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Kavinsky, Who Composed Hit From Drive , Dies at 50
Kavinsky, Who
Composed Hit
From Drive,
Dies at 50
OBITUARY
Jul 29, 2026 11:15 AM CDT

Kavinsky, Who Composed Hit From Drive, Dies at 50

Producer of the moody 'Nightcall' performed at the 2024 Paris Olympics' closing ceremony

(Newser) - French DJ and electronic artist Kavinsky, the mind behind "Nightcall" from the Ryan Gosling movie Drive, has died at 50. A police source told Le Figaro that a stroke is suspected, per the Guardian . Kavinsky had reportedly complained of headaches before being found at home after a neighbor raised...

Model Scout With Close Epstein Links Found Dead

Daniel Siad arranged for sex offender to meet models

(Newser) - A longtime model scout with deep ties to Jeffrey Epstein has been found dead outside Paris. Daniel Siad, whose name appears more than 2,000 times in US Justice Department files related to the sex offender, was discovered at his home in the suburb of Colombes on Monday, a Nanterre...

Suspects: Louvre Mastermind Wasn't Happy With $100M Haul

2 men say their unidentified client who remains at large said they 'could have taken more'

(Newser) - The man alleged to have orchestrated a spectacular jewel theft at the Louvre apparently walked away unimpressed. Two suspects in custody told French investigators the supposed mastermind grumbled that they "could have taken more" than the $100 million in Napoleonic-era jewels lifted from the museum's Apollo Gallery last...

Swimmers Soak Up Eiffel Tower From Seine

Paris opens 3 spots, checks water quality daily

(Newser) - Swimming in the Seine is settling into a new Paris summer ritual as the city on Saturday opened three supervised bathing sites for the second year in a row. The free swimming areas near City Hall, the Eiffel Tower, and in eastern Paris will remain open through the summer, depending...

Some Up In Arms as Shein Moves Into Paris
Shein's Move to France
Was a Short-Lived One
UPDATED
Jun 18, 2026 8:35 AM CDT

Shein's Move to France Was a Short-Lived One

Department store giant BHV says partnership with fast-fashion giant is wrapping up amid sale

(Newser) - After public griping, protests, and a petition, it looks like a major French department store is bidding adieu to Shein. Per the South China Morning Post , BHV Marais has ended its partnership with the fast-fashion giant, with the latter's first physical store in the country, within a BHV location...

'French Banksy' Transforms a Paris Bridge Into a Cave

Massive art installation on Paris' oldest bridge finally opens, as public steps inside to get a sniff

(Newser) - For weeks, a black mountain loomed over the Seine where Paris' oldest bridge should have been. On Monday evening, its doors finally opened. Inside, Paris smells different. The air carries the scent of earth after rain—damp ancient stone, cellar walls, perhaps a trace of smoke. Visitors step from the...

The 'Dig of the Century' Is Happening in Paris

Notre Dame's forecourt is being excavated

(Newser) - In 2019, fire brought Notre Dame's spire crashing down as the world watched. The cathedral was rebuilt and reopened in late 2024, and now Paris wants to soften the hot, bare square in front of it with trees and shade. But in a city this old, the soil cannot...

Hundreds Arrested in France After Soccer Final

Nearly 800 detained following PSG's championship win over Arsenal

(Newser) - French police detained 780 people involved in violent clashes in Paris and other French cities that erupted Saturday night after Paris Saint-Germain won the Champions League soccer title over Arsenal, per the AP . Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said 57 officers were wounded, with most suffering minor injuries, as football fans...

World No. 1 Sinner Stunned After Collapse at French Open

World No. 1 stunned by Cerundolo after sudden energy collapse

(Newser) - Jannik Sinner didn't just lose at Roland Garros; he ran out of gas in real time, the BBC reports. The world tennis No. 1, riding a 30-match win streak and viewed as the clear favorite at the French Open, led Juan Manuel Cerundolo 6-3, 6-2, 5-1 before his body...

Artist Turns Famed Paris Bridge Into a 'Cave'

JR's Pont Neuf project opens to the public next month

(Newser) - The oldest bridge in Paris began to vanish this week as the artist JR—who is known as the "French Banksy"—started inflating a giant "cave" over the Pont Neuf. The monumental, rocky illusion is swallowing the 17th-century landmark, which has carried Parisians across the Seine for...

