Trump's travel ban draws European ire as crisis grows

President TrumpDonald John TrumpThe Hill’s Morning Report — Coronavirus tests a partisan Washington The Memo: Virus crisis upends political world Bill to protect children online ensnared in encryption fight MORE‘s abrupt announcement that he would impose travel restrictions on Europe is putting further strain on the transatlantic relationship at a time when the world grapples with a growing public health crisis. 

The president on Wednesday said during a rare Oval Office address that his administration would issue the new travel limitations as it seeks to contain the spread of coronavirus.

“To keep new cases from entering our shores, we will be suspending all travel from Europe to the United States for the next 30 days,” Trump said, after accusing European officials of not taking enough precautions to stem the flow of the virus on the continent.

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The unexpected move capped an extraordinary day that saw the World Health Organization declare the virus a pandemic as governments and businesses around the globe rushed to respond. 

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In Europe, where Italy has become a flashpoint in the coronavirus pandemic, Trump’s announcement was met with surprise and anger.

“The coronavirus is a global crisis, not limited to any continent and it requires cooperation rather than unilateral action,” European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Charles Michel said in an unusually pointed joint statement.

“The European Union disapproves of the fact that the U.S. decision to impose a travel ban was taken unilaterally and without consultation.” 

The travel restrictions, which take effect Friday and came shortly after Italy announced it would expand a nationwide lockdown in response to the virus, represented the latest escalation in an increasingly fraught relationship between Washington and Brussels.

The president has frequently lashed out at the EU over its protectionist trade policies and defense spending, and has levied tariffs on European steel and other products. He has repeatedly criticized leaders like German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel MacronEmmanuel Jean-Michel MacronThe Hill’s Morning Report — Coronavirus tests a partisan Washington Freshman Dem finds voice in fight against online extremism Trump’s travel ban draws European ire as crisis grows MORE. And his administration is slated to raise tariffs on European aircraft next week.

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Some European officials were quick to call the travel restrictions another part of Trump’s nationalist foreign policy agenda.

“Trump needed a narrative to exonerate his administration from any responsibility in the crisis,” Gérard Araud, the former French ambassador to the U.S., tweeted on Wednesday. “The foreigner is always a good scapegoat. The Chinese has already been used. So, let’s take the European, not any European, the EU-one. Doesn’t make sense but ideologically healthy.”

Ex-Finnish Prime Minister Alexander Stubb, meanwhile, called the U.K.’s exemption from the travel ban an “irresponsible” political move.

“Viruses do not recognise borders. Decisions should be based on facts, not politics,” Stubb tweeted.

Adding to the frustration was the administration’s rushed rollout of the ban, which caught European officials off guard. 

“They could probably have stomached this type of action if the president had just talked to them, prepared them, given them a heads-up and not tried to blame them for all of his problems in the speech,” said Jeremy Shapiro, director of research at the European Council on Foreign Relations. 

“It’s not actually the action that he took, it’s the way he did it.” 

Trump on Thursday defended his handling of the ban, arguing he had to act quickly amid a fluid crisis.

“I mean, when they raise taxes on us, they don’t consult us,” he told reporters alongside Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar, while emphasizing that the travel ban would be temporary. 

Trump’s address was also criticized after the White House walked back some of his remarks, which initially seemed to suggest that European goods would be subject to the ban as well. Officials later clarified that trade would not be affected. 

The White House also clarified that Ireland, along with the U.K., would be exempt from the restrictions. 

Wednesday’s announcement reportedly sparked chaos at airports in Europe, while stocks plunged on Thursday amid the economic uncertainty.

“The fact that he exempted the United Kingdom on the same day the British government admitted that they could not mitigate the outbreak of coronavirus in that country is just bizarre,” said Erik Jones, director of European and Eurasian Studies at Johns Hopkins University.

Speaking from his home office in Bologna, Italy, where the Johns Hopkins maintains a campus and which has been under lockdown along with the rest of the country, Jones said the travel restrictions were in the end “an unnecessary aggravation” that were unlikely to have a long-term effect on the U.S.-European partnership.

But he added that Trump’s bungled messaging has likely led to short-term economic consequences and, at least for the time being, could cause undue stress on the alliance.

“I never thought I would see the transatlantic relationship come apart in this way,” Jones said.

Apple to close all stores outside China for two weeks

Apple announced Saturday that it would close all of its stores outside of China until March 27 as it grapples with the spreading coronavirus.

