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Thur Established 1961 Lifestyle WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2019 A pedestrian walks past a mural artwork painted on the wall of a house in the town of Ferizaj. — AFP rom a galaxy far, far away, Star be the final episode of the Star Wars rench star Adele Haenel accused the direc- Director expelled The French society of film directors (SRF) Wars is coming to a traditional epic that began four decades ago. The tor who discovered her of sexually harass- The actress, who has won a string of awards said it was expelling Ruggia from its ranks in Japanese kabuki theatre stage for multi-generational saga of the F Fing her from the age of 12 in a lengthy including two French Oscars, the Cesars, said light of the accusations. a one-off performance in Tokyo cele- Skywalker clan is a global phenomenon, interview on Monday. The 30-year-old, who is Ruggia “put a system in place to isolate me, to “We want to express our total support, our brating the blockbuster cinema series. with Japan no exception, particularly wowing critics on both sides of the Atlantic with have him at his place every weekend... It was a admiration and recognition of the actress Adele Kabuki actors will swap their samurai among those who remember the origi- her performance in “Portrait of a Lady on Fire”, man of nearly 40 who every week got himself Haenel, who had the courage to speak out after swords for lightsabers to perform the nal trilogy released in the 1970s and said she was the victim of “permanent sexual into a room with a young girl who was between so many years of silence,” it said in a statement adaptation of the wildly popular series 1980s. And Star Wars is said to have harassment”, “forced kisses on the neck” and 12 and 15 and tried to touch her up. Monday. later this month, ahead the release of been influenced throughout the years touching for the three years she spent working “There was no ambiguity in the situation... it Ruggia, 54, who is also known for “The Kid the final film in the main Star Wars by Japan. Director J.J. Abrams has said and promoting her debut film, “The Devils”. wasn’t romantic, it was pure pressure. I was from Chaaba”, is a former co-president of the saga. Ichikawa Ebizo, among the Ren’s fractured facemask was inspired Director Christophe Ruggia strongly denied stuck to the sofa. I froze in the centre of all this.” organisation. biggest names in Japan’s heavily cho- by the Japanese art of kintsugi, where the claims, with his lawyers saying that he “cat- She said the experience had traumatised her Ruggia’s lawyer, Jean-Pierre Versini, told reographed kabuki world, will star as cracks are repaired with silver or gold egorically refuted” any misconduct. He insisted and that she never wanted to make another film. AFP that while the filmmaker may have had “an Kylo Ren, the son of Han Solo, who is and highlighted rather than hidden. that he had a “professional and affectionate involuntary, adult, director’s hold on her... he drawn to the dark side. The production comes as kabuki relationship” with Haenel. But the actress hand- categorically denies touching or sexually The performance on November 28 actively adopts new themes to appeal to ed over love letters she said Ruggia had sent her harassing her” when she was a minor. at an undisclosed location in Tokyo is a wider audience, adapting popular at the time to the French investigative website Haenel told Mediapart in the live streamed shrouded in secrecy, but will feature comic books and other works in a bid to Mediapart, which spent seven months talking to interview that she was “shocked that he denies key moments from recent installments draw in new viewers. The artform with its more than 30 people involved with the 2002 it. You have to recognise it, it is more violence of the series, the Japanese arm of set pieces and historical weight is often film about an incestuous relationship between denying it. And I am even more shocked by the Disney said in a statement. Disney said associated with kimono-clad elderly 12-year-old siblings. fact that he says he discovered me, because it plans to invite at least 25 couples to patrons, and adaptations of popular The director’s ex-partner also told the site really he destroyed me.” the performance, which will also be comic books like “One Piece” and that she left him after he confessed to being in The actress said she was not going to the live-streamed. “‘Star Wars kabuki’ will “Naruto” are an attempt to shake off a love with Haenel and of touching her inappropri- police because of the “contempt with which the depict the sagas of love and loss for stuffy image. It has even embraced virtu- ately. Haenel, who played a girl with autism in judicial system treats women. One rape in 10 the Skywalker family that stretch for al reality, with kabuki star Nakamura “The Devils”, told a live interview streamed on ends up with a conviction.”—AFP more than 40 years,” Ichikawa said in Shido performing alongside giant Mediapart Monday that she decided to go public the statement. “It will be a show that screens featuring virtual reality charac- after watching “Leaving Neverland”, the docu- both Star Wars fans and kabuki fans ter Hatsune Miku. — AFP mentary about the child victims of US pop star will enjoy.” This file photo in Paris Michael Jackson. She said her resolve was further shows French director The new Star Wars film, which hits stiffened when she discovered that Ruggia was movie theatres from December 20, will Christophe Ruggia set to make another film with adolescents. giving a press conference. — AFP French celebrity chef who is suing the Michelin guide French cooking as it named Arnaud Donckele as its chef of everyone. Famous for his exquisite reductions and sauces, alongside Max Martin from Yoann Conte’s two-star estab- for suggesting he used cheddar cheese in a souffle the year. They described his cooking at La Vague d’Or Donckele’s signature dish was inspired by a sandwich that a lishment on Lake Annecy near Geneva. Awas named as one of the 10 immortals of haute cui- restaurant in the chic French Riviera resort of Saint Tropez fisherman once gave him. Conte is an acolyte of Veyrat, 69, who made his name sine Monday by the rival Gault & Millau guide. Marc Veyrat as poetry on a plate. While the prize is usually given to “Chopin of amberjack done after the fashion of Victor with so-called “botanical” cooking, employing the wild was given a permanent place in the new academy of the emerging chefs, the 42-year-old is already a big name, Petit” was also influenced by a salad from the interwar herbs gathered around his restaurants in his native Haute “Golden Toque” alongside Guy Savoy, Alain Passard, Alain holding the maximum three Michelin stars. “Even though he years Donckele discovered in the writing of a gastronom- Savoie region. The controversy around his lost Michelin star Ducasse and other legends of French cuisine. The news was is extremely well known, he merits further praise,” Gault & ic journalist from the period. Gault & Millau’s head of centres on claims that its inspector mistakenly thought he seen as a swipe at its arch rival Michelin, who Veyrat Millau chief Jacques Bally told AFP. tasting told AFP that “even if Donckele’s cooking is very had adulterated a souffle with English cheddar, instead of accused of “dishonoring” him by stripping him of his covet- complex, it is never complicated. “What he is looking for using France’s reblochon, beaufort and tomme varieties. ed third star in January. Dish inspired by fisherman above all is the extreme purity of taste and the associa- “I put saffron in it, and the gentleman who came thought The chef-a larger than life figure instantly recognizable Bally said that in a divided and splintered culinary world tion of flavours,” he added. it was Cheddar because it was yellow. It’s just crazy,” Veyrat for his wide-brimmed black Savoyard hat and dark glasses- “with Arnaud Donckele you will find the essence of taste Gault & Millau named Jessica Prealpato-already said. He also claimed that a new generation of editors at the is taking the guide to court later this month to try to force that everyone can agree on.” Donckele, who is set to open crowned as the best pastry chef in the world by the 50 Best head of the Michelin guide were out to make their names by Michelin to hand over its inspectors’ notes. Gault & Millau Le Cheval Blanc restaurant in Paris next year, told AFP that ranking-from Alain Ducasse’s restaurant at the Plaza taking down the giants of French cuisine. — AFP announced its new academy featuring the 10 pillars of his cooking was “complex” but also designed to please Athenee hotel in Paris as the best patissier of the year.