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...among the most promising actors in European cinema. With two films set for release in the U.S. and Europe this year, her popularity looks set to spread even further. De France is best known for her role as Isabelle, the lesbian confidante and romantic tutor of French actor Romain Duris in the 2002 film L'Auberge Espagnole (The Spanish Apartment). The Barcelona-set tale of a group of European exchange students learning more about life from one another than from their course work was a global hit, thanks, in part, to De France's performance. It earned...
...center of national attention following the December purchase by U.S. giant Electronic Arts of a 20% stake in French rival Ubisoft. "There's a lot of creativity in France, and we don't want to end up as another sweatshop for video gaming like India or Morocco," says Romain Poirot-Lellig, director of the industry association APOM. EA says its intentions are not hostile and industry sources in the U.S. point out that one of Ubisoft's best-selling games is - mon dieu! - that great French cultural gem, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon. - By Peter Gumbel Apple Gets Hard Core...
...Museums: Musée des Beaux-Arts, Musée des Tissus textile museum, Musée de la Civilisation Gallo-Romain, Centre d'Histoire de la Résistance et de la Déportation...
...Best Markets: On Sunday mornings, the food-and-flower market on the Quai des Celestins, and the artists? and artisans? market across the Saône on the Quai Romain-Rolland...
...protected monopolist in France. So it's not cricket for it to generate an easy $30 billion in annual sales and then turn around and snap up companies that actually have to compete. This is where Fiat stepped in. It has forged an alliance with EDF, financier Romain Zaleski and several banks. The consortium, called Italenergia, now controls 52% of the voting shares of Montedison. Initially, the new Berlusconi government, which owes Fiat patriarch Gianni Agnelli some thanks for his quiet but crucial support, indicated it was "neutral" on the deal. Last week, however, Italian lawmakers put forward a bill...