FilmThe centrepiece of Gaspar Noé's new film is a scene in which France's biggest female star is sexually assaulted for nine long minutes. He tells Geoffrey Macnab why he did itGaspar Noé likes to describe himself as "a straight kind of guy and a bit of a wimp". When he was a teenager, he was too squeamish to sit through Sam Peckinpah's Staw Dogs: "I thought it was too heavy to handle.

Benjamin Duhamel Compagne – En mariage Nathalie Saint-Cricq s’est confiée sur sa famille pour la première fois depuis des années sur Jordan, la destination vidéo de Jordan De Luxe sur Télé-Loisirs. Sa vie de famille, notamment son mariage avec Patrice Duhamel et sa relation avec son fils journaliste,… Le journaliste est tout à fait honnête. Une famille de rédaction nucléaire. Nathalie Saint-Cricq, étant la fille de l’éminent journaliste français Jacques Saint-Cricq, est née avec une soif de connaissances.

Whitehead's new novel 'Harlem Shuffle,' is about a furniture store owner in Harlem whose sideline is fencing stolen goods. Whitehead won a Pulitzer Prize for his novel 'The Underground Railroad,' about a 15-year-old enslaved girl who escapes a brutal Georgia plantation. The novel was adapted into a TV series that is now nominated for several Emmys. Whitehead won another Pulitzer for his next novel 'The Nickel Boys,' based on the story of the Dozier School for Boys, a segregated reform school notorious for its brutal punishment.

Earlier this month, Daniel Suarez quite possibly boosted NASCAR’s popularity in Mexico. This was after he won the NASCAR Cup race at the Sonoma Raceway. In light of this, his father Alejandro appeared in an interview where he spoke about his son’s journey to the NASCAR arena. Now, whatever happens, the worst that he can finish in the championship is 16th. However, given that Trackhouse Racing has been a dark horse, the driver could be on the hunt alongside teammate Ross Chastain.

For ballerina Misty Copeland, the role of the Firebird is a personally symbolic one. "It was one of the first really big principal roles I was ever given an opportunity to dance with American Ballet Theatre," she tells NPR's Steve Inskeep. "It was a huge step for the African-American community." And she believes it's just one step in the larger direction that ballet is going. In her new children's book, Firebird, Copeland seeks to inspire other young African-American dancers.