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Black Friday took on an entirely different meaning in France as the still-mourning country’s nets dedicated wall-to-wall coverage to the memorial service for victims of the Paris attacks. In an emotional, defiant ceremony in Paris – attended by several of the wounded, some still in wheelchairs- the names of the fallen…

UPDATED, 1:10PM Saturday: Paris’ major theater chains and art-house cinemas closed Saturday and will remain closed at least through Sunday in the wake of the Paris attacks. Film festivals have also cancelled or postponed upcoming events. The decision by major cinema chains including Gaumont-Pathe, UGC and MK2 was…

3RD UPDATE, adds Hollande and Obama remarks: The dramatic, and deadly, hostage situations in France played out live on TV as the two suspects in the Charlie Hebdo shootings and, mere minutes later, a gunman who took hostages in a Paris grocery were killed after French police and special forces launched operations to…

François Hollande bested incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy on Sunday to become France’s first Socialist president since François Mitterrand. Hollande will be inaugurated by mid-next week, just in time for the opening of the Cannes Film Festival, where there's certain to be discussion about what his ascension will mean for the…