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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, a French turn-based RPG made for under $10 million, became the defining game of 2025 by outperforming larger titles with its innovative combat, mature storytelling, and artistic direction, winning Game of the Year and inspiring a Hollywood adaptation.
During her concert in Lyon, France, Taylor Swift paused her performance to call for security in French to assist a fan in need, demonstrating her language skills and concern for her audience. This follows a similar incident in Madrid where she used Spanish to help another fan. Taylor's Eras Tour continues across Europe with upcoming shows in Scotland and other countries.
French model enthusiast Richard Plaud spent eight years building a 7.19m matchstick Eiffel Tower, only to be told by Guinness World Records that it didn't qualify because he used the wrong kind of matches. Despite using 706,900 matches and 23kg of glue, the matches he used were deemed not commercially available, thus disqualifying his record attempt. Plaud hopes to display his creation in Paris for the Olympics, while the current record for the tallest matchstick Eiffel Tower remains in Lebanon.
The French poster for the upcoming Barbie movie starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling has gone viral for a double entendre in the tagline. While the tagline reads "She can do everything. He's just Ken," in French, "Ken" is slang for "fuck," making the tagline also read "He just knows how to fuck." The internet has had a field day with the R-rated mishap, but Warner Bros. has neither confirmed nor denied whether it was intentional. The film is set to release on July 21.