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French protests intensified this week after the government imposed a highly contested bill that raised the retirement age from 62 to 64. According to Al Jazeera, thousands of demonstrators took to the Place de la Concorde on Thursday night to express their outrage over President Emmanuel Macron’s pensions reform. The Renaissance leader deployed his executive power to push the bill through parliament […]
Mehran Karimi Nasseri, who famously inspired Steven Spielberg’s 2004 film The Terminal, died inside the Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport, CNN reports. The Iranian refugee, who lived in the French airport from 1988 until he was hospitalized in 2006, was pronounced dead on Saturday, Nov. 12 at the age of 76, per Le Monde. According to an airport […]
Kendrick Lamar’s sold-out Big Steppers Tour stop at Accor Arena in Paris is being livestreamed via Amazon Music and Prime Video on Saturday. Stream the show here. “As a kid from the west side of Compton, hearing good kid, m.A.A.d city for the first time and seeing Kendrick’s journey from neighborhood hero to global superstar ignited a fire in […]
Twenty men who committed a series of deadly shooting and bombings across Paris, France in November, 2015 have been convicted for their roles in the attacks. Per the New York Times, the sole surviving member of the ISIS terrorists who carried out the attacks has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of […]
Luxury Sweden-based fashion house Acne Studios has opened a new flagship in Paris, France on Rue Saint-Honoré with interiors designed by Arquitectura-G. The store opened its doors on Thursday on one of Paris’ most famous streets, and sees its striking exterior design incorporated into the interior as well. Composed of a golden-beige limestone known as Saint Maximin stone, which […]
So much for being “the happiest place on earth.” Disneyland Paris received backlash this week after one of its workers ruined a marriage proposal l in front of Sleeping Beauty’s castle. A now-viral video showed the man kneeling on one knee as he presented the ring to his partner. The woman becomes visibly emotional and puts […]
A 36-year-old man who masqueraded as an old woman has been arrested after he smeared cake across the glass protecting the Mona Lisa at the Louvre in Paris. As the Associated Press reported, the French capital’s prosecutor’s officer confirmed the man’s arrest following the incident on Sunday, and he has since been taken to a police […]
Jean-Luc Brunel, a modeling agent who scouted young girls for Jeffrey Epstein, was found dead Saturday in his French jail cell. The New York Times reports Brunel, 75, was found hanged by his bedsheets in his cell around 1:30 a.m. local time at La Sante Prison in Paris. Although the Paris prosecutor’s office would not confirm if Brunel killed […]
LOEWE, who earlier this month celebrated the extended Studio Ghibli legacy with a Spirited Away collection, today unveils its Fall/Winter 2022 men’s show. Ahead of this weekend’s Paris-set livestream, the LVMH-owned Spanish luxury house teased what to expect in the latest show by sharing a pair of enticing visuals on Instagram, including the slot machine-inspired clip below: […]
Dior gave the world a virtual front-row seat to the unveiling of the Winter 2022/2023 men’s show on Friday. Ahead of Friday’s show, which is being streamed live from Paris, Dior shared teases of the impending experience featuring models Nonso David and Thatcher Royce. For David, Friday’s show marks a Paris debut. “I am sooo […]
