-defunct magazine Profession Politique, and in 1989 was taken on as a political reporter at Paris Match, where she has been ever since. Funnily enough one of her early assignments was to interview the 38-year-old Segolene Royal, who in 1992 had just given birth to her fourth child with Francois Hollande. Segolene Royal was environment minister at the time – she was the first ever French mini…
gence.” Florent Massonneau added: “Valerie did not have an easy childhood. Her father loved her very much but he was disabled. He lost a leg in the war. “And he died young, too young. She was not even 21.” Florent Massonneau lives around the corner from the council house that was Valerie Trierweiler’s childhood home, in the working class district of Monplaisir. Her mother Jeanne still lives there….
…ther-of-three at home in Paris when he travelled to London for meetings with both Prime Minister David Cameron and the Queen earlier this month. Francois Hollande and Segolene Royal lived together for 28 years before the President left her for Valerie Trierweiler in 2005. News magazine L’Express wrote of Valerie Trierweiler last month: “For her, Segolene Royal remains the object of profound…
France’s first lady Valerie Trierweiler has admitted she made a mistake sending tweets aimed against President Francois Hollande’s former partner. Valerie Trierweiler caused controversy when she used Twitter to publicly back an opponent of Segolene Royal in parliamentary elections in June. Segolene Royal, the Socialist presidential candidate in 2007, is the mother of Francois Hollande…
…ent on to lose her parliamentary seat and saw her ambition to become the speaker of France’s Assemblée Nationale vanish with it. In an interview with the news magazine Le Point, Thomas Hollande, 27, who was active behind the scenes in both his parents’ election campaigns, shatters any attempts by the Elysée Palace to paper over the domestic-turned-political spat. “What I find rep…
Nick Ashford (Nickolas Ashford), famous songwriter of Motown, died on Monday, August 22, in a New York hospital. Ashford has been suffering from throat cancer for years and was undergoing radiation therapy. His wife, Valerie Simpson and their daughters were with him when he died on Monday afternoon, said Liz Rosenberg, publicist and friend of Nick Ashford. Nick Ashford and Valerie Simpson were in…
Ernesto Mauri, head of the publisher of France’s Closer magazine, and photographer Valerie Suau are under formal investigation in France over the publication of topless pictures of a sunbathing Kate Middleton. Topless pictures of Kate Middleton, taken during a private holiday in France, were published by Closer magazine in September 2012. Local newspaper La Provence used pictures of the duc…
…promised to hire more public workers and to refocus EU fiscal efforts from austerity to “growth”. Socialists and their left-wing allies won 46% in last Sunday’s first round, against 34% for the centre-right UMP. Nationwide, the turnout was a modest 57%. France’s 46 million eligible voters are picking representatives for 577 seats in the National Assembly. After the first r…
Newly elected French President Francois Hollande celebrated his first-ever National Day (known outside of France as Bastille Day) as head of state on Saturday with usual pomp, military parade and flight show. At 10:00 a.m. local time, Francois Hollande presided the military parade down the Champs Elysees Avenue, which involved some 4,950 soldiers, 368 armored vehicles, 241 horses and 98 jets and…
…ncrease injury risk”. Valerie Bezdek also made note of the product’s hefty price tags. A pair of FiveFingers range from about $80 to $125 each. The National Sporting Goods Association claimed in 2010 that the average price for jogging/running shoes was $62.33. The price has risen consistently every year since 2008 but rarely by more than five per cent. The lawsuit states: “Defendants have us…
ysee Palace in central Paris at around 10:00. The new leader has asked that the inauguration ceremony be kept as low-key as possible, and has invited just three dozen or so personal guests to join the 350 officials attending. Neither Francois Hollande’s children nor those of his partner, Valerie Trierweiler, will be there. The ceremony will be followed by the traditional procession in an ope…
Last year the Muscular Dystrophy Association announced that Jerry Lewis was stepping down as host of its annual Labor Day telethon, the marathon TV event he had made his personal showcase, soap box and sentimental journey for 45 years. With the show cut from 21.5 hours to just 6, Jerry Lewis was being replaced by a quartet of hosts, the MDA said, and would make an appearance only at the end of th…
…funeral will be shown live on US television after the Houston family agreed to have a single video camera inside the church. Whitney Houston’s funeral will also be streamed on the BBC News website at 12:00 EST. Various media crews are already in place outside the church, hoping to capture footage of the guests arriving and leaving. Whitney Houston was one of the world's best-selling artists…
…en conflicting evidence. The latest research, published in the journal PLoS Medicine, analyzed all worldwide data on the topic. It looked at 47 epidemiological studies in 14 countries, including about 25,000 women with ovarian cancer and more than 80,000 women without ovarian cancer. A new research has found that height is linked to ovarian cancer, as taller women have a slightly higher risk of t…
