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Pascal Légitimus
Pascal Légitimus (born 13 March 1959) is a French actor, comedian and theatre director. He is a member of the famous French humour band Les Inconnus Les Inconnus ("The Unknowns") are a French trio of humourists consisting of Didier Bourdon, Bernard Campan and Pascal Légitimus. While their first successes were on stage, they are most famous for their satirical sketch comedy television show .... Personal life He is the son of an Armenian theater seamstress, Madeleine Kambourian, and of an Antillean actor, Théo Légitimus. He is also the grandson of Martinican comedian Darling Légitimus and the nephew of television producer Gésip Légitimus.Martinique Dominique Auzias, Jean-Paul Labourdette - 2011 -- Page 34 "Pascal Légitimus Né le 13 mars 1959 à Paris, il est le fils d'une famille d'artistes. Comédien de théâtre... En 2010, Pascal Légitimus joue au côté de Mathilda May dans Plus si affinités, une pièce qu'il a lui-même écrite. Daniel Picouly Daniel..." Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cabourg Film Festival
The Cabourg Film Festival (french: Festival du Film de Cabourg – Journées romantiques or simply ) is an annual film festival held every June in Cabourg, France. Founded in 1983 by writer-journalist Gonzague Saint Bris, the festival is dedicated to films in the romantic genre and films with elements of romanticism. Awards Competition * Feature film ** Grand Prix * Short film ** Best Short Film ** Best Director ** Best Actress ** Best Actor Panorama * Audience Award (Prix du Public) Premiers Rendez-vous * Prix Premier Rendez-Vous Jeunesse * Youth Jury Prize (Prix de la Jeunesse) Ciné Swann * Best Feature Film (Swann d'Or du meilleur long-métrage) * Best Director (Swann d'Or du meilleur réalisateur de long-métrage) * Best Actress (Swann d'Or de la meilleure actrice) * Best Actor (Swann d'Or du meilleur acteur) * Female Revelation (Swann d'Or de la Révélation féminine) * Male Revelation (Swann d'Or de la Révélation masculine) * Coup de Cœur 2000 edition Featu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Élie Semoun
Élie Semoun (born Élie Semhoun on 16 October 1963) is a French comedian, actor, director, writer and singer. Life and career Élie Semoun was born in France, to a Sephardic Jewish family of Moroccan-Jewish and Algerian-Jewish descent. In 1980 at the age of 17, Semoun wrote two collections of poems and two plays. Beginning in 1988, he had regular appearances on the television series '' Vivement lundi!'' on TF1, where he played a horse mounted on rollers. His comedy career began in 1990 with his partner Dieudonné M'bala M'bala, with whom he wrote and performed daring, skits with scathing takes generally taboo subjects such as racism and poverty, often playing up contrasts between himself and his partner in terms of origin, color, and religion. Their first show was held at Café de la Gare in 1991. The duo acquired a certain notoriety in 1992 after several appearances on their fellow comedian Arthur's show ''Emission Impossible'', where they were noticed for their particular ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comédie-Caumartin
The Comédie-Caumartin is a 380-seat capacity theatre located at 25 rue de Caumartin in the 9th arrondissement of Paris. Histoire Inaugurated in 1901 under the name Comédie-Royale, the venue is dedicated to humour and particularly to plays belonging to the boulevard genre. In 1923, René Rocher gave its current name to the place. In February 1958 the Theatre became ''Théâtre d'essai de la chanson''. Pierre Dac and Francis Blanche François Jean Blanche, known as "Francis Blanche" (20 July 1921 – 6 July 1974) was a French actor, singer, humorist and author. He was a very popular figure on stage, radio and in films, during the 1950s and 1960s. Early life Blanche was ... played in the ''Chipolata 58'' show The famous play '' Boeing-Boeing'' by Marc Camoletti was premiered in this theatre on 10 December 1960 and performed here until 1980 before it was moved to the théâtre Michel. Since then, it has been performed about everywhere in the world References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ève Angeli
