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April 07, 2006
BHL in L.A.!

Alan Pavlik de Just above Sunset me rappelle que Bernard Henri Lévy présentera son nouveau livre ce week-end à Los Angeles. Comment ai-je pu oublier? Hélas, dimanche je serai dans le désert, pour interviewer... un chimpanzé. Véridique. Mais pour ceux que cela intéresse, notez:

Alan Pavlik of Just above Sunset reminds me that Bernard Henri Lévy will present his new book in Los Angeles this week-end. How could I forget? Alas, on Sunday, I will be in the desert, interviewing ... a chimpanzee. Totally true. But for those interested, take note:

Saturday: Bernard-Henri Lévy, Paul Holdengräber. Academics present discussion, “What Can a Frenchman Tell Us About America?” as part of OTIS Speaks lecture series. Writers Guild of America Theater, 135 S. Doheny Dr, Beverly Hills, (866) 468-3399. Sat at 4.

Sunday: Bernard-Henri Levy @ Book Soup
8818 West Sunset Boulevard, West Hollywood
The writer presents and signs his book, "American Vertigo: Traveling America in the Footsteps of Tocqueville."
April 9: 5 p.m.

Il parait que BHL veut profiter de son séjour pour rencontrer quelques blogueurs de L.A. et Sharon Stone (si elle est en état de se montrer après le flop retentissant de Basic Instinct 2... mais elle a assisté à une précédance conférence de BHL à L.A.)
J'aurais voulu demander à BHL de faire le point sur cette rumeur de film avec George Clooney: BHL essaye parait-il le recruter pour réaliser une adaptation de l'un de ses livres (Who killed Daniel Pearl? Peut-être?) A en croire le Gawker Stalker, Clooney est à New york en ce moment. Personne à Los Angeles n'a oublié la dernière visite de BHL à L.A. et son entourage de rock star.

I heard that BHL wants to take advantage of his stay to meet some L.A. bloggers and Sharon Stone (if she's up to going out in public after the terrible flop of Basic Instinct 2. She had attended a previous BHL conference in L.A.).
I would have liked to ask BHL to comment on the rumor of him trying to hire George Clooney to direct a movie based on one of his books (Who killed Daniel Pearl? Perhaps?) According to Gawker Stalker, Clooney is in New York these days. Nobody in L.A. has forgotten BHL's last visit to L.A. and his rock star-like entourage.

Alan m'apprend aussi que les Galeries Lafayette mènent une opération spéciale L.A.: le site pailleté à outrance est à ne pas manquer! Surtout si vous vous sentez d'humeur hollywoodienne pour rafler un bermuda déchiré à 169 Euros. L'expo L.A. à Beaubourg n'est pas loin des Galleries Laf' parisiennes et plus raisonnable: 10 Euros.

Alan also tells me that Galeries Lafayette, a posh French department store, are having a special L.A. fashion campaign: don't miss the glitzy cheesy website! Especially if you feel in the Hollywood mood to fork out 169 Euros for a ripped pair of denim bermuda shorts. The Los Angeles art exhibition in Beaubourg is not far from the Paris Galleries Laf' and more reasonnable: 10 Euros.

+ Guillemette: BHL in NYC
+ A l'Heure Américaine: BHL réexporté en France.

Posted by emmanuelle at April 7, 2006 12:14 PM
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A noter aussi, son passage dimanche dernier sur France Inter à l'émission Philofil. Comme d'habitude avec BHL,il y a à prendre et à laisser mais il a eu au moins l'occasion de s'exprimer longuement:
http://www.radiofrance.fr/chaines/france-inter01/emissions/philofil/

Je recommande également les critiques des lecteurs sur amazon.com au sujet d'"American Vertigo": un excellent pot-pourri d'opinions.

Posted by: Frog in L.A. at April 7, 2006 03:01 PM

Is Arielle Dombasle with him? I'm really far more interested in her than I am in him -- even with ther new nose. I much prefer the old nose. But whatever nose she's sporting she's a marvelous creature du cinema. far more interestinghtan Sharon Stone, whose sequel to Basic Instinct tied for last place with Larry the Cable Guy: health Inspector. Apparently American moviegoer's affections for Sharon Stone and Larry the Cable Guy are exactly the same, hence they should work together. Perhaps a remake of Same Time Next Year.

besides your fabuous self when I think of France in L.A. my thoughts invarable turn to Lambert Wilson and Julie Delpy. They're both here more than half the year. Not together, needless to say. Though a project for the two of them would be a good idea.

Maybe Leos Carax could direct. He's here a lot too.

Posted by: David Ehrenstein at April 7, 2006 07:14 PM

Hey David, it's Arielle Dombasle on the pic: she's very good playing comedies too! Page Six recently "reported" that BHL is staying at Sharon Stone's L.A. mansion and that they're very cosy. It ought to be reliable information, right?

Posted by: Emmanuelle at April 8, 2006 01:07 PM

Do tell, Emmanuelle!

Great dish. Maybe B-H L is confecting a vehicle for La Stone and Larry the Cable Guy.

Posted by: David Ehrenstein at April 8, 2006 01:29 PM

But she seemed so creepy in Pauline at the Beach. I think she's my anti-type.

Posted by: Paul Hrissikopoulos at April 9, 2006 12:44 AM

You should check out her other Rohmer films, particularly Percival le Gallois and The Tree, the Mayor and the Mediatheque.

She also does an interesting turn in Werner Schroeter's Deux.

Posted by: David Ehrenstein at April 9, 2006 08:14 AM

She's also pretty good and sexy in Rohmer's "Le beau mariage".

Posted by: Frog in L.A. at April 9, 2006 11:47 AM

Just saw in today's News-Press, that B-HL is appearing tomorrow evening (Monday) in Campbell Hall at UCSB. Guess he's "on tour"

Posted by: Elspeth at April 9, 2006 01:03 PM

I seem to remember liking Le beau mariage but I may have simply been transfixed by the majesty of all those achingly tight pants. I'll have to watch it again with some sort of matte or something.

Posted by: Paul Hrissikopoulos at April 9, 2006 01:27 PM

Didn't see any of those Rhomer movies with Arielle. Beautiful woman, even now with the duck lips. There's a collagen epidemic among French actresses: Dombasle, Deneuve, Beart... This is awful.

BHL will be on KPCC Air Talk this Monday morning, and you can podacast it if you must!

Posted by: Emmanuelle at April 10, 2006 07:50 AM

PREDICTION: A VIEW OF NEW YORK AT 11th SEPTEMBER 2015 http://www.alah.hu

Posted by: Bíró Zoltán at May 5, 2006 03:24 AM


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