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A view of the Notre-Dame cathedral as French President Emmanuel Macron visits the restored interiors of the monument, Friday, Nov.29, 2024 in Paris. (Christophe Petit Tesson, Pool via AP)

Notre Dame Cathedral unveils its new interior 5 years after devastating fire

November 29, 2024 at 8:37 a.m.

After more than five years of frenetic, but sometimes interrupted, reconstruction work, Notre Dame Cathedral showed itself anew to the world Friday, with rebuilt soaring ceilings and creamy good-as-new stonework...

A pedestrian tries to get a peek at the forecourt of Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)

Fashion designer describes invitation to work on Notre Dame cathedral’s re-opening as ‘a calling’

November 21, 2024 at 8:19 a.m.

When Jean-Charles de Castelbajac watched as Notre Dame cathedral burned in April 2019, he felt compelled to act somehow.

FILE- In this May 19, 2019 file photo, French actor Alain Delon poses for photographers at the photo call for his honorary Palme D’Or award at the 72nd international film festival, Cannes, southern France. Alain Delon, the internationally acclaimed French actor who embodied both the bad guy and the policeman and made hearts throb around the world, has died at age 88, French media reported. (Photo by Arthur Mola/Invision/AP, File)

French actor and heartthrob Alain Delon dies at 88

August 18, 2024 at 8:42 a.m.

Alain Delon, the internationally acclaimed French actor who embodied both the bad guy and the policeman and made hearts throb around the world, died at age 88, French media reported.

The Olympic flag is carried into the Trocadero during the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics on July 26, 2024. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)

Drag queens shine at Olympics opening, but ‘Last Supper’ tableau draws criticism

July 27, 2024 at 11:53 a.m.

Drag queens took center stage at the Paris Olympics opening ceremony, showcasing the vibrant and influential role of the French LGBTQ+ community.

Travelers wait inside the Gare de Bordeaux Saint-Jean at the 2024 Summer Olympics, July 26, 2024, in Bordeaux, France. Hours away from the grand opening ceremony of the Olympics, high-speed rail traffic was severely disrupted. (Moises Castillo/AP)

Arson attacks cause travel chaos before start of Olympics in Paris, thwarting athletes’ travel

July 26, 2024 at 9:47 a.m.

Arsonists attacked the French high-speed rail network early Friday, paralyzing travel to Paris from across the rest of France and Europe for some 800,000 people, including Olympic athletes heading to the...

Designer Stella McCartney after her spring 2020 fashion show at the Opera Garnier in Paris.

Stella McCartney presents eco-manifesto at Paris Fashion Week show

October 8, 2019 at 8:39 p.m.

Riding on the increased focus on the fight against climate change, the fashion industry's eco-pioneer Stella McCartney turned parts of her Paris Fashion Week show into a manifesto on ecology....

People watch as flames and smoke rise from Notre Dame Cathedral as it burns in Paris on April 15, 2019.

Doubts rise over President Macron’s 5-year plan to rebuild Notre Dame — some say 15 years

August 22, 2019 at 3:56 p.m.

Nearly $1 billion in donations have poured in for the vast restoration of the fire-ravaged Notre Dame cathedral — but a pledge by French President Emmanuel Macron that it will...

Director Spike Lee, centre, holds aloft the Grand Prix award for the film "BlackKklansman" as he poses with musicians Sting, left, and Shaggy, right, on the steps of the Palais des Festival after the closing ceremony of the 71st Cannes Film Festival.

‘Shoplifters’ wins Palme d’Or, grand prize to Spike Lee; Asia Argento tears into Weinstein at Cannes

December 17, 2018 at 10:16 p.m.

A tumultuous Cannes Film Festival concluded Saturday with the Palme d'Or awarded to Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda's "Shoplifters," a tender portrait of a poor, impoverished family, while Harvey Weinstein accuser...

Highlights from Paris Fashion Week

May 13, 2019 at 4:27 a.m.

Chanel rocketed into space at Paris Fashion Week in an interstellar-themed show spectacular that saw designer Karl Lagerfeld reach for the stars — and a star-filled front row. Singer-turned-fashion designer...

Spring fling

May 13, 2019 at 4:13 a.m.

Chanel airlines The sky was the limit for Karl Lagerfeld, who re-created an entire airport under Paris' Grand Palais in Chanel's blockbuster aviation-themed show at Paris Fashion Week. Guests couldn't...

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