Vanessa Annelyse Ève Garcin (born 25 August 1980 in Sète, Hérault, France), better known by her stage name Ève Angeli is a French pop singer, who won an NRJ Music Award for Best New French Artist in 2000–2002. Biography She began her rise to fame on the television show Graines de star in 2010. Her star-making performance on the show led to a major-label recording contract with Sony Music and the eventual release of her debut single, " Avant de venir" in 2000. The lead single from her forthcoming full-length album debut, "Aime-Moi" (2002), "Avant de Partir" was a Top Five hit on the French singles chart. The follow-up single "Elle" was a major hit also, breaking into the Top Ten, and though successive singles "Je Sais" and "C'est Pour Ça" were less popular, the run of hit singles helped carry Aime-Moi to number 11 on the French albums chart. In 2002 Angeli won the NRJ Music Award for Best New French Artist and released her second album, " Nos Différences", which spawned ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bataclan (theatre)
The Bataclan () is a theatre located at 50 Boulevard Voltaire in the 11th arrondissement of Paris, France. Designed in 1864 by the architect Charles Duval, its name refers to '' Ba-ta-clan'', an operetta by Jacques Offenbach. Since the early 1970s, it has been a venue for rock music. On 13 November 2015, 90 people were killed in a coordinated terrorist attack in the theatre. History Origin and use The Bataclan originated as a large '' café-concert'' in the Chinoiserie style, with the café and theatre on the ground floor and a large dance hall at first-floor level. Its original name was Grand Café Chinois. The French name "Bataclan" refers to the Offenbach operetta, but it is also a pun on the expression ''tout le bataclan'' (the "kit and caboodle", or "all that jazz", or "the whole nine yards"), the oldest written use of which predates Offenbach by almost a century, in a journal entry of 11 November 1761 by Charles Simon Favart. Concerts were held there but it was best ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stéphane Rousseau
Stéphane Rousseau (; born September 17, 1966) is a Canadian actor and comedian. He starred in the Academy Award-winning film ''The Barbarian Invasions''. He has also been in ''Asterix at the Olympic Games'' (2008). His latest movies is the French comedy ''Fatal'', a ''Zoolander''-type spoof of the music industry focusing on the character Fatal Bazooka created by Michaël Youn. In 2021 he was one of the panelists on ''Chanteurs masqués'', the Quebec adaptation of the ''Masked Singer ''Masked Singer'' is an international music reality game show franchise. It originated from the South Korean program '' The King of Mask Singer'', developed by Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation. Format The format features the celebrities who per ...'' franchise. Personal life He and ex-wife Maud Saint-Germain share a son, Axel Saint-Germain-Rousseau, born on December 25, 2008.http://www.jetset.ca/potins-de-stars/st_phane_rousseau_est_papa.html Filmography References External links ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Théâtre De Paris
The Théâtre de Paris is a theatre located at 15, rue Blanche in the 9th arrondissement of Paris. It includes a second smaller venue, the Petit Théâtre de Paris. History The first theatre on the site was built by the Duke of Richelieu in 1730. Baron Ogny bought it in 1779 and renamed it Folie-Richelieu. Then during the First Empire it was directed by Fortunée Hamelin, a celebrated member of the ''Merveilleuses'' ("marvelous women") of the Directoire era. In 1811, the Folie-Richelieu was transformed into a park, then demolished completely in 1851 in the redevelopment under Baron Haussmann. It became the site of the church of Sainte-Trinité de Paris with part of the site becoming a roller skating rink. In 1880, using plans by the architects Aimé Sauffroy and Ferdinand Grémailly, part of the rink became the Palace Théâtre and, after a further restoration in 1891 by Édouard Niermans, the Casino de Paris. After that, the rest of the rink, near the present rue Blanche, was d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Kavanagh
Anthony Kavanagh (born September 26, 1969) is a Canadian stand up comedian, actor, singer and TV presenter. After a successful career on the francophone stand-up scene in Quebec, he became a major star in France and is now a popular television host. Early life Anthony Kavanagh was born to Haitian parents on September 26, 1969. He made his stage début in a high school talent show at the age of 14. In 1989, he won the Best New Comic Award of the Juste pour rire Festival ("Just for Laughs") in Montreal. This award propelled him onto the Quebec show business scene. Kavanagh charmed English and French speaking audiences alike. In 1992, Kavanagh opened for touring artists such as Julio Iglesias and Natalie Cole and spent two years as Céline Dion's opening act across Canada, in French and in English. Kavanagh got his own television talk show in 1993 "''…et Anthony''", becoming the youngest talk show host in Quebec at age 23. He co-starred on the French Canadian comedy radio sho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Casino De Paris
