Paris (France)

Henri Dutilleux, modernist composer, dies at 97

2013-05-23 15:46:00

Henri Dutilleux, the French composer whose modernist music has received international acclaim and is performed regularly by major orchestras, died Thursday in Paris. He was 97. His death was announced by his publisher, Schott Music.� No cause of death...

Kim Kardashian hits Paris for final vacation before giving birth

2013-05-22 14:36:00

Kim Kardashian is taking in the sights of Paris before giving birth. Kardashian, 32, pregnant with rapper Kanye West's baby, visited the City of Light for a "babymoon" before welcoming her child in June. And from the looks of her baby shower invitation,...

Review: 'Marriage of Figaro' a wedding of many talents

2013-05-20 05:00:00

Jean Nouvel, the French architect, is credited with creating "installations" for the Los Angeles Philharmonic production of Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro," although "transformations" would be more accurate. Azzedine Ala�a designed the striking...

James Conlon to pay tribute to Colin Davis in Paris

2013-05-15 07:35:00

James Conlon, the music director of Los Angeles Opera, will pay tribute to the late conductor Colin Davis in a pair of concerts this month at the Festival de Saint-Denis in Paris. Davis had been scheduled to conduct the concerts, but the renowned...

Paris riots: Watch melee in streets after Paris Saint-Germain parade

2013-05-14 06:41:00

Paris Saint-Germain won its first Ligue 1 title in 19 years with a 1-0 victory over Lyon at Lyon, France, on Sunday night, and in the fine tradition of soccer hooligans everywhere, some of the team's fans decided to celebrate with some rioting. A...

French president signs law allowing same-sex marriage

2013-05-18 12:19:00

PARIS -- French President Francois Hollande on Saturday signed a law allowing same-sex couples to marry and adopt, after months of sometimes violent protests and the vehement opposition of the country's Roman Catholic Church leaders. The controversial...

'The Marriage of Figaro,' right in time with the 21st century

2013-05-17 06:11:00

Suffice to say that Mozart and librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte weren't thinking about Proposition 8 when they composed "The Marriage of Figaro." The 1786 comic opera follows bullying Count Almaviva's efforts to invoke droit du seigneur to sexually conquer...

Cannes 2013: Chile's onetime cult king still the wizard of weird

2013-05-16 12:39:00

CANNES, France — The Chilean director Alejandro Jodorowsky has made only seven features in his nearly half-century career, but his legendary midnight movie "El Topo," a wigged-out peyote western that played to New York audiences for months in 1970,...

Mike Grgich still going strong at 90

2013-04-17 10:00:00

Mike Grgich's 1973 Chateau Montelena Chardonnay helped turn the wine world on its head by winning the famed Judgment of Paris, in which a panel of predominantly French wine judges did the unthinkable by scoring California wines over their own. It was an...

Lionel Bringuier's L.A. fast track

2013-04-21 07:00:00

PARIS — The Los Angeles Philharmonic's resident conductor Lionel Bringuier is enjoying a rapid rise in the world of classical music. With three concerts this week at Walt Disney Concert Hall, the young Frenchman will complete a six-year stint in...

Over U.S. objections, Hopi tribal masks sold in France

2013-04-12 13:42:00

PARIS -- Dozens of Native American masks were sold at auction Friday despite objections by the Hopi tribe, which considers the items sacred, and the U.S. government. The 70 masks sold for a total of about $1.2 million after a French court approved the...

Paris: Louvre Museum reopens after shutdown over pickpocket gangs

2013-04-11 10:17:00

If you're going to the Louvre Museum anytime soon, watch your wallet. The world's busiest museum reopened Thursday with the presence of uniformed police officers aimed at deterring aggressive gangs of pickpockets who target visitors and staff, Agence...

TOPSHOTS People gather on the Trocadero Square in front of the Eiffel Tower on a rainy day, on May 20, 2013, in Paris. AFP PHOTO / FRED DUFOURFRED DUFOUR/AFP/Getty Images ORG XMIT: FRANCE-WE

2013-05-20 00:00:00

Paris Saint-Germain's British midfielder David Beckham celebrates after making a decisive pass to teammate Swedish forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic allowing him to score during the French L1 football match Rennes vs Paris Saint-Germain at the Route de Lorient stadium in Rennes, western France.

2013-05-16 00:00:00

F. Scott Fitzgerald, wife Zelda and daughter Scottie had some fun for the camera at Christmas 1925, in Paris. Scott and Zelda, who lived in a number of homes in France, threw legendary parties there in the 1920s.

2013-05-13 09:21:03