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Review: Vengeance is sumptuously served in an epic French take on ‘The Count of Monte Cristo’
3 days, 17 hours ago

Review: Vengeance is sumptuously served in an epic French take on ‘The Count of Monte Cristo’

LA Times  

The brawny, bloodlust howl of “Gladiator II” isn’t your only opportunity for sweeping period spectacle this season, thanks to the renewed allure that OG adventure author Alexandre Dumas has exerted over the French film industry of late. Last year’s hearty two-part “The Three Musketeers” has now been followed up by an even grander and no less enjoyable import: a new …

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Spooky Secrets of Rajasthan: Exploring the Haunted Ruins and Beaches of the State
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Spooky Secrets of Rajasthan: Exploring the Haunted Ruins and Beaches of the State

ABP News  

The article explores the eerie haunted destinations of India, including Kuldhara Village in Rajasthan, Dumas Beach in Gujarat, and Agrasen Ki Baoli in New Delhi. Each location possesses a chilling history and paranormal activity, attracting visitors seeking a glimpse into the mysteries of the past. Kuldhara's abandoned village, with its eerie atmosphere and unexplained phenomena, serves as a chilling reminder …

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RFK Jr. shows up too late to testify in court against Democrats’ ballot challenge in Pennsylvania
4 months ago

RFK Jr. shows up too late to testify in court against Democrats’ ballot challenge in Pennsylvania

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. showed up too late to testify Tuesday in a court case in Pennsylvania where Democratic activists are trying to bar him from the ballot for president in the premier battleground state, prompting testy exchanges between the judge and Kennedy’s lawyer. Tim Ford, a lawyer for the challengers, said Kennedy, by filing petitions that …

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Despite cooler temperatures, thunderstorms increase fire risk to parts of Southern California
5 months, 1 week ago

Despite cooler temperatures, thunderstorms increase fire risk to parts of Southern California

LA Times  

After enduring a prolonged heat wave, Southern California can expect cooler temperatures and light showers along the coast Sunday with a chance for thunderstorms in mountain and desert areas, increasing the risk of more wildfires. That could worsen conditions for fire personnel working around the clock to extinguish the Lake fire in Santa Barbara County, California’s largest wildfire so far …

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First wildfire death of 2024 season reported as California heat wave continues
5 months, 1 week ago

First wildfire death of 2024 season reported as California heat wave continues

LA Times  

The first wildfire death of the 2024 season was reported Friday as California sweltered through scorching temperatures this week. The blaze was first reported near Bluff Street and Mias Canyon Road, near the Banning Sportsman’s Club, according to the Riverside County Fire Department. But after firefighters stopped the blaze’s spread by mid-afternoon, officials lifted the evacuation warnings around 5 p.m. …

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Cannes 2024: ‘The Count of Monte-Cristo’ sets new festival best this year with a nearly 12-minute standing ovation
7 months ago

Cannes 2024: ‘The Count of Monte-Cristo’ sets new festival best this year with a nearly 12-minute standing ovation

The Hindu  

Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de la Patellière’s grand French epic, The Count Of Monte-Cristo, made a stunning debut at the Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday night, receiving an enthusiastic ovation that lasted nearly 12 minutes. Previously, Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance starring Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley had topped the ovation charts at Cannes this year, having received an 11-minute standing …

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The Taste by Vir Sanghvi: Birkin bag, the most coveted bag in the world
8 months, 3 weeks ago

The Taste by Vir Sanghvi: Birkin bag, the most coveted bag in the world

Hindustan Times  

When the English/French actress Jane Birkin died last July, I wrote about her life and noted that many people, outside of France, who had never seen her films, still knew her name because of the bag that Hermes designed for her and called the Birkin. It’s quite a charming story, Jane Birkin was on a flight and found herself sitting …

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Review: France’s first ‘Three Musketeers’ in decades kicks an old tale into high action gear
1 year ago

Review: France’s first ‘Three Musketeers’ in decades kicks an old tale into high action gear

LA Times  

It’s been over 60 years since France has made a movie version of one of its beloved literary benchmarks, Alexandre Dumas’ 1844 adventure “The Three Musketeers.” Not that the country’s filmmakers haven’t been busy reinventing the medium and all. Left untended, these iconic French swashbucklers end up being portrayed by a century’s worth of Yanks and Brits: Douglas Fairbanks, Gene …

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One of America’s reddest states wants 100% green energy — if dams count as green
1 year, 2 months ago

One of America’s reddest states wants 100% green energy — if dams count as green

LA Times  

Deep in the bowels of Idaho’s Brownlee Dam, Neal Lincoln is ready to offer a demonstration. We sat down with Idaho Power’s president, walked along the Snake with an agent of local tribes and watched the sun rise over a spectacular river canyon with environmental activists. After a decade-plus working for the Upper Snake River Tribes Foundation, he sees this …

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How Jane Birkin inspired the most expensive bag in the world
1 year, 5 months ago

How Jane Birkin inspired the most expensive bag in the world

The Independent  

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The Taste With Vir: Meeting Dumas in Kolkata, Jane Birkin's bohemian legacy of Hermes Birkin handbag and dirty secrets
1 year, 5 months ago

The Taste With Vir: Meeting Dumas in Kolkata, Jane Birkin's bohemian legacy of Hermes Birkin handbag and dirty secrets

