spectators stood before the National Opera of Paris excitedly anticipating this season’s “La Belle au Bois Dormant” choreographed and directed by Rudolph Noureev I had the fortunate opportunity to attend this spectacle with a group of other students on March 11 costume design and spectacular engaging lighting twisted and leaped in petit pas pattering across the stage masterfully presented the Russian ballet that the audience awarded a standing ovation led by Bleuenn Battistoni as Aurore and Guillaume Diop as Le Prince Désiré who notably was awarded an Etoile from the National Opera of Paris in 2023 the highest title a dancer can achieve under this organization Throughout Battistoni and Diop’s stunning performances the variations were also incredibly stunning movement and spirit the dancers incarnated such illusions of regency For the readers that are not familiar with the piece “La Belle au Bois Dormant” is a Russian ballet originally shown in 1890 with choreography by Marius Petipa and composition by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky The two artists created an exciting dynamic artwork that expressed a neoclassical sensibility that confronted and appreciated the French Ancien Regime notably through the inspiration of Charles Perrault writer of the interpreted story of Sleeping Beauty If you have the opportunity to see this dance in its original philosophy of Petipa I encourage you to spend the four hours experiencing a stupefying conception of ballet The dancers performed immaculate choreography throughout the three acts that highlighted the geometry and verticality of the scene spin and lift the columns flanking the stage grew and grew spirals of silhouettes dressed in tutus and coats were given an air of architectural grandeur The audience sat anxiously grasping and clinging onto every second of every dancer in each act yet the fast-paced assemblage of shifting bodies contrasted with the slow soft steps of the pas de deux left the audience amazed and astounded Helped in part by the costume design and the lighting One performance that stands out is the pas de deux between Prince Désiré and the Vision of Aurore in Act II Scene I the Prince loses himself among dryads and the Lilac Fairy a vision comes to him of the sleeping princess coupled in mist and majesty as their bodies turn Understanding the temporary nature of this dance is integral to the intense feeling of longing and yearning that the prince possessed This scene contrasts extremely well with the third act titled “The Marriage of Aurore.” Among the pas de cinq of precious stones and the bubbling blue birds or the chaleureux cats with their playful paws we find Aurore and Désiré once again together No longer are they cast amongst trees in a fleeting moment The audience witnesses bounding leaps and grands jetés on the part of Désiré a man joyous and exuberant facing his bride Her steps built in intensity until finally the two joined together a royal marriage between true love eternal While this ballet was performed in Paris and most Justice readers are not hitching  flights to sold out shows I would be remiss if I did not mention the opportunities to witness a dance performance that is closer to home I would encourage readers to go to the ballet performances in Boston especially if you qualify for discounted tickets Flood the opera and marvel at the hard work of these performers Please note All comments are eligible for publication in The Justice Powered by Solutions by The State News The famous Nuits des Forêts are back. From June 6 to 22, 2025, the Hauts-de-Seine (92) region is the place to be for unique experiences Designed to raise awareness of the importance of forests these Nuits are an invitation to (re)discover and reconnect with nature through a variety of activities: shows art exhibitions and other atypical and immersive experiences This year's event promises to be a unique celebration of nature and culture, offering residents and visitors to the Hauts-de-Seine an exceptional opportunity to rediscover their natural heritage and strengthen their connection with the forest. Covering 23% of the Île-de-France region the forest plays a crucial environmental role hosting 68% of all biodiversity reservoirs they are increasingly threatened by climate change So we're going green for these Nuits des Forêts to experience a sensitive and respectful reconnection with our precious nature The "Les Petits Pois Sont Verts" association invites you to (re)discover the Clamart woods through a variety of activities on the themes of the environment as well as a workshop on osmiculture (beekeeping) A special treasure hunt for each age group will be open so you can enjoy the event with the whole family you'll be able to share a convivial zero waste picnic at the end of the day The Clam'art de Vivre association invites you to an immersive day combining art On the program: creative and reuse workshops shadows reflecting animals and living forms An entomological exhibition will showcase the local fauna to experience together in the heart of the forest conducive to the discovery of the voice and the vibration of song and nature the women's vocal ensemble l'ATELIER (12 singers) transports you to a concert at dusk This timeless moment will allow you to enjoy a cappella songs and vocal works where voices mingle with the nocturnal sounds of the forest A wide-ranging musical program will be offered Donkin...) as well as timeless works by Hildegarde Von Bingen The music will be interspersed with readings of texts on the link to the natural elements to extend our reflection beyond the harmonies and the stars.. 