Carla Bruni-Sarkozy

During her years as a top model, French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy gave psychoanalysis nary a thought. But after her father died, the then-28-year-old model dove into therapy "body and soul," and has since spent many years in analysis, she told the makers of a French documentary broadcast Saturday. The documentary "La premiere seance" ("The First Session") features people talking about the reasons that pushed them to go into analysis and their experiences on the psychiatrist's couch. Other celebrities featured on the program included Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld and filmmaker Claude Chabrol. "I didn't know anything about psychoanalysis and didn't think I needed it. ... Read Full Story

NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - If you've always wanted to live like an Italian heiress, supermodel, pop star and wife of a European head of state, there's a castle on the market in Turin that might be worth a look. The historic home in the Italian hills where French first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy spent her early childhood is staking a "for sale" sign once again, just months after a Saudi billionaire bought the palatial property for $25 million. Castello di (the castle at) Castagneto Po is in the hills northeast of Turin where Bruni-Sarkozy lived before the family relocated to Paris in the early ... Read Full Story

French women are finally sneaking their way into France's "Who's Who", though first lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy is not in the 2009 edition. Bruni-Sarkozy was asked to fill in a standard entry listing biographical details but never answered, said Antoine Hebrard, publisher of "Who's Who in France". "We wrote to her but got radio silence," Hebrard told AFP. Only 16 percent of the 2009 entries are women, but that is still up from four percent in 1980 and just two percent in the first founding 1953 edition. Women among the 1,084 new names on the power list include the head of the middle ages museum ... Read Full Story

Carla Bruni, the supermodel wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, has told a new documentary she is in psychoanalysis but insists on sitting facing her analyst instead of lying on his couch. "I had a life that was totally about action, completely outside of psychoanalysis until the age of 28," the 41-year-old told the documentary titled "La Premiere Seance" ("The First Session"). But she began the therapy, which treats mental and emotional disorders by looking at the role of the unconscious mind, "body and soul" when her father died when she was 28. At her first session she experienced a "vague boredom," she told ... Read Full Story

Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, the supermodel wife of French President Nicolas Sarkozy, tantalised fans Tuesday with a new website that provides behind-the-scenes glimpses into her glamorous life. The pop star admits on the site, which crashed on its launch Monday after being swamped by visitors, that she sometimes feels locked in a beauty contest with Michelle Obama and other leading ladies. The website features a profile of the 41-year-old that describes her as a woman with a "romantic destiny" who has to "face history with a cool head and a smile on her lips". It also provides an A to Z glossary, in both French and ... Read Full Story