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The French Académie des Arts et Technique du Cinéma, the group that hands out the country’s César Awards, said Thursday that the board of directors at its parent the Association for the Promotion of Cinema will step down after this year’s ceremony, which is set for February 28 in Paris. The news comes amid backlash…

If Ladj Ly’s Cannes jury prize-winning Les Misérables seems stunningly true to life, that’s because it depicts the environment Ly grew up in down to the last detail. “It’s a scene that I experienced in real life,” Ly said Thursday, speaking through an interpreter after an Awardsline screening of the film at the…

The United States women are once again the champions of World Cup soccer, taking down the Netherlands 2-0 to win its fourth World Cup title and second championship in a row. The championship game in Lyon, France saw US star Megan Rapinoe and Rose Lavelle score second-half goals, with Rapinoe breaking the scoreless…

France’s National Data Protection Commission said Monday it has fined Google €50 million ($57 million) for violating provisions of the European Union’s new General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR, which was enacted into law in May. It marks the first penalty under the GDPR for a major U.S. tech firm, and could…

France has selected Emmanuel Finkiel’s Memoir of War as its official selection for the Oscars’ Foreign Language film race. The pic, which Finkiel adapted from Marguerite Duras' semi-autobiographical 1944 novel set in Nazi-occupied Paris, stars Mélanie Thierry in a story of love, loss, and perseverance against the…

The Prosecutors Office in Paris has opened a preliminary inquiry into Oscar-nominated French actor Gérard Depardieu after a complaint was filed by a 22-year-old actress alleging that he sexually assaulted and raped her this month at one of his homes in Paris. The news is just breaking in France via national news…

UPDATED with final viewership: Twenty years after winning its one and only World Cup, France claimed FIFA's biggest prize again Sunday in a 4-2 victory over Croatia that prompted a now-famous leap and fist pump by President Emmanuel Macron up in the VIP box, cheers and tears in the streets of Paris and all over the…

France decisively beat Croatia 4-2 today to win the World Cup in Moscow, a triumph 20 years in the making. The Croatian team battled hard and actually dominated play at times, but France managed to find the holes in the smaller country’s defense and never trailed. Croatia captain Luka Modric won the Golden Ball…

The 2018 FIFA World Cup final pitting France against Croatia is Sunday at Moscow’s Luzhniki Stadium, with kickoff set for 11 AM ET/8 AM PT. The game to wrap a wild monthlong tournament full of twists and turns, upsets and upstarts will feature one young team built for the long haul that finds itself a win away from…

Fifty-two years after England last won the World Cup, the Three Lions’ dream of playing in the final of the 2018 FIFA tournament came to an end yesterday with a 2-1 semifinal loss to Croatia in extra time. As close as it felt that football really could be coming, to paraphrase the 1996 tune that became the unofficial…

The hits keep coming for TF1 as France’s national football team continues advancing in the World Cup. Tuesday night’s dazzling victory over Belgium’s Red Devils saw Les Bleus move into to the finals for the third time in history, and shatter ratings records for the leading commercial broadcaster with a new 2018…

France and Belgium will meet in the 2018 FIFA World Cup semifinals later today in St. Petersburg, Russia, pitting the neighboring countries (the game is being billed as “La Fête des Voisins,” or The Neighbors' Party) against each other for a chance to play for the title Sunday against the winner of Wednesday’s…