<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="12471028" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="brigitte-bardot" source="Orion">Brigitte Bardot</keyword> is facing a €20,000 ($23,000) fine for calling Reunionese people "natives who still have savage genes" in a 2019 letter. </li><li>Her comments were in response to how the people of the French Indian Ocean island treat their animals. </li></ul>French actress Brigitte Bardot was fined €20,000, or about $23,100, for calling the people of French Island La Reunion "savages," <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2021/11/04/brigitte-bardot-fined-calling-french-indian-ocean-islanders/">according to the Telegraph</a>. In a 2019 letter, the film star described the Reunionese as "natives who still have savage genes," <a href="https://www.lefigaro.fr/actualite-france/brigitte-bardot-condamnee-a-20-000-euros-d-amende-pour-injures-publiques-envers-les-reunionnais-20211104">Société reported</a>.Her comment was in response to how people of the French Indian Ocean island treat animals. In the letter, she targeted the Hindu Tamil population of the island, and criticized them for "sacrificing goats" and evoking the "cannibalism of past centuries," according to the Telegraph.She was fined for racial abuse on Thursday because of the comments, <a href="https://www.lefigaro.fr/actualite-france/brigitte-bardot-condamnee-a-20-000-euros-d-amende-pour-injures-publiques-envers-les-reunionnais-20211104">Le Figaro reported.</a>Her spokesperson, Bruno Jacquelin, was also fined for his involvement in sending the 2019 letter to media outlets, the Telegraph reported. Bardot previously went on trial in 2008 for racist slurs made against Muslims. At the time, it was the fifth instance in which she faced a charge of "inciting racial hatred," <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-bardot-muslims/brigitte-bardot-on-trial-for-muslim-slur-idUSL1584799120080415">according to Reuters</a>.

Acting legend Brigitte Bardot was fined for racial abuse after saying native Indian Ocean islanders have 'savage genes'

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<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5a60b677f42149ab008b58c8-1999/ap060928010838.jpg" alt="brigitte bardot" data-mce-source="AP" />APBrigitte Bardot</div></div></div><ul><li>French film icon Brigitte Bardot called the #MeToo movement "hypocritical and ridiculous" in a new interview with the French magazine Paris Match.</li><li>The 83-year-old actress said that many actresses claim sexual harassment for publicity. </li><li>Bardot said that she was "never the victim of sexual harassment."</li></ul><hr /> French actress Brigitte Bardot criticized the #MeToo movement as "hypocritical and ridiculous" in an interview with the French magazine Paris Match on Wednesday, as translated by <a href="http://www.france24.com/en/20180117-french-film-icon-brigitte-bardot-slams-metoo-hypocritical-harassment">French 24</a>. "The vast majority are being hypocritical and ridiculous," she told the magazine of actresses who have come forward with stories of sexual misconduct. "Lots of actresses try to play the tease with producers to get a role. And then, so we will talk about them, they say they were harassed." <div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5a60ba3728eeccc2008b58f6-805/brigitte-bardots-style-and-god-created-woman-18.png" alt="brigitte bardots style and god created woman 18" data-mce-source="Criterion Collection." data-mce-caption="Brigitte Bardot in &amp;quotAnd God Created Woman" />Criterion Collection.Brigitte Bardot in "And God Created Woman"</div></div></div>Bardot added that she was "never the victim of sexual harassment," and that she "found it charming when men told me that I was beautiful or I had a nice little backside." The 83-year-old actress came to prominence in international cinema with her performance in 1956's "<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049189/?ref_=nm_knf_t1">...And God Created Women</a>."Bardot's comments follow the French actress Catherine Deneuve, who signed a letter with 100 other French women last week, <a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/01/10/576986585/-metoo-movement-has-gone-too-far-catherine-deneuve-says">denouncing the #MeToo movement</a> and its French counterpart, #Balancetonporc, or "Expose Your Pig."Deneuve subsequently <a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/01/15/578154065/catherine-deneuve-apologizes-to-sex-assault-victims-after-controversial-letter">apologized to victims of sexual assault</a> on Monday, after the letter drew international criticism. <div class="margin-top"> <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/how-to-lose-weight-brain-body-effects-2017-10">Here's what losing weight does to your body and brain</a></h3> <div> <iframe class="bijwplayerclass" data-player="jwplayer" src="https://content.jwplatform.com/players/SpDKrTA4-CEZHWCBG.html" width="100%" height="100%" frameborder="0" scrolling="auto" style="margin:0px;" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><script>function receiveMessage(event){ console.log(event.data.fullscreen); Android.fullscreen(event.data.fullscreen); }window.addEventListener("message", receiveMessage, false);</script> </div> </div>

Iconic French actress Brigitte Bardot says the 'vast majority' of women who have come forward in the #MeToo movement are 'hypocritical and ridiculous'

<ul class="summary-list"><li>French animal shelters and officials are raising the alarm over a surge in pet-abandonment cases.</li><li>About 100,000 pets are abandoned in France each year, Transport Minister Clément Beaune said.</li></ul>Vacationers in France are abandoning their pets in droves as they head to their holiday spots, animal shelters and local authorities have said.The Society for Protection of Animals, an animal-welfare organization headquartered in Paris, put out an urgent call Saturday for donations and adoptions, saying its "exhausted" teams had rescued more than 12,000 animals this summer alone.Pet-abandonment cases are on the rise in France, and space is "sorely lacking" in shelters around the country despite caretakers "pushing the walls" to save as many as possible, <a href="https://www.la-spa.fr/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">its website said</a>."Our shelters are overflowing and so many animals are waiting on families," <a href="https://www.facebook.com/spaofficiel/posts/pfbid0Ht45JjQJyq8vVGfeP1P6SjNCVzFMffgNb2jDY8B7JudQEp9tyAgjM8KCS4Ft5WMzl" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the group wrote on Facebook</a>.About 100,000 pets are abandoned in France each year, including 60,000 in the summer, Transport Minister Clément Beaune <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SutGuuseKo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said on August 7 while visiting a shelter</a>."This indicates that there are still many people who go on vacation and leave an animal by the roadside or at a highway rest stop," Beaune said.Pet owners, eager to rush off to the French beach or countryside, sometimes drop their animals off at shelters quietly in boxes or leave them at a location and call animal organizations to pick them up, <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-53677571" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the BBC reported in 2020</a>.France is now "first place in Europe for pet abandonment," the animal-welfare organization <a href="https://www.fondationbrigittebardot.fr/abandon-acte-de-cruaute/">Brigitte Bardot Foundation wrote on June 29</a>.The organization supports up to 10,000 animals and said a "growing influx of abandoned or stray animals" was overwhelming its facilities.The wave of abandonment cases is likely in part due to a surge in adoptions earlier in the COVID-19 pandemic, when the Ministry of the Interior <a href="https://www.france24.com/en/20200411-french-to-be-allowed-outside-during-lockdown-to-adopt-a-pet" target="_blank" rel="noopener">allowed people to leave their homes during lockdowns</a> to take on a pet and relieve then overcrowded shelters.Tens of thousands of households, suffering from inflation and bleak economic conditions, appear to <a href="https://www.leparisien.fr/societe/spa-plus-de-44-000-animaux-abandonnes-ont-ete-pris-en-charge-en-2022-16-01-2023-YO4TGAJS4BGSHIST5ORMKN2T4U.php" target="_blank" rel="noopener">have since stopped caring for their new pets</a>, given the influx reported by the SPA.It's illegal in France to abandon a pet in the wild. New laws in July 2022 <a href="https://www.connexionfrance.com/article/French-news/France-imposes-new-rules-to-stop-rash-pet-purchases-and-avoid-neglect" target="_blank" rel="noopener">raised the punishment</a> from two years in prison to three, with a maximum fine of $32,740.

