brigitte will visit the Notre-Dame cathedral to view restoration works following a massive blaze in 2019 that destroyed its roof. Charles and Camilla will then head to the southwestern city of Bordeaux on Friday, where excursions will include a visit to an organic vineyard. [1/11]King Charles III with French President Emmanuel Macron as they walk from the Elysee Palace, Paris, to the British Ambassador's Residence, during the state visit to France. Charles had hoped for a state visit to France to have been his first as king, but a March trip was postponed due to tense protests in France over pension reforms, much to Macron's embarrassment. Fifteen year-old Alexia Aubert said: "I think since Elizabeth died, the royal family isn't as important as it was, King Charles isn't as important and symbolic as Elizabeth, so it doesn't really matter if he comes or not."

Persons: Brexit PARIS, King Charles, Emmanuel Macron, Queen Camilla, Elisabeth Borne, Marie, Noelle Ahanso, Noelle, Charles, Hugh Grant, Mick Jagger, Arsene Wenger, Didier Drogba, Bernard Arnault, Camilla, Macron, Brigitte, King Charles III, Yui Mok, Queen Elizabeth, Adelaide de, Tonnerre, Charles's, Diana, Brigitte Macron, Liz Truss, Rishi Sunak, He's, Mireille, Alexia Aubert, Elizabeth, King Charles isn't, Elizabeth Pineau, Michel Rose, Noemie Olive, Juliette Jabkhiro, Louise Dalmasso, Michael Holden, Ingrid Melander, Bernadette Baum Organizations: French, Reuters, Arsenal, Notre, Dame, British, REUTERS Acquire, Adelaide de Clermont, Vue, ENTENTE, European Union, Former British, entente, Thomson Locations: Bordeaux, Britain, France, Paris, French, Versailles, Ukraine, Sahel, British, Elysee, Adelaide, London

☆ Dave Portnoy's Barstool Sports used sock puppet accounts to avoid copyright takedowns, Daily Beast reports
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The Daily Beast found more than 40 accounts used by Barstool Sports to repost copyrighted material. The accounts ripped and posted copyrighted clips embedded and reposted by Barstool, per The Daily Beast. Using the site's password reset system, The Daily Beast discovered the accounts were associated with email addresses under the barstoolsports.com domain. However, Barstool accounts could still repost from the shadow accounts without fear of being impacted by the takedown notices. "Their business is built on stealing other people's IP," The Daily Beast reported Rubin said of Barstool.

Persons: It's, Barstool, Dave Portnoy —, Portnoy, Erika Ayers Badan, Miel Bredouw, Brigitte Stelzer, Ben Rubin, they'd, Rubin Organizations: Barstool Sports, Barstool, Service, Daily, Beast, Copyright Locations: Wall, Silicon

☆ I work as a fire lookout, living in a remote cabin with no plumbing or electricity. Here's why I want to be here as long as there are humans doing this job.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-26 | by ( Kylie Kirschner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Brig Malessa has spent four seasons working as a fire lookout stationed off the grid in remote areas. I've had a lifetime of experience being outdoors and living remote, and all of that led right into my work as a fire lookout very easily. Then I go for my binoculars and start watching it until I'm sure it's smoke. The main tools of the fire lookout job are a radio and the Osborne Fire Finder. Brig Malessa, Sophie VernholmYou have to be able to see the biggest viewshed possible.

Persons: Brig Malessa, Malessa, Brigitte, Brig, I've, Bob Marshall, Sophie Vernholm, Jack Kerouac, Edward Abbey, Gary Snyder, nature's, what's, That's, It's, I'm Organizations: Service, U.S . Forest Service, Northern Rockies, Southern Rockies Locations: Wall, Silicon, Malessa, Oregon, New Mexico, Alaska, Montana, Idaho, Boise, Brig

☆ Kurt Cobain mementos, Elvis Presley web domain hit the auction block
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Aug 2 (Reuters) - An electric guitar once owned by Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain is among the top lots to be sold at Kruse GWS Auction later this month, and could fetch upward of $200,000. "I think we are going to see some great activity on that guitar," said lead auctioneer, Brigitte Kruse. "I would expect this one to probably fall in the couple of hundred thousand range conservatively," Kruse said. The “Artifacts of Hollywood & Music” online sale, on August 26, will feature over 350 lots from singers, actors and movie costumes. A live band backs up a virtual Elvis Presley during a memorial concert of Elvis footage in Memphis, Tennessee, August 16, 2007.

