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French Cinema Legend Brigitte Bardot, 91, Returns Home After Brief Hospitalization

This is Beirut, 18/10 10:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Former French screen icon Brigitte Bardot was briefly hospitalized for an operation but is back home and convalescing, her office told AFP in a statement on Friday. The health of the 91-year-old, who lives in Saint-Tropez in the south of France, had been the subject of persistent rumors in recent days. The former actor spent a few days at the ...

Claudia Cardinale, Iconic Italian Actress and Muse of Fellini and Visconti, Dies at 87

This is Beirut, 24/09 09:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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Sixties screen siren Claudia Cardinale, who died on Tuesday aged 87, entranced audiences across the globe with the sultry gaze that made her the muse of Luchino Visconti and Federico Fellini. With her fierce beauty and husky voice, Cardinale not only captivated Italy's greatest filmmakers, but she also played opposite most of the leading men of ...

Robert Redford on Screen: Classic Roles That Shaped Hollywood

This is Beirut, 17/09 10:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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US screen legend Robert Redford, who died on Tuesday, aged 89, was one of the most successful stars of his generation as well as an Oscar-winning director. Here are some of his most famous films: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) Redford formed one of Hollywood's greatest double acts with Paul Newman in his breakthrough film, a hippy ...

Connie Francis, First Woman to Top Billboard Hot 100, Dies at 87

This is Beirut, 17/07 14:55 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Connie Francis, the beloved pop star of the 1950s and 1960s and the first woman to reach No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 as a solo artist, has died at the age of 87. Her passing comes just two weeks after it was revealed that she had been hospitalized due to “extreme pain.” The news was confirmed early Thursday, July 17, by Ron Roberts, ...

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