http://www.france24.com/en en http://www.france24.com/en/20080819-music-keziah-jones-opus-nigerian-wood-blufunk Nigerian singer and composer, Keziah Jones is the inventor of “Blufunk”. The musical style he created is a mix of rock and funk. Today Jones presents his fifth album "Nigerian Wood" and sings an extract of the title "Beautiful Emilie". http://www.france24.com/en/20080819-music-keziah-jones-opus-nigerian-wood-blufunk#comments Tue, 08/19/2008 - 17:21 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:58:04 +0200 elbou 3237720 at http://www.france24.com/en http://www.france24.com/en/20080818-france-opera-comedy-theatre-king-arthur-henry-purcell-shirley-dino The French comic duo Shirley and Dino attack Henry Purcell's 1691 opera, "King Arthur". http://www.france24.com/en/20080818-france-opera-comedy-theatre-king-arthur-henry-purcell-shirley-dino#comments culture France Opera theatre Mon, 08/18/2008 - 22:19 Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:40:04 +0200 elbou 3227360 at http://www.france24.com/en http://www.france24.com/en/20080816-madonna-pop-birthday-fifty-years Fifty years and almost as many lives: reinvention is the name of Madonna's game. Known to the world as the Queen of Pop, the Material Girl, Madge or Esther, Madonna is celebrating 25 years at the top! http://www.france24.com/en/20080816-madonna-pop-birthday-fifty-years#comments music Sat, 08/16/2008 - 19:09 Sat, 16 Aug 2008 18:32:04 +0200 elbou 3199160 at http://www.france24.com/en http://www.france24.com/en/20080815-music-jerry-wexler-death-rythm-blues-atlantic-records Jerry Wexler, who helped run the legendary Atlantic Records for 22 years, has died aged 91. He was the one who first coined the term "rhythm and blues" and worked with some of music's greatest, such as Ray Charles and Aretha Franklin. http://www.france24.com/en/20080815-music-jerry-wexler-death-rythm-blues-atlantic-records#comments death music music industry Fri, 08/15/2008 - 23:26 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 22:49:19 +0200 cbenoist 3190210 at http://www.france24.com/en http://www.france24.com/en/20080815-culture-music-brazil-bossa-nova-anniversary-joao-gilberto Bossa Nova, a unique Brazilian style of music mixing jazz and samba, is celebrating its 50 year anniversary, with three concerts by João Gilberto, a pioneer of Bossa Nova, famous for his song "The Girl from Ipanema". http://www.france24.com/en/20080815-culture-music-brazil-bossa-nova-anniversary-joao-gilberto#comments Brazil music Fri, 08/15/2008 - 23:32 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 23:16:21 +0200 cbenoist 3190390 at http://www.france24.com/en http://www.france24.com/en/20080815-cinema-biography-marcel-pagnol-french-director-diaries-journals Nicolas Pagnol, grandson of French filmmaker Marcel Pagnol, has published a new collection of previously unseen entries from his grandfather's diaries written from 1933 to 1948. http://www.france24.com/en/20080815-cinema-biography-marcel-pagnol-french-director-diaries-journals#comments Fri, 08/15/2008 - 23:28 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 09:54:04 +0200 elbou 3180850 at http://www.france24.com/en http://www.france24.com/en/20080815-us-film-harry-potter-sixth-postpone-cinema-adventures The release date for the sixth Harry Potter movie, "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince", has been pushed back to July 2009 from its original slot in November 2008, Warner Bros. studios said. http://www.france24.com/en/20080815-us-film-harry-potter-sixth-postpone-cinema-adventures#comments cinema Fri, 08/15/2008 - 13:04 Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:10:14 +0200 dsegretain 3182030 at http://www.france24.com/en http://www.france24.com/en/20080814-usa-oss-spies-files-cia-history-document Some 35,000 documents and over 750,000 pages containing information about spies working for the first US intelligence service, the OSS, have been declassified, revealing that famous people such as historian Arthur Schlesinger Jr were once spies. http://www.france24.com/en/20080814-usa-oss-spies-files-cia-history-document#comments CIA history United States Sat, 08/16/2008 - 19:15 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 23:50:28 +0200 sseibt 3176400 at http://www.france24.com/en http://www.france24.com/en/20080814-art-garden-chaumont-loire-france-castle-festival The Château de Chaumont, host to the international garden festival, has become a venue for practising contemporary art, a place where architects, sculptors and photographers explore the link between art and nature. http://www.france24.com/en/20080814-art-garden-chaumont-loire-france-castle-festival#comments Fri, 08/15/2008 - 09:09 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:46:03 +0200 elbou 3165600 at http://www.france24.com/en http://www.france24.com/en/20080403-fashion-special-counterfeit-edition As famous French designer Coco Channel said: "It's a sad thing to be copied, but it's worst not to be copied". fashion Thu, 08/14/2008 - 23:19 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:06:00 +0200 elbou 1098180 at