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Marie Antoinette

Classic Films Booed At Cannes

The Huffington Post | Christopher Rosen | Posted 05.15.2013 | Entertainment

The often persnickety audiences at the Cannes Film Festival are so legendary that the Brooklyn Academy of Music has devoted an entire series to their ...

Obama Must Lead

Brent Budowsky | Posted 05.07.2013 | Politics
Brent Budowsky

There was no excuse for the president to shout from the rooftops about the dangers of sequester while not doing a thing to prevent it. Americans need jobs, not spin, and leaders, not photo ops.

The Most Inspiring Movie Sets Of All Time

The Huffington Post | Michelle Manetti | Posted 01.01.2013 | HuffPost Home

Which is your favorite?

Mitt Romney: The Empty Suit Clueless About the Empty Chair

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 12.15.2012 | Politics
Leo W. Gerard

Billy Koehler died on March 7, 2009, for lack of health insurance. Mitt Romney said on October 10, 2012, that's impossible.

Mitt's Antoinette Problem

Brent Budowsky | Posted 11.21.2012 | Politics
Brent Budowsky

Mitt Romney and Marie Antoinette stand for the adoration of the privileged few who prosper from great nations and a condescension toward the many who make great nations, whom Romney should salute and not insult.

If Historical Figures Had Posted on Facebook...

John Blumenthal | Posted 10.30.2012 | Comedy
John Blumenthal

Napoleon: Hey guys, has anyone ever been to Elba?

Diane Kruger Shines as Marie Antoinette in Benoit Jacquot's 'Farewell, My Queen'

Sean Martinfield | Posted 07.17.2012 | Home
Sean Martinfield

Diane Kruger was the perfect choice to play Marie Antoinette. Decades ago in cinematic history, a shot at doing the role was regarded as an ultimate conquest by many a beautiful actress.

The Bastille Topples While a Servant Girl Lusts for the Queen

Erica Abeel | Posted 09.14.2012 | Entertainment
Erica Abeel

In Jacquot's reading, the sexual intrigue in this court is woman to woman. Sidonie's watchful devotion is seeded with envy over the queen's homoerotic attachment to Gabrielle de Polignac (Virginie Ledoyen whom Jacquot brought to stardom in A Single Girl).

Farewell, My Queen: A View of Pre-Beheading Versailles

Regina Weinreich | Posted 09.09.2012 | Home
Regina Weinreich

At a time when viewers are obsessed with Downton Abbey, this film offers an upstairs downstairs French Revolution era glimpse complete with dying rats, gossipy crones, lotharios in gondolas, and the very beautiful queen.

Marie Antoinette Gets a Royal Makeover at the Chateau Versailles

Kisa Lala | Posted 08.18.2012 | Arts
Kisa Lala

Joana Vasconcelos - Lilicoptère at the Chateau de Versailles, 2012 Photo: Kisa Lala The Château de Versailles was aflame with the fanfare Marie An...

Suburban Chateau Builder: 'This House Will Be Built'

The Huffington Post | Arin Greenwood | Posted 05.03.2012 | DC

WASHINGTON -- Score one for the rich, litigious neighbors. Remember the lawsuit over the 25,424-square-foot mansion called "Le Chateau de Lumiere,"...

Giant Virginia House Upsets Rich Neighbors

The Huffington Post | Arin Greenwood | Posted 04.24.2012 | DC

WASHINGTON -- Let them eat popcorn. Marie Antoinette would be proud: The Northern Virginia palace modeled on Versailles will have a movie theater -...

The Drinking Cup Shaped Like Marie Antoinette's Anatomy

The Huffington Post | Joseph Erdos | Posted 08.31.2012 | Taste

How do you drink your Champagne (we're hoping it's from a glass!) -- is it a Champagne flute or a Champagne coupe? Nowadays it seems the flute has bec...

Marie Antoinette's Shoes Sell At Auction

Posted 03.28.2012 | Arts

A pair of white silk mules were recently sold for $57,000 at an auction in Toulon, France. Why so pricey? Marie Antoinette supposedly wore them du...

2011's Doomsday Cinema, Part I: Melancholia @ 49th NYFF plus Gainsbourg on Von Trier & Lars' NYFF 47 Press Conference (VIDEO)

Michael Vazquez | Posted 03.14.2012 | Entertainment
Michael Vazquez

In anticipation of 12/21/12, this past year saw a return of the doomsday film. Melancholia was an okay end-of-the-world movie, but for this fan, it was not a very good Lars Von Trier film. Perhaps a third viewing is in order.

The Never Ending Racist Assault on Michelle Obama

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 03.07.2012 | Politics
Earl Ofari Hutchinson

The racist comparison of Michelle to Antoinette is another in the endless knocks that Michelle lives an imperious and luxury lifestyle all supposedly at taxpayer expense.

FIRST LOOK: Gorgeous Star Stuns As Marie Antoinette

Posted 03.06.2012 | Entertainment

Can a German actress and a Greek goddess portray a legendary French queen? When the star in question is Diane Kruger, the answer is a resounding yes. ...

PHOTOS: Fairytale Meets Gosspip In Marie Antoinette's Modern Makeover

Posted 01.03.2012 | Arts

Marilyn Holsing's exhibition 'Further Tales of Young Marie Antoinette' juxtaposes the endless expanse of the imagination when a little girl is playing...

Sam Stein

DNC: Romney Charge 'Laughable' From 'Quarter-Billion-Dollar Man'

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.29.2011 | Politics

Barack Obama's reelection campaign and the allied Democratic National Committee swiftly responded to Mitt Romney's latest personal attack on the presi...

Jon Ward

Mitt Romney: President Obama Out Of Touch Like Marie Antoinette

HuffingtonPost.com | Jon Ward | Posted 12.30.2011 | Politics

MASON CITY, Iowa -- Mitt Romney on Thursday sought to portray President Barack Obama as out of touch with the struggles of everyday Americans -- a cha...

Boob! Why Don't You Buck Like Thunder?

Susie Bright | Posted 11.08.2011 | Politics
Susie Bright

If I were president, I would not be making a speech about jobs. This is Superman time: Lights, Camera, Shut-up, Action. I'd do something or die trying.

Busting Marie Antoinette Myths: 7 Things She Never Did

Juliet Grey | Posted 10.22.2011 | Books
Juliet Grey

Because history is written by the winners and she was the French Revolution's greatest victim, much of the information handed down about her lies somewhere between gross exaggeration and outright lies.

Everybody Sleeps Where? In Paris, For Luxury, Hotel Plaza Athenee

Mara Gibbs | Posted 10.21.2011 | Travel
Mara Gibbs

I believe that Paris has the most luxurious hotels, restaurants, shops and homes anywhere. I am going to take you on a journey to some of the most lavish and fabulous hotels, restaurants, shops and homes.

Rubbernecking Recap: Project Runway, Episode 3, "Go Big or Go Home"

Holly Cara Price | Posted 10.14.2011 | Entertainment
Holly Cara Price

2011-08-14-Screenshot20110814at6.50.04PM.jpg This week's challenge is delivered to the group by Heidi on stilts. "For the next challenge we want you to think big," she smiles.

Fashionably Late: Style News You Might Have Missed This Week

The Huffington Post | Emily Singer | Posted 09.23.2011 | Style

Welcome to Fashionably Late, where we round up the Style scraps that didn't make it to our news page this week. Click through and catch up on what els...