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Studio Harcourt
Studio Harcourt is a photography studio founded in 1933 by Cosette Harcourt at 11, rue Christophe-Colomb in Paris. In 1934, she joined forces with the Lacroix brothers, press bosses and Robert Ricci, son of Nina Ricci to found the Harcourt studio. It is known in particular for its black-and-white photographs of movie stars and celebrities, but having one's photo taken at Harcourt a few times during one's life was once considered standard by the French upper middle class.''Götter, gut ausgeleuchtet'' in '''' on 4 April 2010 The studio is currently located at 6, rue de Lota in the 16th arrondisment of Paris. History Harcourt Studio P ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cosette Harcourt
Cosette () is a fictional character in the 1862 novel ''Les Misérables'' by Victor Hugo and in the many adaptations of the story for stage, film, and television. Her birth name, Euphrasie, is only mentioned briefly. As the orphaned child of an unmarried mother deserted by her father, Hugo never gives her a surname. In the course of the novel, she is mistakenly identified as ''Ursule'', ''Lark'', or ''Mademoiselle Lanoire''. She is the daughter of Fantine, a working woman who leaves her to be looked after by the Thénardiers, who exploit and victimise her. Rescued by Jean Valjean, who raises Cosette as if she were his own, she grows up in a convent school. She falls in love with Marius Pontmercy, a young lawyer. Valjean's struggle to protect her while disguising his past drives much of the plot until he recognizes "that this child had a right to know life before renouncing it"—and he must allow her romantic attachment to Marius to blossom. In the novel Early life Euphrasie, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marion Cotillard
Marion Cotillard (; born 30 September 1975) is a French actress, film producer, singer, and environmentalist who is widely known for her roles in independent films and blockbusters in both European and Hollywood productions. She has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Golden Globe Award, a European Film Award, a Lumières Award, and two César Awards. She became a Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters in France in 2010, and was promoted to Officer in 2016. She has served as a spokeswoman for Greenpeace since 2001. Cotillard was the face of the Lady Dior handbag for nine years. Since 2020, she is the face of Chanel's fragrance Chanel No. 5. Cotillard had her first English-language role in the TV series '' Highlander'' (1993), and made her film debut in '' The Story of a Boy Who Wanted to Be Kissed'' (1994). Her breakthrough came in the successful French film ''Taxi'' (1998), which earned her a César Award nomination for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deutsche Welle
Deutsche Welle (; "German Wave" in English), abbreviated to DW, is a German public, state-owned international broadcaster funded by the German federal tax budget. The service is available in 32 languages. DW's satellite television service consists of channels in English, German, Spanish, and Arabic. The work of DW is regulated by the Deutsche Welle Act, meaning that content is intended to be independent of government influence. DW is a member of the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). DW offers regularly updated articles on its news website and runs its own center for international media development, DW Akademie. The broadcaster's stated goals are to produce reliable news coverage, provide access to the German language, and promote understanding between peoples. It is also a provider of live streaming world news which can be viewed via its website, YouTube, and various mobile devices and digital media players. DW has been broadcasting since 1953. It is headquartered in Bonn, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Dujardin
Jean Edmond Dujardin (; born 19 June 1972) is a French actor and comedian. He began his career as a stand-up comedian in Paris before guest starring in comedic television programmes and films. He first came to prominence with the cult TV series ''Un gars, une fille'', in which he starred alongside his lover Alexandra Lamy, before gaining success in film with movies such as ''Brice de Nice'', Michel Hazanavicius's '' OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies'' and its sequel '' OSS 117: Lost in Rio'', as well as ''99 Francs''. Dujardin garnered international fame and widespread acclaim with his performance of George Valentin in the 2011 award-winning silent movie '' The Artist''. The role won him numerous awards, including the Academy Award for Best Actor (the first for a French actor), the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claire Chazal
Claire Chazal () (born 1 December 1956) is a French journalist, romance writer, and former director of news at a national television station, France 2. She had been the weekend news anchor at TF1 beginning in 1991, and gave her final broadcast at the station on September 13, 2015; Anne-Claire Coudray, who had often substituted for her when she was absent, was announced as her replacement. Between 2010 and 2015, she had also been the host of ''Reportage'' at 1.30pm, after the news. She used to host ''Je/nous de Claire'' a talk-show on the gay television channel Pink TV that she helped start in 2004. (The title of this show puns on ''Le Genou de Claire,'' a French film known in English as ''Claire's Knee.'') Chazal obtained an HEC School of Management HEC Paris (french: École des hautes études commerciales de Paris) is a business school, and one of the most prestigious and selective grandes écoles, located in Jouy-en-Josas, France. HEC offers Master in Management, M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Arditi