The company’s CEO Tim Cook said in a statement that Apple has committed $15 million to the global COVID-19 response, “both to help treat those who are sick and to help lessen the economic and community impacts of the pandemic.”

“We will be closing all of our retail stores outside of Greater China until March 27. We are committed to providing exceptional service to our customers. Our online stores are open at www.apple.com, or you can download the Apple Store app on the App Store. For service and support, customers can visit support.apple.com. I want to thank our extraordinary Retail teams for their dedication to enriching our customers’ lives. We are all so grateful to you,” he said.

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“In all of our offices, we are moving to flexible work arrangements worldwide outside of Greater China. That means team members should work remotely if their job allows, and those whose work requires them to be on site should follow guidance to maximize interpersonal space. Extensive, deep cleaning will continue at all sites. In all our offices, we are rolling out new health screenings and temperature checks.”

Despite the closures, Cook said that hourly workers will “continue to receive pay in alignment with business as usual operations.”

The Americas and Europe combine for 70 percent of Apple’s net sales, according to CNBC. The company last month temporarily shuttered all of its stores in mainland China amid the virus outbreak there.

Cook didn’t provide any detail regarding what severity of the sales hit Apple is expecting to take because of the closures, but Apple had already warned that it would not meet its quarterly revenue estimate of between $63 billion and $67 billion.

Commission to hold back 900m ETS credits

Commission to hold back 900m ETS credits

The figure is the middle option of the three choices outlined by the Commission in July.

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The European Commission proposed yesterday (14 November) to delay the auctioning of 900 million carbon credits in the next phase of the EU’s emissions trading scheme (ETS). The goal is to raise the flagging price of carbon in the market. The credits would be held back from auctioning in the 2013-15 period, and put back into the system in 2019-20.

The figure is the middle option of the three choices outlined by the Commission in July. The Commission intends to adopt the change through a working group, but the European Parliament and member states must first adopt a proposal put forward in July to change the ETS directive to give the Commission the authority to do so.

The proposal was issued along with an impact assessment of the measure’s effects. Most member states have been waiting to see this impact assessment before deciding whether to support the proposal, with the exception of Poland which had already come out against it. A strategy document outlining six possibilities for long-term fixes to the ETS, previewed in last week’s edition of European Voice, was also published.

Not far enough

Renewable-energy companies and green campaigners welcomed the step but said it needed to go further. “Back-loading only 900 million allowances is not enough to re-establish an effective carbon market in Europe,” said Rémi Gruet of the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA). Dutch Green MEP Bas Eickhout said the Commission was behind the game in fixing the ETS and should be doing more than just outlining future options.

Industry association BusinessEurope condemned the backloading proposal, as did steel industry association Eurofer. “Artificially increasing the carbon price by withholding or removing allowances from the emissions-trading system will undermine the competitiveness of European industries and increase the energy bill for consumers even more,” said Eurofer director-general Gordon Moffat.

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Coronavirus and football teams: Which players, managers and owners are affected?

The virus is working its way through society and a number of high profile footballers are among those to have tested positive

Coronavirus Covid-19 has wrought havoc across the world and, unsurprisingly, football has not escaped the effects of the outbreak.

Leagues and competitions everywhere have been forced to postpone games, while doubts linger over the future of Euro 2020 as European governments battle to slow the spread.

The virus does not discriminate and footballers, despite being incredibly fit athletes, are just as susceptible to getting the coronavirus as anyone else.

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Indeed, a number of clubs and their players have been directly impacted.

Which players, managers and owners are affected by coronavirus?

A number of individuals at clubs in the Premier League have been diagnosed as having the coronavirus, which has subsequently had an effect on others, including team-mates, coaches, staff and so on.

Just minutes after the Premier League announced that games would go ahead as planned, Arsenal head coach Mikel Arteta was confirmed to have contracted the virus.

As a result, the entire Gunners squad was quarantined and their game against Brighton was postponed.

“This is really disappointing but I took the test after feeling poorly,” Arteta said in a statement released by the club. “I will be at work as soon as I’m allowed.”

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News of Arteta testing positive came a number of weeks after Olympiacos owner Evangelos Marinakis revealed he had the virus after his side’s Europa League win over the Gunners at the Emirates Stadium.

However, the cases are believed to be unrelated.

Chelsea star Callum Hudson-Odoi  was  confirmed  to have been a positive Covid-19 case, but later revealed that he had recovered from the virus.

