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Stéphane De Groodt
Stéphane De Groodt (born 3 March 1966) is a Belgian comedian, humorist and former racing driver. Life and career Early life and education Stéphane De Groodt is the son of an engineer at Texaco and a housewife who takes care of handicapped children in foundations. Dyslexic, he has a chaotic scholarity, which already translates his wills to play comedy. He did not obtain any graduation and decided to become a comedian as well as a racing driver. His parents offered him a racing driver suit and a helmet. He then went through several small jobs, including barman, journalist, marketing assistant, editor and advertiser, while entering little by little the field of the competition. He learned to become a comedian in the evening on stage while dedicating the weekends to auto racing. Auto racing career While cooking meal to sell it at restaurants, Stéphane De Groodt paid the auto racing school of La Châtre near Châteauroux where he met the Belgian racing driver Eric van de Poel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 Cannes Film Festival
The 66th Cannes Film Festival took place in Cannes, France, from 15 to 26 May 2013. Steven Spielberg was the head of the jury for the main competition. New Zealand film director Jane Campion was the head of the jury for the Cinéfondation and Short Film sections. French actress Audrey Tautou hosted the opening and closing ceremonies. Actress Kim Novak was named guest of honour and introduced a new restored version of Alfred Hitchcock's ''Vertigo''. The festival opened with ''The Great Gatsby'', directed by Baz Luhrmann and closed with '' Zulu'', directed by Jérôme Salle. The film poster for the festival featured husband and wife actors Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward. ''The Bling Ring'', directed by Sofia Coppola, opened the Un Certain Regard section. The French film '' Blue Is the Warmest Colour'' won the Palme d'Or. In an unprecedented move, along with the director, the Jury decided to take "the exceptional step" of awarding the film's two main actresses, Adèle Exarchopo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Formula 3000
Formula 3000 (F3000) was a type of open wheel, single seater formula racing, occupying the tier immediately below Formula One and above Formula Three. It was so named because the cars were powered by 3.0 L engines. Formula 3000 championships FIA International Formula 3000 Championship The most prestigious F3000 series, International Formula 3000, was introduced by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) in 1985 to replace Formula Two, and was itself replaced by the GP2 Series in 2005. While the International series is usually synonymous with F3000, other series racing to F3000 specification have existed. British Formula 3000/F2 Championship A small British Formula 3000 series ran for several years in the late 1980s and early 1990s, usually using year-old cars. Founded in 1989 as the British Formula 3000 Championship, the series was renamed the British Formula Two Championship in 1992, but grids diminished quickly and it was ended after the 1994 season. It was r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pascale Clark
Pascale is a common Francophone given name, the feminine of the name Pascal. The same spelling is also an Italian form of the masculine name ''Pascal'', and an Italian surname derived from the given name. Pascale derives from the Latin ''paschalis'' or ''pashalis'', which means "relating to Easter", ultimately from ''pesach'', the Hebrew name of the feast of Passover. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Pascale Audret *Pascale Bussières *Pascale Cossart * Pascale Criton *Pascale Dorcelus (born 1979), Canadian weightlifter * Pascale Ferran *Pascale Garaud, French-American astrophysicist *Pascale Grand *Pascale Haiti, politician and government minister from French Polynesia * Pascale Hutton *Pascale Machaalani *Pascale Montpetit *Pascale Ogier *Pascale Paradis * Pascale Petit (actress) (born 1938), French actress * Pascale Petit (poet) (born 1953), French poet *Pascale Quiviger *Pascale Sourisse *Pascale Trinquet Surname * Anie Pascale, Canadian actress * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Télérama
''Télérama'' is a weekly French cultural and television magazine published in Paris, France. The name is a contraction of its earlier title: ''Télévision-Radio-Cinéma''. Fabienne Pascaud is currently managing editor. Ludovic Desautez is deputy editor for digital. Valérie Hurier is deputy editor for print. History and profile ''Télérama'' was established in 1947. Its founder was the Christian journalist Georges Montaron. The magazine had been published by Hachette Filipacchi until 2001 when it began to be published by Quebecor World Inc. The magazine has been owned by La Vie-Le Monde since 2003. It is published on a weekly basis on Wednesdays by Publications de la Vie Catholique. The magazine had a Christianity-oriented political stance. The headquarters of ''Télérama'' is in Paris. Its primary contents are television and radio listings, though the magazine also prints film, theatre, music and book reviews, as well as cover stories and feature articles of cultural int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stéphane Bern
Stéphane Bern, OBE (; born 14 November 1963) is a French-Luxembourgish journalist, radio host and television presenter. He is known as a specialist in nobility and royalty. He has been awarded honours by several nations, including the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (France), the Order of Grimaldi (Monaco), and the Order of the British Empire (United Kingdom). Education and personal life Bern went to high school at Lycée Carnot in Paris, and he graduated from the École de management de Lyon in 1985. His parents, Melita Schlanger and Louis Bern, were born to Polish parents of Jewish families who had emigrated to Switzerland and France, before WW2. He came out in the magazine ''Têtu'' in October 2009 and in the documentary "Vie privée, vie publique" (by Mireille Dumas), which aired on France 3 on 6 November 2009. Career Magazines Bern was editor of the magazine ''Dynasty'' from 1985 to 1987, and then worked as a journalist for ''Jours de France'' in 1988. Since 1999, h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RTL (French Radio)