Thousands of holidaygoers in France are abandoning their pets on the way to the coast or countryside, local shelters say, with one organization already taking in 12,000 animals this summer

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Millie Bobby Brown recently wore two trendy outfits accessorized with elastic headbands.</li><li>Gen Z has been bringing back the stretchy hair accessories, which were popular in the early 2000s.</li></ul>Do you remember the elastic headbands that were all the rage in the early 2000s? Maybe you wore them to school or during soccer practice.Well, according to members of Gen Z like <a href="https://www.insider.com/millie-bobby-brown-jake-bongiovi-fashion-photos-2023-4">Millie Bobby Brown</a>, the accessories are back in style.The "Stranger Things" actor attended two promotional events in London, England, last week and was photographed wearing an elastic headband both times.She first visited a Waterstones bookstore while wearing a brown version of the headpiece, which she paired with a brown leather jacket, matching miniskirt, and slouchy white boots. Her outfit was the epitome of <a href="https://www.insider.com/gen-z-fall-fashion-trends-2023-9">Gen Z fall fashion</a> for 2023.<div type="image" title="Millie Bobby Brown in London, England, on September 11, 2023." height="2000" width="1333" msid="103789555" hostid="261" sizebytes="277414"></div>She then stopped by BBC Radio 2 in another neutral outfit.This look included a white tank top worn with linen pants, wedge heels, tortoise-shell sunglasses, a gold necklace, a Louis Vuitton box purse, and of course, a white elastic headband.<div type="image" title="Millie Bobby Brown in London, England, on September 11, 2023." height="2000" width="1333" msid="103789557" hostid="261" sizebytes="134008"></div>As many on TikTok have pointed out, Brown is one of many Gen Zers to embrace the headband trend this year.Some stylists have called the elastic pieces <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@jaclynhand/video/7279928174983531822" target="_blank" rel="noopener">an "accessory of the season" for fall</a>, and millennials have jokingly thanked the younger generation for making such an easy-to-wear accessory cool again.<blockquote class="tiktok-embed" cite="https://www.tiktok.com/@spenman/video/7224927115739860270" data-video-id="7224927115739860270" style="max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px;"> <section> <a target="_blank" title="@spenman" href="https://www.tiktok.com/@spenman?refer=embed">@spenman</a> Matt says i look crunchy but 5 year old sam would be so proud im wearing this <a title="headbands" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/headbands?refer=embed">#headbands</a> <a title="viralhairtrend" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/viralhairtrend?refer=embed">#viralhairtrend</a> <a title="hairtrend" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/hairtrend?refer=embed">#hairtrend</a> <a title="imnotcrunchy" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/imnotcrunchy?refer=embed">#imnotcrunchy</a> <a title="genz" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/genz?refer=embed">#genz</a> <a title="millenial" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/millenial?refer=embed">#millenial</a> <a title="zillenial" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/zillenial?refer=embed">#zillenial</a> <a target="_blank" title="♬ Beyonce x My Husband x Casa Di Remix - CasaDi" href="https://www.tiktok.com/music/Beyonce-x-My-Husband-x-Casa-Di-Remix-7220529743161117486?refer=embed">♬ Beyonce x My Husband x Casa Di Remix - CasaDi</a> </section> </blockquote> As writer Kristen Bateman wrote for Dazed in May, <a href="https://www.dazeddigital.com/beauty/article/59921/1/how-the-black-stretchy-headband-became-a-sleuth-status-symbol" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stretchy headbands</a> — particularly those in black colorways — actually have a deep history that goes back to the '50s. First made popular by stars like Brigitte Bardot, she wrote, the accessories went on to become quiet status symbols in the 1980s when they became associated with "elite gym culture."Since then, Bateman said, the headbands' unexpected association with luxury has grown and continued. Major stars like Brown, <a href="https://www.teenvogue.com/story/bella-hadid-headbands-nyc">Bella Hadid</a>, and <a href="https://www.whowhatwear.com/sofia-richie-grainge-interview/slide2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sofia Richie</a> have made them fashion staples, and designers like Schiaparelli have debuted them on the runway.<blockquote class="tiktok-embed" cite="https://www.tiktok.com/@kristenvbateman/video/7244202121057373486" data-video-id="7244202121057373486" style="max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px;"> <section> <a target="_blank" title="@kristenvbateman" href="https://www.tiktok.com/@kristenvbateman?refer=embed">@kristenvbateman</a> $2 black elastic being used to convey a perception of high fashion/wealth during a recession, we love to see it. Even the girls who say they don’t follow trends are wearing it <a title="writer" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/writer?refer=embed">#writer</a> <a title="beauty" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/beauty?refer=embed">#beauty</a> <a title="elasticheadband" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/elasticheadband?refer=embed">#elasticheadband</a> <a title="stealthwealth" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/stealthwealth?refer=embed">#stealthwealth</a> <a title="quietluxury" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/quietluxury?refer=embed">#quietluxury</a> <a title="fyp" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/fyp?refer=embed">#fyp</a> <a title="dazed" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/dazed?refer=embed">#dazed</a> <a title="trendforecast" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/trendforecast?refer=embed">#trendforecast</a> <a title="fashionwriter" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/fashionwriter?refer=embed">#fashionwriter</a> <a target="_blank" title="♬ original sound - Kristen V Bateman" href="https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-7244202129631120170?refer=embed">♬ original sound - Kristen V Bateman</a> </section> </blockquote> As for Brown in particular, her latest looks — headbands included — prove that as <a href="https://www.insider.com/millie-bobby-brown-style-photos-2022-6">her style continues to evolve</a>, she holds her spot as one of the trendiest young stars in Hollywood.