Persons: Kurt Cobain, Kruse GWS, Brigitte Kruse, Kruse, Elvis Presley, Lucas Jackson, King, Jamie Fox, Thelma, Louise ”, Alicia Powell, Diane Craft, David Gregorio Our Organizations: Kruse, Hollywood, REUTERS, Thomson Locations: Memphis , Tennessee

☆ Fans and family bid tearful farewell to 'French icon' Jane Birkin
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

PARIS, July 24 (Reuters) - Hundreds of fans joined film legends and family members to bid farewell to British-born actress and singer Jane Birkin at her funeral in Paris on Monday. Film star Catherine Deneuve, singer Vanessa Paradis and first Lady Brigitte Macron were among the mourners in the Saint-Roch church. Outside, tearful fans waving banners marked with "Jane Forever" and "Thank you Jane Birkin" watched the ceremony on a giant screen on the corner of Rue des Pyramides and Rue Saint-Honore. [1/4]Flowers are seen in front of the Church of Saint-Roch before the funeral of late singer, actress and muse Jane Birkin in Paris, France, July 24, 2023. President Emmanuel Macron declared Birkin "a French icon" after her death was announced on July 16 at the age of 76.

Persons: Jane Birkin, Catherine Deneuve, Vanessa Paradis, Brigitte Macron, Roch, Jane Forever, Honore, Birkin's, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Pascal Rossignol, Lou Doillon, Alain Souchon, Etienne Daho, Matthieu Chedid, Emmanuel Macron, Birkin, Serge Gainsbourg, Dominique Vidalon, Andrew Heavens Organizations: Monday, Rue des Pyramides, Rue Saint, of Saint, REUTERS, Overseas, Thomson Locations: British, Paris, Saint, Rue, France

☆ Actress and singer Jane Birkin dies, France loses an 'icon'
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-16 | by ( John Irish | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

PARIS, July 16 (Reuters) - British-born actress and singer Jane Birkin, a 1960s wildchild who became a beloved figure in France, has died in Paris aged 76. Jane Mallory Birkin was born in London in December 1946, daughter of British actress Judy Campbell and Royal Navy commander David Birkin. [1/8]A person takes a photo near the house turned museum where late actor and singer Jane Birkin has lived with singer Serge Gainsbourg, in Paris, France July 16, 2023. "It's unimaginable to live in a world without you," said French singer Etienne Daho, who produced and composed Birkin's last album in 2020. She is survived by two daughters the singer and actress Charlotte, born in 1971, and Lou Doillon, also an actress, born in 1982.

Persons: Jane Birkin, Birkin, Serge Gainsbourg, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo, Jane Mallory Birkin, Judy Campbell, David Birkin, John Barry, Michelangelo Antonioni, Pascal Rossignol, Gainsbourg, Jane, Etienne Daho, Brigitte Bardot, Bardot, Jacques Doillon, Jean, Louis Dumas, Charlotte, Lou Doillon, Kate, John Irish, David Goodman, Frances Kerry Organizations: French Culture Ministry, Paris Mayor, Royal Navy, REUTERS, Moi, BBC, Vatican, Thomson Locations: France, Paris, French, London, British

☆ Actress and singer Jane Birkin, who inspired the famous Hermes bag, dies at 76
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-16 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

British-born actress and singer Jane Birkin, a 1960s wildchild who became a beloved figure in France, has died in Paris aged 76. Birkin was best known overseas for her 1969 hit in which she and her then-lover, the late French singer and songwriter Serge Gainsbourg, sang the sexually explicit "Je t'aime...moi non plus." Jane Mallory Birkin was born in London in December 1946, daughter of British actress Judy Campbell and Royal Navy commander David Birkin. "It's unimaginable to live in a world without you," said French singer Etienne Daho, who produced and composed Birkin's last album in 2020. She is survived by two daughters the singer and actress Charlotte, born in 1971, and Lou Doillon, also an actress, born in 1982.

Persons: Jane Birkin, Birkin, Serge Gainsbourg, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo, Jane Mallory Birkin, Judy Campbell, David Birkin, John Barry, Michelangelo Antonioni, Gainsbourg, Jane, Etienne Daho, Brigitte Bardot, Bardot, Jacques Doillon, Jean, Louis Dumas, Charlotte, Lou Doillon, Kate Organizations: French Culture Ministry, Paris Mayor, Royal Navy, Moi, BBC, Vatican Locations: France, Paris, French, London, British

☆ France to fete India's Modi at Bastille Day celebration
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-14 | by ( Michel Rose | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/3] French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte Macron welcome Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, France, July 13, 2023. Modi began a two-day visit to Paris on Thursday. Much before buying Dassault Aviation's Rafale, India bought Mirage jets in 1980s and those still comprise two squadrons of the air force. Later on Friday, Macron will host Modi at the Elysee Palace for talks before a state banquet at the Louvre Museum. Macron has treated only a few global leaders to the Bastille Day military parade.

Persons: Emmanuel Macron, Brigitte Macron, Narendra Modi, Pascal Rossignol PARIS, Modi, Triomphe, Macron, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Michel Rose, Frances Kerry Organizations: Indian, REUTERS, Bastille Day, India, Paris, Dassault Aviation's Rafale, Mirage, Louvre Museum, Canberra, Pentagon, Thomson Locations: Paris, France, Delhi, India's, Europe, New Delhi, India, Australia, Britain, United States

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