She's just fine! While receiving the Chevalier of Arts and Letters to honor her work in the film industry, Marion Cotillard received the opposite of praise and admiration - she got stabbed! French Culture Minister Frederic Mittera...

When the French culture minister presented Marion Cotillard with a pin making her a knight in the Order of the Arts and Letters, he mistakenly stuck it too far through her blouse.

Marion Cotillard is all smiles as she is named an Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters on Monday (March 15) in Paris, France. The 34-year-old actress was given the award by French Culture Minister Frederic Mitterand. Famed direc...

Arts and Culture, South America, PeruThe Peruvian Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism, Martin Pérez, has announced that popular tourist destination Machu Picchu will reopen to visitors starting April 1st, marking a re...

Arts and Culture Minister Lulu Xingawa caused an Internet sensation yesterday when news broke that she had declared an exhibition at Constitution Hill "immoral" and "pornographic" for its inclusion of photographs of "naked lesbians"...

Arts and Culture, Hiking, History, South America, PeruAccording to Peru's transportation minister, the famous train to Machu Picchu will go back into service ahead of schedule, although it will still be three weeks befo...

Hook-Ups, Paparazzi Photo, Hot Bodies After receiving an honor from the Minister of Culture in Paris, Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor congratulated each other with their man-on-man tongues.In the upcoming film "I Love You ...

Some guys get all the luck! Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor were knighted in the prestigious National Order of Arts and Letters this morning by Minister of Culture Frederic Mitterand. To celebrate, they made out. We don't really blame ...

The U.K. Financial Services Secretary, Paul Myners, is calling for an independent review into the British investment banking industry to re-examine the "greed is good" culture that he says has spread through various corners of soci...

Marc Jacobs is being seriously honored by the French government! This Friday, the French Culture Minister Frédéric Mitterrand will decorate the designer as a Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres (Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters...

• Marc Jacobs and Nathalie Rykiel will be honored tomorrow for their contributions to the French fashion industry by French culture minister Frédéric Mitterrand. It's the French equivalent of being knighted. [WWD] • Kristen St...

Egyptian archaeologists discovered tombs of the workers who built the great Pyramid of Cheops at El Giza, Egypt's Culture Minister Faruq Hosni said on Sunday....

Japan's culture of quitting, whereby resigning is always the honorable thing to do, looks set to continue as exhausted finance minister Hirohisa Fujii has offered his resignation to Prime Minister Hatoyama. According to Time Online,...

Japan's culture of quitting, whereby resigning is always the honorable thing to do, looks set to continue as exhausted finance minister Hirohisa Fujii has offered his resignation to Prime Minister Hatoyama. According to Time Online,...

WARSAW (AP).- Poland's culture minister on Wednesday promised the Auschwitz museum money to step up security after the infamous "Arbeit Macht Frei" ("Work Sets You Free") sign was stolen from the site of the former Nazi death camp. ...

Culture Minister Margaret Hodge has slapped a temporary export ban on this painting by English artist Samuel Palmer: The Shearers (1833-34). It is considered one of his finest works and would be a cultural loss to the UK if it were ...

Press release12 million USD in governmental supportto the Norwegian Chess Olympiad bidThe Minister of Sports and culture in Norway, Mrs. Anniken Huitfeldt has announced that the Norwegian government will support The City of Tromsø’s...

I offer, again today, a guest post. This open open letter to Cuba's Vice Minister of Culture was written by blogger Claudia Cadelo, in response...

Economical guarantee for Chess Olympiad2009-12-18The Norwegian Government gives a NOK 70 million guarantee for the planned Chess Olympiad 2014 in the northern Norwegian city of Tromsø.Minister of Culture, Anniken Huitfeldt, says in ...

Junior culture minister Sion Simon has promised to repay thousands of pounds and apologise after being confronted with illegitimate expenses claims.