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| Author: | Little Egret [ Tue Jan 15, 2008 9:52 am ] |
| Post subject: | Has Hollywood come to France? |
Almost every other day, we read about the hyper-publicised romance of France’s newly elected president, Nicolas Sarkozy, cosying up with ex-model Carla Bruni who is already rehearsing her role as the future first lady of France. But, she is no ‘Alice in Wonderland’ though. Pretty, rich, well-educated and speaks 3 languages, she is the step-daughter of Italian tyre magnate cum classical composer and her mother is a concert pianist. She describes herself in a magazine as a ‘cat’ and a tamer of men. She appears to have made a high profile ‘catch’ in Sarkozy, or vice versa. A question has cropped up. Is she fit to be the first lady? The ex-wife, Cecilia Sarkozy, has described Nicolas Sarkozy as a nasty womaniser and a romantic crooner. She also had a chequered past having had an affair with the future president while he was still married to someone else. Cecilia and Bruni have similar appearance in height, with high cheekbones and dark hair. Both also received exactly the same pink diamond rings Sarkozy gave them. Will these publicities, obviously welcomed by the President, distract his duties in office? The French press regularly runs stories that the President has demeaned his office by blurring the lines between what is public and what is to be kept private. Meanwhile, the media is dishing out all the details of his life for public attention and the President seem to be relishing every bit of it. Well, the French have voted for Sarkozy and they will see whether he will deliver the ‘goods’, or be better at running a ‘Hollywood’ country in France. Another question may equally be asked. Is he fit to be the country’s president? |
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| Author: | Meddy [ Tue Jan 15, 2008 10:13 am ] |
| Post subject: | Hollywood appealing? |
I was taken aback when some French and European professionals commented that Nicolas Sarkozy is a good President. If this is any reflection of the ground sentiments, then, Sarkozy's position is steadfast as a rock. Since taking office, Sarkozy has initiated many economic reforms to jump start the economy. In comparison, he has done more within a short span of time than his predecessors over the years. Perhaps the French love Hollywood stunts especially after years of stagnation and political boredom. The French are said to be romantic people who are very openly expressive of their emotions. This may be mild for the President who is probably seen as a celebrity in the league of movie stars. |
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| Author: | smalltok [ Tue Jan 15, 2008 1:12 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Nation no interest in the bedroom of the individual!! |
"The nation should have no interest in the bedroom of the individual!" is a famous quote due Pierre Trudeau, a flamboyant ex-Prime Minister of Canada. I guess everybody is always interested in the love lives of important people because that's news that sells to common people with little interest of the important issues relating to the world. Sarkozy is a politician and I believe we should judge him by his political achievement and not by his casanova achievement. |
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| Author: | Little Egret [ Tue Jan 15, 2008 5:20 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Casanova shows |
We’re witnessing all the Casanova achievement right now. If Sarkozy has indeed initiated many economic reforms, we should begin to see the performance of the French economy a few quarters down the road. In the meantime, people in France would be deluged with more Casanova shows while waiting for his political achievement to be unfolded. |
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| Author: | Little Egret [ Thu Jan 31, 2008 4:56 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Sarkozy's "reform policy" |
French President Sarkozy’s “reform policy” may be starting to show results. He and his girlfriend Bruni are suing Ryanair for the couple’s picture it used in an advert. The former model is seeking 500,000 euros ($743,000) – the amount she says her photo normally costs, while Sarkozy is seeking a symbolic sum of one euro in damages. He is definitely making her rich without any effort on her part. His countrymen would certainly like him to do the same for them, perhaps not as much as what Bruni hopes to get. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7219499.stm |
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| Author: | Poor Man [ Fri Feb 01, 2008 5:14 am ] |
| Post subject: | Follow Good Example |
Sarkozy and his mistress should learn to be generous and share any windfall from defamation suit with the people. They should learn from leaders of Singapore who donate the compensation gotten from law suits against newspapers, magazines and political opponents to charitable organizations. This matter should not be confused with "economic" reforms that are quite separate and should be assessed differently. What really count are his dualistic economic initiatives have been effective and the French people love it. http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/display.article?id=9956 |
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| Author: | Meddy [ Sun Feb 03, 2008 12:15 am ] |
| Post subject: | Marriage |
French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his girlfriend Carla Bruni were married at the Elysee palace yesterday. The couple met in the wake of Sarkozy's divorce from his second wife Cecilia. This seems entirely legitimate, not the scandalous sort of liaisons. One thing is clear. The French people love fairy tales marriages of royalty, nobility and aristocrats. Bruni has been described as Sarkozy's new 'queen of hearts'. Bruni is wealthy. She does not need to wrangle more money from Sarkozy or the media. The marriage should put an end to months of speculation and give the couple a breather from paparrazi pursuits. |
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| Author: | orange blossom [ Sun Feb 03, 2008 1:01 am ] |
| Post subject: | Photographs in Local Papers |
http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2008/02/ ... -bruni.jpg http://www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2008/01/ ... x324,0.jpg |
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| Author: | Little Egret [ Tue Jul 29, 2008 11:14 am ] |
| Post subject: | Every government minister gets her new album |
Who can promote your singing album better and right from the top than being a French president’s wife? Carla Bruni just did that by distributing her new album to each government minister after their meeting, mixing her private enterprise with her husband’s official business. It features 14 songs including the "Ma Came," a love song that draws a parallel between drug addiction and love, and "Ta Tienne" (Yours) which appears to hint at Bruni's romance with Sarkozy. 