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Sign up to our newsletter for a truly global perspective on the fashion industry Please select what you would like included for printing: Copy the text below and then paste that into your favorite email application died peacefully in his sleep due to atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease on Tuesday De Filippis and Sabrina Michelle Du Bois De Filippis Nicholas was a graduate of Poolesville High School class of 2008 after graduation he completed his Bachelor of Science degree from St He continued his education and completed his Master’s degree in Environmental Science from American University in 2021 Nicholas developed a passion for our environment He worked for the Earth Day Network in Washington and the United States Environmental Protection Agency Nicholas had an avid love for cats and all animals and deeply enjoyed volunteering at the Washington National Zoo where he revered spending time with animals and caring for them He also began writing stories at an early age was always ready for a competitive board game and took pleasure in building his collection of dragons and gargoyles he is survived by his grandparents; Carol F He is preceded in death by his grandfather Rodney F A celebration of Nicholas’s life will be held at a later date Memorial donations may be made in Nicholas’s memory to the Washington National Zoo https://secure.nationalzoo.si.edu/donate/q/give This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply Service map data © OpenStreetMap contributors Men’s Tennis Signs Brice Patoux to 2024 Freshman Class11/9/2023 | Men's Tennis a hike that commemorates the smugglers who guided Jews across the Risoux and into Switzerland during WWII the Sylvain Guillaume trail plunges into the woods as it nears Mont Noir (1,234 meters) and is a real rollercoaster before reaching Chez Valentin The return passes through the delightful Combe Davide and its tiny chapel built in 1732 including one kilometer that is lighted for night skiing border the village for skiers wishing to take it easy All trails are impeccably groomed for skating and classic and most branch out from the bustling “départ des pistes.” Another favorite is the Chaumoz, which crosses dairy farms toward the hamlet named, ominously, Les Mortes. Bisecting the village of Chapelle des Bois, the Grande Traversée du Jura is a remarkable 180-kilometer trail spanning the entire length of the Jura Mountains won the silver in Albertville in an improbable 1-2 finish for France that was celebrated in a memorable parade In the Jura, alpine skiing—despite generating significant revenue, notably in Les Rousses, Métabief and a smattering of artisanal ski areas such as the impossibly cute hill in neighboring Morbier—plays second fiddle to Nordic The World Cup even visits Chaux-Neuve for a Nordic Combined event “Kids in this region either ski or jump…or both.” Two favorite places to eat in Chapelle are Les Pâturages (the town’s sole stand-alone restaurant) and the Maison du Montagnon which is a hotel-restaurant/ski dorm and an excellent option for solo travelers as well as families on a budget which are an incredible value for the money for renters who might’ve failed to buy enough groceries The communal tables and self-service wine and cheese make it a very convivial place to share a meal with friends Chapelle des Bois encapsulates everything about the Jura: friendly you’re required to take off and put on a pair of underwear…over your skin suit Samuel and Angelo…all among the top finishers in the Envolée Nordique race and all members of Chapelle des Bois’s legendary Blondeau family who opens up the ground floor of his home to accommodate the volunteers who serve water and food to racers zipping by and the grooming—thanks to the work of Gaby Gresset—is impeccable which combines to make Chapelle the mecca of cross country skiing.” Please call: (802) 644-6606 Neve | Powered by WordPress Whenever a choice needs to be made between meaning and melody translator Ron Padgett tends to opt for the latter successfully bringing out as much of Apollinaire’s music as possible Zone: Selected Poems by Guillaume Apollinaire In the French provincial town where I have long lived I was involved for a while in an educational program designed to bring reading and writing into the juvenile delinquent wing of the local prison Nearly all the young offenders came from impoverished families and most had experienced repeated failures at school My hypothesis upon embarking upon this project was that the greater the hardship and despair known by the boy the greater the literature that should given to him But in small doses: a line or two from Racine or Rimbaud sentences gleaned from the novels of contemporary writers such as Patrick Modiano Of the dozens of authors whom I tried out on the boys the poet of the following