Millie Bobby Brown is bringing back the elastic headbands you probably threw away in the early 2000s

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Animal shelters in France are struggling under a surge in pet abandonment.</li><li>Soaring pet care costs, magistrates, and lack of sterilization are to blame, they say.</li></ul>People in France are abandoning their pets at alarming rates on their way to vacation spots — but the recent trend has nothing to do with the time of year vacation, several shelters told Insider.France's transport minister, Clément Beaune, cast the blame on vacationers in comments earlier this month, <a href="https://www.insider.com/vacation-france-abandon-pet-summer-holiday-beach-countryside-2023-8">which Insider and other outlets reported on</a>. But workers dealing with the influx see a deeper problem.Animal workers have indeed seen their shelters taken by storm, with tens of thousands of animals being dropped off or abandoned in recent months.The Society for the Protection of Animals, a Paris-based charity, issued an urgent call for contributions and adoptions, saying its "exhausted" teams had taken in more than 14,000 animals this summer.Driving the influxes were litters of kittens and aggressive dogs, said Stéphane Lamart, founder and director of a shelter association that bears his name and operates across France.But, he said, "the situation is a lot more complex than" people ditching their pets en route to the beach. It has been years in the making, he said.Insider spoke with three sources in animal shelters, who all argued the deeper problem was that owners were not held accountable for abandoning pets, which is against French law.They also said prosecutors and magistrates were to blame for rarely enforcing laws meant to protect animals."If a magistrate isn't sensitive to animals and doesn't give a damn about a dog or a cat, you're going to get ridiculous legal decisions. And from one jurisdiction to another, this changes," Lamart said.In France, leaving a pet in the wild is against the law and <a href="https://www.connexionfrance.com/article/French-news/France-imposes-new-rules-to-stop-rash-pet-purchases-and-avoid-neglect" target="_blank" rel="noopener">punishable</a> by three years in prison and a maximum fine of $32,740.Despite the legislation, France's cat and dog registration service <a href="https://www.i-cad.fr/uploads/DOSSIER.PRESSE.ICAD.SNI2022.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">counted</a> more than 333,000 abandoned pets in France last year. The real number is likely much higher, said Lamart, who wants French officials to change how it generates its statistics.For the past 20 years, he said, authorities have reported numbers ranging from 60-100,000 abandoned pets a year. "We need to show that we have many more abandoned animals than that, so that the government will take the necessary measures," Lamart said.Meanwhile, France's interior ministry <a href="https://mobile.interieur.gouv.fr/Interstats/Actualites/Les-atteintes-envers-les-animaux-domestiques-enregistrees-par-la-police-et-la-gendarmerie-depuis-2016-Interstats-Analyse-N-51#:~:text=R%C3%A9sum%C3%A9%20%3A,%25%20en%20moyenne%20par%20an)." target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted</a> figures showing a 30% increase in acts of cruelty against animals over the last five years. Elisa Gorins, spokesperson for Agir pour la Vie Animale, a shelter in Normandy, said the rising abandonment rates "are not at all" linked to summer vacations, but rather to soaring pet care costs, driven by inflation."Some people just can't cope with it anymore, especially when it comes to animals with chronic illnesses that require constant treatment, such as diabetes," she said.As a result, French animal-rescue centers say they are overwhelmed.Christophe Marie, Deputy Director of the Brigitte Bardot Foundation, an animal welfare organization, said shelters were hitting "saturation" levels and can't take in any more pets. Some owners, he said, resort to extreme violence to "get rid of them".One of the dogs his shelter took care of was tied up behind its owner's car and dragged several miles, he said.The dog didn't die, so his owner stabbed it in the side of the eye and between the eyes, leaving it to "rot in a pit", Marie said. The dog survived even that, was helped by the shelter, and was discharged in good health, he said."These are very extreme cases, but unfortunately they contribute to the saturation of the shelters, because they are also animals that are very difficult to re-home," he added.To fix shelter saturation and eradicate animal cruelty, Lamart said French authorities need to tackle the animal overpopulation crisis by regulating reproduction rates through compulsory sterilization."Animal protection is a big issue. I don't think the French government is doing enough for animal protection," he said.Earlier this year, the French government <a href="https://twitter.com/GDarmanin/status/1618908022792912899?s=20" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> that 4,000 police officers — one for each police station — would be trained to deal with animal cruelty.

Thousands of French pet owners are abandoning their animals, but shelters say the crisis has deeper roots than summer vacation

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The woman <a href="https://www.insider.com/woman-found-near-krk-croatia-no-knowledge-who-she-is-2021-9">found bloodied on a remote area of a Croatian island</a> has been identified as Daniela Adamcova, a 57-year-old from Slovakia. </li><li>Friends of Adamcova say she was a well known jeweler in <keyword id="11895191" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="hollywood" source="Orion">Hollywood</keyword> in the 1980s and 1990s. </li><li>Friends said she sold jewelry to Diana Ross, Brigitte Bardot, and Barbara Streisand, as well as members of the casts of "Friends" and "Melrose Place."</li></ul>A woman <a href="https://www.insider.com/woman-found-near-krk-croatia-no-knowledge-who-she-is-2021-9">found on a rock off the Croatian island of Krk</a> with cuts and bruises on her face and no recollection of her name was identified by police this week, and friends in Los Angeles say she was once a well-known Hollywood jeweler.Croatian police <a href="https://apnews.com/article/europe-ireland-croatia-slovakia-d7ea323234fcfc0fc6e42ec80ed9ffae">told the Associated Press</a> on Wednesday that they identified the woman as Daniela Adamcova, a 57-year-old from Slovakia, after receiving a number of tips from around the world.Friends of Adamcova told <a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/daniela-adamcova-woman-found-on-croatia-rocks-made-jewellery-for-stars-kmwvkdwpk">The Times</a> and the <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/mystery-woman-with-amnesia-found-in-krk-croatia-recognized-by-pair-in-los-angeles?ref=home">Daily Beast</a> that in the 1980s and 1990s, Adamcova sold jewelry to Diana Ross, Brigitte Bardot, and Barbara Streisand, as well as members of the casts of "Friends" and "Melrose Place."A 2008 <a href="https://mytrencin.sme.sk/c/4776484/jej-sperky-nosi-aj-brigitte-bardot.html">profile from her hometown in Slovakia</a> titled "Brigitte Bardot Wore My Jewelry," said that Adamcova moved to the US in 1984 to pursue jewelry design, and returned to Slovakia in 2000.At some point after 2000, Adamcova returned to the United States, but ended up homeless and worked at a warehouse so she could save up money to move to Ireland, Tyler Madsen, the owner of the space told the Daily Beast.Police told AP that Adamcova lived in the US until 2015, then moved to Ireland.It remains unclear how she ended up in the remote area of Krk.Adamcova had no documentation or a cellphone on her when a fisherman spotted her on the rocks.Police said Adamcova is now "stable" and is recovering at a hospital in Rijeka.Her case will be handed over to Croatian social services when she's released from the hospital, police said.