(Picture re-posted) |
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| Author: | Meddy [ Tue Jul 29, 2008 10:59 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Bruni PR exercise |
Bruni is trying to give a boost to Sarkozy's faltering popularity. She is an asset to the President - not many people could argue against it. I hope she would donate some of the earnings from the album to charity. |
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| Author: | XP12 [ Wed Jul 30, 2008 12:30 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Carlamania - the first lady |
Will Carla make Sarko the new JFK? Carla B says that she would like to be considered as the new Jackie K. France's first lady, who is still Italian and not yet French, says in an interview this week that her principal role model is an American, Jackie Kennedy. Carla Bruni-Sarkozy continues to take French public life into startlingly new territory – some might say alarmingly new. Her third folk-pop album, now in its third week at the top of the French charts, contains explicit references to sex and drugs of a kind which would have been banned in France two decades ago. This summer, the words of "Tu es ma came" (You are my dope) can be heard on every beach and in every camping site and traffic jam in France – sung by the President's wife. Most people don't seem to mind very much though. Carla's opinion ratings are floating in the mid to high 60s. Has she become her husband's greatest political weapon, as the profile-interview in Vanity Fair claims? Hardly. Or at least not yet. President Sarkozy remains stubbornly unpopular. The morale of French households slumped last month to its lowest level in more than two decades. The people of France, who were suspicious at first, have come to admire Carla Bruni-Sarkozy – her beauty, her cheek, her self-assurance, her good manners. None of that seems to have helped her husband very much. His popularity rating remains mired in the 30s or low 40s. There are even whispers – nothing more substantial – that the President is growing tired of Carlamania. He is not a man who likes to share the limelight. In an interview for a long article in Vanity Fair – part of an avalanche of Carlamania in print and film about to strike an eager globe this summer – Carla Bruni-Sarkozy says she is still uncertain of how to perform as First Lady. She is considering a charitable, or human rights activity, but has been remarkably inactive in those areas so far. In the meantime, she says, yes, she would like to see herself as part of a new Kennedyesque dream couple, symbolising youth and energy and change. "She (Jackie) was so young and modern, and of course unconsciously I would project myself more like Jackie Kennedy than, for instance, Mme de Gaulle, who would be much more like the classical French woman behind her husband," she said. "There is a great photograph of Mme de Gaulle serving soup to her husband. I do serve soup to my husband sometimes, but I wouldn't get photographed that way." There are few other great political insights, save, perhaps, the revelation that President Sarkozy was delighted, rather than dismayed, when old nude photos of his new wife appeared on the internet – and in the Daily Mail. To pre-empt her husband's anger, she says she showed him some of the images and said: "You must know this is going to come out." She claims he replied: "Oh, I like this one! Can I have a print?" The right-wing President is married to a left-wing pop singer, and he wants to restore Catholicism to the heart of French life, while Carla Bruni, the former girlfriend of Mick Jagger, sings of sex and drugs. Carla Bruni-Sarkozy has said that her husband is a misunderstood revolutionary, a man with "six brains" who "does not at all resemble" the dull, bourgeois, conservatives who belong to his party. She also says that she herself remains a "gut left-winger" who disapproves, for instance, of her husband's tough policies on immigration. It is hard to imagine Jackie Kennedy taking issue with JFK's politics. In many ways, the comparison – though invited by Carla Bruni – is a false one. Carla Bruni-Sarkozy is a much more assured operator than Jackie Kennedy. France's First Lady is someone who has lived in the media glare all her life and knows which way to turn to best advantage, in both photographs and interviews. Many of President Sarkozy's conservative supporters have been won over by her poise, intelligence and beauty. Others remain wary of her. The sight of her in a red dress on the Elysée roof will not calm their anxieties. Perhaps the best clue to Carla Bruni-Sarkozy's character may be found in the lyrics of "Deranger les pierres" (overturning the stones), a pleasant song on her otherwise dull album. "I want to overturn the stones," she sings. "I want to caress the unknown." Extracts from : http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world ... 80330.html |
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