lines was always a big hit: Have you recognized the particular lyricism of Guillaume Apollinaire (1880-1918) Here’s the poet Ron Padgett’s version of the same lines: perceptively translated here as “spirit.” In French this is the pun to which my class of juvenile delinquents heartily responded You literally drink down your life as if it were a “water-of-life,” which means “hard alcohol.” And Padgett makes his own pun with “spirit” and “spirits.” Padgett has translated forty-seven poems by Apollinaire for this handy bilingual Selected Poems is excellently introduced both by the translator and by Peter Read The collection opens with the famous title poem My class of juvenile delinquents often wanted more lines from this poem so deeply did the initial sample affect them for complicity in a theft of the Mona Lisa from the Louvre and subsequently spent five days in La Santé Prison only to be released and later acquitted for lack of evidence “In La Santé,” which Apollinaire wrote during his imprisonment my students were especially moved by “Zone” because Apollinaire wrote so truly about life outside the prison I would inevitably give my students these additional lines (in French of course) from the poem and we would talk about them: this great long poem is at once a culmination and an announcement It is a culmination because it embraces Baudelaire’s fascination for the modern city; and it equally assimilates the spirit of Rimbaud who was ever hitting the road—as Apollinaire himself does here leaving his home in the Parisian suburb of Auteuil and walking into central Paris and then back again as Padgett explains in his copious and often illuminating endnotes The translator points out that the title might refer “to a very poor area on the western edge of Paris” or “to a region in the Jura mountains that Apollinaire visited at a time when he had just finished a poem called ‘Cri,’ which he retitled ‘Zone.’” Given the urban setting of the poem the word continues to mean an impoverished Taking off from all that he had gathered from Baudelaire and Rimbaud Apollinaire opened out the potential subject matter of poetry to all sorts of details In “Zone,” he notably recalls significant but also banal moments of his escapades across Europe but also the heightened awareness that he experienced while staying in foreign towns struck a chord with my class of juvenile delinquents Many of them related Apollinaire’s recollections to the happenstances of their own flights from parents (and Apollinaire’s poem is also a culmination and an announcement in that this master of classical French prosody now eliminating punctuation and transitions and varying the length of his lines boldly shows how French verse can develop in ever freer ways “Zone” is more innovative and expansive than his equally famous poem “Le Pont Mirabeau,” which is also rendered by Padgett Published in Alcools (1913) alongside “Zone,” it is considered one of the most sonorously beautiful French poems as well as the proverbial two-line refrain that is repeated four times: it is not raining in the last stanza: “Passent les jours et passent les semaines / Ni temps passé / Ni les amours reviennent / Sous le pont Mirabeau coule la Seine.” The “rain” in the translation of course supplies Padgett with a rhyme with “again” and “Seine” (depending on one’s pronunciation) and the rhyming echo with the “wane” / “remain” of the refrain Apollinaire’s music is quite aptly reproduced Guillaume Apollinaire — he opened out the potential subject matter of poetry to all sorts of details This translation strategy is applied rather often elsewhere “La Chanson du mal aimé” (“The Song of the Badly Loved”) Padgett uses a “dirt” missing in the French original to get a half-rhyme with “dark” and “heart” and thus reproduce the rather similar rhyme scheme in French which brings together “Londres,” “rencontre” it can be argued that the colloquial “felt like dirt” is an equivalent of the standard French word “honte” (shame) But different levels of diction are involved and the respective ways by which the real world is perceived and enters into language Padgett’s version sometimes strikes me as more concrete than the French original—and Apollinaire was the realist who via such poems as “Zone,” overturned the predominance of Symbolism Note as well that the “mal aimé” in the French title is in the singular (it’s the poet who is lamenting his requited love for an English girl) whereas the American title suggests a plural This “mal aimé” is also universal and thus plural no “gaslights” but only implied “lit windows” in French lines (“Au tournant d’une rue brûlant / De tous les feux de ses façades”) that are rendered as “At a streetcorner burning like a kiss / With gaslights bright along its walls.” Inventive translation once again allows Padgett to parallel the French rhyme scheme “brûlant” / “sanguinolent” / “ressemblant” with “kiss” / “mist” / “missed.” I won’t prolong this meticulous comparison which is not a critique but rather only a caveat to the reader who might hope to delve more literally into the semantics of what Apollinaire actually wrote but he has given deep thought to them and he offers a detailed discussion of the challenges that he has faced in the fifty-odd