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French actress Brigitte Bardot poses with a huge sombrero she brought back from Mexico, as she arrives at Orly Airport in Paris, France, on May 27, 1965. (AP Photo)

Brigitte Bardot, 1960s sultry sex symbol turned militant animal rights activist dies at 91

December 28, 2025 at 9:42 a.m.

Brigitte Bardot, the French 1960s sex symbol who became one of the greatest screen sirens of the 20th century and later a militant animal rights activist and far-right supporter, has...

FILE – Former far-right National Front party leader Jean-Marie Le Pen clenches his fist at the statue of Joan of Arc, Monday May 1, 2017, in Paris. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu, File)

Jean-Marie Le Pen, French far-right leader known for fiery rhetoric against immigration, dies at 96

January 7, 2025 at 4:58 p.m.

Jean-Marie Le Pen, the founder of France’s far-right National Front who was known for fiery rhetoric against immigration and multiculturalism that earned him both staunch supporters and widespread condemnation, died...

National Front party leader Marine Le Pen, right, greets on stage former White House strategist Steve Bannon at the party congress in the northern French city of Lille, March 10, 2018.

Bannon to French far-right party: ‘Let them call you racist … Wear it as a badge of honor’

August 22, 2019 at 3:06 a.m.

Former White House strategist Steve Bannon re-energized France's struggling far-right National Front party Saturday by speaking at a party congress and telling Marine Le Pen's nationalist supporters: "History is on...

Johnny Hallyday, el Elvis francés, fallece a los 74 años

December 15, 2018 at 3:35 a.m.

Johnny Hallyday, el máximo astro del rock de Francia por más de medio siglo y un ícono que llenó estadios y encendió al público con sus movimientos de cadera y...

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