A woman found bloodied with amnesia in Croatia was once a well-known Hollywood jeweler

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Nicola Peltz and <keyword id="12095917" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="brooklyn-beckham" source="Orion">Brooklyn Beckham</keyword> got married in Palm Beach, Florida, on Saturday.</li><li>Peltz's half-updo was inspired by '90s supermodel Claudia Schiffer, according to Vogue.</li></ul>Nicola Peltz channeled one of the '90s biggest supermodels on her wedding day, according to <a href="https://www.vogue.co.uk/beauty/article/nicola-peltz-wedding-hair">Vogue</a>. <a href="https://www.insider.com/nicola-peltz-wore-valentino-wedding-dress-brooklyn-beckham-2022-4">Peltz, 27, and Brooklyn Beckham, 23, tied the knot</a> on Saturday at her family's estate in Palm Beach, Florida.Peltz wore a custom Valentino Haute Couture gown that took over a year to design and <a href="https://www.insider.com/nicola-peltz-wore-valentino-wedding-dress-brooklyn-beckham-2022-4">included a nod to her mother</a>, as Peltz's stylist <a href="https://www.thewallgroup.com/artist/leslie-fremar">Leslie Fremar</a> told <a href="https://www.vogue.com/article/nicola-peltz-marries-brooklyn-beckham-palm-beach-wedding">Vogue</a>.The actress paired the gown with a voluminous updo, which her hairstylist and friend <a href="https://www.instagram.com/hairbyadir/?hl=en" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Adir Abergel</a> told Vogue was inspired by supermodel Claudia Schiffer.<blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px); data.width~540;"><div style="padding:8px;"><div style="background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:62.4537037037% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;"></div></div><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CcMPFCzrVhk" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_blank"></a> <p style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;">A post shared by (@nicolaannepeltzbeckham)<time style=" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;" datetime=""></time></div></blockquote>"She's been sending me all of these rad images of early Claudia Schiffer — including pictures of her with bangs — so they inspired us, plus the dress, which is just beautiful," Abergel said to the outlet. Abergel went on to say he was also inspired by French actress Brigitte Bardot's ponytails for Peltz's hairstyle, which allowed her floor-length veil to shine. "It was all about keeping her hair beautiful, soft, and smooth," Abergel told Vogue of the hairstyle. "Think luxe, polished texture, but with fullness and movement to it."<div type="image" title="A side-by-side of Claudia Schiffer smiling and Brigitte Bardot in black and white." height="900" width="1200" msid="90784957" hostid="261"></div>To complement Peltz's look, her bridesmaids' hairstyles were inspired by Kate Moss in the 1990s, the artist told Vogue.Makeup artist <a href="https://www.instagram.com/kateleemakeup/?hl=en" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">Kate Lee</a> gave Peltz a fresh, dewy look for the day, highlighting her natural <keyword id="11915641" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="beauty" source="Orion">beauty</keyword>. Peltz posted about her bridal hair and makeup on Instagram, writing, "Even after ten years of collaborating it never gets old," tagging both Lee and Abergel.<blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px); data.width~540;"><div style="padding:8px;"><div style="background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:62.4537037037% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;"></div></div><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CcMVCdjrY65" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_blank"></a> <p style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;">A post shared by (@nicolaannepeltz)<time style=" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;" datetime=""></time></div></blockquote>Beckham and Peltz began dating in October 2019, and he proposed in July 2020, as <a href="https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/pictures/brooklyn-beckham-and-nicola-peltzs-relationship-timeline/">US Weekly</a> reported.

Nicola Peltz paid tribute to a '90s supermodel when she married Brooklyn Beckham

<ul class="summary-list"><li>French public radio broadcaster RFI apologized on Monday after mistakenly publishing obituaries for living public figures, including <keyword id="67995" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Queen-Elizabeth-II">Queen Elizabeth II</keyword>, who is 94.</li><li>In a tweet, RFI English wrote that a number of obituaries were published on its French website by accident due to a "technical problem."</li><li>RFI's French website reportedly also had published drafts of obituaries for former US President Jimmy Carter, 96; and <keyword id="6354465" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="actors">actors</keyword> Clint Eastwood, 90; Sophia Loren, 86; and Brigitte Bardot, 86.</li><li>Some Twitter users shared screenshots of RFI's French website prior to the false obituaries being removed.</li></ul>Radio France Internationale, a French public radio broadcaster, apologized on Monday after mistakenly publishing drafts of obituaries for living celebrities and public figures, including <a href="https://www.insider.com/queen-elizabeth-ii-birthday-lockdown-trooping-the-colour-photos-2020-6">Queen Elizabeth II, who turned 94 in June</a>.In a tweet, <a href="https://twitter.com/RFI_En/status/1328351828275322881">RFI English</a> wrote that a number of obituaries were published on its French website by accident due to a "technical problem.""We are working to rectify this serious bug, and we apologize to all concerned as well as those who follow us and put their trust in us," the account wrote.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—RFI English (@RFI_En) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1328351828275322881?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 16, 2020</a></blockquote>According to a <a href="https://twitter.com/AFP/status/1328365963738292229">report from international news agency Agence France-Presse</a>, the <a href="https://www.rte.ie/news/world/2020/1116/1178499-france-radio-error/">drafts that appeared on RFI's French website</a> also included obituaries for former US President Jimmy Carter, who is 96; Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who is currently 81; retired Brazilian soccer player Edson Arantes do Nascimento, also known as Pelé, who is 80; and actors Clint Eastwood, 90; Sophia Loren, 86; and Brigitte Bardot, 86.The obituaries were no longer available on RFI's French website at the time of writing. However, some Twitter users shared screenshots of the articles.Jessica Phelan, a journalist for Italian news site The Local Italy, <a href="https://twitter.com/JessicaLPhelan/status/1328354006897479681">tweeted what appear to be pictures of the radio station's obituaries</a>.Phelan pointed out that the obituaries published by accident on RFI's website included wording that could be used if, hypothetically, a person's death were to be related to COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—Jessica Phelan (@JessicaLPhelan) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1328354006897479681?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 16, 2020</a></blockquote>One user shared another view of RFI's website with the mistakenly published obituaries. They wrote in French, translated to English: "<a href="https://twitter.com/RFI">@RFI</a> has therefore decided to end 2020 at once."<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—Bertrand Hadet (@bertrandhadet) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1328306907992428549?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 16, 2020</a></blockquote>Representatives for RFI and Buckingham Palace, respectively, did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.<ul class="read-more-links"><li>Read more:</li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/photos-queen-birthday-message-prince-charles-shows-close-relationship-2020-11">The Queen shared 2 photos of Prince Charles for his 72nd birthday, and it shows how their relationship has evolved through the years</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/biggest-royal-scandals-from-this-year-2020-10">The 10 biggest royal scandals from this year so far</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/celebrities-who-have-dated-royals-2018-7">5 celebrities who reportedly dated royals — and 6 who married them</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/photos-queen-broke-tradition-stood-away-from-kate-middleton-2020-11">The Queen appeared to break tradition by standing on a different balcony from the royal family at the Remembrance service</a></li></ul>

A French radio station apologized for mistakenly posting draft obituaries for the Queen and other living public figures