years that he has devoted to this project And the French poet rightfully remains much admired for that as well John Taylor’s translation of José-Flore Tappy’s poems Sheds: Collected Poems 1983-2013 (Bitter Oleander Press) was a finalist for the 2015 National Translation Award he was awarded the Raiziss-de Palchi Translation Fellowship from the Academy of American Poets for his project to translate the Italian poet Lorenzo Calogero—a book that has now appeared as An Orchid Shining in the Hand: Selected Poems 1932-1960 (Chelsea Editions) He has also translated books by Philippe Jaccottet He is the author of the three-volume essay collection Paths to Contemporary French Literature (Transaction Publishers) His latest personal book is If Night is Falling (Bitter Oleander Press) Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" The Lady’s Dressing Room (1732) BY JONATHAN SWIFT Five hours (and who can do it less in?) 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Site by AuthorBytes French Formula 1 driver Pierre Gasly has purchased shares in FC Versailles, reports L’Équipe is known to be a passionate football enthusiast and has purchased shares alongside owner and president Alexandre Mulliez and Mulliez’s business associate Fabian Lazare both of whom took over the Yvelines club for a sum of 1.5M€ last June With experience of high level sporting performance and a passion to succeed which currently plays in the Championnat National build for the future and deliver success on and off the field:  I follow all the results and I played myself when I was young I had trials for Auxerre as a child during Guy Roux’s tenure I’ve wanted to engage in an ambitious project for a while I kept myself informed of what’s going on in this domain and that’s how I met the Mulliez family Alexandre had just bought FC Versailles 78 and presented his project to me We sat at the table and talked about he wanted to develop the club We have both mid term and long term ambitions I will try to transmit my experience in high level sport Unlike other celebrities who invest in sport purely for selfish reasons the Frenchman sees himself as part of a bigger picture: but it’s the one I feel the most emotionally invested in to create something solid and sustainable in terms of structure I always need to be ambitious and involved in multiple projects but I need other challenges in my downtime.” Versailles currently sit 10th in the third tier Gasly’s first object therefore will be for the team to avoid relegation GFFN | Jack McArdle Please upgrade your browser to improve your experience How one French family has retained their Michelin stars for restaurant Le Bois Sans Feuilles for half a century across four generations READ ALSO: What Our Inspectors Say About Le Bois sans Feuilles We invite chef Michel Troisgro to reflect on the restaurant's Michelin-starred journey Kenneth is a former newspaper journalist who relishes uncovering stories in eateries and kitchens as much as hunting for new chomping grounds With more than five years of content production experiences on print he enjoys his min chiang kueh as much as moussaka he is intrigued by the blend of ingenuity and hard work behind their food these iconic chefs mentor professional chefs who have an ego she has championed America’s farm-to-table movement for 54 years One of the world’s most celebrated chefs discusses his legacy The shiba inu-loving chef shares his favorite spots around town From listening bars to neighbourhood restaurants explore all the top recommendations from Chishuru’s Adejoké Bakare Marseille is a crossroads of culture and cuisine shaped by 2,600 years of migration and maritime trade From its Greek founders to waves of immigrants from Italy each community has left an indelible mark on the city’s dynamic food culture Chef Ana Dolores González and her partner Carlos Pérez-Puelles reflect on their journey from a clandestine speakeasy to a celebrated Mexico City establishment Bib Gourmand Pierozek brings people together for delicious A cozy and delicious “love letter to Florida.” the chef and restaurateur behind MICHELIN-Starred Row on 5 and a whole lot more shares his top London recommendations The woman behind CORE by Clare Smyth gives us her take on the best restaurants in the city How consistency and staying true to their vision lead to success Explore the just-revealed full list of 654 MICHELIN-Star restaurants in France 2025 The 68 new Stars for the 2025 edition appear in red Non-members can add the privileges at checkout through our 30 day free trial By continuing I accept the Terms & Condition and Privacy Policy. I would like to receive Newsletter from MICHELIN Guide Save lists of your favorite restaurants & hotels READ ALSO: What Our Inspectors Say About Le Bois sans Feuilles What was your first encounter with the MICHELIN Guide I grew up in my family\u2019s restaurant in Roanne The restaurant\u2019s first Michelin star was earned in 1958 \u2014 the same year that I was born The second star came when I was six and the third when I was 10 There hasn\u2019t been an official encounter but the MICHELIN Guide has always been good to me Le Bois sans Feuilles has received three Michelin stars for the past 50 years We are proud of getting this recognition \u2014 especially knowing that we held it since 1968 over four generations in the family We are also very happy that this achievement has allowed us to reinvent ourselves while continuing our family\u2019s beautiful history.  