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Cannes 2024: Meryl Streep, Greta Gerwig kick off the festival Entertainment

Cannes 2024: Meryl Streep, Greta Gerwig kick off the festival

The prestigious Cannes Film Festival has begun. The prestigious film festival opened at the French Riviera with the unveiling of Greta Gerwig’s jury and the presentation of an honorary Palme d’Or for Meryl Streep. Streep and Gerwig kicked off a potentially volatile 77th edition. A 10-day stream of stars will begin flowing down Cannes’ famous […]

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Cannes Film Festival 2024 all set to open with French comedy The Second Act, and an honorary Palme d’Or for Meryl Streep Entertainment

Cannes Film Festival 2024 all set to open with French comedy The Second Act, and an honorary Palme d’Or for Meryl Streep

It is time for the Cannes Film Festival! One of the most prestigious and widely covered film festivals of the world rolls out its red carpet tonight for the 77th edition. The French comedy, The Second Act, is going to be shown as the opening night film. Then there is Meryl Streep, who will be […]

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Who is ‘The Fly’? The French prisoner who escaped in van ambush World

Who is ‘The Fly’? The French prisoner who escaped in van ambush

A prisoner is on the run in France after escaping during an ambush that left two prison guards dead.  The inmate was being transported between prison and a Rouen court when heavily armed men ambushed the van. Here is what we know so far about the inmate and how he escaped. Who is the prison […]

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Is Novak Djokovic undercooked ahead of French Open? A look at his recent clay record ahead of Roland Garros Tennis

Is Novak Djokovic undercooked ahead of French Open? A look at his recent clay record ahead of Roland Garros

Novak Djokovic has played only six matches on clay so far this campaign. Should that be a concern for the tennis great ahead of his French Open title defence? It has been a difficult start to the 2024 season for the world No 1 compared to his usual high standards as he remains without a […]

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Two French prison officers killed and three injured in Normandy convoy attack World

Two French prison officers killed and three injured in Normandy convoy attack

Two French prison officers were killed and three others seriously injured in a brazen attack on their convoy in Normandy during which an inmate escaped, officials said. The van was transporting prisoner Mohamed Amra to Evreux jail after a court hearing in Rouen when it was ambushed on Tuesday. Justice Minister Eric Dupond-Moretti said he […]

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Roger Federer’s Last French Open Final Racket Up for Sale in Historic Tennis Auction Tennis

Roger Federer’s Last French Open Final Racket Up for Sale in Historic Tennis Auction

NEW YORK, May 14, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Prestige Memorabilia, the global leader in tennis memorabilia, is excited to announce a tennis memorabilia auction highlighted by an exclusive piece of tennis history: Roger Federer’s racket from his legendary run at the 2011 French Open. The tournament marked the last French Open final of his career, and […]

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Greta Gerwig Addresses #MeToo Movement in France at Cannes Press Conference: ‘It’s Only Moving Everything in the Correct Direction’ Entertainment

Greta Gerwig Addresses #MeToo Movement in France at Cannes Press Conference: ‘It’s Only Moving Everything in the Correct Direction’

Greta Gerwig addressed the growing #MeToo movement in France at the jury press conference on opening day of this year’s Cannes Film Festival. “I think people in the community of movies telling us stories and trying to change things for the better is only good,” Gerwig said when asked how she felt about #MeToo-related rumors swirling […]

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Andy Murray to start grass season at Surbiton Trophy after French Open as preparation for Wimbledon – Eurosport Tennis

Andy Murray to start grass season at Surbiton Trophy after French Open as preparation for Wimbledon – Eurosport

Andy Murray is set to start his grass season at the Surbiton Trophy, where he will be defending champion. The former world No. 1 has entered the ATP Challenger event ahead of playing Stuttgart, Queen’s and Wimbledon. The Surbiton Trophy starts on June 3, which coincides with the second week of the French Open. The […]

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Roman Polanski Acquitted in French Defamation Trial Entertainment

Roman Polanski Acquitted in French Defamation Trial

A French court has acquitted filmmaker Roman Polanski of defamation charges brought by British actor Charlotte Lewis, who’d claimed that he raped her when she was a child, the New York Times has reported. Lewis, now 56, had accused the now 90-year-old filmmaker of sexually assaulting her when she was 16, during a casting session […]

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Emma Raducanu pulls out of another tournament in major hint to French Open plans Tennis

Emma Raducanu pulls out of another tournament in major hint to French Open plans

Emma Raducanu has pulled out of next week’s WTA 500 event in Strasbourg after being announced in the player line-up last month. The Internationaux de Strasbourg takes place in the same week as the French Open qualifying event and Raducanu just missed the main draw cut-off for the French with her protected ranking. Her decision not […]

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