Posts Tagged ‘ France ’

Jean-Paul Guerlain fined for racist insults

March 29, 2012
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Jean-Paul Guerlain fined for racist insults

Staff and agencies Guerlain perfume heir Jean-Paul Guerlain (centre) at court in Paris last month. He was convicted on Thursday of making racist insults. Photograph: Remy De La Mauviniere/AP A French court has convicted perfume maker Jean-Paul Guerlain of making racist insults on national television and fined him €6,000 (£5,000). Guerlain, 75, an heir...

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French report calls for end to sexualisation of children

March 6, 2012
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French report calls for end to sexualisation of children

Kim Willsher in Paris Chantal Jouanno, the report’s author, said ‘mini-miss’ beauty pageants encouraged children to dress up as ‘sexual candy’. Photograph: Ruslan Krivobok/RIA Novosti A French government report is calling for a ban on “mini-miss” beauty pageants and children‘s lingerie to combat what it describes as the “hyper-sexualisation” of children. The moves follow...

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Breast implants: the first 50 years

January 11, 2012
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Breast implants: the first 50 years

Kira Cochrane Breasts marked for plastic surgery. Photograph: Stockbyte/Getty Images It was in 1962 that Timmie Jean Lindsey was offered a solution to a non-existent problem. A factory worker from Texas, she had married at 15, had six children, divorced in her mid-20s, and taken up with a man who encouraged her to have...

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Johnny Depp: ‘I’m not ready to give up my American citizenship’

November 9, 2011
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Johnny Depp: ‘I’m not ready to give up my American citizenship’

The Rum Diary star on his love of Europe, flying by private jet and why he can’t stop smoking In the weeks leading up to this interview, I began to think there must be some law that makes it illegal not to love Johnny Depp. Everyone melts into a...

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Johnny Depp: ‘I’m not ready to give up my American citizenship’

November 8, 2011
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Johnny Depp: ‘I’m not ready to give up my American citizenship’

The Rum Diary star on his love of Europe, flying by private jet and why he can’t stop smoking In the weeks leading up to this interview, I began to think there must be some law that makes it illegal not to love Johnny Depp. Everyone melts into a...

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Johnny Depp: ‘I’m not ready to give up my American citizenship’

November 7, 2011
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Johnny Depp: ‘I’m not ready to give up my American citizenship’

The Rum Diary star on his love of Europe, flying by private jet and why he can’t stop smoking In the weeks leading up to this interview, I began to think there must be some law that makes it illegal not to love Johnny Depp. Everyone melts into a...

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Johnny Depp: ‘I’m not ready to give up my American citizenship’

November 6, 2011
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Johnny Depp: ‘I’m not ready to give up my American citizenship’

The Rum Diary star on his love of Europe, flying by private jet and why he can’t stop smoking In the weeks leading up to this interview, I began to think there must be some law that makes it illegal not to love Johnny Depp. Everyone melts into a...

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