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At right, David Ellison poses at a Hollywood premiere. The Skydance chief must bring Paramount and Warner Bros. together while keeping his production promises. Credit: Ramses Cantu Lizarraga / Flickr, public domain.

Culture

Skydance Unites Warner Bros and Paramount, Pitting 30 Movies a Year Against $6 Billion in Annual Cost Cuts

2026-10-07

Culture

A century after her death, Paris reframes Mary Cassatt through art, ambition and the fight for women’s rights

2026-10-07

A young Eva Marie Saint poses in a promotional portrait taken around 1951, before her major film roles. Her direct gaze already hints at the restraint that would define her acting. Credits: 20th Century Fox, photographer uncredited.

Culture

Eva Marie Saint dies at 102 : On the Waterfront and North by Northwest made restraint a lasting Hollywood force

2026-10-07

At the European Parliament, Jordan Bardella speaks in front of the flags of the member states in December 2022. An institutional portrait of the RN president at the center of a controversy over messages he denies writing. Credits: European Union 2022 – Source: EP, CC BY 2.0.

Society

France’s far-right leader Jordan Bardella challenges Mediapart’s evidence on alleged antisemitic messages

2026-10-07

Giorgos Mazonakis performs at Fantasia Live Stage during the summer of 2014. This concert portrait recalls the career of the Greek star at the center of the investigation opened after his death. Credits: Fwtistilk / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.

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After Giorgos Mazonakis’s death, Greece weighs tighter rules for plasma exchange clinics and anti-aging claims

2026-10-06

Looking straight at the camera, Jean-Luc Mélenchon appears in a portrait from the ‘Mélenchon 2027’ campaign. A restrained image for a statement that invokes the history of student mobilizations. Credits: jlm2017.fr, CC BY 4.0.

Society

Do France’s 2026 high school protests really eclipse every youth movement since May 1968, as Mélenchon claims ?

2026-10-06

At Paris-Bercy in 2013, Celine Dion appears at the microphone, framed in close-up under golden beams. This stage image recalls the singer's presence before her return to Nanterre. Credits: Yoyo76300 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Culture

How Simon Royer Went From French Conservatories to Playing Violin With Celine Dion on Her Paris Stage in 2026

2026-10-06

Salvador Dalí stages himself in a photomontage by Jacques Freejac created in 2017. Surrounded by surrealist references, his silhouette recalls the power of his imagination. Credits: Jacques Freejac / Flickr.

Culture

Dalí’s Bronze Apocalypse Case Vanishes in Issoire, Leaving French Investigators With Few Clues About the Theft

2026-10-06

In Toulouse, on May 3, 2012, Ségolène Royal shows the smile of a seasoned campaigner. Fourteen years later, her remarks on sexism place her career at the center of the primary. Credits: Jackolan1 / Wikimedia Commons — CC BY-SA 3.0.

Society

Ségolène Royal Challenges Raphaël Glucksmann Over a Sexist Remark Days Before France’s Left-Wing Primary Vote

2026-10-05

Feature Stories: Investigative Reports, Interviews, and Exclusive Features

For Frédéric Fougerat, advising a leader requires knowing how to say no. Trust is also measured by the room left for hard truths. Credits: Jérémie Boketshu; widened to landscape format by Ecostylia Media.

Society

Frédéric Fougerat: How Far Can a Communications Director Push Back?

2026-09-21

Culture

Inside Japan Expo 2026 near Paris : Yoshiki in concert, huge cosplay, Ankama turning 25 and a heatwave backlash

2026-07-19

Society

Interview with Frédéric Timbert : the measured weight of Made in France, between workshop craft and industry

2026-07-13

Society

Cyber Saclay-Team, the Paris-Saclay student initiative linking cyber, AI and sovereignty with Sam Borhani

2026-07-13

Brigitte Bardot and Marilyn Monroe met only once, at the 1956 Royal Command Film Performance in London, where they were both presented to Queen Elizabeth II; no photographer captured them together. AI-assisted reconstruction by Ecostylia Media. Credits: Ecostylia Media; open-license or public-domain sources: Studio Harcourt and Photoplay.

Society

America turns 250: from Liberty’s torch to the sands of Normandy, France still watches over its old ally

2026-07-04

Victim of a stroke in 2004 that left her hemiplegic, Catherine Breillat never gave up on filmmaking. Despite physical fragility and industry obstacles, she continued her work with the same rigor. Proof that an artistic body of work can survive life's accidents and sometimes draw strength from them. Credits: Montage Ecostylia Media (DALL·E) — photo Ecostylia Media (Cinémathèque française, 2023); background: Jeliotb / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. Montage distributed under CC BY-SA 4.0 license.

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French filmmaker Catherine Breillat revisits the ‘Romance’ controversy through documents and chronology

2026-06-05

Culture

Marilyn Monroe at 100: the Cinémathèque revisits her films, her acting gifts and her drive to break free

2026-06-01

Culture

Interview with Chloe Dumoulin : from Schubert to Rachmaninoff, via Liszt, a living piano

2026-05-09

At the Maison de l’Amérique latine, Enriqueta Sugasti and Maria Rosa Kemlin appear in the hall before a Raíces Argentinas France benefit concert. The image reflects the spirit of this Franco-Argentine association: making Argentine culture a path to solidarity. In Paris, their commitment connects the cultural stage to support for Argentina’s most vulnerable populations. ©️ 2026 Raíces Argentinas France

Society

Between Montreal and Paris, Enriqueta Sugasti and Maria Rosa Kemlin help forgotten children in Argentina

2026-04-18

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