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- Daily Mirror
Marion Cotillard and Guillaume Canet split after 18 years and issue statement
Oscar award winnng actress Marion Cotillard and French film director Guillaume Canet have confirmed their split after 18 years and two children together in a statement Oscar winnng actress Marion Cotillard and French film director Guillaume Canet have called time on their realtionship after almost two decades together. Cotillard, 49, and Canet, 52, had been together since 2007, but have now announced they are going their separate ways. The couple, who share son Marcel, 13, and daughter Louise, eight, released a statement via their reps on Friday (June 27) revealing the end of their relationship. The statement confirmed they were making the public announcement 'in order to avoid all speculation, rumours and risky interpretations.' 'After 18 years together, Marion Cotillard and Guillaume Canet have decided to separate by mutual agreement,' a statement made by their reps to the made by their reps to the Agence France-Presse news agency said. 'This decision was made with mutual goodwill.' Although the pair started dating in 2007, they had been friends for more than a decade before things turned romantic. Canet was married to Diane Kruger from 2001 to 2006. Prior to their relationship, the pair had worked together in the 2003 dramatic comedy Love Me If You Dare. During their time together, the couple worked together on 2009's The Last Flight. Their latest collaboration came earlier this year when Canet directed his partner in the upcoming film Karma, which is said to have reportedly finished shooting in May. Months earlier, Cotillard was seen walking the Berlin International Film Festival carpet alone. Cotillard has starred in a number of acclaimed French films, but rose to international stardom when she landed roles in major Hollywood films including Inception and The Dark Knight Rises. Despite being together for two decades, the couple were never married or engaged, despite widespread speculation over the years. They welcomed their first child, son Marcel in 2011, and welcomed their daughter Louise six years later. Prior to her relationship with Canet, Cotillard's first high profile relationship was with actor Julien Rassam. Between 2000 and 2005 she was Stephan Guerin-Tillie, another thespian who also works as a director. Marion then dated French singer Mathieu Blanc-Francard for two years up until 2007, until she began her almost two-decade long relationship with Canet. In a candid interview in 2011, Canet gushed over his partner, calling her the love of his life. 'One moment you're moving in a particular direction with a person, then one day you wake up and say: 'She's the love of my life.' I never saw it coming,' he told the Guardian at the time. 'For me, I need to be with someone who is searching, who is wide awake.'
Yahoo
12-04-2025
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LIVE REVIEW: Public Service Broadcasting @ New Theatre Oxford: Sky-high electro-rock
LIVING in such strange and uncertain times it often seems there is little cause for cheer. Constantly confronted with the weird, confusing and downright horrible, we could be forgiven for sinking into a despondent slump. We desperately need a shot of positivity – a reminder that there is much to celebrate in the field of human endeavour; reassurance that people are capable of great things – ambition, invention, industry, courage, creativity, resilience and strength of spirit. READ MORE: Public Service Broadcasting's J Willgoose says why he has written new album about an unsung aviation legend Who would have thought that fortifying jolt of optimism could come in the shape of a band? Public Service Broadcasting do precisely that, celebrating uplifting achievements, forgotten stories and inspiring exploits. And they do it to an absorbing soundtrack of exhilarating electronica, driving guitar rock and tender instrumental introspection – studded with samples borrowed from old news reels and recorded archives. By Tim Hughes Since appearing on the radar with the juddering electronica and soaring guitar of breakthrough tune Spitfire, the South London outfit have taken listeners on audio journeys from the dark days of the London Blitz to the avant garde clubs of Berlin. They have introduced us to the heroes of the US-Soviet space race, the hardy miners of our now vanished coal industry, and, now, pioneering aviator Amelia Earhart. The ringmaster for this enlightening circus of invention is musical genius J Willgoose. Smartly turned out in trademark tweed, corduroy and bow tie, J shuns the role of the traditional rock frontman. He stands to the side of the stage and communicates with the audience through a computerised voice simulator. Over the years he has expanded his live outfit from two-piece to a full band – and on their visit to the New Theatre Oxford on March 20, they lay on a powerhouse show. Their new album The Last Flight focuses on the final journey of America's pioneering adventurer Amelia Earhart who, aged just 25, flew higher than any woman before her. The first female to fly solo across the Atlantic and Pacific, she set multiple speed and distance records. And her feats feature front and centre in the show. The stage is lit by a striking set resembling a flight deck – dials showing altitude and airspeed turning into screens displaying archive footage, punchy visuals and, in the case of Earhart's last 1937 flight, maps showing her journey around the world. And to a soaring symphonic soundscape, we are taken to the skies with her. We open with a piece about her plane – Electra – and follow her journey through Towards the Dawn, The South Atlantic, Arabian Flight and Monsoons. It is by turns intimate, epic, exciting and moving. The new tunes flow effortlessly into tunes from their other aerial extravaganza, The Race For Space. Sputnik is slow-building and epic, E.V.A. bubbly and dreamy, and The Other Side sparse and tense. Stylised gems from Berlin-inspired Bright Magic set a change of tone and style. Spitfire, their tribute to the victor of the Battle of Britain, energises the crowd and fits the airborne theme. We also get a taste of coal dust with Progress from the excellent From Every Valley album. But this is really a show with its head in the clouds and the wind in its hair – expansive narrative pieces lit up by shimmering interludes of live vocals and bursts of brass. They finish with a trip back to Mission Control for the punchy anthemic Go! But the best is yet to come with an encore featuring Bright Magic's bouncy People, Let's Dance and the funk-fuelled Gagarin – complete with dancing cosmonauts resplendent in full space suits and helmets. PSB. By Tim HughesThe set was a soaring celebration of aerial and cosmic endeavour, but to the delight of longstanding fans they returned to earth – albeit at its highest point – for final tune, Everest. This musical tribute to Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay's conquest of the world's highest peak is epic, rendered euphoric by triumphant trumpet and trombone. It was simply beautiful, a towering orchestral masterpiece inspired by an heroic feat. And, like the rest of the show, for just a while it succeeded in raising our spirits, cheering our souls and making the world a better place.
