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...monumental solemnity of Charles de Gaulle, the intellectual loftiness exhibited by Valéry Giscard d'Estaing and François Mitterrand, and the less formal yet dignified detachment of Jacques Chirac. The French media has wryly covered Sarkozy's open affection for celebrities like iconic rock star Johnny Hallyday, popular comic actor Christian Clavier, and the subtly named Doc Gyneco - a rapper whose dwindling popularity and fan base further shrunk when he announced his support for Sarkozy's presidential bid. Sarkozy has no lack of famous, wealthy friends - nor any problem broadcasting them...
...presidency" one conservative member of parliament who asked not to be identified explains. "We know Nicolas Sarkozy is a brilliant politician and capable leader, but there's a difference between being the President of France and being a staple of the celebrity magazines as a sidekick of Johnny [Hallyday...
...Edith Piaf were once heard the world over. Today, Americans and Brits dominate the pop scene. Though the French music industry sold $1.7 billion worth of recordings and downloads last year, few performers are famous outside the country. Quick: name a French pop star who isn't Johnny Hallyday...
Vincent Delerm cuts an unlikely figure for a pop star, especially a French one. There's no trace of Johnny Hallyday's leathery ostentation, no hint of the designer brooding of a Jean Michel Jarre. With his self-cut thatch of prematurely graying hair, the 28-year-old Delerm prefers casual clothes and tennis shoes, and professes to have neither a computer nor an e-mail address. Though he doesn't dress the part, Delerm can still pull in the crowds. Last month, he played a sold-out five-night stand at the famed Olympia concert hall in Paris...
...profits. Where are travelers booking? Directly with airlines - plus hotel chains like Hilton are increasingly promoting their own sites, says Simon Champion, leisure analyst at Deutsche Bank, leaving online agents with fewer rooms to hawk. Europe's holiday firms must be wondering when they'll get their break. Hallyday In The Sun It's his biggest hit ever: Johnny Hallyday, France's most popular rock star, last week secured ownership of his personal catalog of some 3,500 songs spanning 43 years from his longtime record label, Universal Music. A Paris court sided with the 61-year-old rocker...