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NEWS ABOUT: French Riviera

French Riviera stories: 8 news summaries

 Cannes Prepares 
 for a Quieter Festival 

Economic woes put the breaks on Croisette craziness

May 12, 09 10:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Cannes Film Festival opens tomorrow with a screening of the new Pixar film Up, but this year the glitzy two-week movie fest on the French Riviera may be a low-key affair, writes the Hollywood Reporter. Yachts have gone unrented, Vanity Fair has canceled its annual party, and movie execs... More »

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entertainment • Hollywood • film • France • Quentin Tarantino • Cannes Film Festival • Pixar • Ang Lee • French Riviera • film deal • movie industry • Pedro Almodovar • Jay-ZTV

 France Will 
 Battle US 
 for Madoff 
 Chateau 

Rival prosecutors preparing to grab Riviera pad

Mar 24, 09 9:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - A legal tug-of-war is getting underway over the Madoffs' Riviera chateau, reports the New York Post. Bernard and Ruth Madoff's $1 million French pad is among the assets US federal prosecutors want the couple to forfeit to help reimburse scammed investors, but French authorities—who have opened a criminal inquiry... More »

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France • Ponzi scheme • French Riviera • asset forfeiture • Bernard Madoff • Ruth Madoff

Madoff Was Livin' Large in Lap of Luxury

High-roller owns yacht, jets, and properties up and down East Coast

Dec 24, 08 4:12 AM CST
(Newser) - If disgraced money-man Bernard Madoff felt any guilt about his Ponzi-scheme hedge fund, you'd never know it. Now that he's under house arrest, his "lifestyle of the rich and infamous" is somewhat limited, but in a fitting tribute to a man who just fleeced investors of $50 billion, CNN... More »

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Florida • Matt Lauer • hedge fund • jet • Ponzi scheme • French Riviera • yachts • scandal • Ernest Hemingway • apartment • Bernard Madoff

Pitt, Jolie Foil Tabloids
With Baby Scoop

French daily gets inside track

Jul 15, 08 11:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - In a style befitting a couple of action-movie stars, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt outfoxed the tabloids by allowing a local newspaper to break the story of their twins’ birth, the AP reports. The daily Nice-Matin got a heads-up before the big event, the scoop that the delivery was  moved... More »

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media • Angelina Jolie • Brad Pitt • French Riviera • celebrity pregnancy • Nice, France • media coverage • celebrity parents • Vivienne Marcheline Jolie-Pitt • Knox Leon Jolie-Pitt

 Brangelina Twins Weeks Away 

Doctor says Jolie doing well in hospital

Jul 2, 08 12:39 PM CDT
(AP) - Angelina Jolie's doctor says her twins may take a few more weeks to arrive. Dr. Michael Sussmann says the 33-year-old actress, who is in a hospital on the French Riviera, is doing fine. Asked when Jolie is expected to have her twins, Sussmann replied, "I can't give you a... More »

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Angelina Jolie • Brad Pitt • twins • France • baby • infant • French Riviera • hospitalization • Brangelina

 Brangelina 
 Hole Up 
 in France 

Couple, with kids and entourage, staying at Microsoft co-founder's sea-view villa

Apr 30, 08 4:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Brad Pitt and pregnant Angelina Jolie have decamped to the French Riviera for “a stay of long duration,” a source reveals to People. The impossibly famous pair—plus kids—is staying in a historic villa overlooking the Mediterranean owned by Microsoft co-founder and billionaire Paul Allen; they'll remain... More »

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Angelina Jolie • Brad Pitt • French Riviera • Paul Allen

Saddam's Love Boat Sets Sale

Iraqi ruler had a thing for luxurious, bulletproof cruise ships

Dec 26, 07 2:37 PM CST
(Newser) - Saddam Hussein’s secret pleasure super-yacht can be yours—yes, yours!—for just $34 million. Moored off the French Riviera, away from the pesky bombers that destroyed the late dictator's other yacht, the Ocean Breeze was put up for sale last week by a British brokerage firm, the More »

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Saddam Hussein • yachting • luxury • French Riviera • Ocean Breeze • yachts • Qadissiyat Saddam

After 30 Years, Riviera Murder Case Ends in Conviction

Ex-boyfriend, now 69, draws 20-year sentence

Oct 12, 07 2:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Thirty years after his girlfriend disappeared, a onetime playboy lawyer was convicted of her murder yesterday, ending a tangled tale of seduction and bribery that has long fascinated the French Riviera. Although the body of casino heiress Agnes Le Roux was never found, Jean-Maurice Agnelet, 69, was sentenced to 20... More »

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murder trial • French Riviera • Nice • Jean Maurice Agnelet • Agnes Le Roux

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