Gerard Depardieu

FILE - Actor Gerard Depardieu attends the premiere of the movie "Tour de France" in Paris, France, Monday, Nov. 14, 2016. More than 50 French performers, writers and producers published an essay Tuesday defending film star and national icon Gerard Depardieu amid growing scrutiny of his behavior toward women. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)

56 French stars defend actor Gerard Depardieu despite sexual misconduct allegations

More than 50 French performers, writers and producers published an essay Tuesday defending film star and national icon Gerard Depardieu amid growing scrutiny of his behavior toward women.
 
FILE - Actor Gerard Depardieu poses for photographers during a photo call for the film Valley of Love, at the 68th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Friday, May 22, 2015. The Grevin Museum of waxworks in Paris has removed the wax figure of French actor Gerard Depardieu due to negative reactions from visitors, the museum said Monday. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)

Amid accusations, French actor Gerard Depardieu’s figure is removed from a Paris wax museum

 
FILE - Actor Gerard Depardieu attends the premiere of the movie "Tour de France" in Paris, France, Monday, Nov. 14, 2016. French actor Gerard Depardieu's behavior came under scrutiny in France after a new documentary showed him repeatedly making obscene remarks and gestures towards women, as new sexual misconduct accusations emerged against him. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)

French actor Gerard Depardieu is under scrutiny over sexual remarks and gestures in new documentary

 
FILE - Actor Gerard Depardieu attends the premiere of the movie "Tour de France" in Paris, France, Monday, Nov. 14, 2016. A French investigative news website claims that the actor Gérard Depardieu harassed, groped or sexually assaulted 13 young women, mainly extras. Most of the claims reported by the Mediapart website relate to film shoots between 2004 and 2022. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)

French investigative site claims Depardieu groped extras

 
FILE - In this Monday, Nov. 14, 2016 file photo, actor Gerard Depardieu attends the premiere of the movie "Tour de France", in Paris. The Paris prosecutor’s office said Tuesday Feb. 23, 2021, commenting on charges after they were leaked to the French press, saying that French actor Gerard Depardieu was handed preliminary rape and sexual assault charges on Dec. 16, 2020, without the actor being detained. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)

French actor Depardieu charged with rape in revived case

 

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Celebrity birthdays for the week of Dec. 27-Jan. 2

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Dec. 27-Jan. 2:

Dec. 27: Actor John Amos (“The West Wing,” “Roots”) is 81. Guitarist Mick Jones of Foreigner is 76.