Renowned film star Jacqueline Bisset believes she’s an even better actress than she used to be, certainly backing up such a statement by turning in one of her bravest roles of her career to date, in Abel Ferrara’s contentious drama Welcome to New York.
Inspired by the now infamous Dominique Strauss-Kahn affair, Bisset plays Simone, the beleaguered wife to Gérard Depardieu’s sociopathic, somewhat repulsive Devereux, who is going through a court case following his sexual assault on a hotel maid. Bisset, who shines in her supporting role, tell us that she’s better now than she’s ever been, which is certainly saying something, given she’s starred in productions such as Bullitt and Murder on the Orient Express, across what has been a truly illustrious career.
“I’m a much better actress now than I was then,” she said. “I have a lot more life experiences,...
Inspired by the now infamous Dominique Strauss-Kahn affair, Bisset plays Simone, the beleaguered wife to Gérard Depardieu’s sociopathic, somewhat repulsive Devereux, who is going through a court case following his sexual assault on a hotel maid. Bisset, who shines in her supporting role, tell us that she’s better now than she’s ever been, which is certainly saying something, given she’s starred in productions such as Bullitt and Murder on the Orient Express, across what has been a truly illustrious career.
“I’m a much better actress now than I was then,” she said. “I have a lot more life experiences,...
- 8/7/2014
- by Stefan Pape
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Wild Bunch unleashed Abel Ferrara’s Welcome to New York on big and small screens at Cannes on Saturday night [May 17].
Although not in Official Selection, the film starring Gerard Depardieu in a role inspired by former Imf chief and French presidential candidate Dominique Strauss Kahn’s humiliating arrest in New York in 2011 on sex charges, later dropped, was one of the most anticipated on the Croisette.
Industry, press and public watched the picture at the Star cinema as well as in a makeshift theatre on the Carlton’s Nikki Beach, before heading to party where guests were frisked by fake NYPD cops on entering and goodie bags stuffed with white bath robes, whips, masks and handcuffs were handed out.
Simultaneously, the film also went up live on a dozen VOD sites in France, including Wild Bunch’s platform FilmoTV, as well as in Germany, Spain and Italy.
Starring Depardieu as Mr Devereaux — a sex addict, business tsar — the...
Although not in Official Selection, the film starring Gerard Depardieu in a role inspired by former Imf chief and French presidential candidate Dominique Strauss Kahn’s humiliating arrest in New York in 2011 on sex charges, later dropped, was one of the most anticipated on the Croisette.
Industry, press and public watched the picture at the Star cinema as well as in a makeshift theatre on the Carlton’s Nikki Beach, before heading to party where guests were frisked by fake NYPD cops on entering and goodie bags stuffed with white bath robes, whips, masks and handcuffs were handed out.
Simultaneously, the film also went up live on a dozen VOD sites in France, including Wild Bunch’s platform FilmoTV, as well as in Germany, Spain and Italy.
Starring Depardieu as Mr Devereaux — a sex addict, business tsar — the...
- 5/18/2014
- ScreenDaily
Wild Bunch unleashed Abel Ferrara’s Welcome to New York on big and small screens at Cannes on Saturday night [May 17].
Although not in Official Selection, the film starring Gerard Depardieu in a role inspired by former Imf chief and French presidential candidate Dominique Strauss Kahn’s humiliating arrest in New York in 2011 on sex charges, later dropped, was one of the most anticipated on the Croisette.
Industry, press and public watched the picture at the Star cinema as well as in a makeshift theatre on the Carlton’s Nikki Beach, before heading to party where guests were frisked by fake NYPD cops on entering and goodie bags stuffed with white bath robes, whips, masks and handcuffs were handed out.
Simultaneously, the film also went up live on a dozen VOD sites in France, including Wild Bunch’s platform FilmoTV, as well as in Germany, Spain and Italy.
Starring Depardieu as Mr Devereaux — a sex addict, business tsar — the...
Although not in Official Selection, the film starring Gerard Depardieu in a role inspired by former Imf chief and French presidential candidate Dominique Strauss Kahn’s humiliating arrest in New York in 2011 on sex charges, later dropped, was one of the most anticipated on the Croisette.
