C'est avec une immense tristesse que j'ai appris la mort de Susana Rossberg. Elle était née en 1945 à Sao Paulo. Susana était la fille de Juifs d'Allemagne exilés au Brésil pour échapper aux persécutions nazies. Après avoir perdu son père à l'âge de trois ans, elle était devenue orpheline à l'âge de quinze ans. Après avoir passé quatre ans chez sa tante maternelle aux Etats-Unis, elle était retournée au Brésil. Elle avait pris part, très jeune, à la lutte contre la dictature militaire au (…)

Emmanuel Macron leads tributes to​ actor who became an international sex symbol ​and later embraced animal rights​ and far-right politics
Emmanuel Macron leads tributes to​ actor who became an international sex symbol ​and later embraced animal rights​ and far-right politics
Brigitte Bardot, the French actor and singer who became an international sex symbol before turning her back on the film industry and embracing the cause of animal rights activism and far-right politics, has died (…)

Brigitte Bardot's death, at the age of 91, brings to a close one of the most extraordinary careers in post-war French cultural life.
Best known as an actress, she was also a singer, a fashion icon, an animal rights activist and a symbol of France's sexual liberation.
Famous enough to be known by her initials, B.B. symbolised a certain vision of French femininity – rebellious and sensual, yet vulnerable.
Her impact on beauty standards and French national identity was profound. At her (…)