France Heads To The Polls
PARIS — France handed the presidency Sunday to leftist Francois Hollande, a champion of government stimulus programs who says the state should p...
PARIS — France handed the presidency Sunday to leftist Francois Hollande, a champion of government stimulus programs who says the state should p...
Posted 05.02.2012
We've become as comfortable with Carla Bruni in the first lady role as we have with our own FLOTUS, Michelle Obama. But France's first lady may only b...
AP | JEFF SCHAEFFER | Posted 04.14.2012
NOGENT-SUR-MARNE, France — Residents are blasting a plan to erect a statue with a face resembling that of France's Italian-born first lady in an...
JEFF SCHAEFFER | Posted 04.14.2012
NOGENT-SUR-MARNE, France (AP) — Residents are blasting a plan to erect a statue with a face resembling that of France's Italian-born first lady in a...
The Huffington Post | Ellie Krupnick | Posted 01.13.2012
Carla Bruni's new fashion trend: schlumpy. Now don't take that the wrong way -- we still consider France's first lady to be quite chic and pulled-...
The Huffington Post | Jessica Misener & Ellie Krupnick | Posted 12.23.2011
Bon anniversaire! French First Lady Carla Bruni turns 44 today, capping off a whirlwind year. 2011 has been a big one for Carla, and not only becau...
The Huffington Post | Ellie Krupnick | Posted 12.14.2011
Look who's got the holiday spirit! Carla Bruni took a break from her drinking, smoking and caring for cute little Giulia to make her first official...
The Huffington Post | Ellie Krupnick | Posted 01.03.2012
While other heads of state showered Giulia Sarkozy with gifts, President Obama offered a few winning words in honor of France's First Baby. Fox Ne...
The Huffington Post | Ellie Krupnick | Posted 12.31.2011
Carla Bruni was psyched about giving birth so she could get back to her chic French life, which consisted largely of smoking and drinking. But it ...
AP | SYLVIE CORBET | Posted 12.20.2011
PARIS — Proud papa Nicolas Sarkozy, the first French president to have a baby in office, says he and wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy feel "a very profo...
The Huffington Post | Ellie Krupnick | Posted 12.07.2011
UPDATE 10/20: The first couple has announced the name of their newborn daughter: Giulia. UPDATE: It's a girl! Reuters reports that Bruni has gave ...
The Huffington Post | Ellie Krupnick | Posted 11.22.2011
We assumed that the most exciting part of post-pregnant life for Carla Bruni would be the chance to return to her chic, skinny wardrobe (as opposed to...
The Huffington Post | Ellie Krupnick | Posted 11.05.2011
It took Carla Bruni a while to admit she was with child. But now that she's confessed that the bump under those bathrobes and sheathes is, indeed, a b...
AP | Posted 07.10.2011
PARIS -- France's first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy said Tuesday she will not attend the Cannes film festival for "personal and professional" reasons but...
AP | DAVID GERMAIN | Posted 05.25.2011
TORONTO — Woody Allen loves shooting in Paris. He doesn't care for the gossip about one of his co-stars, France's first lady, Carla Bruni-Sarkoz...
Carla Bruni-Sarkozy | Posted 05.25.2011
In the course of the next fortnight we are going to find out if the world is ready to follow through on a promise to turn the tide against this AIDS or whether it will stumble.
Bettina Prentice | Posted 05.25.2011
Designers were encouraged to create bold, confident dresses in black, each being a unique creation by some of the most respected names in the industry -- Giorgio Armani, Jean Paul Gaultier and Valentino, to name a few.
Marina Nemat | Posted 05.25.2011
Iranian authorities have a habit of trying to distract the world from the terrible disregard for human rights in their country, and the recent attack on Bruni in the Iranian Newspaper Kayhan is another example of that policy.
AP | ALI AKBAR DAREINI | Posted 05.25.2011
TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian state media called France's first lady, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, a "prostitute" on Monday in an unusual attack on the wife of...
Bernard-Henri Lévy | Posted 05.25.2011
Former French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing and French first lady Carla Bruni are among the public figures who today published open letters to Iranian death row prisoner Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani.
Huffington Post | Anya Strzemien and Jessica Gusman | Posted 05.25.2011
When Carla Bruni-Sarkozy and Michelle Obama met on Friday in France, they were a study in contrasts: the French first lady sported a gray Dior coat wh...
Posted 05.25.2011
French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his wife Carla Bruni welcomed Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili and his wife Sandra Elisabeth Roelofs to Par...
Emily Waldorf | Posted 05.25.2011
Painting, Still Lively in the 21st Century (NY Times) Kiki Smith: Works in Glass (NY Times) J.M.W. Turner's Last Rome Painting to Be Sold (NY Tim...
artinfo.com | Posted 05.25.2011
A week ago Nancy Barton, the head of the art department at NYU's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development got an unexpected call ...
AP | VERENA DOBNIK and ANGELA CHARLTON | Posted 05.25.2011
NEW YORK — With a lectern flown in from France and his fingers firmly entwined with those of his smiling wife, French President Nicolas Sarkozy ...
AP | ANGELA CHARLTON and ELAINE GANLEY | Posted 05.07.2012