Frances Tiafoe can add matchmaker to his résumé. The American tennis star revealed that he played a part in introducing fellow pro Ben Shelton and Olympic soccer star Trinity Rodman, who hard-launched their relationship Monday on social media. “By the way, I don’t think people realize, I was like, the one who [connected them] — … Read more
This will brie a gouda time. France’s first cheese museum opened in Paris, right in time for the Olympic Games being held in the City of Light. The Musée du Fromage is billed as “an educational and interactive space for discovering France’s cheesemaking heritage and regions,” according to its website. The Musée du Fromage opened … Read more
It was a royal gaffe. On Thursday, Queen Camilla had an awkward moment with French First Lady Brigitte Macron. The royal, 76, was with Macron, 71, for an event commemorating D-Day, marking the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings in Normandy, France. Their husbands, King Charles, 75, and President Macron, 46, were also present. French President … Read more
Laurent Cantet, an eminent director who made penetrating films about the prickly undersides of French life and society, died on April 25 in Paris. He was 63. His screenwriter and editor, Robin Campillo, said he died of cancer in a hospital. Mr. Cantet’s best-known film was “Entre les Murs” (“The Class”), which won the Palme … Read more
Frances Sternhagen, the Tony Award-winning actress who played leading roles in stage productions of “Driving Miss Daisy” and “On Golden Pond” as formidable older women, often when she was so young that she had to wear aging makeup, died on Monday at her home in New Rochelle, N.Y. She was 93. Her son Tony Carlin … Read more
Frances Bean Cobain, the daughter of grunge superstar Kurt Cobain of Nirvana and his controversial rock star widow Courtney Love, has finally found happiness after a messy first marriage and one of the most notorious early childhoods in pop-culture history. The self-described model and visual artist just embarked on her second marriage at age 31 … Read more
Merde! Scorching temperatures in France’s southern region are stomping on the nation’s legendary wine industry, with the hot weather expected to squeeze output by up to 20%, experts warn. Egregious conditions in fabled wine regions like the Rhône — where the mercury recently passed 107 degrees Fahrenheit — have local authorities advising growers to harvest … Read more