Topic: Christine Albanel

Calls for united action at World Copyright Summit

AFP Global Edition - 984 days ago
The 2nd World Copyright Summit opened here Tuesday with calls for tougher measures and greater international cooperation to crack down on piracy of copyrighted material online. "During this time of economic turmoil, we must ensure that all copyrighted works, both here and ...

France buys part of mime artist Marceau collection

Reuters Life! Online Report - 997 days ago
PARIS (Reuters) - French authorities bought drawings, notes and various art works owned by Marcel Marceau after the late mime artist's collection was auctioned on the order of a court, the culture ministry said on Thursday.The court sparked uproar among Marceau ...

Tarantino and To hit it off on Cannes beach

AFP Global Edition - 1006 days ago
US director Quentin Tarantino was one of a select crowd invited to a Cannes film festival beachside dinner late Sunday by Hong Kong movie master Johnnie To.The dinner for a hand-picked crowd of four dozen, including French Culture Minister Christine Albanel ...

Film director Frears picks up French award

AFP Global Edition - 1067 days ago
Britain's Stephen Frears, director of box-office hit " The Queen" and other cult movies, on Wednesday was handed a prestigious French arts award for his "prolific, witty, high-standard and cheeky" body of work.The 67-year-old director, who in 2007 headed the jury ...

Francophile Frears picks up French award

AFP Global Edition - 1067 days ago
Britain's Stephen Frears, director of box-office hit " The Queen" and other cult movies, on Wednesday was handed a prestigious French arts award for his "prolific, witty, high-standard and cheeky" body of work.The 67-year-old director, who in 2007 headed the jury ...

France tries experiment: free museums

AP News - 1577 days ago
France Makes Some Museums Free for 6 Months in Effort to Diversify AudienceA number of French museums will temporarily stop charging entrance fees as an experiment: If museums are free, will they draw a wider, more varied audience?Starting Jan. 1, 14 ...

France makes some museums free

AP Features - 1578 days ago
France Makes Some Museums Free for 6 Months in Effort to Diversify AudienceA number of French museums will temporarily stop charging entrance fees as an experiment: If museums are free, will they draw a wider, more varied audience?Starting Jan. 1, 14 ...

Intruders at Paris' Orsay damage a Monet

AP News - 1595 days ago
Intruders Seriously Damage a Renowned Work by Monet at Paris' Orsay MuseumIntruders, apparently drunk, broke into the Orsay Museum through a back door early Sunday and punched a hole in a renowned work by Impressionist painter Claude Monet, the French culture minister ...