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Shirley And Dino
Corinne Benizio ("Shirley", born 1962) and Gilles Benizio ("Dino", born 1957), are a French comic duo known by their stagename Shirley et Dino. Biographies and debut Gilles was born on June 1, 1957, in Villerupt in Meurthe-et-Moselle and Corinne on February 12, 1962, in Dugny, Seine-Saint-Denis. The couple met at university in 1982, married in 1985, and made their debut the same year with the stage name "Achilles Tonic". In several of their shows, the duo depicted touching stories about unsuccessful naïve clowns.Philippe Rège - Encyclopedia of French Film Directors - Volume 1 2009 081086939X- Page 77 In 2002 they released a partially autobiographical movie ' Cabaret Paradis'. In 2009 they have played the Baroque King Arthur (opera) by Henry Purcell, and in 2015 they played Don Quichotte chez la Duchesse, a comic ballet by the French Baroque writer Joseph Bodin de Boismortier. The Shirley et Dino show Corinne and Gilles created the characters "Shirley and Dino" during ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
30th César Awards
The 30th César Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma, honoured the best 2004 in film, films of 2004 in France and took place on 26 February 2005 at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. The ceremony was chaired by Isabelle Adjani and hosted by Gad Elmaleh. ''Games of Love and Chance'' won the award for Best Film. Winners and nominees Viewers The show was followed by 3.3 million viewers. This corresponds to 15.8% of the audience. See also * 77th Academy Awards * 58th British Academy Film Awards * 17th European Film Awards * 10th Lumière Awards References External links Official website* 30th César Awards at ''AlloCiné'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Cesar Awards 2005 César Awards, 2005 2005 film awards 2005 in French cinema 2005 in Paris February 2005 in France ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ariane Mnouchkine
Ariane Mnouchkine (; born 3 March 1939) is a French stage director. She founded the Parisian avant-garde stage ensemble '' Théâtre du Soleil'' in 1964. She wrote and directed ''1789'' (1974) and ''Molière'' (1978), and directed ''La Nuit Miraculeuse'' (1989). She holds a Chair of Artistic Creation at the Collège de France, an Honorary Degree in Performing Arts from the University of Rome III, awarded in 2005 and an Honorary Doctor of Letters from Oxford University, awarded 18 June 2008. Biography Ariane Mnouchkine is the daughter of Jewish Russian film producer Alexandre Mnouchkine and June Hannen (daughter of Nicholas Hannen). Mnouchkine's paternal grandparents, Alexandre and Bronislawa Mnouchkine, were both deported from Drancy to Auschwitz on 17 December 1943, where they were both murdered. Ariane is the namesake of the production company Ariane Films that was founded by her father. Mnouchkine attended Sorbonne University in Paris, France, where she studied literatur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1962 Births
The year saw the Cuban Missile Crisis, which is often considered the closest the world came to a Nuclear warfare, nuclear confrontation during the Cold War. Events January * January 1 – Samoa, Western Samoa becomes independent from New Zealand. * January 3 – The office of Pope John XXIII announces the excommunication of Fidel Castro for preaching communism and interfering with Catholic churches in Cuba. * January 8 – Harmelen train disaster: 93 die in the worst Netherlands, Dutch rail disaster. * January 9 – Cuba and the Soviet Union sign a trade pact. * January 12 – The Indonesian Army confirms that it has begun operations in West Irian. * January 13 – People's Socialist Republic of Albania, Albania allies itself with the People's Republic of China. * January 15 ** Portugal abandons the United Nations General Assembly due to the debate over Angola. ** French designer Yves Saint Laurent (designer), Yves Saint Laurent launches Yves Saint Lau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1957 Births
Events January * January 1 – The Saarland joins West Germany. * January 3 – Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch. * January 5 – South African player Russell Endean becomes the first batsman to be Dismissal (cricket), dismissed for having handled the ball, in Test cricket. * January 9 – British Prime Minister Anthony Eden resigns. * January 10 – Harold Macmillan becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. * January 11 – The African Convention is founded in Dakar. * January 14 – Kripalu Maharaj is named fifth Jagadguru (world teacher), after giving seven days of speeches before 500 Hindu scholars. * January 15 – The film ''Throne of Blood'', Akira Kurosawa's reworking of ''Macbeth'', is released in Japan. * January 20 ** Israel withdraws from the Sinai Peninsula (captured from Egypt on October 29, 1956). * January 26 – The Ibirapuera Planetarium (the first in the Southern Hemisphere) is inaugurated in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st-century French Comedians
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Le Plus Grand Cabaret Du Monde
Le plus grand cabaret du monde is a French entertainment show series produced by Magic TV and presented by Patrick Sébastien. It is broadcast on France 2 on Saturday nights once per month at prime time and on TV5 Monde. The show is filmed at Euro Media France in Bry-sur-Marne. The show first aired on 26 December 1998 and has since become one of the biggest entertainment shows in the world. Overview On a monthly basis, the program alternates numerous cabaret acts (such as clowns, magicians, acrobats and jugglers), and brief discussions of guests around Patrick Sébastien . Guests are not lacking to introduce themselves and talk about their upcoming productions, after which they traditionally have the number that follows. The artists who make the numbers come from around the world. At the end of the show, Patrick Sébastien traditionally sings one of his songs, surrounded by dancers from the Moulin Rouge Moulin Rouge (, ; ) is a cabaret in Paris, on Boulevard de Clichy, at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louis Chedid
