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AI Writing Tools Lack "Originality, Sense Of Humour", Says Salman Rushdie
Artificial intelligence tools may pose a threat to writers of thrillers and science fiction, but lack the originality and humour to challenge serious novelists, Salman Rushdie wrote in a French journal published Thursday.
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French Writer Frederic Beigbeder Detained After Rape Allegation: Report
Police detained French best-selling writer Frederic Beigbeder on Tuesday to question him about a rape allegation, sources close to the case told AFP.
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Carême: Apple TV+ Announces French Drama Series About Celebrity Chef-Turned-Spy
Apple TV+ has announced a new French drama series called Carême, which follows the story of the world's first celebrity chef Antonin Carême, whose talents and ambitions attracted the attention of renowned politicians, who used him as a spy for France. The eight-episode series stars César Award winner Benjamin Voisin (Lost Illusions) as the tit...
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Cannes Jury President Ruben Östlund and Members Back Hollywood Writers' Strike
Ruben Östlund, head of this year's Cannes festival jury said he supports the screenwriters’ strike in Hollywood ahead of the opening ceremony for the industry shindig on the French Riviera. The strike in Hollywood kicked off on May 3 after negotiations between the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and major US studios and streaming services failed....
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British Writer, Historian Patrick French Dies At 56 After Battle With Cancer
British writer, historian and academician Patrick French died in London after battling cancer for four years on Thursday, his family said.
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French Nobel Laureate Annie Ernaux Pays Tribute To Albert Camus
French writer Annie Ernaux hailed Albert Camus as she received her Nobel Prize for literature on Saturday, 65 years after the author of existentialist classic "The Stranger" won the same award.
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"Live Every Moment": What Shilpa Shetty Tells Herself When She Wants To "Call A Time Out"
"As much as I may want to call a time out in my life, I will live every moment as fully as I can," read the note shared by Shilpa Shetty
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"No One Said It Was A Crime": French Writer On Paedophile Sex In Asia
French writer Gabriel Matzneff said in an interview Wednesday that he "regrets" his trips to Asia to have sex with children, claiming that at the time "no one ever said it was a crime".
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Cannes 2018: Manto Screens At The French Riviera, Nandita Das Says It's A 'Relatable Story'
Director Nandita Das attended the screening of Manto at Cannes Film Festival with Nawazuddin Siddiqui and other team members
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Valerian Movie Review: An Empty Love Parable in the City of a Thousand Planets
Luc Besson wrote and directed this sci-fi epic based on a long-running comic book series, which releases July 28 in India.
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Cannes 2016: These Films Are Competing For the Top Prize
French Canadian wonderkid Xavier Dolan conducts an all-star cast including Marion Cotillard, Vincent Cassel and Lea Seydoux in this drama about a writer, who returns home to tell his family he is dying
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The World's Greatest Cities Are Not Actually That Great To Live In
What's the world's greatest city? Okay, perhaps that's hard to say for sure, but certain cities do have a reputation. Ernest Hemingway dubbed Paris a "moveable feast," saying that the French capital stays with you for life. "When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life," English writer Samuel Johnson said. And prideful references to the aweso...
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Japan Librarians Cry Foul Over Leaked Haruki Murakami Reading List
A war of words has erupted between privacy-advocating librarians and a newspaper after it published a snapshot of the high-school reading habits of Japan's foremost literary son Haruki Murakami.
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Amitav Ghosh in the Running for 2015 Man Booker International Fiction Award
Ten writers, including a first-time entry from the tiny French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, have been nominated as finalists for the 2015 Man Booker International prize for fiction writing.
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Modiano, Writer of Memory and Guilt Under Nazi Occupation, Wins Nobel Literature Prize
French writer Patrick Modiano has won the 2014 Nobel Prize for Literature for works that made him "a Marcel Proust of our time" with tales often set during the Nazi occupation of Paris during World War Two, the Swedish Academy said on Thursday.