Industry, press and public watched the picture at the Star cinema as well as in a makeshift theatre on the Carlton’s Nikki Beach, before heading to party where guests were frisked by fake NYPD cops on entering and goodie bags stuffed with white bath robes, whips, masks and handcuffs were handed out.
Simultaneously, the film also went up live on a dozen VOD sites in France, including Wild Bunch’s platform FilmoTV, as well as in Germany, Spain and Italy.
Starring Depardieu as Mr Devereaux — a sex addict, business tsar — the...
- 5/18/2014
- ScreenDaily
Gérard Depardieu gets down and debauched in Abel Ferrara's Welcome To New York, set for a special Cannes screening
It may have been considered too risqué for any of the official sections of the Cannes Film Festival but Abel Ferrara’s eagerly awaited new film, which is said to be inspired by the life and turbulent times of Dsk (Dominque Strauss-Kahn), will be unveiled at the Festival in a special off-screening.
Dealing with money and debauchery (the main character Devereaux played by Gérard Depardieu becomes involved with a hotel maid) as well as the abuse of power, the subject would seem to provide fertile territory for Ferrara.
Jacqueline Bisset plays his spouse Simone Devereaux, not a million miles away from Strauss-Kahn’s long-suffering ex-wife Anne Sinclair, a journalist.
Ferrara has changed the names and inserted a disclaimer to avoid any legal ramifications involving the the disgraced head of the International Monetary Fund.
It may have been considered too risqué for any of the official sections of the Cannes Film Festival but Abel Ferrara’s eagerly awaited new film, which is said to be inspired by the life and turbulent times of Dsk (Dominque Strauss-Kahn), will be unveiled at the Festival in a special off-screening.
Dealing with money and debauchery (the main character Devereaux played by Gérard Depardieu becomes involved with a hotel maid) as well as the abuse of power, the subject would seem to provide fertile territory for Ferrara.
Jacqueline Bisset plays his spouse Simone Devereaux, not a million miles away from Strauss-Kahn’s long-suffering ex-wife Anne Sinclair, a journalist.
Ferrara has changed the names and inserted a disclaimer to avoid any legal ramifications involving the the disgraced head of the International Monetary Fund.
- 5/7/2014
- by Richard Mowe
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Gérard Depardieu plays powerful fallen character, with Jacqueline Bisset as wife, in film Welcome to New York
The first images from a feature film inspired by the Dominique Strauss-Kahn scandal and directed by the American Abel Ferrara, have been released, two years after the former head of the Imf was arrested in New York over the alleged attempted rape of a hotel worker.
The trailer for Welcome to New York is a frenzied and explicit rampage through the champagne, orgies and debauchery behind a French power figure at the highest levels of Washington before his arrest over attempted rape.
The Strauss-Kahn figure is played by Gérard Depardieu in what appears to be such a scathing performance it could help rehabilitate the actor's own image in France, where he caused a storm this year by taking Russian nationality in a row over tax.
"It is a [Strauss-Kahn] only Depardieu could play," said...
The first images from a feature film inspired by the Dominique Strauss-Kahn scandal and directed by the American Abel Ferrara, have been released, two years after the former head of the Imf was arrested in New York over the alleged attempted rape of a hotel worker.
The trailer for Welcome to New York is a frenzied and explicit rampage through the champagne, orgies and debauchery behind a French power figure at the highest levels of Washington before his arrest over attempted rape.
The Strauss-Kahn figure is played by Gérard Depardieu in what appears to be such a scathing performance it could help rehabilitate the actor's own image in France, where he caused a storm this year by taking Russian nationality in a row over tax.
"It is a [Strauss-Kahn] only Depardieu could play," said...
- 5/16/2013
- by Angelique Chrisafis
- The Guardian - Film News
So remember about a year ago when Abel Ferrara was talking up his next movie, one that would be inspired by/based on disgraced French politician Dominique Strauss-Kahn? While producers were cagier, Ferrara suggested a shoot last summer with Gerard Depardieu in the lead role, with Isabelle Adjani to co-star. Well, that didn't happen and now it looks like he's going to have to find a new leading lady. French media are reporting that Adjani has exited the project. The actress was apparently going to play Anne Sinclair, Strauss-Kahn's wife, but left the movie given the new media scrutiny Strauss-Kahn is under thanks to the publication of a tell-all book by journalist Marcela Iacub, about her seven-month affair with him. The book, titled "Beauty And Beast," is a semi-fictional account of their very real relationship, and it has made headlines in Europe for its salacious content. Adjani believes it will...
