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Maisie Williams underwent a grueling process to lose 25 pounds for her role as Catherine Dior in the upcoming Apple TV+ series "A New Look," detailing extreme weight loss methods and the toll it took on her mental and physical health. Despite the challenges, Williams aimed to focus on the positive aspects of Catherine's story and the uplifting message the show aims to convey.
Maisie Williams underwent a grueling process to lose 25 pounds for her role as Catherine Dior in the upcoming Apple TV+ series "A New Look," involving extreme dieting, meditation, and sweating out fluids before filming. The actress detailed the challenging transformation, which included insomnia and disturbing dreams, but also emphasized the positive aspects of Catherine's story and the uplifting nature of the show's portrayal of human resilience during World War II.
An ex-member of the French Resistance, Edmond Réveil, has broken his silence after 75 years to reveal how up to 40 German soldiers were executed by the Resistance in June 1944. The mass execution took place in a wood near Meymac in central France, and Réveil personally witnessed it. The case has recently been reopened, and excavation work is set to begin to find the bodies of the soldiers. Local historians have confirmed the events as described by Réveil, and officials from the German War Graves Commission are expected to visit Meymac to establish the exact site of the graves.
French President Emmanuel Macron led a ceremony in Paris to commemorate the end of World War II in Europe in 1945. To prevent disruptions amid ongoing protests against his pension reforms, police banned gatherings around the area of the ceremony in Paris and Lyon, where Macron later paid tribute to the French Resistance movement and one of its leaders, Jean Moulin. Despite police restrictions, some authorized protests took place in Lyon, with tear gas used to disperse the rowdiest elements.