RTL is a French commercial radio network owned by the RTL Group. Founded in 1933 as Radio Luxembourg, it broadcast from outside France until 1981 because only public stations had been allowed until then. It is a general-interest, news, talk and music station, broadcasting nationally (" category E" as classified by the CSA) in France, French-speaking Belgium, and Luxembourg. RTL also broadcasts on long wave frequency 234 KHz from Beidweiler which can be picked up in large parts of the continent. It has a sister station called Bel RTL tailored for the French Community of Belgium. As of 2018, RTL is France's most popular radio station with an average of 6.4 million daily listeners that year. History Radio Luxembourg On 19 December 1929 the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg established a state monopoly on broadcasting, but the law provided for possible concessions to private companies who wanted to use radio bandwidth, with the state charging a fixed amount for private use of radio. The '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Word Play
Word play or wordplay (also: play-on-words) is a literary technique and a form of wit in which words used become the main subject of the work, primarily for the purpose of intended effect or amusement. Examples of word play include puns, phonetic mix-ups such as spoonerisms, obscure words and meanings, clever rhetorical excursions, oddly formed sentences, double entendres, and telling character names (such as in the play ''The Importance of Being Earnest'', ''Ernest'' being a given name that sounds exactly like the adjective ''earnest''). Word play is quite common in oral cultures as a method of reinforcing meaning. Examples of text-based (orthography, orthographic) word play are found in languages with or without alphabet-based scripts, such as homophonic puns in Mandarin Chinese. Techniques Some techniques often used in word play include interpreting idioms literally and creating contradictions and redundancies, as in Tom Swifties: :"Hurry up and get to the back of the shi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Column (periodical)
A column is a recurring piece or article in a newspaper, magazine or other publication, where a writer expresses their own opinion in few columns allotted to them by the newspaper organisation. Columns are written by columnists. What differentiates a column from other forms of journalism is that it is a regular feature in a publication – written by the same writer or reporter and usually on the same subject area or theme each time – and that it typically, but not universally, contains the author's opinion or point of view. A column states an opinion. It is said to be like an open letter. A column also has a standard head, called a title, and a by-line (name) at the top. Types Some types of newspaper columns are: * Advice column * Book review * Cannabis column * Community correspondent * Critic's reviews * Editorial opinion * Fashion column * Features column * Food column * Gossip column * Humor column or causerie * Music column * Sports column * Opinion colu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MaĂŻtena Biraben
Maïtena Biraben (born 2 July 1967) is a French-Swiss television presenter and producer. She has notably presented on France 5 the program ''Les Maternelles'' and on Canal+ ''La Matinale'' and ''Le Supplément''. From September 2015 to June 2016, she presented on the same channel '' Le Grand Journal'', succeeding to Antoine de Caunes. Early life and education Maïtena Biraben was born in Épinay-sur-Seine in the department of Seine-Saint-Denis. Her father worked in photogravure and is of Basque origin. Her mother was an advertiser, before becoming a direction secretary. She left with her family in the department of Landes and entered in a boarding school held by religious sisters. After her high school final exam, she returned to Paris to study history at the Pantheon-Sorbonne University. Career During the 1990s, Biraben presented several programs on the Télévision Suisse Romande, in addition to the artistic production. Despite a great popularity in Switzerland, she left t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Odile D'Oultremont
Odile is a feminine given name of French origin, and may refer to: Characters * Odile, the evil black swan of '' Swan Lake'' * Odile de Caray, in the 1966 film ''Eye of the Devil'' * Odile, a principal character in the 1964 Jean-Luc Godard film '' Bande à part'' People * Odile of Cologne (c. 4th century), a saint of the Roman Catholic Church *Odile of Alsace (c. 662–c. 720), a saint of the Roman Catholic Church *Odile Bain (1939-2012), French parasitologist *Odile Baron Supervielle (1915-2016), Uruguayan-born Argentine writer and journalist *Odile Crick (1920–2007), British artist best known for her drawing of the DNA double helix *Odile Defraye (1888–1965), Belgian road-racing bicyclist * Odile Fanton d’Andon, French environmental researcher, CEO of the company ACRI-ST *Odile Gilbert (contemporary), French hairstylist *Odile Harington (born 1961), South African intelligence agent *Odile Jacob (contemporary), French scientist who studies the workings of the brain *Odile ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France 2
France 2 () is a French public national television channel. It is part of the state-owned France Télévisions group, along with France 3, France 4 and France 5. France Télévisions also participates in Arte and Euronews. Since 3:20 CET on 7 April 2008, all France 2 programming has been broadcast in 16:9 widescreen format over the French analogue and digital terrestrial television. An HD simulcast feed of France 2 has been broadcasting on satellite provider CanalSat since 1 July 2008 and on digital terrestrial television since 30 October 2008. History Originally under the ownership of the RTF, the channel went on the air for the first time on 18 April 1964 as '' RTF Télévision 2''. Within a year, ORTF rebranded that channel as ''La deuxième chaîne'' (The Second Channel). Originally, the network was broadcast on 625-line transmitters only in preparation for the discontinuation of 819-line black & white transmissions and the introduction of colour. The switch to colour oc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canal+
Canal+ (Canal Plus, , meaning 'Channel Plus'; sometimes abbreviated C+ or Canal) is a French premium television channel launched in 1984. It is 100% owned by the Groupe Canal+, which in turn is owned by Vivendi. The channel broadcasts several kinds of programming, mostly encrypted. Unencrypted programming can be viewed free of charge on Canal+ and on satellite on Canal+ Clair (Clear). The channel does not broadcast advertising, except when broadcasting on free-to-air slots. Almost all foreign films and series are broadcast in their original language with French subtitles on a secondary audio channel and dubbed in French or in French. All the programs of the group's channels are subtitled in French for the deaf and hard of hearing and the visually impaired also have access audio description for some programs. Canal+ is a supporter of the Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV (HbbTV) initiative, which promotes and establishes an open European standard for hybrid set-top boxes for the rece ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