- 3/7/2013
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Film to join array of books and plays about French politician arrested over alleged attempted rape of Us hotel worker
Just as lawyers prepare a New York civil suit against Dominique Strauss-Kahn over the alleged attempted rape of New York hotel worker, the arts world is trying to make sense of France's biggest political sex scandal in an array of films, plays and bestselling books.
Neither the script nor title of a much-talked-about Dsk feature film by Bad Lieutenant director Abel Ferrara has been finalised, but shooting is about to begin in New York, Washington and Paris, and the French media are poring over what it might entail. Dsk, a one-time presidential hopeful and head of the International Monetary Fund, has been a political pariah in France since his arrest in New York last year over the alleged attempted rape of an immigrant hotel worker, Nafissatou Diallo.
Charges were dropped...
Just as lawyers prepare a New York civil suit against Dominique Strauss-Kahn over the alleged attempted rape of New York hotel worker, the arts world is trying to make sense of France's biggest political sex scandal in an array of films, plays and bestselling books.
Neither the script nor title of a much-talked-about Dsk feature film by Bad Lieutenant director Abel Ferrara has been finalised, but shooting is about to begin in New York, Washington and Paris, and the French media are poring over what it might entail. Dsk, a one-time presidential hopeful and head of the International Monetary Fund, has been a political pariah in France since his arrest in New York last year over the alleged attempted rape of an immigrant hotel worker, Nafissatou Diallo.
Charges were dropped...
- 8/30/2012
- by Angelique Chrisafis
- The Guardian - Film News
French actor Gerard Depardieu said on Thursday he would play the “arrogant, smug” former Imf chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn in a film about his fall from grace in a series of sex scandals. “I will do it, because I don’t like him,” said Depardieu, best known for his larger-than-life swashbuckling roles like warrior poet Cyrano de Bergerac or comic book hero Asterix’s huge sidekick Obelix. “He’s not lovable. I think he’s a bit like all the French, a bit arrogant. I don’t much like the French in any case,” he told Swiss television. “He’s very French: arrogant,...
- 3/15/2012
- by Associated Press
- EW - Inside Movies
American director Abel Ferrara continued to promote his planned drama based on the recent Dominique Strauss-Kahn sex scandal and he told the French newspaper Le Monde that veteran actor Gerard Depardieu signed on to play Strauss-Kahn. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Ferrara also confirmed actress Isabelle Adjani as Strauss-Kahn’s wife Anne Sinclair. Ferrara’s announcements continued to contradict with Vincent Maraval producer at Wild Bunch, the Paris-based distributor, sales agent and producer. Maraval declined to confirm whether Wild Bunch remained committed to producing the movie despite Ferrara’s repeated casting claims and plans to begin production in June. “Vincent doesn’t want to talk about the project, that’s normal, he’s the producer. But I’m the director! No one can stop me from talking about my movie,” Ferrara told Le Monde.
- 2/7/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
American director Abel Ferrara continued to promote his planned drama based on the recent Dominique Strauss-Kahn sex scandal and he told the French newspaper Le Monde that veteran actor Gerard Depardieu signed on to play Strauss-Kahn. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Ferrara also confirmed actress Isabelle Adjani as Strauss-Kahn’s wife Anne Sinclair. Ferrara’s announcements continued to contradict with Vincent Maraval producer at Wild Bunch, the Paris-based distributor, sales agent and producer. Maraval declined to confirm whether Wild Bunch remained committed to producing the movie despite Ferrara’s repeated casting claims and plans to begin production in June. “Vincent doesn’t want to talk about the project, that’s normal, he’s the producer. But I’m the director! No one can stop me from talking about my movie,” Ferrara told Le Monde.
