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George Clooney, Amal, and Twins Embrace French Citizenship

This is Beirut 2025-12-30 15:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Cinema Clooney Family US French Passeport culture

Hollywood star George Clooney has become French, along with his wife, Amal Alamuddin Clooney, and their two children, an official decree seen by AFP on Monday showed. The publication, in France's government gazette, confirms an ambition Clooney alluded to early in December when he hailed French privacy laws that keep his family shielded from ...

Beyoncé Becomes a Billionaire: Queen B Joins Music’s Elite Club

This is Beirut 2025-12-30 12:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Music Beyonce

US singer Beyonce is now a billionaire, Forbes magazine said Monday, becoming only the fifth musician to achieve such a milestone. The 44-year-old entertainer joins a select club that includes her husband, rapper Jay-Z, as well as Taylor Swift, Bruce Springsteen, and Rihanna, according to the publication, known for its rankings of the world's ...

French Cinema Icon Brigitte Bardot to Be Buried in Saint-Tropez cemetery

This is Beirut 2025-12-29 17:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Cinema Brigitte Bardot Icon Funeral France

Cinema icon Brigitte Bardot is to be buried in a graveyard in her hometown of Saint-Tropez, an official said Monday, as France wrestles with how to pay tribute to a cultural legend who in later years championed far-right views. Bardot, who died on Sunday aged 91 after decades as an animal rights campaigner, had said she wanted to be laid to rest ...

ExplainerSilence in Psychoanalysis: What the Absence of Words Reveals

David Sahyoun 2025-12-17 18:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

Psychoanalysis Silence Therapy Words

Some silences are deafening, heavy, cutting through, and freezing the space around them. Others, by contrast, open a gap, suspending the flow of speech like a hand gently soothing a wound. In psychoanalysis, silence is not the enemy of discourse; on the contrary, it is its very condition, sometimes even its hidden engine. Silence permeates ...

Louvre Under Strike Pressure Partially Reopens to Frustrated Tourists

This is Beirut 2025-12-17 14:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Paris Louvre

Staff at the Louvre Museum voted on Wednesday to extend a strike to demand better working conditions and visitor experience at the Paris landmark, forcing management to only partially open to frustrated tourists. Hundreds had queued in the brisk weather hoping to enter the world's most visited museum as the vote delayed opening, with ...

Another Vision of Beauty, by Nada Talhamé

This is Beirut 2025-12-17 10:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Beirut Beauty Space Brands

For nearly ten years, Nada Talhamé has been developing a singular approach to beauty, true to her background and her vision of style. A recognized designer, she understood early on that fashion does not stop at clothing. As early as 2016, she introduced cosmetics into her fashion boutique, convinced that makeup, skincare, and hair care are ...

Louvre Museum Closed as Workers Strike

This is Beirut 2025-12-15 12:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

France Paris Louvre

The Louvre Museum closed its doors to thousands of disappointed visitors on Monday as staff launched a strike to protest working conditions at the Paris landmark, two months after a shocking robbery. Workers are demanding extra staff and measures to tackle overcrowding, adding to the woes of the world's most visited museum just as France is ...

Director Rob Reiner and Wife Found Dead at Los Angeles Residence

This is Beirut 2025-12-15 09:05 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Los Angeles USA Rob Reiner

American director Rob Reiner and his wife were found dead at their Southern California mansion, US media reported on Sunday, as the Los Angeles mayor said she was "heartbroken" by their loss. Two people were found dead at the home of "When Harry Met Sally" and "Princess Bride" director Reiner, local broadcaster NBCLA and other media outlets ...

Lancel’s B.B.: Parisian Glamour Inspired by Brigitte Bardot

Bélinda Ibrahim 2025-12-14 18:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Brigitte Bardot B.B Lancel Bags Iconic Fashion Culture

How do you create a bag inspired by an icon like Brigitte Bardot? How can an accessory express the freedom, instinct, and tenderness she embodies? In embracing this challenge, Lancel was not aiming simply to produce a collaboration. The house sought to capture what Bardot represents in the collective imagination: a feeling of lightness, a sense of ...

Word of the week“Advent:” Another Kind of Waiting

Sana Richa Choucair 2025-12-14 15:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Just ten days to go before Christmas! December seems to accelerate: candles are lit, calendars are opened, and houses fill with quiet rituals marking the slow march toward the holiday. This stretch of days, with its familiar traditions and its particular rhythm, bears a name rooted in centuries of language and custom: Advent. A word that carries ...

Exhibition of Franco-Chinese Print Master Zao Wou-Ki Opens in Hong Kong

This is Beirut 2025-12-13 12:20 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Zao Wou-Ki Hong Kong Painter Exhibition Culture

An exhibition by the Franco-Chinese master printmaker Zao Wou-Ki opened in Hong Kong on Saturday, the first time his work has been on display in Asia. Hong Kong's M+ museum is hosting a collection of more experimental prints by the artist, who is considered a master of the lyrical abstraction movement and whose work regularly fetches vast sums at ...

French Indie Title 'Clair Obscur' Dominates Game Awards

This is Beirut 2025-12-12 09:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Los Angeles USA Clair Obscur Game Awards

French indie title "Clair Obscur: Expedition 33" dominated the annual Game Awards in Los Angeles, winning a record of nine categories, including best video game of the year. "What a weird timeline for us," Guillaume Broche of video game studio Sandfall Interactive quipped, thanking his team as he accepted the top award. "And also I want to ...