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Good Luck Topping the 2024 Paris Olympics, Los Angeles

Equestrian events held at the Palace of Versailles are yet another example of France’s magnificent venues, which will be hard to outshine at the next Summer Games.

Sports Illustrated

Jeanne du Barry review – Johnny Depp is a lumpen Louis XV in passionless period drama

Maïwenn directs and stars as an 18th-century French courtesan in this lacklustre tale of scandal and sexual intrigue at Versailles

The Guardian - UK

Johnny Depp says he's not 'remotely close to normal' and fame can do 'funny things to a man'

Depp portrays the historical French ruler King Louis XV in new film Jeanne Du Barry

Evening Standard

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Johnny Depp's Comeback Film Jeanne Du Barry Receives Mixed Reviews

Experience the captivating love story between a commoner and a king in the opulent French court of Versailles in the film Jeanne du Barry starring Johnny Depp.

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Podcast: British in France, returning human remains, the Comtesse du Barry

How British people in France have been navigating visiting and living in France since Brexit effectively ended their visa-free travel to Europe. What to do with the human remains in French museums? And the story behind Louis XV's third mistress, the Comtesse du Barry, and how her name got associated…

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The Revolutionary Temper: Paris, 1748-1789 by Robert Darnton review – power to the printed word

The Guardian - UK

The Revolutionary Temper by Robert Darnton review – a nation at breaking point

The intrigues and extravagance that led to the French revolution

The Guardian - UK

Flower power and diplomacy: Versailles perfume gardens transport public back in time

The Versailles gardens were once famed as a symbol of the king’s expeditionary might and helped water-deprived courtiers perfume smelly skin

The Independent UK

See Johnny Depp Playing The Guitar While Rocking Fancy Clothes In BTS Video From His First Post-Trial Movie

Watch Johnny Depp strum a guitar while wearing his Jeanne du Barry costume while on set of his first post-trial movie.

Cinemablend

Johnny Depp snubs his own movie party at Cannes Film Festival to 'protect' reputation

Johnny Depp stars as Louis XV in the French drama Jeanne du Barry - his first role since his defamation victory against ex-wife Amber Heard in 2022

Daily Mirror

Gay cowboys and glorious flesh

After the lukewarm opening film -- Maiwenn's Jeanne Du Barry, a fluffy costume drama starring Johnny Depp as King Louis XV -- the 76th Cannes Film Festival had its hottest ticket in a short film. Not just any short though: it's Pedro Almodovar's queer cowboy movie Strange Way Of Life,…

Bangkok Post

Johnny Depp on his Cannes return and finding 'the basement to the bottom'

Just a year ago, the image of Johnny Depp smiling and waving atop the Palais steps at the Cannes Film Festival would have been unthinkable to most — including to Depp, himself

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Evening Standard

Jeanne du Barry: Johnny Depp, its controversial director, and everything else we know about the Cannes film

Cannes’ opening film has set the festival alight

AFP

Stories on me 'horrifically written fiction': Johnny Depp

Cannes (France) (AFP) - Johnny Depp dismissed years of negative press over his tumultuous marriage to Amber Heard, telling the Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday that most of the stories about him were "fantastically, horrifically written fiction".

The Guardian - UK

Johnny Depp on comeback trail in Cannes amid criticism of festival organisers

With protesters banned, the premiere of Depp’s first film in three years saw him receive a seven-minute standing ovation – but opponents argue he is being given a free pass

Bangkok Post

Johnny Depp: stories about me ‘horrifically written fiction’

CANNES (FRANCE) - Johnny Depp hit back on Wednesday against years of negative press, telling the Cannes Film Festival that most of the stories about him were "fantastically, horrifically written fiction".

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Johnny Depp: stories on me 'horrifically written fiction'

Cannes (France) (AFP) - Johnny Depp hit back on Wednesday against years of negative press, telling the Cannes Film Festival that most of the stories about him were "fantastically, horrifically written fiction".

Cinemablend

Jeanne Du Barry Premiered At Cannes, And Critics Have Thoughts About Johnny Depp’s First Post-Trial Movie

Johnny Depp's first movie since his defamation trial with Amber Heard has premiered at Cannes, and the reviews are in.

Wales Online

Johnny Depp breaks down as he receives seven minute standing ovation for new movie

Tuesday's Cannes Film Festival marked Johnny's first red carpet appearance since his court case victory against ex wife Amber Heard

The Independent UK

Jeanne du Barry, Cannes review: Johnny Depp comeback film is surprisingly great

The actor embraces restraint in his first starring role since his hugely acrimonious divorce from Amber Heard

Daily Mirror

Johnny Depp in tears as comeback film receives seven-minute standing ovation at Cannes

Johnny Depp received a great reception for his comeback film Jeanne du Barry, which is the actor's first major on-screen role since his defamation trial with Amber Heard

The New Daily

‘Viva Johnny’: Pirates of the Caribbean star back in spotlight at Cannes

Johnny Depp walks the red carpet for the premiere of historical drama Jeanne du Barry, where he plays French king Louis XV

The Independent UK

Jeanne du Barry reviews: Critics suggest French film is not quite the comeback Johnny Depp was hoping for

‘Depp may be the actor least suited – after Hulk Hogan – to playing an ancien régime monarch,’ wrote one critic

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