Alain Elkann Interviews
Alain Elkann Interviews podcasts are an unprecedented window into the minds of some of the most well-known and -respected figures of the last twenty-five years.
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Michelle Yeoh: "The Harder You Work, the Luckier You Become" - 301 - Alain Elkann Interviews (opens the original)
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FEARLESS, ALWAYS EVOLVING. Michelle Yeoh , the Malaysian actress born in 1962, is considered to be one of the greatest female action movie stars. In a career spanning over four decades, she has acted in film and television productions covering a wide range of genres and received various accolades. Yeoh gained global recognition in the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) and starred in Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000). Her versatility continued in Memoirs of a Geisha (2005)
Aimone di Savoia-Aosta: Russia, Italy and a Life Between Two Worlds - 300 - Alain Elkann Interviews (opens the original)
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A LIFE OF HONOR. Aimone di Savoia Aosta, 6th Duke of Aosta , was born in Florence in 1967. After studying at the Naval College in Venice and beginning his professional life in London, he moved to Russia in the early 1990s. He later joined the Pirelli Group and more recently returned to Italy after many years abroad. He has also served as Ambassador of the Order of Malta to Russia. "Italian History does not begin in 1946, but March the 17 th 1861, in Turin! " "The title of Duke of Puglia was give
Jacques Grange: A Life of Art, Taste and Extraordinary Interiors - 299 - Alain Elkann Interviews (opens the original)
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THE MASTER OF ECLECTIC DESIGN. Jacques Grange is a world-famous French interior designer, renowned for his eclectic style, high-profile celebrity clientele, and classical training. Born on June 27, 1944, in France, Jacques studied at the École Boulle and the École Camondo in Paris. He worked under legendary designer Henri Samuel, assisting on major restorations like the Grand Trianon at Versailles. Jacques opened his own Paris-based design firm in 1970. Known for seamlessly blending traditional
Ralph Toledano: Failure, Memory and the Lost World of Tangiers - 298 - Alain Elkann Interviews (opens the original)
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TALKING ABOUT A LOST WORLD. Ralph Toledano is an art historian and a writer. He recently published La Lune dans le Tourbillon , the fourth volume of a series of novels that explores the lives, questions of identity and spirituality, failures and hopes of members of the Sephardic elite of Moroccan origin: Un Prince à Casablanca , Revoir Tanger , Le Retour du Phénix were the previous ones. "Forgiveness is the key to hope and to reconstruction." "One has to take the best of the past and project it
Dame Caroline Michel on How AI, TikTok and Amazon Are Transforming Publishing - 297 - Alain Elkann Interviews (opens the original)
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IN LOVE WITH LITERATURE. Caroline Michel is since 2007 both the CEO of literary agency Peters Fraser and Dunlop (PFD) and has served as Chair and previously Trustee of Hay Literary Festival. She is a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE), a high-ranking official award that is the female equivalent of a knighthood and given by the British monarch to women for major national service. Among Dame Caroline's many appointments, she is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature,
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