The Casino de Paris, located at 16, rue de Clichy, in the 9th arrondissement, is one of the well known music halls of Paris, with a history dating back to the 18th century. Contrary to what the name might suggest, it is a performance venue, not a gambling house. The closest métro/RER stations are Liège, Trinité – d'Estienne d'Orves, and Haussmann – Saint-Lazare. The first building at this location where shows could be mounted was erected by the Duc de Richelieu around 1730, while after the Revolution the site was renamed Jardin de Tivoli and was the venue for fireworks displays. In 1880 it became the Palace Theatre, which housed shows of different types, including wrestling. It was at the beginning of the First World War, however, that the modern Casino de Paris began to take shape, when the venue was converted into a cinema and music hall. After the bombardments of the First World War caused performances to be interrupted, the revue format was resumed, one which las ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Théâtre Grévin
The Théâtre Grévin is a Parisian theatre situated at 10 boulevard Montmartre in the 9th arrondissement of Paris and located within the Musée Grévin. It also overlooks the Passage Jouffroy. This site can be reached by the Grands Boulevards métro station. History From 1883 to 1900, a small room was used for magic acts, replaced from 1892 onwards by coloured projections by Émile Reynaud called Pantomimes lumineuses, cartoon ancestors. The current venue, named ''Cabinet fantastique'', was built in 1900 for the Universal Exposition within a complex initiated by the financier Gabriel Thomas and built by the architect Eugène-Émile Esnault-Pelterie, in which can also be found the Musée Grévin, the Palais des Mirages, the Coupole and the Salle des Colonnes. The famous Georges Méliès, inventor of film special effects, gave performances there. Throughout the end of the 19th century, before Méliès worked for film, at a fixed time during the day, visitors to the museum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurent Ruquier
Laurent Hugues Emmanuel Ruquier (; born 24 February 1963) is a French television presenter, radio host and comedian. He is also a lyricist, writer, columnist and impresario; he has been co-owner and general manager of Théâtre Antoine-Simone Berriau in Paris since 2011. He is best known for hosting the ''On n'est pas couché'' show on France 2 every Saturday evening from 2006 to 2020. Early years Ruquier grew up in a large family of modest means, the second of five siblings. His father, Roger Ruquier, now deceased, was a boilermaker at construction sites in Le Havre and his mother, Raymonde Ruquier (1924-September 2015), was a housewife.Biography from Laurent Ruquier's official website In high school, Laurent entertained his friends by publishing his first |
Théâtre Du Gymnase Marie Bell
The Théâtre du Gymnase or Théâtre du Gymnase Marie Bell, is a theatre in Paris, at 38 Boulevard Bonne-Nouvelle in the 10th arrondissement of Paris, 10th arrondissement (métro : Bonne Nouvelle (Paris Métro), Bonne Nouvelle). History Inaugurated on December 23, 1820 by Charles-Gaspard Delestre-Poirson, Delestre-Poirson, the théâtre du Gymnase came to serve as a training-theatre for students of the conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique, conservatoire, where they could appear solely in one-act plays or adaptations of longer plays into one-act plays. Poirson quickly added two-act plays to the theatre's repertoire, then 3-act plays, and drew up an exclusive contract with Eugène Scribe to supply them. He installed gas lighting in 1823 and in the following year, with the permission of the Caroline Ferdinande Louise, duchesse de Berry, duchesse de Berry, the theatre was granted the title of ''théâtre de Madame''. Closed for renovation in 1830, the theatre reopen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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