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Jane Lapotaire was a sensation as Edith Piaf – and a majestic actor you’d never regret seeing on stage

Lapotaire’s portrayal of the French singer transcended impersonation and she revealed her instinctive intelligence in Shakespeare, Chekhov, Ibsen and much more

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The Crown star Jane Lapotaire dead at 81

Jane Lapotaire - who played Princess Alice of Battenberg in Netflix's The Crown - died aged 81 on March 5.

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Stage and screen actor hailed for her work with the Royal Shakespeare Company and for her TV role as Marie Curie

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Marion Cotillard at 50: the actor’s 20 best films – ranked!

We rate her most impressive performances, from Lady Macbeth to Edith Piaf to a Batman baddie

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"Being thrown out of recording sessions is a badge of honour!": The wild times and true confessions of Michael Des Barres

Former Silverhead, Detective, Chequered Past and Power Station man Michael Des Barres tells all

Louder

‘It’s an archive of Paris’: Why you should visit Père Lachaise cemetery – with Edith Piaf among famous graves

With its A-list residents and a remarkable history, Père Lachaise holds its own against even the City of Love’s top museums and galleries – and is so much more than a cemetery, says Demi Perera

The Independent UK

How France's songs keep world dreaming of French freedom and glamour

French-language songs are enjoying unprecedented success in non-francophone countries thanks to artists like Stromae, Aya Nakamura, Celine Dion and Edith Piaf. What makes people who don’t speak the language want to listen to them and what do they tell of France and its language? The new International Centre of the…

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Fairground Attraction on making Perfect: ‘By the third chorus, everyone was singing along’

‘After its success, I drank free champagne, met Paul McCartney – and used our record company’s phones to call my aunts in America and Canada’

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Promises, promises

This week on The Sound Kitchen you’ll hear the answer to the question about the National Rally’s campaign promises. We’ll re-visit the Olympic Games, there’s “The Listener’s Corner” with Paul Myers, and bushels of good music - all that and the new quiz and bonus questions too, so click on…

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Celine Dion shares poignant throwback photo after emotional Paris Olympics performance

Canadian star sang an Edith Piaf classic as she made her hugely anticipated comeback at the opening ceremony

The Independent UK

Celine Dion determination to make comeback in ceremony revealed by Paris 2024

It was the first time she has sung live since revealing her diagnosis of stiff-person syndrome in 2022.

The Independent UK

Celine Dion ‘so full of joy’ after returning to stage for first time since incurable diagnosis

Singer hit pause on performing in 2022 as she learnt to live with stiff person syndrome

The Independent UK

Celine Dion Returns Triumphantly At Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony

Celine Dion's powerful comeback performance at Paris Olympics after health challenges leaves a lasting impression.

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Celine Dion's Emotional Comeback Performance At Eiffel Tower

Celine Dion's moving performance at the Eiffel Tower opening ceremony pays tribute to Edith Piaf, showcasing resilience and unity through music.

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Lady Gaga, Celine Dion, Aya Nakamura: Set For Olympics Opening Ceremony?

World-famous stars are in line to perform at Friday's opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics, which will take place along the Seine river.

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A century of Charles Aznavour, storytelling crooner who rewrote the French songbook

Singer-songwriter Charles Aznavour would have turned 100 on Wednesday. A giant of chanson française, the French-Armenian artist behind “La Bohème” and “She” left a lasting mark on music in France.

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Ute Lemper review – intimate and mesmerising show celebrates an inimitable performer

The German chanteuse enters her seventh decade with her velvet voice and characteristic wit intact

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Aya Nakamura is a proud Black woman. Is that why she’s not ‘French enough’ for the Paris Olympics?

She is the world’s most listened-to French-speaking artist – but in France, hostility to her goes beyond the far right, says Guardian Europe columnist Rokhaya Diallo

International Business Times

Aya Nakamura Faces 'Racist' Backlash Over Rumoured Olympics Show

Olympic organisers said Monday that they were shocked by the "racist attacks" against France's biggest music star Aya Nakamura over rumours she might perform an Edith Piaf song during the opening ceremony for the Games.

Radio France Internationale

Aya Nakamura's Olympic song proposal sparks French far-right backlash

The possibility that France's top-selling music artist Aya Nakamura might sing an Edith Piaf song during the Paris Olympics opening ceremony has upset far-right groups.

Salon

André 3000's comeback, Beatles hit No. 1

The rapper is back with an album solely focused flute flute-playing but he's not the only one having a resurgence

The Guardian - UK

‘There was no one better’: Peruvian singer finally takes her place among all-time greats

She was compared to Billie Holiday and Edith Piaf. Now, fifty years after her death, Lucha Reyes finds a new audience

The Independent UK

Padam Padam: Kylie Minogue’s dance-pop anthem was the song of the summer that radio didn’t want to play

Kylie Minogue scored her first UK No 1 in a decade with the euphoric ‘Padam Padam’. Lucy Anna Gray speaks with the song’s producer and co-writers about the making of a summer smash hit – and why radio stations refused to play it

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