An international charity raffle to raise funds for research into Alzheimer's disease is set to hand one lucky winner an original Picasso painting worth over one million euros, organisers said Tuesday.
Two women who competed for the Miss France crown at the weekend have been removed from the organisation after a video emerged of them insulting fellow beauty queens, organisers announced.
Greyness and solitude marked French ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy's three weeks in prison, according to excerpts released on Saturday from an upcoming book.
Younger people will tell you that it's embarrassing and old-fashioned - but the Miss France contest still has a prime-time Saturday night TV slot and attracts millions of viewers every year.
American influencers giving their hot takes on France and the French are increasingly common, but Frenchwoman Lucille Befort has decided to parlay the American fascination with her country into a business of her own.
A theme park based on the beloved French comic strip series Astérix is to open in Germany, the first time the adventures of the pugnacious Gaul are to be the focus of an attraction outside France, its operator said on Tuesday.
The prestigious Cinematheque Francaise said Friday it would temporarily close over a bedbug infestation after sightings of the blood-sucking creatures, including during a master class with Hollywood star Sigourney Weaver.
Paris is one of the world's arthouse cinema hotspots, but falling attendance levels mean beloved independent operators must innovate and invest to survive.
Paris’ Louvre museum has announced it is to raise ticket prices for most non-EU visitors, meaning US, British and Chinese tourists among others will have to pay €32 to get in.
From history to food, manners to politics, there is a lot to understand about France - so we asked our readers to recommend the best books to help explain the country.
A French court on Friday convicted four men of cyberbullying French DJ and LGBTQ activist Barbara Butch who faced harassment and threats after her performance at the Paris Olympics opening ceremony.
Featuring ancient narrative scrolls and medieval theatre masks, a new manga exhibition in Paris traces the global phenomenon's history back to its roots in traditional Japanese art forms.
One of the world's biggest comics festivals, which draws top graphic novelists and cartoonists each year, was close to cancellation on Wednesday after publishers pulled their support and the French government piled pressure on organisers.
It’s French literary award season, and here are the books the juries say belong on your ever-growing “To Read” list — plus one they overlooked but you shouldn’t.
Pope Leo XIV pressured a French bishop to step down over his "relationships with women", according to the Vatican, with the defrocked clergyman hitting Wednesday back at the "disgusting" situation.
French Culture Minister Rachida Dati has thrown her support behind a visit to Paris by Israel's top orchestra, despite a French union criticising it because of Israel’s “crimes” in Gaza.
At 84, George Clinton is a funk legend, ubiquitous hip-hop sample source, father of psychedelic Afrofuturism... and now, a painter with a show opening in Paris.
The bleu-blanc-rouge Tricolore, which was adopted after the Revolution, is the official flag of France, but it is far from the only flag unfurled and waved in France.
With Halloween just around the corner you might be in the mood for a spooky film - but did you know that French cinema was a direct influence on some of the best known Hollywood scary movies? Here are 5 to try this autumn.
