PARIS (Reuters Life!) - Oscar winner Marion Cotillard gasped in pain after France's culture minister accidentally stuck a pin into her chest as he decorated her with the Order of Arts and Letters on Monday. Cotillard has spent much of her time in Hollywood since winning the Oscar for her performance as the singer Edith Piaf in "La vie en ...

France bestowed top artistic honours to Tim Burton and Marion Cotillard on Monday -- but while the US director called it his "greatest" laurel yet, the Oscar-winning actress winced when Culture Minister Frederic Mitterrand jabbed the pin through her blouse. "This is the greatest honour I've ever received," said Burton, whose live-action 3-D version of "Alice in Wonderland" comes out ...

France awarded one of its highest artistic honours on Tuesday to the Japanese screen star and film maker Takeshi Kitano, director of bizarre and violent cult movies such as "Battle Royale". Takeshi was made a Commander of Arts and Letters by French Culture Minister Frederic Mitterrand at the Cartier Foundation, a top Paris contemporary art venue where paintings by Takeshi ...