<ul class="summary-list"><li>A TikToker shared the three biggest regrets she had about her <keyword id="11896825" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="wedding" source="Orion">wedding</keyword>. </li><li>Ida Giancola said she wished she'd had a smaller guest list and chosen a different hairstyle. </li></ul>A newlywed shared her biggest wedding regrets on <keyword id="11894125" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="tiktok" source="Orion">TikTok</keyword> in the hopes of helping brides-to-be feel less pressured about having the perfect wedding.Ida Giancola, who goes by <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@dionysian.girl">@dionysian.girl</a> on TikTok and has over 30,000 followers, posted <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@dionysian.girl/video/7081302844116258094">her wedding advice video</a> on April 1. In the clip, which has amassed over 30,000 views at the time of writing, she discusses why she would've preferred a smaller wedding, a different hairstyle, and hired photographers who took more staged pictures. <blockquote class="tiktok-embed" cite="https://www.tiktok.com/@dionysian.girl/video/7081302844116258094" data-video-id="7081302844116258094" style="max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px;"> <section> <a target="_blank" title="@dionysian.girl" href="https://www.tiktok.com/@dionysian.girl">@dionysian.girl</a> Wedding advice <a title="bride" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/bride">#bride</a> <a title="weddingadvice" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/weddingadvice">#weddingadvice</a> <a title="2022bride" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/2022bride">#2022bride</a> <a title="weddingdress" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/weddingdress">#weddingdress</a> <a title="advice" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/advice">#advice</a> <a title="marriage" target="_blank" href="https://www.tiktok.com/tag/marriage">#marriage</a> <a target="_blank" title="♬ original sound - Ida" href="https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-7081302823102696234">♬ original sound - Ida</a> </section> </blockquote> "There is this weird myth around weddings where everything is just perfect," Giancola says in the TikTok. "It is so normal to have regrets about your wedding and wish you'd done things differently, as long as that regret isn't the person that you married."<h2>Having hundreds of guests felt 'overwhelming,' Giancola says</h2>Giancola told Insider she and her husband Charlie Fritschner got married in Chicago in October and had over 200 guests in attendance. That number of people did have some perks like "tons of dancing," but it also meant she missed important moments on the day."I lost my parents. I didn't see my husband after our first dance," Giancola, 29, said. "I didn't see the dessert spread. I never saw that just because I was caught up with whatever. Never got a drink at the center bar."<div type="image" title="Giancola wedding." height="2274" width="3024" msid="90733938" hostid="261"></div>Knowing her parents and her family background, Giancola said she anticipated having a big guest list for her wedding early on. "It just was going to snowball," she said.And while she loved her <keyword id="12266302" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="wedding-reception" source="Orion">wedding reception</keyword> at the Drake Hotel in Chicago, the massive ballroom felt very easy to get lost in, she added. A friend told her she felt like "a doll in a dollhouse," she said. <h2>Her hair extensions weren't worth a sore neck</h2>Next up on Giancola's list of wedding regrets was choosing a wedding hairstyle that looked good in photos, but ended up causing neck pain. She brought a picture of Brigitte Bardot to her wedding hairstylist, and was told she needed clip-in extensions and a sock bun to make it work, she said. <div type="image" title="Giancola opted for a Brigitte Bardot inspired hairstyle for her wedding." height="3870" width="3588" msid="90733939" hostid="261"></div>The result was a super-heavy look, and while adrenaline kept her feeling the strain during the day, she ended up having difficulty moving her neck in the evening, she added. "My neck was sore for a week after all the way down to my shoulders," Giancola said. <h2>Giancola thought there were too many candid photos</h2>The biggest wedding regret Giancola had was her choice of <keyword id="12136592" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="wedding-photographer" source="Orion">wedding photographer</keyword>, she said. "When I got the wedding photos back, I was crying," she said, because there were far too many "unflattering" in-the-moment shots of her and the guests.Giancola also said she only had one proper bridal portrait, which was "really upsetting.""I know you want to capture emotions but it was totally unflattering angles of my face," she said. "A good photographer should be able to spot those moments and then know when to interject if you don't think you got the shot in a flattering way."<div type="image" title="The couple on their wedding day." height="2674" width="3566" msid="90733940" hostid="261"></div>When looking for a photographer, Giancola said couples should ask to look over weddings they'd recently shot because they tend to only showcase their best work on their websites."You're not seeing where's the <keyword id="6357873" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="bride" source="Orion">bride</keyword> with her dad or where's the bride and her sister or where's the family shots," she said. Ultimately, by sharing her wedding regrets, Giancola said she hopes to help brides-to-be take at least some of the pressure off their big day. "A lot of girls think that their wedding is proving who they are to the world, " she said. "But you're more than your wedding day."

A newlywed shared her biggest wedding regrets on TikTok, including hiring photographers who took too many candid shots

