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A POINT OF VIEW The unmasking of Belle de Jour makes us think of a litany of brilliant courtesans, writes Clive James in his weekly column.

She is a slender, blonde research scientist; the sort of woman with looks and brains that men dream about.

The employers of a 34-year-old British scientist who wrote a racy best-selling book about being a prostitute defended her Monday, after she outed herself as "Belle de Jour". Doctor Brooke Magnanti, who works for The Bristol Initiative for Research of Child Health, revealed herself at the weekend as the person behind the nom de plume - the title of ...

MY FAVORITE MOVIE was Indochine, a French film of 1992 vintage. Catherine Deneuve, Vincent Perez, Dominque Blanc and Henri Marteau perform exquisitely in the truly authentic period backdrop set against political upheaval in French Indochina during the 1930s.

Originally released in 1984, with its first DVD release in November 2008 , this film looks of its time, and that's not a good thing.

Starting at dusk on Oct. 24 and running through dawn on Oct. 25 , Horror 'Thon '09 comes to life at the Somerville Theatre, with one vampire film after another.

Good morning. Today is the 295th day of the year. It is the birth anniversary of Bensonhurst-born comedian Jerome "Curly" Howard, one of the Three Stooges during their heyday.

Leawood's Ra is a saucy new hot spot. Details: Ra Sushi 11638 Ash, Leawood, 913-850-6260. Hours: 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Sunday-Saturday. Price: $$-$$$ Ra Sushi Pineapple cheese wontons: $7.50 Vegetable tempura: $7 Dengaku tofu: $6.25 Viva Las Vegas roll: $13 Mango lobster roll: $9.50 Tunacado: $11.50 Spicy garlic shrimp with tofu noodles: $14.50 Ra Sushi ...

EVEN before she arrives at the Paris office where our conversation is to take place, it is as if she is there already.

Tim Hamilton said he was influenced by the Catherine Deneuve movie The Hunger . That meant there was an early-eighties sensibility to the collection's draped tailoring and body-conscious dresses.

Catherine Deneuve "hasn't had the time" to have cosmetic surgery. The 65-year-old actress-and-model has never gone under the surgeon's knife and insists she has good genes to thank for her flawless complexion.

The history of Roman Polanski is almost as fascinating as his best films. Born in Poland, he survived the holocaust, and married Sharon Tate, who was murdered by the Manson family.

The French beauty talks of her role in a new film as an actress visiting wartorn Lebanon and travelling with a Lebanese driver Even before she arrives at the Paris office where our conversation is to take place, it is as if she is there already.

Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige are artists and academics who have here created a dramatised cine-essay, just over an hour long, set in Lebanon, on the Godardian theme of how the cinema can witness history.

Catherine Deneuve and Susan Sarandon in Tony Scott's "The Hunger." Doesn't matter that the moon isn't full, there is no escaping vampires.

There's something irresistibly swinging, even promiscuous, about the whole affair, writes Catherine Shoard Friday, 14 August 2009 Jacques Demy painted a whole seaside town in pastels for the 1967 shoot of this tribute to Hollywood musicals, starring real-life sisters Catherine Deneuve and Franoise Dorlac as twins whose provincial boredom evaporates ...

Studio: The Criterion Collection Year: 1965 Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Yvonne Furneaux, Ian Hendry, John Fraser, Patrick Wymark, Renee Houston, James Villeirs, Valerie Taylor Director: Roman Polanski Release Date: July 28, 2009 Rating: Not Rated for Run Time: 01h:45m:09s Genre : thriller , criterion "I must get this crack mended." - Carole After The ...

Les Demoiselles de Rochefort, review Jacques Demy's infectious 1967 musical has been lovingly restored.

French actress Catherine Deneuve was booed during a stage performance in Italy by people demanding a refund.

THE MOVIE: Had everything I'd read about Roman Polanski's 1965 creeper Repulsion not tagged it as a horror film, I am not sure I would have realized it was one.