A French woman whose fiance asked her to marry him two days before he was killed in a car crash has been granted a posthumous white wedding in their village. [read more]

DOMMARY-BARONCOURT, France, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- A French woman said she was granted a wedding to her fiance nearly a year after his death in a car collision. [read more]

Fiancee uses French law allowing posthumous marriage to wed the father of her two children, who died in a road accident A French woman whose fiance asked her to marry him two days before he was killed in a car crash has been granted a posthumous white wedding in their village. Magali Jaskiewicz, who has been grieving for her partner since his death a year ago, became his legal widow in a ... [read more]

Six wedding dresses, a didgeridoo, a toupee and a massage table are among thousands of items lost in Australia's mail system in the past year and now being sold for charity after nobody claimed them. [read more]

Paris, France (AHN) – A French law on posthumous marriage allowed a woman from eastern France to marry her dead partner on Saturday. Mayor Christopher Caput of Dommary-Baroncourt village granted the request of 26-year old Magali Jaskiewicz to marry 25-year-old Jonathan George, who died in a car accident two days before their scheduled wedding in January. The [...] [read more]

“Ash and blood,” a France-Romania-Portugal co-production which represents the debut of the famous French actress Fanny Ardant as a director, opens today, November 26, at Cinema Studio from Bucharest, the 13th edition of the French Film Festival (November 26-December 3). Fanny Ardant will be present at the projection of the film during the festival, the French Cultural Institute from Bucharest ... [read more]

Review: French film 'Seraphine' transcends stereotypes Stewart Oksenhorn The Aspen Times Aspen, CO Colorado The first thing we are told in "Seraphine" is that the setting is Senlis, France, and that the year is 1913. But as the story unfolds, what we see and feel is something closer to the Dark Ages - a world that is more cruel, primitive and ancient than the 20th century. Martin Provost's film ... [read more]

We Knead the Dough," a gourmet pastry fair for the benefit of The Rape Crisis Center, is noon to 5 p.m. Nov. 28 at Town Square, 6605 Las Vegas Blvd. South. Samples, which are $3 and up, will include French pastries, organic breads, cupcakes and wedding cakes. There also will be cookie decorating for kids. ... [read more]

'Old Dogs' stars John Travolta and Robin Williams once crashed a wedding together in the 70s. [read more]

ESSEX, Vt. - French bistro. That’s what we would be tackling, a dinner starting with an appetizer of chardonnay-steamed mussels, then moving to steak au poivre, potatoes in truffle oil, sauteed chanterelles, and cherry tomatoes tossed in garlic and olive oil with tiny pattypan squash. The finale would be a fresh berry tart on a bed of lemon curd with ... [read more]