Pierre Arditi (born 1 December 1944) is a French actor. He is the brother of French actress Catherine Arditi. Life and career Born in Paris, his father was the painter Georges Arditi, from Marseille of Jewish descent, and his mother Yvonne Leblicq was Belgian from Brussels. In 1987 he won a César Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for his role in '' Mélo'', and in 1994, a César Award for Best Actor for his role in ''Smoking/No Smoking''. Although his work has primarily been in French film and theater, Arditi is known in the Anglophone world as the French voice of Christopher Reeve. Arditi dubbed Christopher Reeve on the French-language version of the three first Superman films by Richard Donner and Richard Lester. Because of the added footage in the DVD Special Edition of Donner's ''Superman'', the film had to be re-dubbed with a different voice actor. He also provided the French voice for Reeve in the comedy/whodunit '' Deathtrap''. He was the voice of the docume ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monica Bellucci
Monica Anna Maria Bellucci (; born 30 September 1964) is an Italian actress and model. She began her career as a fashion model, modelling for Dolce & Gabbana and Dior, before making a transition to Italian films and later American and French films. She made her film debut in Francesco Laudadio's Italian comedy '' La Riffa'' (1991). The following year she played a Bride of Dracula in Francis Ford Coppola's gothic horror romance film '' Bram Stoker's Dracula'' (1992). For her leading role in '' L'Appartement'' (1997), she received a César Award for Most Promising Actress. She played Malèna Scordia in the Giuseppe Tornatore's acclaimed Italian romantic drama '' Malèna'' (2000). She starred in Gaspar Noé's controversial arthouse psychological thriller film ''Irréversible'' (2002), which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. In 2004, she portrayed Mary Magdalene in Mel Gibson's biblical drama ''The Passion of the Christ'' (2004). She portrayed Persephone in the 2003 sci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julien Clerc
Paul Alain Leclerc (born 4 October 1947), known by his stage name Julien Clerc (), is a French singer-songwriter. Life Born in Paris, Clerc grew up listening to classical music in his father Paul Leclerc's home, while his mother Évelyne Merlot introduced him to the music of such singers as Georges Brassens and Edith Piaf. He began to learn the piano at six, and by 13, started to play by ear everything he heard on the radio. During his secondary school and university days, he met Maurice Vallet and Etienne Roda-Gil, two of his main songwriters, and began to compose his first songs. He changed his name to Julien Clerc upon signing a contract with Pathé Marconi, releasing his first album in May 1968. The album went on to win the Académie Charles Cros Record Award. In 1969, Clerc went on the Olympia stage for the first time to open for Gilbert Becaud's concert. Despite having been in show business for only one year, his performance was a great success. He would later return repe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Claude Carrière
Jean-Claude Carrière (; 17 September 1931 – 8 February 2021) was a French novelist, screenwriter and actor. He received an Academy Award for best short film for co-writing '' Heureux Anniversaire'' (1963), and was later conferred an Honorary Oscar in 2014. He was nominated for the Academy Award three other times for his work in ''The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie'' (1972), ''That Obscure Object of Desire'' (1977), and ''The Unbearable Lightness of Being'' (1988). He also won a César Award for Best Original Screenplay in ''The Return of Martin Guerre'' (1983). Carrière was an alumnus of the École normale supérieure de Saint-Cloud and was president of La Fémis, the French state film school that he helped establish. He was noted as a frequent collaborator with Luis Buñuel on the screenplays of the latter's late French films. Early life Carrière was born in Colombières-sur-Orb in southwestern France on 17 September 1931. His family worked as vintners, and his parent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rania Al-Abdullah
Rania Al-Abdullah ( ar, رانيا العبد الله, ; born Rania Al-Yassin, 31 August 1970) is Queen of Jordan as the wife of King Abdullah II. Rania was born in Kuwait to Palestinian parents. She received her bachelor's degree in business at The American University in Cairo. In 1991, following the Gulf War, she and her family fled to Amman, Jordan, where she met Prince Abdullah of Jordan. Before meeting him, she worked at Citibank and then took a job in the marketing department at Apple Inc. Since marrying Abdullah in 1993, she has become known for her advocacy work related to education, health, community empowerment, youth, cross-cultural dialogue and micro-finance. Forbes magazine has ranked Rania as one of the world's 100 most powerful women. The 2022 Credit Suisse leaks claimed that the Queen had an account in a Swiss bank. A statement by the Royal Hashemite Court said the account balance stated in the leak was incorrect and that the account was for the royal coupl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antoine De Caunes
Antoine de Caunes (born 1 December 1953) is a French television presenter, actor, writer and film director. He is the son of two prominent French personalities, television journalist-reporter Georges de Caunes and television announcer Jacqueline Joubert. He is the father of the actress Emma de Caunes. Career He began his career writing theme songs for cartoons for Antenne 2 under the pseudonym of Paul Persavon, including '' Cobra'' and '' Space Sheriff Gavan'' (known in France as ''X-Or''). His early TV appearances included ''Chorus'' (1975), the series ''Les Enfants du rock'', again for A2, and then his breakthrough with ''Nulle part ailleurs'' for Canal+. In 1988, De Caunes started making an English-language version of his French music programme '' Rapido'', for Janet Street-Porter's youth and entertainment programming strand DEF II, with new episodes of ''Rapido'' usually being broadcast as part of DEF II's Wednesday night schedule on BBC2. He then went on to create the long ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laetitia Casta
Laetitia Marie Laure Casta (; born 11 May 1978)FMD profile Retrieved 4 December 2009. is a French supermodel and actress. Casta became a " Girl" in 1993 and gained further recognition as a from 1998 to 2000 and as a spokesperson for cosmetics company . She has appeared on over 100 covers of such popular magazines as '' |
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