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The 2020 <keyword id="199972" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="60" keywordseo="Emmys">Emmys</keyword> were held virtually for the first time in history on Sunday night.</li><li><keyword id="1655181" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Zendaya">Zendaya</keyword>, who won the outstanding lead actress in a drama series category for her role on "Euphoria," wore her <keyword id="23927" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Hair">hair</keyword> in a high bun while accepting the award.</li><li><keyword id="6355064" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Celebrity">Celebrity</keyword> hairstylist Larry Sims created the star's look using products from Gabrielle Union's Flawless hair-care collection.</li><li>Zendaya wore the casual bun with a glittery and polka-dotted Armani Prive gown.</li></ul><a href="https://www.insider.com/category/zendaya">Zendaya</a>'s Emmys hairstylist is sharing with fans how to re-create the star's awards-show updo at home. Zendaya made history on Sunday night at the <a href="https://www.insider.com/category/emmys-2020">2020 Emmys Awards</a>, which were hosted virtually for the first time in history. The "Euphoria" actress became the youngest person to win an Emmy for the outstanding lead actress in a drama series category.While accepting her award remotely, Zendaya wore her hair in a high bun. Celebrity hairstylist Larry Sims, who has also worked with Alicia Keys, Regina King, and Gabrielle Union, styled Zendaya's hairdo.In an <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CFaO8Mxj1ri/?utm_source=ig_embed">Instagram post</a>, Sims shared a photo of Zendaya's bun, which he called the "Bardot Blow Out," referencing the French model and actress Brigitte Bardot. <div type="image" title="Zendaya excited Emmys 2020 winner ABC " height="1174" width="1567" msid="78265438" hostid="261"></div>On Instagram, Sims listed the products he used for Zendaya's hairstyle, which are from <a href="https://www.essence.com/feature/gabrielle-union-relaunch-flawless-by-gabrielle-union-hair-care/">Gabrielle Union's hair-care collection Flawless, which she released in collaboration with Sims in August</a>.Sims wrote that he used the Flawless <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Flawless-Gabrielle-Union-Leave-Conditioner/dp/B084KJ5LW6">leave-in conditioner</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Flawless-Gabrielle-Union-Enhancing-Protection/dp/B084KTJKXQ/ref=sr_1_3_sspa?crid=YZOOMAMIVBQP&amp;dchild=1&amp;keywords=flawless+heat+protectant+spray&amp;qid=1600791527&amp;sprefix=flawless+heat+pro%2Cbeauty%2C152&amp;sr=8-3-spons&amp;psc=1&amp;spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUExUTVBWk5XS09TVlhXJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwMTgzMDUxM0NZOEFaRlVXVUhGTCZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwNjk0MzA5Q0NGUzVHS1ROSFVFJndpZGdldE5hbWU9c3BfYXRmJmFjdGlvbj1jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ==JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ==">heat protectant</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Flawless-Gabrielle-Union-Smoothing-Cream/dp/B084KVVR2V/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?dchild=1&amp;keywords=flawless+blow+dry+cream&amp;qid=1600791585&amp;sr=8-1-spons&amp;psc=1&amp;spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEyMElZSU5POFhKRkMxJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwNzAwNjczMVpYWEswT1JWMVBTNSZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwNzc5NTAwMVlFNkRVRkxCU0hROSZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX2F0ZiZhY3Rpb249Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU=dExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU=">blow-dry cream</a>, and <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Flawless-Gabrielle-Union-Restoring-Treatment/dp/B084KZP9SB/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?dchild=1&amp;keywords=exotic+oil+drops+flawless&amp;qid=1600791635&amp;sr=8-1-spons&amp;psc=1&amp;spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEzQzIzNVVDWDhRR0xKJmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwNDc0MDA0M084WjNVWFRGOTU5VyZlbmNyeXB0ZWRBZElkPUEwNjk0MjUzMUJSWDNWRTdVUTk0MyZ3aWRnZXROYW1lPXNwX2F0ZiZhY3Rpb249Y2xpY2tSZWRpcmVjdCZkb05vdExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU=dExvZ0NsaWNrPXRydWU=">exotic oil drops</a>. The products mentioned are available for purchase on Amazon for $9.99 each at the time of writing. Along with her casual bun, <a href="https://www.insider.com/emmys-zendaya-style-virtual-awards-show-2020-9">the actress, styled by Law Roach, wore a glittery Armani Prive dress</a> with a polka-dot skirt while accepting her award.In a press release from Sims <a href="https://www.intheknow.com/2020/09/21/zendayas-emmy-win-messy-bun-how-to/">published by In The Know</a>, Sims wrote that he created Zendaya's hairstyle by using the heat protectant and leave-in conditioner on her hair while it was damp.He then blow-dried her hair and used a rounded brush, starting at the nape of her neck and working to the front of her hair, while setting each section with rollers to "secure definition and volume."To complete the look, he secured a ponytail on top of her head. Sims also styled Zendaya's low bun, which she wore with <a href="https://www.insider.com/emmys-zendaya-wears-gown-for-virtual-show-2020-9">her first outfit of the virtual awards show:</a> a black and purple Christopher John Rogers dress.<div type="image" title="Sims also styled Zendaya's hair for her presenter look at the Emmys." height="1874" width="2498" msid="78265440" hostid="261"></div>Sims used the same products to style the "Euphoria" star's hair that he did for her casual bun, as well as another product from Gabrielle Union's Flawless collection: a <a href="https://www.walmart.com/ip/Flawless-by-Gabrielle-Union-Edge-Control-Gel-Hair-Gel-4-fl-oz/664761607?wmlspartner=wlpa&amp;selectedSellerId=101030561&amp;&amp;adid=22222222227000000000&amp;wl0=&amp;wl1=g&amp;wl2=c&amp;wl3=42423897272&amp;wl4=pla-51320962143&amp;wl5=9004338&amp;wl6=&amp;wl7=&amp;wl8=&amp;wl9=pla&amp;wl10=255133448&amp;wl11=online&amp;wl12=664761607&amp;veh=sem&amp;gclid=EAIaIQobChMI46G13Zj96wIVFbbICh0GZQygEAQYASABEgJESfD_BwEeh=sem&amp;gclid=EAIaIQobChMI46G13Zj96wIVFbbICh0GZQygEAQYASABEgJESfD_BwE">$9.99 edge control hair gel.</a>Representatives for Larry Sims and Zendaya, respectively, did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.<ul class="read-more-links"><li>Read more:</li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/emmys-zendaya-style-virtual-awards-show-2020-9">Zendaya's Emmys fashion was so good it deserves its own award</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/emmys-2020-memes-and-reactions-best-social-media-2020-9">The best memes from the 2020 virtual Emmy Awards</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/zendayas-best-red-carpet-looks-2018-10">30 of Zendaya's best red-carpet looks</a> </li></ul>

Zendaya's Emmys hairstylist shares how he created the star's casual updo for the awards show

