Thomas Adamson

A.P. Culture Correspondent. Fashion, Cinema, Art, Paris. Views are not AP's; nor mine. My brain's controlled by two huge eyebrows in outerspace.

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Valentino's new designer puts on maximalist Paris ready-to-wear debut https://t.co/2MBx31FirI

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Balenciaga upturns luxury in Paris as McCartney puts on high-octane fashion with playful, eco twist https://t.co/pjJNko0Lp9

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Olympians are turning to OnlyFans to fund dreams as they decry a ‘broken’ finance system https://t.co/x7fp4VPb5m

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Behind some great men, there is a bigger brother. Claude Monet’s older sibling Leon, a color chemist, discovered to be hitherto unknown force behind Monet's art and palette and Impressionism, critical in emergence of masterpieces like “Water Lilies.” https://t.co/c2gspGRFoq

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A group of artifacts go on show for the last time in Paris before they are returned to Benin by the French government. They are among thousands of items looted in colonial times that African nations want back from European museums. By @ThomasAdamson_K https://t.co/KXblia8O8M

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Virus forces fashion industry to rethink the runway calendar, its structure and traditional financing. Will it ever return to “normal” come fall? https://t.co/WWN5XL4r1D

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2 years after a fire tore through Notre Dame, Macron visited the building site it has become to show that French heritage has not been forgotten despite the virus. He pledges there will be “return to worship” in time for the 2024 Summer Olympics https://t.co/j3RKeUH3xI

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Let's raise a glass to the Champagne Widows, the formidable French trailblazers, who created modern day champagne. They were among the West's first female CEOs finding worldwide success after their husbands died in sudden or mysterious circumstances... https://t.co/gDhHtnoD0E

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Notre Dame kept Christmas going even during two world wars — a beacon of hope amid the bloodshed. But, an accidental fire in peacetime finally stopped the Paris cathedral from celebrating Midnight Mass this year, for the first time in over two centuries. https://t.co/kwGuLs6jKE

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Notre Dame's devastating fire reveals both the dangers of lead-contaminated dust in public spaces and the lack of official rules or safety standards for it. https://t.co/9XsPCvpwkL

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"The big donors haven't paid. Not a cent." French tycoons want their names on the high-profile rebuilding of #NotreDame, but it's private American donors who are footing all the millions in bills for now. @ThomasAdamson_K https://t.co/KOB8XBvnSW

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French tycoons want their names on high-profile rebuilding of #NotreDame, but it’s US donors who are footing all the millions in bills for now. “The big donors haven’t paid. Not a cent.” https://t.co/qSKOMfP7Fg

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"You betta get it good, girl" Rihanna opens up about making fashion history as first black woman to head a major Parisian design house https://t.co/EaOCoZLlNY

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Oprah makes Stella McCartney scream (standing next to me) at Paris show as Alexander McQueen goes back to designers English roots https://t.co/O1jC9AgwO3

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@Dior fetes “impertinent girls” at #PFW as Saint Laurent goes sultry, 80s https://t.co/Su1AGSKpur

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Karl Lagerfeld, the gang and I in full-throttled hyperbole. RIP

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History had bigger ambitions for Wagons-Lits Company carriage 2419D than serving sauteed veal and boeuf bourguignon to passengers in the seaside town of Deauville as it became the crucible for forging peace after World War I. https://t.co/Ew0mdj2tFV

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Dior's ballet-inspired collection and Gucci's wacky theatrically kick off Paris Fashion Week spring displays https://t.co/7IBsWC2w2D

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@woolfallalex Hey there. i'm an AP correspondent looking to speak with St.Martin evacuees. Can you help? much tnx

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@DominicaCanaPt Hey there. i'm an AP correspondent looking to speak with St.Martin Residents evacuated to Guadeloupe. Can you help? much tnx