- 2/7/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
American director Abel Ferrara continued to promote his planned drama based on the recent Dominique Strauss-Kahn sex scandal and he told the French newspaper Le Monde that veteran actor Gerard Depardieu signed on to play Strauss-Kahn. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Ferrara also confirmed actress Isabelle Adjani as Strauss-Kahn’s wife Anne Sinclair. Ferrara’s announcements continued to contradict with Vincent Maraval producer at Wild Bunch, the Paris-based distributor, sales agent and producer. Maraval declined to confirm whether Wild Bunch remained committed to producing the movie despite Ferrara’s repeated casting claims and plans to begin production in June. “Vincent doesn’t want to talk about the project, that’s normal, he’s the producer. But I’m the director! No one can stop me from talking about my movie,” Ferrara told Le Monde.
- 2/7/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
London, Feb 6: Gerard Depardieu will star as Dominique Strauss-Kahn in a film by Us director Abel Ferrara about the New York sex scandal that caused the former Imf chief to resign.
Ferrera met Depardieu, 63, at the Deauville film festival in September and said the French star was everything a director could wish for in an actor.
The director has also announced that Isabelle Adjani playing Strauss-Kahn's wife, Anne Sinclair.
Strauss-Kahn left the International Monetary Fund last May after being charged with raping a hotel maid.
The case was dropped but ended his ambitions for the French presidency.
Before.
Ferrera met Depardieu, 63, at the Deauville film festival in September and said the French star was everything a director could wish for in an actor.
The director has also announced that Isabelle Adjani playing Strauss-Kahn's wife, Anne Sinclair.
Strauss-Kahn left the International Monetary Fund last May after being charged with raping a hotel maid.
The case was dropped but ended his ambitions for the French presidency.
Before.
- 2/6/2012
- by Rahul Kapoor
- RealBollywood.com
Gerard Depardieu is to play disgraced French financier Dominic Strauss-kahn in a new movie.
Director Abel Ferrara has confirmed the casting news to newspaper Le Monde, adding that Isabelle Adjani will portray the International Monetary Fund boss' wife Anne Sinclair.
Strauss-Kahn was charged with sexually assaulting a maid at the Sofitel New York Hotel last year.
Following an investigation, the charges were dropped, but the economist quit as Imf leader after news of the scandal broke.
Director Abel Ferrara has confirmed the casting news to newspaper Le Monde, adding that Isabelle Adjani will portray the International Monetary Fund boss' wife Anne Sinclair.
Strauss-Kahn was charged with sexually assaulting a maid at the Sofitel New York Hotel last year.
Following an investigation, the charges were dropped, but the economist quit as Imf leader after news of the scandal broke.
- 2/5/2012
- WENN
Gerard Depardieu is heading for a sex scandal à la Abel Ferrara with the French actor set to star in a Dominique Strauss-Kahn inspired film, Ferrara told French newspaper Le Monde. Ferrara said that Isabelle Adjani would co-star as Strauss-Kahn’s wife Anne Sinclair. The film has been circulating the rumor mill for months, but Wild Bunch had refused to confirm the project. “Vincent doesn’t want to talk about the project, that’s normal, he’s the producer. But I’m the director! No one can stop me from talking about my movie,” Ferrara said of Wild Bunch topper Vincent
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- 2/5/2012
- by Rebecca Leffler
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
With the Us and Israel insisting that "all options remain open, including military action, if Iran continues with its uranium enrichment program" and Iran snapping back that it'll stage "a reciprocal attack" if provoked, as the AP reports today, a little speed-bump in the Oscar race looks pretty damn trivial. Nonetheless, in today's Observer, Saeed Kamali Dehghan reports that "Masoud Ferasati, an Iranian writer whose views are close to those of the Islamic regime, said [recently on state-run television]: 'The image of our society that A Separation depicts is the dirty picture westerners are wishing for.' Ferasati added that political motivations were behind the many awards for Iranian films in the past two decades, and said an Oscar for A Separation should not be welcomed by Iranians." According to Dehghan, though, many "ordinary Iranians," have indeed welcomed the slew of awards Asghar Farhadi's film has garnered, beginning with the Golden and...
- 2/5/2012
- MUBI
Getty Anne Sinclair
Paris — The launch of an eight-person media start up doesn’t normally attract several hundred journalists. But as Arianna Huffington inaugurated the French-language edition of the Huffington Post, the clatter of camera shutters was deafening.
At the heart of the attention was the Web site’s editorial director, Anne Sinclair.
