Nov. 6 (Bloomberg) -- French designer Christian Audigier said he may invest up to 10 million euros ($14.9 million) in Club Mediterranee SA if the holiday maker accepts his “marketing initiative” to use celebrities to promote the resorts. [read more]

Adolf Hitler never got over it, and never forgot the shame he felt when his country was forced to sign a surrender agreement in a railway car parked near the little French town of Compiegne. That event took place on Nov. 11, 1918, and ended the Great War, or as we know it, World War I. Today, virtually no one remembers anything of that war and few can explain why that date is important. One ... [read more]

Also reviewed: 'Looking for Palladin'; 'The Wedding Song'; 'Victory Day'; 'Yes Men Save the World.' Although "Died Young, Stayed Pretty," a documentary about the underground rock poster movement, begins with a freewheeling array of diverting poster graphics and provocative artist interviews, it soon becomes apparent that there's no real structure or point of view to it all. In fact, by the movie ... [read more]

The late Tony Wilson once told me, "I'm not the one who will have his life turned into legend, in the way that happened to Baudelaire, Verlaine and Rimbaud. It won't be me. It will be John Cooper Clarke." "Bloody hell," says the poet. That conversation took place 20 years ago, I tell him – when Wilson was still running the Haçienda; years before the release of Control and 24 Hour Party People ... [read more]

RUSSELL Crowe may be The Gladiator, but he was no match for Aussie millionaire Lachlan Murdoch in the fight for a Sydney mansion. [read more]

On the American poster for Karin Albou’s new film, “Le chant des mariées,” the tag line reads something like “a friendship nothing could destroy” (or some- thing like that). It’s a clichéd line that sells short this thematically bold and visually striking second feature by the director of “Little Jerusalem.” [read more]

I am an American soldier, Trained by the very best. Our freedom we’ll not compromise. America deserves no less. We’ve helped in other countries. The world cries out our name, [read more]

R&B singer Usher's divorce from his wife is final, according to court documents. [read more]

The dream times continue at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra with a blissful three-man minuet of some of the world's greatest conductors making delicious music week after week. Last month was music director designate Riccardo Muti's time and January programs will mark the upcoming 85th birthday of conductor emeritus Pierre Boulez. The first half of November belongs to principal conductor Bernard ... [read more]

Taking part in the exchange plan were: Alyssa Belli, Kaitlin Budesa, Kaitlyn Chang, Neil Deshmukh, Melissa Fetten, Yusra Janajri, Corey Kuebler, Nikhil Mathew, Molly McVeigh, Cynthu Muthasamy, Jennifer Pote, Justine Seifert, Samantha Soled, Eric Tapper and Christina Vu. [read more]