“Hi guys, as you may be aware I had the virus for the last couple of days, which I’ve recovered from,” Hudson-Odoi said on his social media channels.

“I’m following the health guidelines and self-isolating for the week. I hope to see everybody soon and hopefully be back on the pitch very soon. Take care.”

The Blues’ training ground was partially closed in response to the news, while those who had close contact with the player were told to self-isolate in line with the widely observed medical advice.

Manchester City defender Benjamin Mendy is understood to have been forced to self-isolate when it emerged that a family member had contracted the virus.

On Friday March 13, Everton announced that their squad was in self-isolation after a player reported symptoms consistent with those of coronavirus.

As well as imposing self-isolation measures, the Toffees also closed their training facility at Finch Farm and the club headquarters in Liverpool.

Brendan Rodgers indicated that a number of Leicester City players had shown “symptoms and signs” of coronavirus, with those concerned entering a period of self-isolation.

Five  Bournemouth staff members, including goalkeeper Artur Boruc , went into voluntary self-isolation after the club confirmed that they had displayed symptoms consistent with Covid-19.

Cardiff City boss Neil Harris confirmed both a player and a member of his staff are in self-isolation for precautionary measures, but club sources stated that neither tested positive for coronavirus.

In Serie A a number of players have tested positive for Covid-19, the most notable being Juventus defender Daniele Rugani .

“You will have read the news and that’s why I want to reassure all those who are worrying about me, I’m fine,” Rugani tweeted.

“I urge everyone to respect the rules, because this virus makes no distinctions! Let’s do it for ourselves, for our loved ones and for those around us. #grazie.”

The Italy international was confirmed as a case following Juve’s behind-closed-doors victory over Inter , prompting the Nerazzurri to cancel all competitive activities .

News of Rugani’s diagnosis was a source of concern for a number of his team-mates, with Cristiano Ronaldo opting to remain in his hometown of Madeira in an effort to avoid picking the virus up.

Rumours suggested that Paulo Dybala had contracted the virus, but the Argentine denied that this was the case, posting an update while in voluntary isolation.

South of Turin in Genoa, Sampdoria striker Manolo Gabbiadini became the second player in Serie A to be confirmed as having contracted Covid-19.

Sampdoria later confirmed that Gabbiadini’s team-mates Omar Colley, Albin Ekdal, Antonino La Gumina and Morten Thorsby had also test positive, as well as club doctor Amedeo Baldari.

Fiorentina forward Dusan Vlahovic has tested positive for coronavirus, with the club stating that he is currently at home and not displaying symptoms.

Spanish giants Real Madrid have been directly affected by the coronavirus outbreak, with the club placed on lockdown after a Blancos basketball player was diagnosed with the virus.

The capital club’s football and basketball teams share facilities, prompting both outfits to quarantine their players and staff.

Their Clasico rivals Barcelona have suspended all activity – training and so on – and told their staff to stay at home.

A Barca statement said: “Given the healthcare situation and according to the recommendations of the Club’s medical staff, the first team has suspended all activity until further notice.”

The news led to the postponement of Real’s Champions League clash with Manchester City and no doubt contributed to La Liga’s decision to suspend the football for two matchdays.

Paris Saint-Germain star Kylian Mbappe underwent testing for the virus, but results came back negative ahead of his side’s Champions League last-16 clash with Borussia Dortmund.

Despite that, PSG have suspended first-team training, with games across France postponed.

South Korea international Hyun-Jun Suk, who plays for Ligue 2 side Troyes, tested positive after not feeling well for a few days.

In Germany, Hannover defender Timo Hubers tested positive for coronavirus, and Paderborn defender Luca Kilian became the first Bundesliga player to contract the disease.

EU poised to extend sanctions against Belarus after elections

EU poised to extend sanctions against Belarus after elections

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The European Union will be watching parliamentary elections in Belarus on Sunday (23 September) with a sense of uncertainty about how to adjust its policy towards its eastern neighbour after another year of clashes with the regime of Alyaksandr Lukashenka. 

The result is a foregone conclusion – a victory for supporters of Lukashenka, Belarus’s ruler since 1994 – and the 250 or so observers deployed by the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) are almost bound to conclude that the election did not meet international standards.

The EU is likely to attach greater importance to what happens after the vote. Previous elections have been followed by large demonstrations, police crackdowns and a variety of forms of repression.