<ul class="summary-list"><li>From Saint-Tropez to Marseille and Nice, parties across the French Riviera this summer have been making international headlines.</li><li>In conversations with Business Insider, several French residents described a scene of non-stop partying and minimal mask-wearing.</li><li>In recent weeks, restaurants and night clubs across Saint-Tropez have been forced to close down.</li><li><a href="https://www.santepubliquefrance.fr/regions/provence-alpes-cote-d-azur-et-corse/documents/bulletin-regional/2020/surveillance-epidemiologique-en-paca.-point-au-12-aout-2020">According to a release</a> from the public health department of <keyword id="6354785" type="LOCATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="france">France</keyword>, the positivity rate in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, which includes the French Riviera, has climbed from 1.7% on August 5 to 2.8% on August 12. </li><li>Business Insider talked to French locals, parsed through local and national reports, and dove into social media posts to piece together the story of the French Riviera's pandemic <keyword id="56" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Party">party</keyword> summer. </li></ul>At Nikki Beach Saint-Tropez, the party was on but the masks were off.Half-naked bodies in neon bathing suits danced under towering palm trees at the A-list beach club. Champagne was flowing, and phones were out to document it all. It was the prime setting for a social media firestorm.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—Augusto Gómez Rivas (@Augustogr1963) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1287840432228118528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 27, 2020</a></blockquote>As one 20-year-old Parisian told Business Insider of her two-week Saint-Tropez vacation in July: "Mostly, I partied."During France's two-month lockdown from March to May, Saint-Tropez had been what <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/saint-tropez-riviera-coronavirus-covid-closed/2020/08/08/e0de205e-d8ca-11ea-a788-2ce86ce81129_story.html">The Washington Post's Dana Thomas</a> dubbed a "<keyword id="1754604" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="coronavirus">coronavirus</keyword>-free bubble on the Mediterranean," with few reported coronavirus cases. Beach clubs and restaurants reopened in June with limited capacity and mask mandates.But from July 25 to August 1, per the regional health agency, Saint-Tropez saw 65 new cases. As a result, the town shuttered several restaurants and dayclubs and issued a new mask mandate. Similar stories are unfolding in other towns across the French Riviera.Business Insider was not able to obtain statistics for each city's new coronavirus cases, but various reports indicate what the situation looks like across the French Riviera. <a href="https://theglobepost.com/2020/07/20/france-second-wave/">Nice and Marseille</a> each have an infection spread rate of 1.55, higher than France's infection spread rate of 1.2. In Marseilles, there are <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/tamarathiessen/2020/08/15/france-coronavirus-paris-marseille-high-risk-zones/#1c6bc15175d3">57 coronavirus cases for every 100,000 people</a> — higher than the national average of 34 cases. And <a href="https://www.santepubliquefrance.fr/regions/provence-alpes-cote-d-azur-et-corse/documents/bulletin-regional/2020/surveillance-epidemiologique-en-paca.-point-au-12-aout-2020">per a release from the public health department of France</a>, the positivity rate in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, which includes the French Riviera, increased from 1.7% on August 5 to 2.8% on August 12.On Friday, Jérôme Salomon, a French health ministry official, declared Marseille (along with Paris) an at-risk zone for coronavirus due to an uptick in cases. "The situation is deteriorating from week to week," <a href="https://statesville.com/news/world/the-latest-paris-marseille-declared-at-risk-zones/article_c0a5e4d5-c1d5-5e17-bade-f668ad8ffc6d.html">he said on France Inter radio</a>. A newly issued government decree now allows authorities to impose restrictions in the area.Martin Blachier, an epidemiologist at Universite de Versailles Saint Quentin, told Business Insider that the French Riviera and Paris are the two most concerning regions in France where the coronavirus is escalating. "The virus circulates mainly in very young people here in France, between 20 and 30 years old mostly," he said.So, how did this Mediterranean paradise wind up facing a fresh outbreak of cases? To piece together an understanding of the French Riveria's summer, Business Insider talked to five locals and tourists in France's southeastern coast, parsed through local and national reports from news outlets, reviewed press releases, and dove into social media posts from the area. We found that the coronavirus won't stop the French Riviera from partying — but that curbing the parties also presents a challenge in its own right.<h2>'Like living on vacation'</h2>The French Riviera is the place for the world's elite to rub shoulders every summer. The ports glitter with superyachts. Craggy cliffs jut over a turquoise sea, forming the French Riviera's famously rocky coastline. Quaint villages and coves are hidden between the region's cities and towns, the most famous of which are Saint-Tropez, Nice, and Cannes.Saint-Tropez, known as "<a href="https://www.vogue.com/article/st-tropez-yacht-billionaire-decline">billionaires' harbor</a>" and made famous by Brigitte Bardot's 1956 film "<a href="https://theculturetrip.com/europe/france/articles/the-beauty-of-st-tropez-captured-on-film/Woman_(1956_film)">And God Created Women</a>," is a jetsetter's paradise. Cannes, home to the annual Cannes Film Festival, lures in starlets and wealthy Hollywood types. And Nice is less party and more <a href="https://www.travelandleisure.com/travel-guide/nice-cote-dazur">highbrow culture</a>, attracting artists and aristocrats. It's the second-largest French city on the Mediterranean coast after Marseille, which is known as an <a href="https://www.travelandleisure.com/travel-guide/marseilles">artsy</a>, <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/france/cote-d-azur/marseille/articles/marseille-travel-guide/">boisterous, and edgy</a> city.As a 22-year-old French local who lives just outside of Marseille told Business Insider, "French Riviera is like living on vacation."<div type="image" title="Saint Tropez, France" height="1669" width="2226" msid="77624582" hostid="261"></div>In a typical year, the area mostly draws the international tourist crowd, Emma Carnot, a local Antibes resident, told Business Insider. She said they're often wealthy American or Chinese travelers, and some European middle class families. This year, though, she's seeing more French and European visitors. "We see way more of these young people that used to go to Thailand to go crazy," Carnot said, adding that their hunt for a party often leads them to Cannes and Saint-Tropez. "They end up here and create more problems."Tourist season typically starts in mid-April, she said. But according to a press release from the French Riviera Tourism community, this summer started off slow. Hotel occupancy was at 22% in June. By the end of July, it had increased to 72%. Data on hotel occupancy rates in August was not yet available by the time of this article's publication.<h2>The coronavirus comes to France</h2>The first known source of the coronavirus in Europe was in France: <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/two-coronavirus-cases-confirmed-in-france-first-in-europe">On January 24</a>, two people who had recently traveled to China tested positive in France for the coronavirus.On March 3, President Emmanual Macron <a href="https://www.marketwatch.com/story/france-germany-close-schools-in-virus-cluster-zones-2020-03-03">shut down 120 schools</a>. On March 12, he <a href="https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2020-03-12/france-to-close-schools-to-curb-coronavirus-spread-macron">shuttered all nurseries, schools, and universities</a> after discovering the outbreak in France was more widespread than previously believed. And <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-52615733#:~:text=The%20government%20has%20released%20a,reopen%20in%20the%20coming%20weeks.">as of March 17</a>, France was officially under lockdown.While most of France was struggling to obtain coronavirus tests at this time, the president of the gated Saint-Tropez neighborhood Les Parcs de Saint-Tropez <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/french-riviera-billionaire-enclave-private-coronavirus-testing-2020-4">set up a private testing site</a> for its billionaire residents. The preferential treatment caused an uproar in the local community.<div type="image" title="nice beach" height="1667" width="2222" msid="77624583" hostid="261"></div>Schools and businesses gradually began to reopen on <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/31094120-22ba-4a9a-8122-2851aebf7549">May 11</a> with social distancing measures and a face mask mandate. By June 22, France's coronavirus cases had slowed down from its peak of 7,500 in a single day to about 450 cases per day, <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/31094120-22ba-4a9a-8122-2851aebf7549">per The Financial Times</a>. Jean-Francois Delfraissy, France's top scientific adviser, declared the virus was "under control." In June, <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/31094120-22ba-4a9a-8122-2851aebf7549">Macron told his country</a>, "We are going to get back to our art de vivre and recover our taste for liberty."But Blachier, the epidemiologist, told The Financial Times in June that France's increased testing and tracing capacity may not weather a resurgence. That's not a good sign considering that Salomon, the health ministry official, told Parliament the same month he expected more cases during the summer holidays. Then came August, the month of the European holiday. Just eight days into August, France saw its sharpest 24-hour increase in coronavirus cases — 2,500 — since May, <a href="https://www.france24.com/en/20200812-france-sees-highest-new-daily-virus-cases-since-may">reported local outlet France 24</a>. Health officials said indicators tracking the pandemic were "officially worsening." As of publishing time, coronavirus cases in France <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/world/europe/france-coronavirus-cases.html">continue to climb</a>. <h2>The French Riviera is facing a pandemic party problem</h2>Even in the age of the coronavirus, the French Riviera is one big party. Partiers are flocking to Cannes, where Juliette Perelin <a href="https://www.parismatch.com/Actu/Societe/Covid-19-l-ete-de-tous-les-dangers-1697457">wrote for Paris Match</a> that "the instructions go to bed with the sun." In Nice, a dense, maskless <a href="https://edm.com/events/nice-france-electronic-event">crowd of 5,000 danced to EDM artist The Avener</a> at an outdoor concert on July 12.Concertgoers looked "like they were in a dance club," Carnot, the Antibes local, told Business Insider. Carnot noted that she was there for work and that she was one of the few people she saw wearing a mask. "It was a scary feeling to think the whole night, 'What is happening, are we making a huge mistake?'" <blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—France 3 Côte d'Azur (@F3cotedazur) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1282228895652229120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 12, 2020</a></blockquote>Over in Marseille, newly declared at-risk as of August 14, the coronavirus wasn't stopping the fourth annual musical festival Paradise at Sea. Thirty boats and floating rafts heaved for 10 hours as bikini-clad attendees partied with wine bottles in hand. Event security <a href="https://www.parismatch.com/Actu/Societe/Covid-19-l-ete-de-tous-les-dangers-1697457">took temperatures and shouted mask requirements</a>, but also said they wouldn't be going to the police.The 22-year-old French local Business Insider spoke to said the party scene in Marseille is active, especially on popular rooftops like R2 Rooftop and Baou. At Baou, she noted, temperature checks are conducted and masks are required to gain entry. By once inside, the masks come off."Absolutely no guests wear masks during the party," she said. "I feel like nothing has changed except for closed nightclubs and new rules."In Saint-Tropez, as Thomas wrote for The Post and as the Nikki Beach scene shows, the limited capacity and staff mask rules became more lenient as the summer wore on. At restaurants, diners danced sans masks, Thomas said; at beach clubs, waitstaff were often maskless or wore masks improperly and many clubgoers refused to put on masks."Wearing masks [is] not a sexy look, that's for sure," Patrice de Colmont, owner of the famous beach retreat Club 55, told Thomas. He said half of the clubgoers refused to wear a mask inside to go to the restroom.<div type="image" title="saint tropez" height="1667" width="2223" msid="77624584" hostid="261"></div>Now, Saint-Tropez has had to institute a series of business closures. According to Thomas, three restaurants — Indie Beach House, Pablo, and Noto — were shut down after employees tested positive for the coronavirus, and two beach clubs — Moorea and Verde — were closed after ignoring social distancing rules. Saint-Tropez Deputy Mayor Sylvie Siri told <a href="https://www.varmatin.com/sante/coronavirus-deux-nouveaux-foyers-epidemiques-decouverts-a-saint-tropez-552270">local outlet Var-Matin</a> that the new mask mandates will "serve as an electroshock."Business Insider reached out to the mayors of Saint-Tropez, Marseille, Nice, and Cannes respectively for information on the measures each has taken in response to the pandemic. A representative for the mayor of Cannes, David Lisnard, pointed us to a press release that detailed the steps the city had taken, including a citywide disinfection and a curfew. The mayors of Saint-Tropez, Marseille, and Nice did not immediately respond to requests for comment.<h2>A world that keeps partying and a problem that stretches beyond the French Riviera</h2>The French Riviera is not the only region facing a pandemic party problem.Elsewhere in France, Paris is dealing with crowded cafe terraces and maskless pedestrians, per <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/31094120-22ba-4a9a-8122-2851aebf7549">The Financial Times</a>. In mid-June, thousands of revelers took over Parisian streets for the city's annual Fête de la Musique, <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/ceciliarodriguez/2020/06/22/parisians-tempt-coronavirus-partying-in-the-streets-/#61769e5351cf">drawing criticism</a> from public health officials. And <a href="https://www.france24.com/en/20200810-party-s-over-mountain-rave-riles-remote-french-region">a reported 10,000 people</a> attended an illegal outdoor rave party in France's remote Lozere region on August 10.Outside of France's borders, parties have been raging all summer long, too. The Spanish island of Mallorca <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-spain-mallorca/cracking-down-on-drunken-crowds-mallorca-shuts-party-streets-idUSKCN24G2CI">shut down three main party strips</a> after maskless German and British tourists packed bars. Weeks after reopening, clubs in Barcelona were forced to <a href="https://elpais.com/sociedad/2020-07-23/espana-pone-coto-al-ocio-nocturno-para-contener-el-coronavirus.html">shutter</a> in July due to crowding and lax security measures. A recent party at a Prague nightclub was connected to <a href="https://news.expats.cz/weekly-czech-news/testing-uncovers-65-new-covid-19-infections-connected-to-a-party-in-a-prague-nightclub-party/">65 new coronavirus cases</a>. And in the Hamptons, a <a href="https://www.insider.com/the-chainsmokers-concert-drive-in-covid-backlash-2020-7">reported 3,000 people</a> attended a Chainsmokers "drive-in" concert, which is currently under investigation. As people across the world seek the freedom of their pre-pandemic <keyword id="6360041" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="life">life</keyword>, reckless behavior — or even just behavior that was normal before the pandemic — can risk setting back any progress made in slowing down the spread of coronavirus. Blachier said that while the virus is circulating more around young people in France right now, it can put more vulnerable populations at risk. "That's exactly what happened in the US, like in Florida," Blachier said. But he also pointed out that controlling this kind of behavior is difficult."You can't tell young people they can't have parties because they need to have parties," he said. "They need to live. They need to have a life … but they need to protect their family."As for the 20-year-old Parisian who spent two weeks partying in Saint-Tropez, she and her friends got tested upon returning to Paris. The results: negative. "I was concerned, of course," she said. "Not for me, but I was afraid to spread the virus to my family."

