Part 2 of our conversation with historian Jeanne Theoharis on the 70th anniversary of the Montgomery bus boycott, which began ...

Discover What’s Streaming On: Let’s be clear: Jeanne du Barry (now streaming on Paramount+, in addition to VOD services like Amazon Prime Video) is not Johnny Depp’s “comeback” movie. It’s another in ...

The monumental environmental installations of the late husband-and-wife duo Christo and Jeanne-Claude are having a major moment, timed to the 90th anniversary of their births—both artists were born ...

Maiwenn as Jeanne du Barry and Johnny Depp as King Louis XV, in JEANNE DU BARRY. Courtesy of Vertical Johnny Depp as France’s King Louis XV? Speaking French? Yeah, I want to see that. That was my ...

People in France remember the summer of 1997 for the deaths of Princess Diana, Mother Teresa, and Jeanne Calment. The first became a household name by marrying into royalty; the second, by caring for ...

The Cannes Film Festival’s opening night selection explores the legendary courtesan’s affair with Louis XV and the scandal it caused at the Palace of Versailles. By Jordan Mintzer The films of Maïwenn ...

She never set out to be famous. She was just being herself. Conspicuously, arrestingly, unmistakably herself. It's just that being Jeanne Little involved wigs, extravagantly false eyelashes and a ...

Lee, one of the premier singers of new jazz, mixes it up with pianist Blake on a newly reissued two-CD set featuring standards and straight-up jazz tunes the two recorded in Belgium in 1966 and '67.

When it comes to French history, one of the largest legends for the country revolves around the tale of Joan of Arc. A young girl who believed she heard the voice of God, she managed to unite the ...

The real story of Joan of Arc is as dramatic as any ancient myth or legend. Driven by religious visions, Joan led French troops to nigh impossible victories, but eventually fell victim to political ...