So far, the mood is quiet. In its interim report, on Friday (14 September), the OSCE noted that there are “few signs that elections are taking place”, and turnout is likely to be depressed by a boycott by the two main opposition parties, a call made partly in protest at the exclusion of many candidates on technical grounds. Oleg Manayev, a sociologist, has said it is “unrealistic” to think the elections will bring opponents out “en masse on the square”.

But Olga Shumylo-Tapiola of the think-tank Carnegie Europe, pointing to the ongoing protests in Russia, said that calm on the streets cannot be guaranteed.

The government is “clearly nervous”, she said, citing the detention of some protesters and foreign journalists on Tuesday (18 September).

How bad the government’s conduct is will have an impact on whether the EU decides to enlarge its sanctions against Belarus when they come up for review in October.

National interests may complicate the sanctions debate – in February, Slovenia saved a Belarusian investor from being blacklisted – but the broader question is how the EU and Belarus intend to improve relations from their current low.

Expulsions

In February, member states temporarily withdrew their ambassadors en masse from Minsk after the Belarusian authorities expelled the Polish and EU envoys because of an extension of sanctions. In August, they convened an extraordinary meeting after Belarus expelled Sweden’s diplomats, and each delivered diplomatic notes to Belarus.

Belarus’s decision has been widely attributed to an incident on 4 July when a Swedish public-relations firm flew into Belarus to drop teddy bears carrying pro-democracy messages.

The EU’s decision not to recall its ambassadors then was, in the view of Shumylo-Tapiola, a signal to Minsk that it wanted to avoid a vicious circle, as well as reflecting a desire to maintain lines of information ahead of the elections. “To be part of a vicious circle is a sign of impotence,” she said.

Member states are in waiting mode, believing that Belarus should make the next move. Some analysts viewed Lukashenka’s appointment of a new foreign minister, Uladzimir Makey, on 20 August as a signal that he wanted to end the ‘teddy bear’ crisis, even though Makey has long been close to Lukashenka.

However, it ignored an EU request to release nine political prisoners on its Independence Day, 3 July, and it has not resolved its stand-off with Sweden.

Sanctions list

So, with no clear indication that Belarus wants to move forward, the EU’s post-election debate is likely to focus on whether names should be added to the 243 on the blacklist (32 companies also feature). Makey himself will be an issue, as – unlike his predecessor, Siarhey Martynov – he is on the list of those barred from the EU.

If it wants, the EU could grant Makey ad hoc exemptions to meet EU officials, a procedure that requires the approval of a qualified majority of member states.

Member states are, some suggest, struggling to find new policy ideas and, in the meantime, are focused on consensus. The pressure for fresh ideas will, though, grow as the EU heads towards the next summit with the six members of the Eastern Partnership – of which Belarus is a member – in the second half of next year, when Belarus’s neighbour, Lithuania, holds the presidency of the Council of Ministers.

The most recent initiative came from the European Commission, which in March launched the ‘European dialogue for modernisation’, seen as an attempt to reach out to more sections of Belarusian society. However, Dzianis Melyantsou of the Belarusian Institute for Strategic Studies, an independent think-tank, has argued that the dialogue needs to be stepped up substantially, and to include – even if informally – experts from the Belarusian government.

For the time being, though, sanctions remain the focus of debate, as they have for most of the years since the first sanctions were imposed in 1996.

The Brussels office of the Office for a Democratic Belarus (ODR) was burgled on Tuesday. The motive and the culprits remain unknown. The burglar managed to get through several locked doors and specifically targeted the fourth-floor office of the ODR on Square de Meeûs.

One old computer was stolen and several were tampered with. The electronic record of entries to the building was also deleted. The offices of other organisations in the building were not affected.

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La Ferme Célébrités: le boulet de TF1

La Ferme Célébrités en Afrique est devenu un programme gênant pour la première chaîne. Non seulement les « prime » ne rassemblent pas les foules devant leur poste, mais en plus, ça balance sur les inepties véhiculées par l’émission!

Derrière les sourires de circonstance, la situation est grave pour

et

, les présentateurs de la Ferme Célébrités en Afrique. Nul ne peut présager de leur avenir.

Parce que si TF1 prétend attendre de voir les chiffres du 19 février avant de décider d’une éventuelle déprogrammation de l’émission, dans les couloirs, on entend quand même que d’ici à mars les choses risquent de changer.

