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The left wing New Popular Front (NFP) alliance triumphed in the second round of France's snap parliamentary elections on Sunday, with the far right National Rally (RN) party coming in third, according to first exit polls released immediately after voting closed. Per the preliminary results, the NFP…

France goes to the polls on Sunday for the second round of a snap parliamentary election in which far right National Rally (RN) party looks set to come out on top. With less than 48 hours until the booths open, polls are forecasting RN is on course to win between 200 to 230 seats in France's 577-seat…

French President Emmanuel Macron left his country reeling on Sunday after he dissolved parliament and called snap general elections in response to hefty gains by the far-right Rassemblement national (RN) party in European elections. Around 373 million citizens from 27 countries belonging to the…

James Bond actress Léa Seydoux says French president Emanuel Macron's statement in support of Gérard Depardieu gives "a very bad image for France." Depardieu will face a criminal trial later this year over charges of sexual assault of two women on a movie set in 2021. The 75-year-old actor has denied…

French President Emmanuel Macron has clarified comments he made last year about Gérard Depardieu which seemed to suggest his support for the actor in the face of a tide of sexual assault accusations, which the latter has denied. Speaking in an interview with French women's magazine Elle, published…

Newly appointed French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal took France's political and media spheres by surprise on Thursday as he named controversial politician Rachida Dati as his culture minister. Her arrival in the new-look centrist cabinet was unexpected given that Dati was a spokesperson for…

France's main energy workers union is threatening to cut power supplies for the Cannes Film Festival next month as part of ongoing protests against unpopular pension reforms. In a communiqué bannered "100 Days Of Anger! 100 Days To Win", the CGT FNME (Fédération National des Mines et de l'Enérgie)…

More than 300 leading figures from the French film and TV world have gotten behind a petition decrying controversial pension reforms spearheaded by the government of President Emmanuel Macron. French stars Juliette Binoche, Audrey Fleurot, Camille Cottin, Swann Arlaud, Jeanne Balibar, Bérenice Béjo…

Stephen Colbert, Jennifer Garner, John Legend and Chrissy Teigen and Julia Louis-Dreyfus are among the celebrity names expected at tonight’s White House State Dinner for French President Emmanuel Macron. The event also is heavy in studio heads and moguls, including Warner Bros. Discovery’s David…

Jon Batiste will perform at the White House state dinner this week for French President Emmanuel Macron. Batiste was bandleader and musical director for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert until he departed earlier this year. He was succeeded by Louis Cato. The state dinner on Thursday will be…

Tributes to Jean-Luc Godard, a pioneering and iconic leader of French cinema, began to flood in immediately after it was reported that the director died today, aged 91, with figures from the world of cinema, politics and beyond remembering the filmmaker for his powerful, singular work. French President Emmanuel Macron…

A French journalist has been killed while reporting from Ukraine, the French President Emmanuel Macron has said. Frederic Leclerc-Imhoff died while attempting to escape Russian bombs, Macron tweeted this afternoon in Europe. “Frédéric Leclerc-Imhoff was in Ukraine to show the reality of war. Onboard a humanitarian bus…