Air France, Airbus 'Entirely' Responsible for 2009 Crash

Appeals court delivers manslaughter convictions in AF447 crash that killed 228

(Newser) - Air France and Airbus have been found "solely and entirely" responsible for the deadliest aviation incident in French history. A Paris appeals court on Thursday convicted both companies of corporate manslaughter over the 2009 crash of Flight AF447, which killed all 228 people on board, including 72 French nationals...

Captain Says He Can't Land in US. Then Came the Masks

Air France flight to Detroit diverted due to unpermitted Congo passenger amid Ebola outbreak

(Newser) - A trans-Atlantic flight bound for Detroit instead touched down in Montreal on Wednesday after US officials refused it entry over a passenger from Congo, where an Ebola outbreak is underway. US Customs and Border Protection said it blocked Air France Flight 378, which originated in Paris, from landing at Detroit'...

Rwandan Genocide Suspect Dies in Custody in the Hague

Felicien Kabuga was accused of equipping militias in the 1994 mass killing

(Newser) - A Rwandan suspect charged in connection with the 1994 genocide died in a hospital while in custody in the Hague, Netherlands, a UN court said Saturday—three years after the court declared him unfit to continue standing trial because he had dementia. Felicien Kabuga, 91, was accused of encouraging and...

In This French Gallery, All the Art Is 'Orphaned'

Musee d'Orsay features 'MNR' artworks looted from European Jews during WWII

(Newser) - The painting by Belgian artist Alfred Stevens shows a girl in a bonnet and her younger brother staring across the Normandy coast toward an unknown horizon. The artwork itself faced an unknown future in 1942, when it was acquired in Paris for Adolf Hitler, one of countless works swept up...

Trainee Bus Driver Crashes Into River Seine

All 4 people on board were rescued safely

(Newser) - A training session for a new bus driver in suburban Paris ended in the River Seine on Thursday. Authorities say a trainee at the wheel struck a parked car in Juvisy-sur-Orge, about 12 miles south of Paris, then left the roadway and plunged into the water, the BBC reports. The...

Paris Weather Bet Turns $119 Into $21K, Triggers Probe

French meteorological agency files police complaint over suspected tampering

(Newser) - Small wagers on Paris weather have turned into a big headache for both forecasters and a betting platform. An anonymous user on Polymarket turned a $119 punt into more than $21,000 after an April 15 contract tied to temperatures at Charles de Gaulle Airport suddenly swung in their favor...

Picasso Raffle Winner Thought He Was Being Pranked

Paris man won $1.2M painting with $120 ticket in charity raffle for Alzheimer's research

(Newser) - A Paris engineer just swapped around $120 for a Picasso worth more than $1.2 million million. Ari Hodara, 58, learned via video call from Christie's that his 100 euro raffle ticket —number 94,715—had won Tête de Femme (Head of a Woman), a 1941 gouache-on-paper...

You Could Own a Piece of the Eiffel Tower

Restored spiral staircase section, removed in 1983, hits the auction block in May

(Newser) - An original piece of the Eiffel Tower is about to hit the auction block. A segment of the landmark's original spiral staircase, which led from the second level to the tower's summit until elevators were installed in 1983, is set to be sold by auction house Artcurial in May,...

Cryptic Posters in Paris May Signal Celine Comeback

Canadian artist to perform twice weekly concerts in Paris this fall, according to La Presse

(Newser) - Celine Dion may be planning her first major solo concerts in six years, according to rumors in the French capital, where posters featuring her song titles have been popping up. New ads plastered around the city feature titles of some of her biggest hits including "The Power of Love,...

Paris Has a New Boss
Paris Has a
New Boss
Mar 23, 2026 10:07 AM CDT

Paris Has a New Boss

Emmanuel Grégoire, a Socialist long involved in local politics, succeeds Anne Hidalgo as mayor

(Newser) - Emmanuel Grégoire, a Socialist little known to the French public, was elected mayor of Paris in a runoff vote Sunday, succeeding fellow party member Anne Hidalgo. Soon after claiming victory, Grégoire, 48, took a city bike through the streets of Paris toward City Hall, echoing his promise to...

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