http://www.france24.com/en http://www.france24.com/en/20080813-cinema-george-clooney-bin-laden-driver-salim-hamdan "Ocean's Eleven" superstar George Clooney has reportedly bought the film rights for a book on the detention and trial of Salim Hamdan, Osama bin Laden's driver, who was sentenced last week to five and a half years in prison. http://www.france24.com/en/20080813-cinema-george-clooney-bin-laden-driver-salim-hamdan#comments cinema Osama Bin Laden terrorism Wed, 08/13/2008 - 22:11 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:56:13 +0200 cbenoist 3157930 at http://www.france24.com/en http://www.france24.com/en/20080813-rocky-horror-picture-show-remake-mtv-sky-movie-cinema Cult horror movie parody, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, is going to be revamped in a new version, 33 years after it was first released. The result of a partnership between MTV and Sky Movies, the new movie will be based on the original script. http://www.france24.com/en/20080813-rocky-horror-picture-show-remake-mtv-sky-movie-cinema#comments cinema music Wed, 08/13/2008 - 18:46 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:06:24 +0200 sseibt 3153150 at http://www.france24.com/en http://www.france24.com/en/20080813-united-states-barack-obama-politics-book-best-seller-conservative The Democratic presidential candidate has garnered a lot of media attention, and many authors have written about him, in good and bad terms. But a slanderous book by a conservative author has become a real best-seller. http://www.france24.com/en/20080813-united-states-barack-obama-politics-book-best-seller-conservative#comments Barack Obama literature politics Wed, 08/13/2008 - 21:10 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:41:47 +0200 cbenoist 3157900 at http://www.france24.com/en http://www.france24.com/en/20080813-cinema-china-john-woo-red-cliff-box-office-record Hong Kong film director John Woo's latest movie, "Red Cliff", has raked 44 million dollars in China since its opening early July, a record for a national movie. The epic is expected to beat US blockbuster "Titanic" in terms of revenue in China. http://www.france24.com/en/20080813-cinema-china-john-woo-red-cliff-box-office-record#comments China cinema records Wed, 08/13/2008 - 19:03 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 18:31:57 +0200 cbenoist 3155580 at http://www.france24.com/en http://www.france24.com/en/20080813-cinema-gomora-matteo-garrone-mafia-italia-naples The Jury prize at Cannes this year went to Gomora, an Italian mob drama set in Naples. The film is based on the bestseller written by Roberto Saviano, who now needs police protection, and is directed by Matteo Garrone. http://www.france24.com/en/20080813-cinema-gomora-matteo-garrone-mafia-italia-naples#comments Wed, 08/13/2008 - 14:51 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 09:54:03 +0200 elbou 3148520 at http://www.france24.com/en http://www.france24.com/en/20080812-cinema-hany-tamba-melo-drama-habibi-film The Lebanese director of short films has moved into the features realm with "Melodrama Habibi," a comedy set in Lebanon and France. It tells the story of a French singer, briefly famous in the '70s, who experiences a revival. http://www.france24.com/en/20080812-cinema-hany-tamba-melo-drama-habibi-film#comments Tue, 08/12/2008 - 14:51 Tue, 12 Aug 2008 09:52:03 +0200 elbou 3133510 at http://www.france24.com/en http://www.france24.com/en/20080811-culture-jazz-marciac-herbie-hancock-philippe-jamet-dancing-portraits After a look at the Jazz in Marciac festival, featuring US pianist Herbie Hancock, FRANCE 24 welcomes choreographer Philippe Jamet, whose "Dancing Portraits" depict everyday people expressing their emotions on camera through dance. http://www.france24.com/en/20080811-culture-jazz-marciac-herbie-hancock-philippe-jamet-dancing-portraits#comments culture Dance jazz music Mon, 08/11/2008 - 16:34 Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:52:04 +0200 elbou 3116700 at http://www.france24.com/en http://www.france24.com/en/20080810-singer-isaac-hayes-dies-aged-65-black-artist-1970s-music-funk-soul-legend-memphis-tennesse American soul legend Isaac Hayes has died at his home in Memphis, Tennessee at age 65. He was found unconscious by family members, who rushed him to hospital where he was pronounced dead. http://www.france24.com/en/20080810-singer-isaac-hayes-dies-aged-65-black-artist-1970s-music-funk-soul-legend-memphis-tennesse#comments music obituary Sun, 08/10/2008 - 23:54 Sun, 10 Aug 2008 23:19:23 +0200 cclarkson 3110650 at http://www.france24.com/en http://www.france24.com/en/20080809-mahmud-darwish-great-palestinian-poet-dies-aged-67-obituary-palestinian-territories Mahmud Darwish, widely considered to be one of the greatest Palestinian poets, has died after undergoing open-heart surgery in a hospital in Houston, Texas. http://www.france24.com/en/20080809-mahmud-darwish-great-palestinian-poet-dies-aged-67-obituary-palestinian-territories#comments Palestinian Territories poetry Thu, 08/14/2008 - 08:10 Sun, 10 Aug 2008 21:26:20 +0200 cclarkson 3098010 at http://www.france24.com/en