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LOS ANGELES — "Nomadland," director Chloé Zhao's small-boned movie about nomads in America, earned the best picture at a 93rd Academy Awards defined by the pandemic, as movies that premiered on streaming services ruled the ceremony — an in-person event mounted under coronavirus protocols.In a year where the pandemic shuttered theaters and turned movie-goers into couch potatoes, 16 of the 23 statuettes went to projects that at the very least simultaneously premiered on streaming services, with "Nomadland," which was acquired by Hulu, representing the first best picture winner from that relatively new medium.Frances McDormand also won for the film, three years after her Oscar for "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri." Anthony Hopkins, meanwhile,...
April 26, 2021
'Nomadland' wins best picture at an Oscars
DUBAI — UTURN, part of Webedia Arabia Group, a leading digital media company that helps businesses connect with Arab consumers through strategic, insight-driven, culturally-led creative solutions has joined forces with Facebook, a prominent online social networking service to unveil a series of entertaining video content throughout the year.The content will be available for the group’s 44 million audience base predominantly across Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, as well as in the rest of the Middle East.Launching during Ramadan 2021, exclusive content will be shared across the Facebook pages of the group’s popular publications 3a2ilati.com, Yasmina.com, AtyabTabkha.com, SaudiGamer.com, and UTURN.The partnership with Facebook will present exclusive content with topics...
April 13, 2021
UTURN launches exclusive Ramadan entertainment on Facebook for Saudi audiences
March 31, 2021
Local, regional artists put a striking, creative take on environmental issues
DUBAI — In yet another Guinness World Record set in Dubai, a renowned British artist and philanthropist has won the title of ‘The Largest Art Canvas’ in the world.
Measuring over 17,000 square feet, the record-breaking painting titled ‘The Journey of Humanity’, is part of Dubai-based Sacha Jafri’s charitable initiative ‘Humanity Inspired’ that was launched under the patronage of Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Tolerance and Coexistence, in partnership with Dubai Cares, part of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Global Initiatives, and Atlantis, The Palm.
The initiative, one of the world’s largest social, artistic, and philanthropic projects, aims to raise more than 110 million dirhams to support children and youth around the world affected by the...
February 15, 2021
World’s longest painting created in Dubai to raise 110mn dirhams for coronavirus-hit kids
February 15, 2021
Meghan and Prince Harry expecting second child
December 16, 2020
47-million-year-old python fossils discovered in Germany
December 14, 2020
Top spy novelist John le Carré dies at 89
DUBAI — Composed of two club-ready edits of popular music from the MENA region, the duo are building even more steam from their release of the Egyptian classic "Sahrany" (Tjade Edit) (Dar Disku 003) and Sidi Mansour (Moving Still Edit) (DD002). Played out across the world by the likes of DJ Seinfeld, Palms Trax, Hunee and more, these new edits re-imagine what life in an 80’s Arabian discotheque feels like.With their last two records receiving critical acclaim from the likes of Resident Advisor (Tracks of the Year), CRACK Magazine, Mixmag, Vice and Esquire, the duo are set to transport you into a forgotten era once more. Side ‘A’ features Dar Disku’s very own edit of a regional classic ‘Abdel Kader’. Made famous by Rai superstars Khaled, Faudel, and the late Rachid...
December 09, 2020
Regional duo Dar Disku reimagine 80s
discotheque with new music release
December 06, 2020
Capsule carrying first samples of asteroid subsurface recovered in Australia
December 02, 2020
UAE marks 49th National Day with 5 different GWR attempts