Hindustan Times  

When the French/British actress Jane Birkin died on Sunday, there was confusion over what her greatest achievement had been. The Taste With Vir: Meeting Dumas in Kolkata, Jane Birkin's bohemian legacy of Hermes Birkin handbag and dirty secrets She did not speak a word of French but in the sixties, if you were young and charismatic, you could get by …

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Actor, singer and style icon Jane Birkin dies in Paris at age 76
1 year, 5 months ago

Actor, singer and style icon Jane Birkin dies in Paris at age 76

Associated Press  

PARIS — Actor and singer Jane Birkin, who made France her home and charmed the country with her English grace, natural style and social activism, has died at age 76. Charlotte Gainsbourg, Birkin’s daughter with Gainsbourg and also an actor in her own right, cut off a snippet of her mother’s hair for the “HairForFreedom” campaign as Iran was engulfed …

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As rapper Pras faces prison sentence, did the Fugees give their final performance?
1 year, 6 months ago

As rapper Pras faces prison sentence, did the Fugees give their final performance?

LA Times  

Pras Michel, Lauryn Hill and Wyclef Jean of the Fugees performed this past weekend at the Roots Picnic music festival in Philadelphia. The Fugees performance took place at Roots Picnic 2023 in Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park during Lauryn Hill’s headlining set on Saturday evening, which was meant to celebrate the 25th anniversary of her five-time Grammy-winning 1998 album, “The Miseducation of …

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Mistaken flash-flood warning sent in L.A. hours before polls close as storm batters Southern California
2 years, 1 month ago

Mistaken flash-flood warning sent in L.A. hours before polls close as storm batters Southern California

LA Times  

A flash-flood warning mistakenly went out to a far larger area than intended Tuesday as a heavy storm continued to lash Southern California, killing at least one person and forcing multiple swift-water rescue attempts. The warning, which was meant for about 1,500 people in the Fish fire burn area east of Duarte, went wide when a “glitch” changed the small, …

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How To Make Your Weekends Feel Longer
2 years, 3 months ago

How To Make Your Weekends Feel Longer

Huff Post  

Klaus Vedfelt via Getty Images Time off from work always goes by way too fast. While there isn’t a magical way to actually extend every weekend, there are ways to take advantage of the time off work, and, in turn, make your weekends feel more fulfilling. Tracy Dumas, an associate professor in the management and human resources department atthe Ohio …

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Lion Roars no More: Why the theft of a Winston Churchill portrait has left Canada in a tizzy
2 years, 3 months ago

Lion Roars no More: Why the theft of a Winston Churchill portrait has left Canada in a tizzy

Firstpost  

The photograph taken by Armenian-born Canadian Yousuf Karsh after Winston Churchill addressed Canadian Parliament in 1941 became a symbol of British defiance in World War II. Let’s take a look at the portrait and its importance: About the portrait The “Roaring Lion” portrait was taken by Karsh after the wartime leader addressed the Canadian parliament in 1941, becoming a symbol …

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Marlene Dumas: The art exposing the evil in the ordinary
3 years, 2 months ago

Marlene Dumas: The art exposing the evil in the ordinary

BBC  

Marlene Dumas: The art exposing the evil in the ordinary Marlene Dumas/Photo: Peter Cox, Eindhoven The painter Marlene Dumas has transformed the way we see the world, writes Deborah Nicholls-Lee, as two new exhibitions of her work open. Marlene Dumas/Photo: Peter Cox, Eindhoven The Painter by Marlene Dumas Perhaps the painter in the title is in fact Dumas, engaged in …

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Pennsylvania court vacancies allow voters to shape judiciary
3 years, 4 months ago

Pennsylvania court vacancies allow voters to shape judiciary

Associated Press  

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Six sitting judges and two lawyers hope Pennsylvania voters this fall will issue a favorable verdict of their own and elevate them to one of the four state appeals court seats that are up for grabs in the November election. McLaughlin, who spent almost two decades as a prosecutor under Philadelphia’s then-district attorney, Democrat Lynne Abraham, was …

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Hockney and Van Gogh: How images of nature bring us joy
3 years, 7 months ago

Hockney and Van Gogh: How images of nature bring us joy

BBC  

Hockney and Van Gogh: How images of nature bring us joy David Hockney/photo Richard Schmidt David Hockney, Woldgate Vista, 27 July 2005 In a new BBC Culture series that explores the ways that nature inspires artists, Cath Pound looks at the paintings of the natural world that can soothe and uplift us in difficult times. Vincent van Gogh Foundation Field …

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A tale where justice counts
4 years, 1 month ago

A tale where justice counts

China Daily  

From left: Actress Sun Li, playwright Yu Rongjun, vice-president of the NCPA Zhao Tiechun, director Wang Xiaoying, actors Yu Yang and Zhao Ling talk about the new play, The Count of Monte Cristo, at a news conference in Beijing on Wednesday. CHINA DAILY "For all evils there are two remedies－time and silence," wrote French author Alexandre Dumas in his 19th …

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Who was Alexandre Dumas? Google Doodle celebrates author of The Three Musketeers
4 years, 3 months ago

Who was Alexandre Dumas? Google Doodle celebrates author of The Three Musketeers

The Independent  

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy French author Alexandre Dumas, who wrote the iconic novels The Count …

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