Carla Bruni's website crashes within minutes of openingOctober 6th, 2009 LONDON - The launch of France's First Lady Carla Bruni's website did not go so well, as the site crashed within minutes of opening. Experts revealed that the site, carlabrunisarkozy.org, which had been set up to promote Bruni's foundation to help France's "most vulnerable citizens", was not able to cope with the huge number of people visiting it.
Bruni's beaten love rival bares heartache in new bookSeptember 20th, 2009 LONDON - Bestselling author Justine Lévy has penned her memories about the time her husband left her for Carla Bruni, as part of her new book 'Bad Girl'. The daughter of French philosopher and intellectual, Bernard-Henri Lévy, recalled "the really bad time of my life" when her husband of four years Raphaël Enthoven eloped with Bruni.
Nicolas Sarkozy collapses during joggingJuly 27th, 2009 LONDON - French President Nicolas Sarkozy was rushed to hospital after he collapsed while jogging. The 54-year-old politician was taken to Val-de-Grace Military Hospital in Paris through air ambulance, where he was joined by his wife Carla Bruni, 41.
Sarkozy falls ill, hospitalisedJuly 26th, 2009 PARIS - French President Nicolas Sarkozy was taken to hospital Sunday after falling ill while exercising, French media reports said. France Info radio said the incident occurred before noon at his residence in Versailles.
Cannot allow nuke power Pak to fall into terrorists hands: SarkozyJuly 9th, 2009 PARIS - French President Nicolas Sarkozy has said that it cannot allow nuclear power Pakistan to fall into the hands of the Taliban and other extremist organizations, which have been challenging the writ of the government. In an interview with France 5 television, Sarkozy warned that international community can not afford to let the Taliban and other extremist groups succeed in their nefarious aims of toppling the Pakistan government to lay their hands on the nuclear armaments.
Obama clears air on alleged snub of SarkozysJune 7th, 2009 PARIS - US President Barack Obama has sought to clear the air about his wife Michelle and he declining a dinner invite from the French first couple, Nicholas Sarkozy and Carla Bruni. According to Fox News, the British press reported the supposed declined invite was payback to Sarkozy for failing to invite Queen Elizabeth to the D-Day ceremony and a sign of continuing tension between the United States and France.
Carla Bruni's ex-lover joins Nicolas Sarkozy's 'kitchen cabinet'May 31st, 2009 LONDON - Raphakl Enthoven, the ex-lover of Carla Bruni-Sarkozy and father of her seven-year-old son, Aurilien, has joined an informal "kitchen cabinet" of left-wing advisers around Nicolas Sarkozy, the French president. Enthoven, a philosophy professor, visits the Elysie Palace almost regularly and likes setting the world to rights in intimate gatherings with "Sarko" around the dinner table.
Sarkozy, Bruni may move into Jagger's building in ParisMay 14th, 2009 LONDON - Mick Jagger may soon have a new neighbour in his luxurious Paris pad: ex-lover Carla Bruni along with Nicolas Sarkozy. It has been reported that the French President and wife are poised to buy a 3.5million pound "love nest" in Paris.
Rahman to team up with Mick JaggerMay 5th, 2009 LONDON - Oscar winning Indian composer A.R. Rahman has reportedly teamed up with former Rolling Stones member Mick Jagger for a song.
Cops probe theft of Carla Bruni's 'highly intimate' picsApril 29th, 2009 LONDON - French police were said to be looking for burglars who had broken into a Paris apartment and stolen hundreds of "highly intimate" pictures and video of Carla Bruni-Sarkozy. The photographs, taken during the ex-model's romance with philosopher Raphael Enthoven, had been entrusted with Enthoven's brother, the owner of the apartment, to keep them at bay from any possible embarrassment to the First Lady and her President hubby Nicolas Sarkozy, as per reports.
Intimate images of Carla Bruni stolen from Paris apartment: ReportApril 29th, 2009 LONDON - Hundreds of 'highly intimate' images of French first lady Carla Bruni and an ex-lover were stolen during a Paris burglary, a media report said. The photographs and videos were taken during the 41-year-old's affair with philosopher Raphael Enthoven, the father of her eight-year-old child, Aurelien, the Fox news reported Tuesday.
The last straw that broke Carla Bruni's backApril 26th, 2009 LONDON - Life inside the Elysée Palace is so high on drama that it can make an excellent soap opera. And, the latest episode in the Sarkozy-saga involves Rachida Dati, the controversial Justice Minister, her baby and the fury of France's glamorous first lady Carla Bruni.
Jagger proud of British musiciansFebruary 15th, 2009 LONDON - Rolling Stones guitarist Sir Mick Jagger is happy and proud of British musicians as they won 16 top Grammy awards recently. Jagger believes this is one of the best times for British music till now, reports thesun.co.uk.
Paris Hilton has a crush on Kylie MinogueFebruary 15th, 2009 LONDON - Socialite heiress Paris Hilton, 27, has admitted to having a girl-on-girl crush on the 40-year-old Australian pop princess Kylie Minogue. 'I haven't met her but I love her.
I'm no longer a man-eater: Carla Bruni-SarkozyDecember 23rd, 2008 LONDON - France's first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, a pop singer and former model, says she is 'no longer a man-eater.'
Speaking to Marie-Claire magazine on her 41st birthday during a trip to Brazil, Bruni-Sarkozy, whose boyfriends have included Rolling Stone Mick Jagger and American hotelier Donald Trump, said she loves her husband, French President Nicolas Sarkozy. 'I can no longer seduce because I love my husband,' she told the Brazilian edition of Marie-Claire.