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<div class="KonaFilter image-container float_right"><div class="image"><img src="http://static6.businessinsider.com/image/52f1262decad0493794a97c4-535-401/cat-video-oscar.jpg?maxX=480" border="0" alt="Cat Video Oscar" width="480" />Brigitte Bardot FoundationFarid Ghilas of Marseille threw this kitten, Oscar, against the wall in a violent video he then uploaded to Facebook.</div></div>A teeny kitten named Oscar was the subject of a viral video last week, but for all the wrong reasons.
Farid Ghilas of Marseille, France, was sentenced to a year in prison for animal cruelty after he posted a video to his Facebook profile showing him hurling little Oscar against a building. 
<a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57618278-1/man-who-posts-online-vid-of-kitten-abuse-gets-year-in-prison/">The video quickly sparked "widespread horror</a> and outrage and even death threats aimed at the perpetrator," reports CNET.
By the time Ghilas took the video down, it was too late. Facebook users had saved his profile information and created Facebook pages calling for his arrest.
The police took Ghilas into custody less than 24 hours after the video appeared online.
<a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57618278-1/man-who-posts-online-vid-of-kitten-abuse-gets-year-in-prison/">CNET reports:</a>
On Monday, just days later, some 200 animal-rights activists, accompanied by about 20 dogs, gathered outside a Marseille criminal court as the 24-year-old man was sentenced on charges of "acts of cruelty against a domestic and tame animal." The offense carries a maximum prison term of two years and a fine of 30,000 euros (about $40,500).
Ghilas barely apologized for his actions.
 "I do not know what came over me," he reportedly said several times, in a translated version of a <a href="http://www.metronews.fr/marseille/oscar-le-chat-un-an-de-prison-ferme-pour-son-tortionnaire/mnbc!hxtz22Zkj2GXU/">Metro News article</a>. "I walked around the neighborhood. Cat came to me. I took it, I swung." 
As for Oscar, he was thankfully rescued by a bystander who witnessed the ordeal. He has a fractured leg and is now being cared for by the Marseille SPA. Oscar's guardian will reportedly be able to recover the pet soon. 
As CNET points out, "if the Internet's past record of <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57604280-1/one-eyed-sir-stuffington-becomes-new-internet-cat-star/">kindness to vulnerable animals</a> and the many well wishes posted to the SPA's Facebook page are any indication, he now has supporters the world over."

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