what does having Michelin stars mean to you A Michelin star is the recognition of good work and a certain level of professional maturity It honours not only the chef but also all members working in the restaurant Share with us how has receiving Michelin stars impact your family\u2019s restaurant over the past two decades Having three Michelin stars has added an economic impact to the restaurant It also stimulates everyone working in the institution you should always want to win another one \u2014 even if you are already at the top What advice do you have for young chefs that aspire to receive Michelin stars He should not only focus on getting the stars We can only earn them by giving the best of ourselves Metrics details Nance-Horan syndrome (NHS) is an X-linked condition characterised by congenital cataracts Previous studies have mapped the disease gene to a 2 cM interval on Xp22.2 between DXS43 and DXS999 We report additional linkage data resulting from the analysis of eleven independent NHS families A maximum lod score of 9.94 (θ=0.00) was obtained at the RS1 locus and a recombination with locus DXS1195 on the telomeric side was observed in two families thus refining the location of the gene to an interval of around 1 Mb on Xp22.13 Direct sequencing or SSCP analysis of the coding exons of five genes (SCML1 considered as candidate genes on the basis of their location in the critical interval failed to detect any mutation in 12 unrelated NHS patients thus making it highly unlikely that these genes are implicated in NHS We also report the results of sequencing and SSCP analysis of five genes considered as candidates on the basis of their position in the critical interval Pedigrees of the eleven families included in the linkage analysis Filled squares denote affected males and dotted circles denote heterozygous females Female carrier status was assigned from family history (obligate carriers) or from clinical signs (lens opacities and/or typical dental anomalies in most cases limited to infraclinical findings) Mutation screening in all coding exons of the five candidate genes was performed in 12 unrelated NHS patients DNA was amplified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) by using 250 ng template DNA 50 pmoles gene-specific primers (primer sequences are available upon request) and 2.5 U Taq DNA polymerase (Promega) The PCR products were analysed by SSCP analysis (GenePhor system Amersham-Pharmacia) for STK9 (20 exons) and by sequencing using a PRISM BigDye Terminator Cycle sequencing kit and an ABI 377 automated DNA sequencer (Perkin-Elmer Applied Biosystems) for SCML1 (6 exons) linkage intervals and schematic position of the candidate genes RS1 and PPEF1 was analysed in 12 unrelated NHS patients No mutations or polymorphic sequence changes were identified in any of the patients tested On the basis of these results we conclude that it is very unlikely that any of these five genes is involved in NHS and further analysis will be necessary to identify the molecular basis of this condition PPEF1 and STK9 remain candidate genes for other diseases mapping to Xp22.13 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(CMQ) The overall winners will be announced during a ceremony on April 11 The CMQ Award in the Emerging Practitioner category is given to a physician who has been in practice for less than 10 years and who has made a significant contribution in their community to the advancement of the medical practice women in remote areas have better access to reproductive health care the northernmost Cree community in Eeyou Itschee Bois' commitment to Indigenous health and cultural safety has been evident as she has collaborated with Indigenous communities to improve training including at the Université de Montréal's Faculty of Medicine Bois combines teaching and management responsibilities with her clinical activities contain and manage outbreaks was of crucial importance to her community Geneviève Bois is an inspiration to her colleagues and embodies the best of the next generation through her extraordinary leadership and commitment." Advocating equity and social justice in all her actions Bois campaigns for women's reproductive health rights She defends the right to abortion and better access to reproductive health care throughout Quebec she's with patients at the Centre de santé des femmes de Montréal and the Clinique des femmes de l'Outaouais President-designate of the Board of Directors of the Collège québécois des médecins de famille she has also been a member of the Choisir avec soin steering committee since its inception Recognized by her peers and her community as a force of nature Geneviève Bois has been described as one who "moves mountains for her patients" courage and dedication make her a role model for her colleagues and a driving force for social change Read the official announcement here: https://www.cmq.org/fr/a-propos/evenements/distinctions-college/categorie-releve the Collège des Médecins du Québec honours physicians who have