Parce les audiences ne sont pas au beau fixe, avec seulement 4,3 millions de téléspectateurs rassemblés devant le « prime » le 12 février dernier et parce que le programme coûte

, près de 2 millions d’euros par semaine. Comme l’explique Guy Dutheil du Monde, «TF1 doit composer avec 11 divertissements de première partie de soirée et 70 résumés quotidiens des aventures des fermiers sud-africains. Une voie royale quand l’audience est au rendez-vous.» Heureusement pour TF1, ce vendredi , France 2 diffuse les Jeux Olympiques, qui attirent moins d’audience qu’une bonne vieille série à l’américaine. Mais il y a toujours péril en la demeure.

D’autant plus, qu’une fois n’est pas coutume, les polémiques autour du programme desservent les producteurs. D’habitude, les accusations de télé-poubelle, ou les dénonciations au nom de l’éthique ne font pas peur au leader du PAF. Vous connaissez l’adage sur toute mauvaise pub. Mais cette fois, le buzz sur internet «anti ferme célébrités», ou la multiplication des voix s’élevant contre TF1 ne stimulent pas les courbes.

Pourtant La Ferme Célébrités en regorge. Les créateurs de l’un des groupes «anti-ferme célébrités» qui attire le plus de membres sur Facebook expliquent que ce programme est non seulement débile, mais en prime, il est anti-écolo, truqué, et peuplé de candidats affligeants. Les uns ne savent même pas prononcer correctement le nom de l’association au profit de laquelle ils participent à ce jeu, les autres déclarent le premier jour de l’aventure que «l’Afrique est un beau pays.» Quant à la production, elle envahit un endroit naturel, résidence d’animaux sauvages, avec force grosses machines, et équipements de tournage à haute consommation.

La critique la plus violente, vient d’élèves du Lycée Auguste Blanqui à Saint-Ouen, rencontrés par les journalistes de France Inter qui dénoncent l’«expo coloniale 2010», et les clichés racistes ou les stéréotypes sur l’Afrique que diffuse l’émission, notamment lorsque Benjamin Castaldi, déclare fièrement: «je suis allé visiter un village zoulou, et le chef m’a proposé d’épouser sa fille en échange de 11 vaches… Mais je ne les avais pas sur moi!» Humour… Le nouveau jeu sur Facebook consiste à pointer la stupidité du programme, sans le regarder. Pas besoin: sur l’affiche, on trouve un Orang Outan, alors que ces animaux ne peuplent pas l’Afrique du Sud…

Nous, on trouve ça très drôle. Mais ça ne rapportera jamais 58 000 euros par spot publicitaire.

C.C.

Jeudi 18 février 2010

Spécial Journée de la Femme

« On ne naît pas femme, on le devient ». Et on le reste, aurait pu ajouter l’auteur du « Deuxième sexe » (1949), véritable manifeste de la pensée féministe. Cette brillante agrégée de philo fut tout sauf une jeune fille rangée. Elle commença par s’affranchir des convenances de sa caste bourgeoise. Puis, elle fera voler en éclat toutes les autres… : elle n’épousera pas Jean-Paul Sartre, l’amour de sa vie, n’aura pas d’enfant avec lui, ne lui sera pas fidèle, enfin, s’affichera librement avec ses amants et ses maîtresses, tout en se consacrant à la littérature. Ses écrits révolutionneront la vie de millions de femmes. CQFD.

« Mon obsession est de défendre les femmes battues », tel est son crédo. Pour sa fille, Marie, et pour toutes celles qui taisent la violence subie, elle a choisi de s’engager indifférente à ceux qui l’accusent d’en faire trop. Sa méthode : la mobilisation et l’écriture comme exutoire (Une étrange peine, éd. Fayard). On est avec elle. De tout cœur.

Si avec ses 95 kilos pour ses 1 mètre 52, la chanteuse underground de Gossip est loin de ressembler aux jeunes sexy girls de la pop, cela ne l’a pas empêchée de devenir une star très populaire ! Sa personnalité extravagante lui permet de transcender les préjugés au point de porter ses rondeurs sans complexe, de se faire la chantre de l’homosexualité et de devenir une icône du féminisme. Dernièrement, sa rencontre avec Karl Lagerlfeld – le kaiser de la mode et de la minceur – a été l’occasion de réaffirmer ses convictions.

