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ABBA’s virtual reunion show
NEW YORK — On Dec. 1, 2018 — Holographic virtual avatars representing Swedish pop legends ABBA — dubbed “Abbatars” — are to be revealed in a global TV special, to be followed by a world tour in 2019-20. Virtual avatars representing all four ABBA members will be revealed for the first time in a two-hour TV special being put together by NBC in the US and the BBC in the UK. The bandmates have been 3D scanned and digitally reproduced by graphic artists to look exactly as they did in their 1970s heyday. During the TV event, famous acts will perform ABBA tributes before the Abbatars take to the stage to sing a new song, “I Still Have Faith in You”. An Abbatar world tour is planned for 2019-20, which could rake in millions of dollars for the aging pop quartet. To recreate a live...
October 20, 2018

ABBA’s virtual reunion show




Rihanna
Rihanna turns down Super Bowl show, backs Kaepernick
LOS ANGELES — Pop superstar Rihanna declined an offer to perform at a Super Bowl halftime show because she supported former National Football League quarterback Colin Kaepernick and his protest against racial injustice, according to media reports.US Weekly and other reports cited an unnamed source as saying that the NFL and broadcaster CBS Corp “really wanted Rihanna to be next year’s performer.”However, she declined in support of Kaepernick, the first player to kneel as the national anthem played at a game in protest over racial inequality and police brutality against black people and minorities in the United States.“They offered it to her, but she said no because of the kneeling controversy. She doesn’t agree with the NFL’s stance,” the source told US Weekly. Rihanna’s...
October 20, 2018

Rihanna turns down Super Bowl show, backs Kaepernick

The ‘Queen Marie Antoinette’s Pearl’, center, with an estimated value of £767,500-£1,534,000 is pictured with other jewelry during a photo-call for the sale of ‘Royal Jewels from the Bourbon Parma Family’ at Sotheby’s auction house in London on Friday. — AFP
‘Romance and magic’: Marie Antoinette’s jewels on show before auction
LONDON — Marie Antoinette’s dazzling diamonds and pearls, unseen in public for two centuries, went on show in London on Friday before going on sale next month in one of the most important royal jewelry auctions in history.The treasures were secretly whisked out of Paris in 1791 in the aftermath of the French Revolution and have been privately owned by relatives ever since.The collection, held by the Italian royal House of Bourbon-Parma, is being sold by Sotheby’s auction house in Geneva on Nov. 14.On show at their London headquarters, the lots include 10 pieces which belonged to Marie Antoinette, the last queen of France before the French Revolution. She was guillotined in Paris aged 37 in October 1793.“The romance, magic and universality of her name is because she represents that...
October 19, 2018

‘Romance and magic’: Marie Antoinette’s jewels on show before auction

Ayub Bachchu
Bangladesh music fans mourn rock megastar
DHAKA — Thousands of Bangladeshi music fans gathered in the capital on Friday to mourn the sudden death of one of the country’s most famous rock stars.Ayub Bachchu, widely known as AB among his fans, started his music career in 1978 and was one of the pioneers of the celebrated underground rock music scene in Bangladesh.The 57-year-old was also credited with introducing the blues music genre to Bangladeshi audiences and created several smash-hit rock tracks with his band Love Runs Blind.He was declared dead at a Dhaka hospital after a cardiac arrest on Thursday.Fans grieved on social media over the passing of Bachchu, one of the major patrons of the rock genre in the conservative South Asian country.Over 10,000 people took to the streets in the capital’s Shahid Minar neighborhood...
October 19, 2018

Bangladesh music fans mourn rock megastar

Britain’s Prince Harry walks with his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex as they meet the local community at Bondi Beach in Sydney on Friday. — AFP
Britain’s Harry scales Sydney Harbour Bridge, joins group hug at Bondi
SYDNEY — Britain’s Prince Harry climbed Australia’s Harbour Bridge on Friday, accompanied by Prime Minister Scott Morrison, during a royal tour that broke with the staid routine of such events to involve the royal couple in a group hug on Bondi Beach.Harry and Morrison smiled as the black, grey and yellow flag of the Invictus Games was hoisted on the Sydney landmark on the eve of the international paralympic event, founded by Harry for military personnel wounded in action, which runs until Oct. 27.“Well done, Harry. Fantastic for all the veterans,” said Facebook user Angela Doggett on the social media page of the company that organizes the climbs.Earlier, Harry and his wife, Megan Markle, joined a group hug on Bondi Beach at an event organized by surfers to build awareness of...
October 19, 2018