Ms. Sinclair is famous in France for being a former TV journalist and the wife of former International Monetary Fund director Dominique Strauss-Kahn. For months rumors and comments swirled around Ms.
Paris — The launch of an eight-person media start up doesn’t normally attract several hundred journalists. But as Arianna Huffington inaugurated the French-language edition of the Huffington Post, the clatter of camera shutters was deafening.
At the heart of the attention was the Web site’s editorial director, Anne Sinclair.
Ms. Sinclair is famous in France for being a former TV journalist and the wife of former International Monetary Fund director Dominique Strauss-Kahn. For months rumors and comments swirled around Ms.
- 1/23/2012
- by Max Colchester
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
I've only just now caught wind of a one-time-only event that took place in the Port of Tallinn last Thursday, 60 Seconds of Solitude in Year Zero, via Alison Nastasi at Movies.com: "An international collective of directors… contributed their shorts to the single 35mm film anthology that was screened for an audience one time — as part of Estonia's 2011 European Capital of Culture celebration — and then burned to the ground (along with the screen itself). Why, exactly? The project's website describes it as 'flying in the face of the cynicism of marketing, production, business operators, and the moral majority … dedicated to preserving freedom of thought in cinema.'" The roster of participating directors and artists is pretty impressive:
Brian Yuzna (USA), Michael Glawogger (Austria), Aku Louhimies (Finland), Ken Jacobs (USA), Gustav Deutsch (Austria), Tom Tykwer (Germany), Mark Boswell (USA), Malcolm Le Grice (UK), Aki Kaurismäki (Finland), Bruce McClure (UK), Mika Taanila...
Brian Yuzna (USA), Michael Glawogger (Austria), Aku Louhimies (Finland), Ken Jacobs (USA), Gustav Deutsch (Austria), Tom Tykwer (Germany), Mark Boswell (USA), Malcolm Le Grice (UK), Aki Kaurismäki (Finland), Bruce McClure (UK), Mika Taanila...
- 12/27/2011
- MUBI
Dominique dodged all of his charges and is now roaming free his native France!
Dominique Strauss-Kahn officially landed in Paris on Sept. 4, after being cleared of sexual assault charges against him by a hotel maid.
Former International Monetary Fund director Dominique, 62, landed at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris with his wife Anne Sinclair. After being cleared of all the charges on Aug. 23, it’s no surprise Dominique decided to leave New York to head back to his home country.
What do you think, HollywoodLifers — will Dominique be able to dodge notoriety in France, or will the charges tarnish him for the rest of his life?
– William Earl...
Dominique Strauss-Kahn officially landed in Paris on Sept. 4, after being cleared of sexual assault charges against him by a hotel maid.
Former International Monetary Fund director Dominique, 62, landed at Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris with his wife Anne Sinclair. After being cleared of all the charges on Aug. 23, it’s no surprise Dominique decided to leave New York to head back to his home country.
What do you think, HollywoodLifers — will Dominique be able to dodge notoriety in France, or will the charges tarnish him for the rest of his life?
– William Earl...
- 9/4/2011
- by William Earl
- HollywoodLife
Former Imf chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn had sex with three women the same weekend he allegedly assaulted a New York hotel maid, it has emerged.According to French magazine, Strauss-Kahn confessed to his wife that he had ‘bedded the trio in a last hurrah’ before the French presidential race, the Daily Mail reports.“So, it wasn't just one for the road before the presidential campaign, It was three,” a friend of his wife Anne Sinclair told the magazine. Strauss-Khan, 62, is currently released without bail and is due back in court.His legal team have said they expect him to be fully exonerated from ...
- 7/18/2011
- Hindustan Times - Celebrity
Former Imf chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn had sex with three women the same weekend he allegedly assaulted a New York hotel maid, it has emerged.According to French magazine, Strauss-Kahn confessed to his wife that he had ‘bedded the trio in a last hurrah’ before the French presidential race, the Daily Mail reports.“So, it wasn't just one for the road before the presidential campaign, It was three,” a friend of his wife Anne Sinclair told the magazine. Strauss-Khan, 62, is currently released without bail and is due back in court.His legal team have said they expect him to be fully exonerated from ...