N’en déplaise à ceux qui la jugent lisse et froide, Laurence Ferrari cache bien son jeu. Derrière la charmante blonde sommeille une féministe qui réclame « la supériorité du deuxième sexe ». Elle estime naturellement que les femmes sont « supérieures dans l’épreuve, la confrontation, l’adversité ». Elle-même intelligente, ambitieuse, bosseuse, elle a su encaisser les uppercuts sans jamais paraître atteinte lors de son retour sur TF1. Résultat : aujourd’hui, elle savoure enfin sa légitimité sur la chaîne et fonce droit vers le succès !

Inattendue. L’ex star du X a prêté son image dans un campagne de lutte contre le viol dirigée par le Collectif Féministe Contre le Viol. Clara Morgane joue dans une vidéo choc : dans une petite robe blanche trempée par une fuite d’eau malencontreuse, elle ouvre la porte de son domicile à un plombier et lui lance: « Je n’en pouvais plus de vous attendre! »… Mais à la différence de ses films, les images hot ont été remplacées par le slogan : « KAN C NON… C NON ! ». « Un cri d’alarme, dont l’objectif est d’interpeller, faire réfléchir et lever des tabous », explique le Dr Gilles Lazimi, qui a coordonné cette campagne. A bon entendeur…

Blonde, en déshabillé – ultra – sexy l’animatrice joue les bimbos devant la caméra dans Le Siffleur, son premier rôle au cinéma. Pourtant hors cadre, la comédienne n’a rien d’une fille légère. « Je crois aussi qu’il est possible de défendre la cause des femmes et… de se promener à moitié à poil ! Ce n’est même pas la peine d’aller si loin. On attend en général tellement peu d’une femme qu’il est très facile de surprendre : il suffit d’aligner deux mots de plus de trois syllabes ! ». Décidément, cette « blonde » n’a pas fini de nous surprendre !

Pour jouer les féministes, la chanteuse de R&B n’a pas hésité à retrousser ses manches… en mettant au goût du jour le slogan de 1943. Cette année-là, les femmes ont pris le chemin des usines pour participer à l’effort de guerre aux USA. L’ex Destiny’s Child Kelly Rowland a revisité cette vision héroïque de la femme (le poster original s’appelle Rosie The Riveter) sous l’oeil du photographe Derek Blanks. Etonnant !

L’une des stars du 7e art outre-Atlantique s’engage dans la lutte féministe… sur le petit écran. Diane Keaton est la tête d’affiche d’une prochaine série pour HBO écrite par Marti Noxon (scénariste de Buffy contre les vampires). Cette comédie retrace l’histoire d’une icône du féminisme qui essaie de donner un souffle nouveau au mouvement en lançant un magazine sexuellement explicite destiné aux femmes… Un nouveau rôle inoubliable ? A suivre…

Stars, VIPs, personnalités du monde des arts et des spectacles, écrivains, artistes… elles ont toutes un point commun: ce sont des femmes qui luttent pour les femmes! Ce 8 mars 2010, elles seront à l’honneur lors du centenaire de la Journée de la Femme. C’est en effet le 8 mars 1910 à Copenhague qu’est née cette journée. A l’origine, il s’agissait de promouvoir le droit de vote des Danoises.

Au fil des années, elle est devenue un symbole de lutte des femmes. Et particulièrement de celles qui se battent quotidiennement pour la défense des droits de la gente féminine. Ou qui s’engagent contre l’injustice et la maltraitance. Des héroïnes du quotidien, en somme, dont le combat et les méthodes diffèrent selon leur personnalités. A chacune ses armes, à chacune son style. Portraits.

Delphine Germain

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Jeudi 25 février 2010

Kim Kardashian: la Peta lui donne un coup de griffe

a déchaîné l’ire des amoureux des bêtes lorsqu’elle a publié sur son Twitter des photos d’elles exhibant un chat en le tenant par le cou.

Elle était pourtant sûre qu’ils étaient félins pour l’autre… Kim Kardashian a posé et posté en effet fièrement sur son compte Twitter des photos d’elle avec un chat. Jusque là, du banal, rien que du banal… A peine plus sexy qu’un calendrier de la Poste. On en ronronnerait d’ennui. Mais certains poils sont hérissés par un détail de taille de ces images: au lieu de serrer le greffier tendrement contre son coeur, Kim Kardashian le brandit à bout de bras… et en le tenant par le cou.