Louis Chedid (born 1 January 1948, in Ismaïlia) is a French singer-songwriter of Lebanese, Syrian, and Egyptian origin. Biography Louis Chedid is the son of the writer Andrée Chedid and the father of Matthieu Chedid (better known as -M-). As a child he made his first footsteps into the singing world as a member of the "Manécanterie des Petits Chanteurs à la Croix de Bois", a famous French catholic boys choir. Chedid was a fan of the jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt and decided that he would set forth into a career in the world of music as soon as he left school. After his first album "Balbutiements" (Mumblings – 1973) attracted little attention, his talent was first recognised after the release of titles like "La Belle" and "T'as beau pas être beau" released in 1977. In 1981, "Ainsi soit-il" (Amen) rose to the top of the charts, followed four years later by "Anne ma sœur Anne" (My sister Anne) which criticised the increasing popularity of the extreme-right in France. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Soldat Rose
''Le soldat rose'' is a 2006 French-language children's musical with music by Louis Chedid and lyrics by Pierre-Dominique Burgaud. The plot of the musical is about a little boy who hides in the toy section of a department store at night, where the toys come to life. Recording The musical was first recorded on the Atmosphériques label in 2006 with a cast including Louis Chédid's son Matthieu, or 'M', Jeanne Cherhal, Alain Souchon, Francis Cabrel, Vanessa Paradis and Stéphane Sanseverino. After the studio sessions the recording line-up gave two live shows at Le Grand Rex Le Grand Rex is a cinema and concert venue in Paris, France. Location and access It is located at No. 1, boulevard Poissonnière in the 2nd arrondissement, on the grands boulevards. Its facades and roofs, as well as its hall and its ..., Paris, in November 2006, released on DVD in February following. Sales of the CD were above 350,000 by April 207, and the album was awarded Best Chanson/Variétés ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Molière Award
The Les Molière is the national theatre award of France and it recognises achievement of French theatre each year. The awards are considered the highest honour for productions and performances. Presided and decided by the ''Association professionnelle et artistique du théâtre'' (APAT), supported by the Ministry of Culture in a ceremony annually held, called the Nuit des Molières ("Night of the Molières") in Paris. The Les Molière are considered the highest French theatre honour, the equivalent to the American Tony Award, the British Olivier Award and the Spanish Premios Max. The award was created by Georges Cravenne, who was also the creator of the César Award for cinema. The name of the award is an homage to the seventeenth-century French dramatist Molière. Awards by year and category 1987 Jury presided by Jean-Louis Barrault. Awards hosted by François Périer. * Best Actor – Philippe Clévenot, in ''Elvire Jouvet 40'' * Best Supporting Actor – Pierre Ardi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Hossein
Robert Hossein (30 December 1927 – 31 December 2020) was a French film actor, director, and writer. He directed Les Misérables (1982 film), the 1982 adaptation of ''Les Misérables'' and appeared in ''Vice and Virtue'', ''Le Casse'', ''Les Uns et les Autres'' and ''Venus Beauty Institute''. His other roles include Michèle Mercier's husband in the ''Angélique, Marquise des Anges, Angélique'' series, a gunfighter in the Spaghetti Western ''Cemetery Without Crosses'' (which he also directed and co-wrote), and a Roman Catholicism, Catholic priest who falls in love with Claude Jade and becomes a communist in ''Forbidden Priests''. Cinematic career Hossein started directing films in 1955 with ''Les Salauds vont en enfer'', from a story by Frédéric Dard whose novels and plays went on to furnish Hossein with much of his later film material. Right from the start Hossein established his characteristic trademarks: using a seemingly straightforward suspense plot and subverting its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gingham
Gingham, also called Vichy check, is a medium-weight balanced plain weave, plain-woven textile, fabric typically with Tartan, tartan (plaid), striped, or Check (pattern), check duotone patterns, in bright colour and in white made from dyed cotton or cotton-blend Yarn, yarns. It is made of Carding, carded, medium or fine yarns. History It is speculated that the fabric now known as ''gingham'' may have been made at Guingamp, a town in Brittany, France, and that the fabric may be named after the town. Some sources say that the name came into English language, English via Dutch language, Dutch. When originally imported into Europe in the 17th century, gingham was a striped fabric, though now it is distinguished by its checkered pattern. From the mid-18th century, when it was being produced in the mills of Manchester, England, it started to be woven into check (pattern), checked or tartan, tartan (plaid) patterns (often blue and white). Checked gingham became more common over time, thou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chanson
A (, ; , ) is generally any Lyrics, lyric-driven French song. The term is most commonly used in English to refer either to the secular polyphonic French songs of late medieval music, medieval and Renaissance music or to a specific style of French pop music which emerged in the 1950s and 1960s. The genre had origins in the monophony, monophonic songs of troubadours and trouvères, though the only polyphonic precedents were 16 works by Adam de la Halle and one by Jehan de Lescurel. Not until the ''ars nova'' composer Guillaume de Machaut did any composer write a significant number of polyphonic chansons. A broad term, the word ''chanson'' literally means "song" in French and can thus less commonly refer to a variety of (usually secular) French genres throughout history. This includes the songs of chansonnier, ''chanson de geste'' and Grand chant; court songs of the late Renaissance and early Baroque music periods, ''air de cour''; popular songs from the 17th to 19th century, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
