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Apr 25, 2008 7:22 AM CDT

Sarkozy: 'I Made Some Mistakes'

Vows to 'stay the course' on French TV

(Newser) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy defended his first year in office in a TV interview but admitted he made mistakes, reports the BBC. It's been a rough debut. His controversial policies—met by fierce opposition in certain sectors— have failed to reverse an economic downturn, and his flashy courtship of model...

Lowbrow Sarkozy
Causes French Culture Shock

Apr 15, 2008 9:37 AM CDT

Lowbrow Sarkozy Causes French Culture Shock

Sarko's no highbrow, but his wife gives some hope

(Newser) - French presidents have traditionally positioned themselves as guardians of high culture, and no term in office is complete without constructing a major new museum. But while François Mitterand might have loved Russian literature, Nicolas Sarkozy is more of a Céline Dion man. As the New York Times reports,...

Carla Nude Pic Fetches $91K
at Christie's

Apr 10, 2008 8:11 PM CDT

Carla Nude Pic Fetches $91K at Christie's

1993 portrait of Sarko's wife goes for 20 times expected price

(Newser) - Sarkozy isn't the only one who gets to see his wife in the buff: a collector paid $91,000 for a photograph of a naked Carla Bruni at Christie's today. The auction house expected Michel Comte's 1993 portrait of the French first lady to sell for no more than $4,...

Carla Outshines Sarko in UK

Mar 27, 2008 12:20 PM CDT

Carla Outshines Sarko in UK

Substance in French leader's talks with PM before Sarko blasts query about wife

(Newser) - Gordon Brown and Nicolas Sarkozy tackled Afghanistan, immigration, climate change, and global markets as the French president’s visit to Britain continued—but Carla Bruni still hogged the headlines. Sarkozy ripped a French reporter who suggested his wife had overshadowed his trip, the Times of London reports—saying, “this...

Sarkomania Hits Britain

Mar 26, 2008 11:32 AM CDT

Sarkomania Hits Britain

Queen welcomes French president, ex-model wife for state visit

(Newser) - The British press is in the full throes of Sarkomania as the French prez and wife Carla Bruni arrived today. The Sarkozys were met by Prince Charles, who accompanied them to Windsor Palace—where Queen Elizabeth obliged with a full royal welcome, followed by a state banquet. Nicolas Sarkozy said...

Nude Photo of Sarkozy's Wife Up for Auction

Mar 25, 2008 3:27 PM CDT

Nude Photo of Sarkozy's Wife Up for Auction

Ex-supermodel's B&W image expected to fetch at least $3K

(Newser) - A black-and-white photograph of Carla Bruni will go up for sale at an auction next month, Reuters reports. Christie’s expects the portrait of Nicolas Sarkozy's bride to attract a final bid of $3,000 to $4,000, and the auction house's announcement of the sale on the...

Sarko's Ex-Wife Ties Knot in
New York City

Mar 24, 2008 8:14 AM CDT

Sarko's Ex-Wife Ties Knot in New York City

Marries on-off beau in glitzy wedding at the Rainbow Room

(Newser) - Just six months ago she was France's first lady, but last night the ex-wife formerly known as Cecilia Sarkozy became the new wife of her on-again, off-again beau Richard Attias in New York's legendary Rainbow Room, reports the AP. The glitzy affair capped three days of parties and came just...

Brits Ready the Red Carpet for Sarko Visit

Mar 23, 2008 9:40 AM CDT

Brits Ready the Red Carpet for Sarko Visit

Flashy French prez will meet queen, work on often-turbulent UK ties

(Newser) - Carla Bruni isn’t the only tempestuous romance in Nicolas Sarkozy's life—the “turbulent love affair” of Anglo-French relations comes to the fore Wednesday as the flamboyant French prez prepares to meet with Queen Elizabeth. But Sarkozy is a vocal fan of Britain’s hardy economy, and with increasing...

Sarkozy's Party Suffers Defeat
at Local Polls

Mar 16, 2008 8:21 PM CDT

Sarkozy's Party Suffers Defeat at Local Polls

Voters steamed over economy, president's marital drama

(Newser) - French voters dealt Nicolas Sarkozy another blow today in the second round of local balloting. The maverick president's right-wing UMP party lost mayorships in Strasbourg and Reims to opposition socialists, who also gained Toulouse and held on to power bases in Paris and Lyon, the BBC reports. UMP retained control...

Cécilia Sarkozy to Marry Lover in New York

Mar 6, 2008 7:44 AM CST

Cécilia Sarkozy to Marry Lover in New York

France's ex-first lady copies ex-hubby in race down the aisle

(Newser) - Weeks after Nicolas Sarkozy married former model Carla Bruni at the French presidential palace, his ex-wife Cécilia will marry her one-time lover Richard Attias, reports the Telegraph. The former first lady's marriage to the Moroccon-born events manager was confirmed by the fashion house Versace, which announced it would be...