Britain’s Harry scales Sydney Harbour Bridge, joins group hug at Bondi

Director Yorgos Lanthimos with Rachel Weisz, Olivia Colman and Emma Stone pose at the UK Premiere of The Favourite during the London Film Festival in London on Thursday. — Reuters
Olivia Colman adds royal touch with ‘The Favourite’ at London Film Festival
LONDON — The London Film Festival got its one of its starriest red carpets on Thursday when actresses Emma Stone, Rachel Weisz and Olivia Colman premiered “The Favourite,” a costume piece with a difference being billed as an Oscar contender.With plenty of laugh out loud moments, the movie sees Colman portray Britain’s 18th-century Queen Anne as an insecure, frail, tempestuous, childish royal who is easily influenced by her friend and confidante Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough.However Sarah, played by Weisz, soon finds herself vying for the queen’s attention as well as affection when maid Abigail, portrayed by Stone, arrives.“All three of us ... play parts that were filthy and sexy and emotional and sad ... which is normal, not just an attempt to be gorgeous all the time and a...
October 19, 2018

Olivia Colman adds royal touch with ‘The Favourite’ at London Film Festival

Indian journalists hold placards at a protest against sexual harassment in the media industry in New Delhi in this Oct. 13, 2018 file photo. — AFP
Bollywood director fired in India’s #Metoo storm
NEW DELHI — Fox Star Studios on Friday sacked a Bollywood director working on a Hindi-language remake of hit US movie “The Fault In Our Stars” after he was accused of sexual harassment by two women.Mukesh Chhabra is the latest to get embroiled in India’s #Metoo movement which has been gaining traction, with several women calling out powerful men in government, Bollywood and the media.Fox Star Studios, a joint venture between Fox and Star India, said Chhabra had been asked to exit the project as it “takes allegations of sexual harassment of women at workplace very seriously”.An internal complaints committee would look into the allegations against Chhabra, it said in a statement on Twitter.Two women have accused Chhabra of sexual harassment during auditions, according to the...
October 19, 2018

Bollywood director fired in India’s #Metoo storm

Neel Sethi, the real life "Mowgli" at Sharjah International Children's Film Festival
SHARJAH - Flying in all the way from New York, Neel Sethi arrived at Sharjah International Children’s Film Festival to meet and greet his devoted fans.His adorable and approachable personality exuded strongly amidst photo sessions with his fans. As lauded by the media, Neel’s mannerisms and gait, exemplified ease and charm.He picked winners of the lucky draw for Dubai Park and presented it to enthusiastic winners.He said he enjoyed the Sharjah International Children’s Film Festival immensely and would love to visit Sharjah again.
October 19, 2018

Neel Sethi, the real life "Mowgli" at Sharjah International Children's Film Festival

Haunted
Watching scary movies and series grows by 65% during October in Saudi Arabia
Things are about to get more chilling than ever this Halloween, as Netflix unleashes a selection of gruesome and chilling content that’s guaranteed to scare the shitflix out of you. With a growing catalogue of original horror films and series.It’s no surprise that viewers tend to watch more horror in October. In fact, on average, viewers watch a whopping 25 million more hours of horror content on Netflix in October compared to the rest of the year.In Saudi Arabia, consumption of scary movies and series grows by a staggering 65% during the Halloween. In fact, viewers watched the most amount of horror content on October 19th, making today the ‘Scariest Day of the Year’!And to ensure that members get their fix of frights this Halloween, Netflix will launch new horror films and series...
October 18, 2018

Watching scary movies and series grows by 65% during October in Saudi Arabia

At the  panel discussion titled ‘Film Industry and Refugees on Wednesday evening during the sixth edition of SICFF event in Sharjah. — Courtesy photos
Diaa Malaeb: My aim is to offer literacy to children through cinema
SHARJAH — Child animation coach and stop motion artist Diaa Malaeb, from Lebanon, who has formerly worked with Save the Children and now dedicates his time to take his skills to teach refugee children stop motion animation techniques in Yemen, Tunis, Uganda, Iraq, Lebanon, and several other countries took center stage at the sixth edition of SICFF here by assisting these children with the creation of short animations that sheds light on a social issue that stems from the hardship and uncertainty these young children are surrounded by. One of these clips, titled, ‘Selling Scraps and Scavenges’ opened the discussions Wednesday evening at a panel discussion titled ‘Film Industry and Refugees’, and is based on a pressing social problem that portrays Palestinian refugee children in a...
October 18, 2018

Diaa Malaeb: My aim is to offer literacy to children through cinema

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