Or, cette bien innocente publication tourne à l’aigre depuis quelques heures. Car laPetan’apprécie pas que l’on manipule ainsi les chats. Et commente ainsi cette faute de minou: « Kim Kardashian n’est pas la seule à penser, à tort, qu’il est convenable de tenir un chat ainsi, puisque c’est de cette façon, par la peau du cou, qu’une mère transporte ses chatons. Mais, lorsqu’ils sont devenus adultes, il faut les maintenir par dessous ».

Alors, histoire de retomber sur ses pattes, Kim Kardashian, fille qui a du chien, a tenu à nous assurer que le propriétaire du chat ainsi qu’un vétérinaire étaient présents lors du shooting et lui ont suggéré de prendre ainsi le chat! Lequel va très bien. Ouf. La Peta sera moins en pétard.

J.F.T

Mardi 20 avril 2010

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Enregistrez un duo avec Susan Boyle!

Forte du succès qu’elle a rencontré depuis plus d’un an après avoir participé à l’émission Britain’s Got Talent, Susan Boyle a aujourd’hui envie de donner une chance aux anonymes, qui, comme elle, rêvent d’être star. Elle vient de lancer une audition pour enregistrer un duo.

Vous en rêviez? Elle l’a fait! Susan Boyle, nouvelle star mondiale de la chanson depuis un peu plus d’un an, vient de lancer un concours ouvert à tous, histoire de laisser leurs chances aux amateurs qui rêvent d’enregistrer un duo avec elle.

Ouvert depuis aujourd’hui et jusqu’au 23 juillet, ce concours permettra à un ou une inconnu(e) d’enregistrer un titre avec son idole. Une chasse sur la toile, un concept de plus en plus utilisé par nos people, qui ne veulent pas passer à côté d’une nouvelle pépite. Ainsi, à l’instar de Ridley Scott qui propose aux internautes de poster leurs vidéos en vue de réaliser un long-métrage collectif, ou de Pascal Obispo qui lance un web-casting pour sa prochaine comédie musicale, l’Ecossaise de 49 ans souhaite donner une chance à des inconnus, comme l’émission Britain’s Got Talent l’a fait avec elle l’an passé.

Pour ce faire, il suffit de poster votre vidéo sur la chaîne YouTube de celle que l’on surnomme l’ange chevelu. Seule contrainte: le choix du titre est imposé, Silent Night (douce nuit)… «Il y a beaucoup de personnes qui n’ont pas assez confiance en elles, ou peut-être n’ont pas les moyens de se lancer dans un concours tel que Britain’s Got Talent. Ce concours serait donc beaucoup moins intimidant pour certaines personnes car elles pourront enregistrer le titre en privé chez elles. J’espère que les personnes qui ont toujours voulu chanter se donneront une chance de le faire. Je vous souhaite bonne chance à tous», explique SuBo sur son site officiel, susanboylemusic.com.

«Mon rêve est devenu réalité, ça a été un vrai cadeau. Aujourd’hui, je souhaiterais faire ce cadeau à quelqu’un», ajoute-t-elle.

Gift, c’est justement le nom de son second album, dont la sortie est prévue dans les mois à venir, et sur lequel figurera le fameux duo entre la chanteuse et l’heureux gagnant du concours, dont le nom sera dévoilé le 26 juillet.

Alors à vos micros!

Lundi 12 juillet 2010

Steven Soderbergh : la leçon de cinéma !

A l’occasion de la sortie du réjouissant “Piégée”, le réalisateur revient pour AlloCiné sur sa méthode et son parcours, avec précision et sans langue de bois.

Quelques mois après la sortie de Contagion, et quelques semaines avant celle de Magic Mike (prévue le 15 août), un nouveau Soderbergh arrive sur les écrans cette semaine : le thriller old school et féministe Piégée, avec l’ex-championne d’arts martiaux Gina Carano, qui met au tapis Channing Tatum, Michael Fassbender et Ewan McGregor -rien que ça. Réputé pour son éclectisme et sa rapidité d’exécution, le réalisateur a pourtant annoncé récemment qu’il allait bientôt s’éloigner des plateaux -mais pas avant d’avoir bouclé The Bitter Pill avec Rooney Mara puis le téléfilm HBO sur Liberace avec Michael Douglas et Matt Damon. Le moment était donc venu d’évoquer avec lui sa méthode (choix des sujets, travail avec les acteurs, place de la musique…) et de revenir sur un des parcours les plus passionnants du cinéma américain de ces 25 dernières années. Une interview réalisée lors du 62e Festival de Berlin.

Julien Dokhan