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AI Writing Tools Lack "Originality, Sense Of Humour", Says Salman Rushdie
Artificial intelligence tools may pose a threat to writers of thrillers and science fiction, but lack the originality and humour to challenge serious novelists, Salman Rushdie wrote in a French journal published Thursday.
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French Writer Frederic Beigbeder Detained After Rape Allegation: Report
Police detained French best-selling writer Frederic Beigbeder on Tuesday to question him about a rape allegation, sources close to the case told AFP.
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Carême: Apple TV+ Announces French Drama Series About Celebrity Chef-Turned-Spy
Apple TV+ has announced a new French drama series called Carême, which follows the story of the world's first celebrity chef Antonin Carême, whose talents and ambitions attracted the attention of renowned politicians, who used him as a spy for France. The eight-episode series stars César Award winner Benjamin Voisin (Lost Illusions) as the tit...
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Cannes Jury President Ruben Östlund and Members Back Hollywood Writers' Strike
Ruben Östlund, head of this year's Cannes festival jury said he supports the screenwriters’ strike in Hollywood ahead of the opening ceremony for the industry shindig on the French Riviera. The strike in Hollywood kicked off on May 3 after negotiations between the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and major US studios and streaming services failed....
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British Writer, Historian Patrick French Dies At 56 After Battle With Cancer
British writer, historian and academician Patrick French died in London after battling cancer for four years on Thursday, his family said.
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French Nobel Laureate Annie Ernaux Pays Tribute To Albert Camus
French writer Annie Ernaux hailed Albert Camus as she received her Nobel Prize for literature on Saturday, 65 years after the author of existentialist classic "The Stranger" won the same award.
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"Live Every Moment": What Shilpa Shetty Tells Herself When She Wants To "Call A Time Out"
"As much as I may want to call a time out in my life, I will live every moment as fully as I can," read the note shared by Shilpa Shetty
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"No One Said It Was A Crime": French Writer On Paedophile Sex In Asia
French writer Gabriel Matzneff said in an interview Wednesday that he "regrets" his trips to Asia to have sex with children, claiming that at the time "no one ever said it was a crime".
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Cannes 2018: Manto Screens At The French Riviera, Nandita Das Says It's A 'Relatable Story'
Director Nandita Das attended the screening of Manto at Cannes Film Festival with Nawazuddin Siddiqui and other team members
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Valerian Movie Review: An Empty Love Parable in the City of a Thousand Planets
Luc Besson wrote and directed this sci-fi epic based on a long-running comic book series, which releases July 28 in India.
-
Cannes 2016: These Films Are Competing For the Top Prize
French Canadian wonderkid Xavier Dolan conducts an all-star cast including Marion Cotillard, Vincent Cassel and Lea Seydoux in this drama about a writer, who returns home to tell his family he is dying
-
The World's Greatest Cities Are Not Actually That Great To Live In
What's the world's greatest city? Okay, perhaps that's hard to say for sure, but certain cities do have a reputation. Ernest Hemingway dubbed Paris a "moveable feast," saying that the French capital stays with you for life. "When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life," English writer Samuel Johnson said. And prideful references to the aweso...
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Japan Librarians Cry Foul Over Leaked Haruki Murakami Reading List
A war of words has erupted between privacy-advocating librarians and a newspaper after it published a snapshot of the high-school reading habits of Japan's foremost literary son Haruki Murakami.
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Amitav Ghosh in the Running for 2015 Man Booker International Fiction Award
Ten writers, including a first-time entry from the tiny French Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, have been nominated as finalists for the 2015 Man Booker International prize for fiction writing.
-
Modiano, Writer of Memory and Guilt Under Nazi Occupation, Wins Nobel Literature Prize
French writer Patrick Modiano has won the 2014 Nobel Prize for Literature for works that made him "a Marcel Proust of our time" with tales often set during the Nazi occupation of Paris during World War Two, the Swedish Academy said on Thursday.
