BarbieInterview‘There was no way that I wasn’t going to do whatever was asked of me’: Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt on making the Barbie soundtrack Elle HuntThe producing duo got more than they bargained for when they signed up to the biggest film of 2023. Originally slated to record two tracks, they ended up making the whole soundtrack – the most successful film score this century
“In the very beginning,” says Mark Ronson of what proved the most marathon effort of his musical career, “there were only going to be two songs. Read More...
Awards and prizesBeautiful mind, lousy characterA Beautiful Mind does not tell the whole truth about John Nash - he was not a nice man. But it should still win an OscarThis year's Oscars ceremony promises to be as gladiatorial as other years'. Will Russell Crowe again be the last man standing on March 24? The combat is always interesting: more so in 2002 for the emergence of a new kind of dirty trick. Read More...
Paris This article is more than 9 years oldFrance's notorious La Santé prison receives four-year renovation termThis article is more than 9 years oldParis jail known for brutal conditions, which once housed Carlos the Jackal, Jean Genet and Jacques Mesrine, to reopen in 2019France is about to turn the page on a shameful chapter of its penal history by renovating its most notorious prison, La Santé.
La Santé, named after a neighbouring hospital in southern Paris, has held some of Frances's most famous prisoners in its colourful 147-year history. Read More...