Bruni Sorry for Nazi Outburst

Feb 14, 2008 9:53 AM CST

Bruni Sorry for Nazi Outburst

First lady compared website editors to collaborationists

(Newser) - France's first lady of less than 2 weeks has already had her first run-in with the media, after incautiously comparing a gossip website with Nazi collaborators, reports the Independent. Carla Bruni-Sarkozy yesterday apologized for an interview in which she denounced a website that printed a dubious item about her new...

Sarkozy Denies Desperate Text to Ex-Wife

Feb 11, 2008 1:25 PM CST

Sarkozy Denies Desperate Text to Ex-Wife

Prez debunks report that he offered to dump Bruni for Cecilia

(Newser) - "If you come back, I'll call it all off," Nicolas Sarkozy said in a desperate text message to ex-wife Cecilia just 8 days before he married Carla Bruni—or so says a magazine website now being sued by the French president. But the magazine's editor has said he...

Sarko's Love Life Now 3
Open Books

Feb 10, 2008 9:51 AM CST

Sarko's Love Life Now 3 Open Books

Bruni wanted man with nuke power, says 1 new tome on courtship

(Newser) - Ooh-la-la, that French president Nicolas Sarkozy has a certain je ne sais quoi when it comes to marrying beautiful women, n'est-ce pas? But now his secret is out and his wife-wooing technique is carefully detailed in three new books rushed to print, reports the Times of London.

Wedding Over, Time for Sarko to Woo French

Feb 4, 2008 10:10 AM CST

Wedding Over, Time for Sarko to Woo French

Disgruntled voters look for newlywed prez to get back to work

(Newser) - The French breathed a collective sigh of relief after Nicolas Sarkozy's weekend wedding, hoping it allows the lovestruck president to move beyond the whirlwind romance that made his work suffer and his approval ratings plummet. But as Sarkozy goes back to work, the possible extent of his damage control remains...

Sarkozy, Bruni Wed (Finally)

Feb 2, 2008 8:36 AM CST

Sarkozy, Bruni Wed (Finally)

Whirlwind romance culminates in Elysee Palace ceremony

(Newser) - Nicolas Sarkozy has finally made an honest woman out of his supermodel-cum-singer girlfriend, Reuters says. The French president married Carla Bruni, 40, today at the Elysee Palace in a hush-hush ceremony atypical for the usually public couple. The mayor of a Paris district who officiated the nuptials said the bride...

Bruni Greets Journo Topless

Jan 25, 2008 10:02 AM CST

Bruni Greets Journo Topless

Buffy the Sarko-slayer indeed, Daily Mail writer finds

(Newser) - Carla Bruni may have the press corps covering her fiancé—French President Nicolas Sarkozy—atwitter, but it can’t be said that the model keeps cards too close to her chest, reports the Daily Mail's Simon Mills, whom Bruni recently greeted with these fittingly plain words: “Sorry for...

Get a Receipt for Those Candlesticks

Jan 22, 2008 7:52 PM CST

Get a Receipt for Those Candlesticks

Bruni says she and Sarkozy haven't tied the knot—yet

(Newser) - Carla Bruni has not yet become Mrs. Nicolas Sarkozy. In an interview with Liberation, the French president's ex-model girlfriend also made life easier for Indian officials by saying she won't accompany Sarkozy on his upcoming official trip there. Protocol-meisters in the conservative country, where unmarried couples are unusual, weren't sure...

India Blushes Over Sarko, Bruni

Jan 19, 2008 1:00 PM CST

India Blushes Over Sarko, Bruni

Conservative country unsure how to host could-be first lady

(Newser) - Nicolas Sarkozy’s ambiguous relationship with Carla Bruni has India up in arms over how to deal with the French president’s upcoming visit. Reports say Sarkozy and Bruni were secretly married recently, but Sakrozy won’t confirm or deny, leaving Indian officials to ponder what the protocol is for...

Sarko Secretly Weds Bruni

Jan 14, 2008 2:49 PM CST

Sarko Secretly Weds Bruni

French president met former model in November

(Newser) - Capping off a whirlwind romance that's captivated gossip hounds on multiple continents, Nicolas Sarkozy secretly married new squeeze Carla Bruni on Thursday. The president's office neither confirmed nor denied the report, which originally appeared in the French newspaper L'Est Republicain, the Telegraph says, but Sarko told reporters last week they...

Bruni May Have What It Takes to Be First Lady

Jan 13, 2008 8:22 AM CST

Bruni May Have What It Takes to Be First Lady

Wealthy, intelligent beauty not so different from Sarko's ex

(Newser) - Former supermodel Carla Bruni may be catching some flack from critics who think she's distracting Nicolas Sarkozy from leading France, but those who would dismiss her as just a model don't have the whole story, writes the New York Times. The award-winning singer is intelligent, cultured—and strikingly similar to...