Tag: 1960s
The death of Michel Jazy, French middle distance star of the 1960s
Michel Jazy, encouraged by the crowd, crossed the finish line during a meeting in Melun, June 24, 1965. STAFF / AFP It took a few months for Michel Jazy –…
“Sex, drugs and rock”: hashish, superstar of the 1960s
“The Cannabis Novel” (3/6). From the 1960s, cannabis continued to gain popularity with artists and part of the youth. In France as in the United States, the authorities are worried…
two friends in 1960s bohemian London
Withnail (Richard E. Grant) in “Withnail and I”, by Bruce Robinson. HANDMADE FILMS ARTE.TV – ON DEMAND – FILM There is a phone booth in the English countryside that has…
The death of American actress Raquel Welch, sex symbol of the 1960s and 1970s
Actress Raquel Welch in the musical ‘Woman of the Year’ on Broadway, New York on July 3, 1982. DAVID HANDSCHUH / AP Her irreproachable plastic led her several times, from…
Icon of the 1960s – US actress Raquel Welch died at 82 – News
US actress Raquel Welch is dead. Welch was particularly successful in cinemas in the 1960s and 1970s. She was 82 years old. The American died of a “short illness”, says…
China’s population declines for the first time since the 1960s
China has seen its population decline in 2022, signaling the scale of the demographic challenge weighing on the world’s second-largest economy, which has recorded a weak 3% growth. Correspondent in…
“The Death of a Bureaucrat”, a macabre farce in 1960s Cuba
Salvador Wood in “The Death of a Bureaucrat” (1966), by Tomas Gutierrez Alea. TAMASA CINEMA In 1959, Fidel and Raoul Castro, accompanied by Ernesto Guevara, put down the authoritarian regime,…
Uri Zohar, representative of the revival of Israeli cinema in the 1960s, is dead
Former Israeli director Uri Zohar, in March 2011. CIRCONIRELLA / (CC0 1.0) Notwithstanding a start of recognition in the 1960s, then, more recently, a retrospective of his work at the…
the painting theft that softened England in the 1960s
Kempton (Jim Broadbent) and Dorothy Bunton (Helen Mirren), in “The Duke”, by Roger Michell. PATHÉ THE OPINION OF THE “WORLD” – TO SEE Selflessly stealing a master painting from a…
Trend revival: fashion and beauty looks from the 1960s are making a comeback
trend revival The style of the 60s is back – in fashion and beauty! 60s look at Versace. © Imaxtree Good news for all retro fans: the fashion and beauty…
Eve Babitz, writer who captured the spirit of 1960s bohemian Los Angeles, is dead
Eve Babitz, in Los Angeles, April 4, 1997. PAUL HARRIS / GETTY IMAGES Columnist, writer, photographer and above all muse of the Californian art scene of the 1960s and 1970s,…
“In the United States, racism has taken an insidious form which has conditioned the economic policy of the Republican Party since the 1960s”
Chronic. The propetanist rhetoric of the presidential candidate Eric Zemmour shocks and sparks a lot of ink. In the same way as that, xenophobic, of candidate Donald Trump during the…