distinguished themselves by making remarkable contributions to the development and influence of the profession to the advancement of medical knowledge or to the well-being of the community The College Awards are a mark of recognition for these physicians whose actions brilliantly reflect the five core values of the professional order: commitment Best Dressed at Met Gala 2025 - Top 32 Red Carpet Looks Revealed! Rihanna Pregnant, Expecting Baby No. 3 With A$AP Rocky! Every Celeb at Met Gala 2025 - See All Red Carpet Photos & Full Guest List (Updating Live All Night) Robert Guillaume has sadly passed away at the age of 89, according to the Associated Press The Benson star died in his Los Angeles home shared with wife Donna Brown Guillaume on Tuesday (October 24) due to complications of prostate cancer Robert is best known for playing characters like Benson Du Bois on Soap He won two Emmys in his career – one for supporting actor for Soap He also starred in Sports Night, and even played the title role in Andrew Lloyd Webber‘s Phantom of the Opera. He also appeared in movies, including Meteor Man, First Kid and Spy Hard. He also won a Grammy for spoken word recording for The Lion King. Our thoughts are with Robert‘s family and friends during this difficult time. By continuing to use this website, you agree to the use of cookies in order to offer you content and services that are tailored to your interests. Samuel, a widower, is taking care of his 7-year-old daughter alone. Overwhelmed and stressed out, he decides to isolate in a chalet he was renovating with his wife in the Italian Alps. Indifferent to the anger of locals who help police to hunt down migrants, he comes across a woman who fled Afghanistan. Samuel decides to help her reach the border, thinking it will take them a few hours. But an agressive group of men comes after them… © Les Films Velvet - Baxter Films - Pierre Maïllis-Laval © Les Films Velvet - Baxter Films - Noe Bach © Les Films Velvet - Baxter Films - Noé Bach Hong Kong International Film FestivalHong Kong Unifrance Rendez-Vous in ParisFrance CINEMANIA Francophone Film FestivalCanada as well as representatives based in the U.S The organisation currently brings together more than 1,000 French cinema and TV content professionals (producers etc.) working together to promote French films and TV programmes among foreign audiences While it’s been some time since we last saw him in a prominent role Robert Guillaume will always be known for his role as Benson Du Bois on the TV-series ‘Soap‘ and the spin-off ‘Benson,’ and well as voicing the mandrill Rafiki in ‘The Lion King,’ which is back in theaters in 3D format and has been #1 at the box office for the last two weeks Not bad for a film that came out in 1994 and has sold millions of copies on VHS and DVD Guillaume also voiced the character in the its sequels and spin-offs the two-time Emmy winner spoke about the glory that ‘The Lion King’ continues to acheive and his contribution to the film How excited are you to hear that after 17 years since its release ‘The Lion King’ has been #1 for two straight weeks It’s nice to know people still like something I did over 15 years ago What were your thoughts when you heard that the film was going to be converted to 3D I went to see a couple of weeks ago at the El Capitan Theater in Hollywood I liked it very much and had the good fortune to taking a young person with me and they see it entirely as fully as it can be seen They react to it and this story touches them in such a deep way especially with the death of Mufasa and the saga of Little Simba I don’t know but it resonates deeply with younger viewers How often do you go out and see films in 3D My first encounter with 3D was in the 1940s I must say that it hasn’t changed much what was the attraction to voicing this character I hadn’t ever done a voice-over role I fantasized about who they wanted me to play No one had said anything to me specifically about the audition it was a rude awakening when they said they wanted me to voice the monkey They softened the blow as much as they could by stating the character is a mandrill I said yes and the studio began to work on coming with a voice The dialogue is nice but “what’s the voice?” How does he talk That got to be a painful process because we tried different things that didn’t work We spent 3-4 days searching for a voice and finally we came up with a sound that we liked RG: I think it gave me a certain legitimacy in the business that I didn’t have before People were impressed with this character that we had put together and it enhanced my career in that way RG: I’ve been doing a book with a friend of mine He interviewed me and I spoke off the cuff about the business and my relationship to it It was a free-ranging interview and we decided after a while to put it into a book but recently we met and decided to call it ‘Conversations with Robert Guillaume.’ DVD Contest: AddictedPosted by Wilson Morales December 4, 2014 From Codeblack Films and Lionsgate Home Entertainment, the racy and provocative thriller, Addicted, arrives on DVD (plus Digital) and On Demand on February 10th with the unrated version again being offered as an option On Demand. 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