Seven outfits worn by Margaret Thatcher during the 1970s in the early part of her career are being auctioned at Christie’s on Monday. They form part of its London Sale, which is being held to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and London 2012. Sold by a private collector, the suits which come in an array of colors, are thought to be the first of Lady Thatcher’s clothes to be…
Former Syrian PM Riad Hijab, who defected to Jordan last week, has claimed that President’s Bashar al-Assad regime is collapsing “morally, financially and militarily”. Speaking in the Jordanian capital, Amman, Riad Hijab said the regime controlled no more than 30% of Syrian territory. Riad Hijab called on the opposition abroad to unite and on the Syrian army to stand alongside its peo…
he U.S. when a state interdicts tanning beds use to minors. Senate Bill 746 replaces the current law, which allows teens (14-17 years old) to use tanning beds if they have parental permission. Minimum 32 states regulate the use of tanning devices by teens. In 2010 Howard County, Maryland was the first jurisdiction that restricted tanning booths for children under 18. Texas has prohibited the use o…
ent Bashar al-Assad. Leon Panetta will visit Tunisia, Egypt, Israel and Jordan in a bid to reinforce the view that Bashar al-Assad must step down. Where Syrians are fleeing: • Turkey: 43,387 • Jordan: 36,824 • Lebanon: 31,596 • Iraq: 8,445 • Internally displaced: One million Source: UNHCR In other developments: • A Turkish official tells Reuters news agency that 12 police officers, including the c…
te allows users to create custom radio stations and is meant to compete with the web’s most popular online music service (Pandora). The beta site launched September 8. BlackBerry, iPhone, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPad, iPad 2, and iPod Touch, Android, webOS (Palm Pre/HP TouchPad), Windows Phone 7 are devices that support it. At the iHeartRadio Music Festival more than 53% of ticket b…
lar dystrophy, ALS and related diseases by funding worldwide research. The Association also provides comprehensive health care and support services, advocacy and education. In addition to funding some 300 research projects worldwide, MDA maintains a national network of 200 medical clinics; facilitates hundreds of support groups for families affected by neuromuscular diseases; and provides local su…
Italian magazine Chi plans to publish more topless pictures of the Duchess of Cambridge as it claims it has some 200 images of the future queen sunbathing naked. Chi announced it is preparing a 26-page special edition tomorrow featuring 50 intimate photographs of Kate Middleton on holiday in France. It comes as a furious Prince William revealed he wants those responsible for taking and printing t…
…ake the pictures I want and let the publication decide whether to print them. “What they choose to print is not the photographer’s problem, but the editor’s.” There are thought to be up to 200 photos taken of Kate and Prince William at the time – many of them much more explicit. Closer magazine’s editor Laurence Pieau defended her decision to publish 13 of the photos, insis…
Tim McGraw, Carrie Underwood and Luke Bryan are lending their time and talents to the Muscular Dystrophy Association at the 2012 Labor Day Telethon. The country music superstars will all participate in the annual MDA Labor Day Telethon, called MDA Show of Strength, on September 2. Other artists participating in the three-hour telecast include Gavin DeGraw, Alanis Morissette, Paula Abdul, Hot Chel…
er in Locarno for Shinji Aoyama‘s outstanding career and his film “Tokyo Koen. ” (An young amateur photographer in Tokyo accepts an unusual assignment and his life begins to change). From August 3 through August 13 Locarno Film Festival 2011 displayed around 200 films and 60 short movies with around 40 world premieres. The blockbuster “Cowboys & Aliens” had 7,600 viewers on the Piazza Gr…
…ther magazines or papers in France • The photographs cannot be sold by them to anyone else in the world • Closer would get a 10,000 euro daily fine each time they sell them on or publish them • Within 24 hours the offending pictures must be handed over to the Palace • Legal fees of 2,000 euros handed to the Duke and Duchess At the start of the unprecedented court case in Paris, barrister Aurelien…
Obama administration knew IRS was targeting conservative groups since June 2012Obama administration knew since June 2012 about an investigation into complaints from conservative tea party groups that they were being harassed by IRS, and the probe was…
Zahra Shahid Hussain shot dead in KarachiSenior Pakistani politician Zahra Shahid Hussain has been shot dead in the southern port city of Karachi. Zahra Shahid Hussain was the senior vice-president of Pakistan's…
Rome: Thousands rally to oppose Italy's austerity measuresThousands of protesters, led by trade unionists, have rallied in Rome against the policies of Italy’s new coalition government. Wielding red flags and placards, they urged…
Pope Francis condemns money cult in his first major speech on financial crisisIn his first major speech on the financial crisis, Pope Francis has called on world leaders to end the "cult of money" and to do more for the poor. Free market economics had…
Steven T. Miller: Acting IRS commissioner resigns over targeting conservative groups for special scrutinyActing head of the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Steven T. Miller has quit after it emerged his staff singled out conservative groups for extra scrutiny, President…
France enters its second recession in four years France has entered its second recession in four years after the economy shrank by 0.2% in the first quarter of 2013, according to official figures. The country’s economy…
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