- 7/18/2011
- Hindustan Times - Celebrity
Former Imf chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn had sex with three women the same weekend he allegedly assaulted a New York hotel maid, it has emerged.According to French magazine, Strauss-Kahn confessed to his wife that he had ‘bedded the trio in a last hurrah’ before the French presidential race, the Daily Mail reports.“So, it wasn't just one for the road before the presidential campaign, It was three,” a friend of his wife Anne Sinclair told the magazine. Strauss-Khan, 62, is currently released without bail and is due back in court.His legal team have said they expect him to be fully exonerated from ...
- 7/18/2011
- Hindustan Times - Celebrity
Getty Anne Sinclair and Dominique Strass-Kahn
The news of the prosecution’s possibly teetering sexual assault charges against former International Monetary Fund director Dominique Strauss-Kahn came too late in the American evening for the French press to react. But as the day continues in Europe, major media outlets have exploded with coverage of the trial’s new developments.
It seems that nearly every member of Strauss-Kahn’s Socialist Party has come out to celebrate the possibility that their former champion...
The news of the prosecution’s possibly teetering sexual assault charges against former International Monetary Fund director Dominique Strauss-Kahn came too late in the American evening for the French press to react. But as the day continues in Europe, major media outlets have exploded with coverage of the trial’s new developments.
It seems that nearly every member of Strauss-Kahn’s Socialist Party has come out to celebrate the possibility that their former champion...
- 7/1/2011
- by WSJ Staff
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
Getty Anne Sinclair and Dominique Strauss-Kahn
The sexual assault trial against ex-International Monetary Fund director and once-likely French presidential candidate Dominique Strauss-Kahn continued this morning in a New York City courtroom. The former frontrunner in the Socialist party primary battle to oust current French president Nicolas Sarkozy pleaded not guilty to seven assorted charges that allege he sexually assaulted a hotel maid in Manhattan’s Sofitel Hotel in early May.
American media accounts have been rife with commentary and coverage...
The sexual assault trial against ex-International Monetary Fund director and once-likely French presidential candidate Dominique Strauss-Kahn continued this morning in a New York City courtroom. The former frontrunner in the Socialist party primary battle to oust current French president Nicolas Sarkozy pleaded not guilty to seven assorted charges that allege he sexually assaulted a hotel maid in Manhattan’s Sofitel Hotel in early May.
American media accounts have been rife with commentary and coverage...
- 6/6/2011
- by WSJ Staff
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former Imf chief now accused of rape, first met Barack and Michelle Obama at the G20 summit in Pittsburgh in 2009. The resulting photo, uncovered by New York magazine, says it all.
Related story on The Daily Beast: Dominique Strauss-Kahn's Life in Jail at Rikers Island
The Daily Beast's Coverage of the Dominique Strauss-Kahn Affair
"The Arrest and the Political Fallout," Christopher Dickey
The arrest has thrown French politics into chaos, and the Imf selected former U.S. Treasury executive John Lipsky to serve as its acting director. Christopher Dickey reports on the reaction in Paris, and how the arrest transformed the French presidential race overnight.
"The Timeline of Dominique Strauss-Kahn's Weekend," Christopher Dickey
The disgraced economist allegedly called the hotel receptionist from his suite and asked her to join him for a drink the night before he was accused of assaulting a maid. Christopher Dickey...
Related story on The Daily Beast: Dominique Strauss-Kahn's Life in Jail at Rikers Island
The Daily Beast's Coverage of the Dominique Strauss-Kahn Affair
"The Arrest and the Political Fallout," Christopher Dickey
The arrest has thrown French politics into chaos, and the Imf selected former U.S. Treasury executive John Lipsky to serve as its acting director. Christopher Dickey reports on the reaction in Paris, and how the arrest transformed the French presidential race overnight.
"The Timeline of Dominique Strauss-Kahn's Weekend," Christopher Dickey
The disgraced economist allegedly called the hotel receptionist from his suite and asked her to join him for a drink the night before he was accused of assaulting a maid. Christopher Dickey...
- 5/26/2011
- by The Daily Beast
- The Daily Beast
Anne Sinclair is shelling out millions of her own money on bail, security, and posh housing for her husband as he fights rape charges. Sandra McElwaine explains how the socialite inherited her fortune from her art-dealer grandfather Paul Rosenberg-and how he acquired it.
