INTERVIEW – In the five-episode series soon to be released on Netflix, Alain Chabat has opted for 3D animation. Asterix and Alain Chabat go back a long way. This article is an excerpt from “ Asterix, a French myth “. In this issue, the sharpest feathers in the Figaro bring an offbeat, caustic, original and […]
Bridget Jones, from 32 to 52, the iconic spinster of the British romcom
DECRYPTAGE – A pop culture icon, Renée Zellweger’s blue-blooded Londoner returns to the silver screen in February. A way, perhaps, to rewrite a contested heritage. A compulsive smoker always ready to pour herself a glass of white wine, in a perpetual battle against her love handles, a bad cook… When she appeared in 1995 in […]
the incredible craze for large prehistoric skeletons
STORY – This Saturday, Collin du Bocage and Barbarossa were offering for sale an exceptional specimen, which lived around 150 million years ago and is in a perfect state of preservation. Estimated at between 4 and 6 million euros. It finally sold for 6,063,000 euros, including costs, to a collector. A veritable “bone rush”. Many […]
nature’s great wisdom
INTERVIEW – Eryck de Rubercy tells us all about trees and the passion writers have for them, from Ronsard to Stendhal, Paul Valéry to Jules Renard. For the past forty years, Eryck de Rubercy has lived among the trees of an estate whose park was designed by the famous landscape architect Paul de Choulot. He […]
Geneviève Grad, the fashionable daughter of Louis de Funès
The actress, who died on November 8, is paired with the vivacious Nicole Cruchot in The Gendarme of Saint-Tropez. Madelen invites you to discover or rediscover a report made during the filming of the second episode in the United States. In the collective memory of several generations, the name Geneviève Grad is immediately associated with […]
mythical Asterix and Obelix lines
DECRYPTAGE – The noblest poetic license is also part of the arsenal of our irreducible entertainers. This article is taken from the special issue “ Asterix, a French myth “. In this issue, the sharpest feathers in the Figaro bring an offbeat, caustic, original and up-to-date look at this icon of French culture. Asterix, a […]
Louis Chedid dreamer and John Cale’s Paris 1919
On the menu this week, the new album from the author ofAinsi soit-il and a reissue of the former Velvet Underground’s masterpiece. Louis Chedid, Dreamer, dreamer Already the eighteenth studio album for Louis Chedid which shows no sign of wear on this sumptuous Dreamer, dreamer. Each of the songs on this collection shows the extent […]
The Markovic affair, sexuality, family quarrels… A biography of Alain Delon aims to unravel certain secrets
After writing his first biography in 1998, Bernard Violet publishes on Thursday The Last Delon Mysteries which delves into the intimate life of the late actor. Bernard Violet confirms that he never “ never “ stopped investigating the life ofAlain Delon. The 75-year-old journalist and writer published The Last Delon Mysteries published by Robert Laffont, […]
how Sergio Leone and Clint Eastwood transformed the western genre
STORY – From the TV series that gave him his first role to his last on-screen one, the western was at the heart of Clint Eastwood’s entire career. He left his mark so well that he renewed the genre, inventing a new style. This article is an excerpt from Figaro Hors-Série “Clint Eastwood, the last […]
Olivier Norek, Prix Renaudot des lycéens 2024
Finalist in the major autumn literary awards (Goncourt, Renaudot, Interallié), winner of the Prix Jean-Giono, the author of Winter Warriors (Michel Lafon) has just received another award, and remains in the running for the Goncourt des lycéens. Editions Michel Lafon, headed by Elsa Lafon, will have to find room for the cover banner of Olivier […]