Anne Sinclair was not exactly a household name outside of France until her errant husband, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, created headlines around the globe. But when the former head of the International Monetary Fund and French presidential aspirant, known for his louche behavior, was indicted for attempted rape last week and his stylish spouse stepped up to post $6 million in bail and bond, the cognoscenti began to buzz. Where did all her money come from?
Related story on The Daily Beast: Dominique Strauss-Kahn's Life in Jail at Rikers Island
Not only did the sophisticated and comely TV figure, known as the Barbara Walters of France, pick up the tab for Dsk's release,...
Anne Sinclair was not exactly a household name outside of France until her errant husband, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, created headlines around the globe. But when the former head of the International Monetary Fund and French presidential aspirant, known for his louche behavior, was indicted for attempted rape last week and his stylish spouse stepped up to post $6 million in bail and bond, the cognoscenti began to buzz. Where did all her money come from?
Related story on The Daily Beast: Dominique Strauss-Kahn's Life in Jail at Rikers Island
Not only did the sophisticated and comely TV figure, known as the Barbara Walters of France, pick up the tab for Dsk's release,...
- 5/26/2011
- by Sandra McElwaine
- The Daily Beast
Men like Arnold Schwarzenegger and Dominique Strauss-Kahn have been abusing women and cheating on their wives since the invention of wedlock-but now more women are making them pay the tough consequences, writes Leslie Bennetts.
Loud as the gunshot reports of frozen floes being wrenched apart at the end of an overlong Ice Age, those sonic booms you hear in the air are the sounds of male privilege cracking.
Related story on The Daily Beast: Dominique Strauss-Kahn's Life in Jail at Rikers Island
Men have cheated on their wives since the invention of wedlock, but it didn't used to ruin their reputations; indeed, it often burnished them, at least among their fellow miscreants. Even when illicit liaisons resulted in unplanned offspring, it didn't necessarily end their marriages.
But now Arnold Schwarznegger's name is synonymous with douchebaggery, his family is destroyed, his wife is divorcing him, and he's going to have...
Loud as the gunshot reports of frozen floes being wrenched apart at the end of an overlong Ice Age, those sonic booms you hear in the air are the sounds of male privilege cracking.
Related story on The Daily Beast: Dominique Strauss-Kahn's Life in Jail at Rikers Island
Men have cheated on their wives since the invention of wedlock, but it didn't used to ruin their reputations; indeed, it often burnished them, at least among their fellow miscreants. Even when illicit liaisons resulted in unplanned offspring, it didn't necessarily end their marriages.
But now Arnold Schwarznegger's name is synonymous with douchebaggery, his family is destroyed, his wife is divorcing him, and he's going to have...
- 5/24/2011
- by Leslie Bennetts
- The Daily Beast
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the head of the International Monetary Fund and likely rival of Nicolas Sarkozy in France's presidential race next year, was arrested Saturday in New York and accused of sexual assault. Read our breaking updates on the case.
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the leader of the International Monetary Fund and an expected candidate in France's presidential elections next year, was arrested after boarding an Air France flight from New York to Paris on suspicion of sexually assaulting a maid in a Manhattan hotel on Saturday. Authorities took him from the first-class section of the plane and arrested him just minutes before the jet was to depart. He is now in NYPD custody.
Related story on The Daily Beast: Dominique Strauss-Kahn's Life in Jail at Rikers Island
Around noon today, a housekeeper entered Strauss-Kahn's room at the Sofitel on West 44th Street. Allegedly, he emerged from his bathroom naked, grabbed the maid,...
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the leader of the International Monetary Fund and an expected candidate in France's presidential elections next year, was arrested after boarding an Air France flight from New York to Paris on suspicion of sexually assaulting a maid in a Manhattan hotel on Saturday. Authorities took him from the first-class section of the plane and arrested him just minutes before the jet was to depart. He is now in NYPD custody.
Related story on The Daily Beast: Dominique Strauss-Kahn's Life in Jail at Rikers Island
Around noon today, a housekeeper entered Strauss-Kahn's room at the Sofitel on West 44th Street. Allegedly, he emerged from his bathroom naked, grabbed the maid,...
- 5/15/2011
- by The Daily Beast
- The Daily Beast
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