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Story'Citizen Kane': Orson Welles’ Thunderclap in the Sky of Hollywood

Bélinda Ibrahim 31/05 18:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

Citizen Kane Orson Welles Cinema Film Culture

What’s being told here is no myth. Orson Welles really was 25 when he shot Citizen Kane. He had never directed a film before, but had already caused a sensation in 1938 with his radio adaptation of The War of the Worlds, so realistic it panicked thousands of Americans. A prodigy to some, a fraud to others, he fascinated everyone. The RKO studio, ...

Moroccan Women Stitch Their Way to Empowered Futures

This is Beirut 31/05 15:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Embroidery Art Morocco Culture Women

In a small village on the coast of southern Morocco, women gather in a house to create collaborative works of textile art, and also earn a living. Several hunch over large canvases, embroidering their latest piece at the women-only workshop, in the village of 400 people. Some of their works have been shown internationally. "This project has ...

Van Gogh Museum Features African Artist for First Time

This is Beirut 31/05 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Netherlands Van Gogh Museum John Madu Exhibition Nigeria Art

Expressive brushstrokes depict a man seated at a table, his face hidden behind a book of Japanese prints, a plastic chair in the corner, and a Nigerian passport lying on the table. It is one of 10 new paintings by Nigerian artist John Madu, created for Paint Your Path, the first solo exhibition by an African artist at Amsterdam’s Van Gogh ...

Taylor Swift Buys Back Rights to Her Old Music

This is Beirut 30/05 19:50 - Reading : less than a minute

Music Taylor Swift US Entertainment

Pop icon Taylor Swift, who has been publicly feuding with record executives since 2019 over the rights to her early music, now owns her entire catalogue, she said on her website Friday. "All of the music I've ever made ... now belongs ... to me," she wrote, after years of dispute over her first six albums, a number of which she has rerecorded to ...

'We Love It': Marseille Discovers New Banksy Artwork

This is Beirut 30/05 17:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Marseille Banksy Street-Art France

A new mural depicting a lighthouse by world-famous street artist Banksy has appeared on a wall in the southern French city of Marseille, with AFP confirming its location on Friday. The anonymous artist known as Banksy revealed the new work on Instagram on Thursday, but its location had not been disclosed. The words "I want to be what you ...

Story‘La Dolce Vita’ or Fellini’s Prophetic Vision

Bélinda Ibrahim 30/05 17:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

La Dolce Vita Frederico Fellini Cinema Film Rome Culture

When it was released in 1960, La Dolce Vita caused a stir. The film disrupted cinema, unsettled Italian society, and changed how we understand what a film can express. Yet this masterpiece by Federico Fellini was not born out of serenity or control. It emerged from the tumult of late 1950s Rome, where nights seemed more intense than ...

African Art Reimagined at Met Museum’s Revamped Wing

This is Beirut 30/05 14:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Museum Culture Art NYC Met

From a delicate 13th-century clay figure to self-portraits by photographer Samuel Fosso, New York's Metropolitan Museum reopens its African art collection on Saturday, exploring the "complexity" of the past and looking to the present. After a four-year renovation with a $70 million price tag, the reopening of the Michael C. Rockefeller Wing comes ...

Ana de Armas Strikes Back as Vengeful Ballerina Assassin

This is Beirut 30/05 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Cinema Ana de Armas Actress Film Culture Art

Ana de Armas steps into the spotlight alongside Keanu Reeves in Ballerina, the highly anticipated spin-off of the John Wick saga, hitting theaters this Wednesday. The 37-year-old actress plays Eve Maccaro, a ballerina-turned-deadly assassin raised and trained by the Ruska Roma, a shadowy organized crime syndicate. Eve is on a relentless quest to ...

Maria Grazia Chiuri Steps Down as Dior Women’s Artistic Director

This is Beirut 29/05 15:10 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Fashion Luxury Dior Maria Grazia Chiuri Italy Culture

Dior announced Thursday that Italian designer Maria Grazia Chiuri was stepping down as artistic director of the French fashion house's women's collection after almost a decade on the job. Dior has boomed since Chiuri took over in 2016, becoming the second-biggest brand in the stable of luxury labels owned by French powerhouse LVMH. Her ...

'Sex and the City' Stars Shine Bright After 50

This is Beirut 29/05 12:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Sex and the City Just Like That Series Culture

Carrie, Miranda, and Charlotte are back in heels and back in action for season three of And Just Like That, the follow-up to the iconic series Sex and the City. The show continues to make the case that “life doesn’t end after 50.” The emotional, professional, and romantic adventures of the three New Yorkers unfold across twelve new ...

Bérénice Between Two Languages: A Foreign Queen on the French Stage

Marie-Christine Tayah 29/05 11:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Bérénice Racine France Paris Theater Culture

The play Bérénice at the Lavoir Moderne Parisien is co-directed by Marie Benati and Sanae Assif. Love exists in exile across ninety intense minutes, during which Racine’s unyielding verses intertwine with their poetic Arabic translation. The cast—Sanae Assif, Ghina Daou, Edouard Dossetto, Leslie Gruel, Adam Karoutchi, and Majd ...

Eurovision 2025: 166 Million Viewers, Record Audiences, and Viral Peaks

This is Beirut 28/05 19:55 - Reading : less than a minute

Eurovision 2025 Music Television Streaming Record Audiences Culture

The Eurovision Song Contest confirmed its place as the world's biggest live televised music event, with 166 million viewers in 37 countries watching the 2025 edition, organizers said Wednesday. Three million more people watched this year's 69th edition in Basel, Switzerland, than last year's contest in Malmo, Sweden, said the European ...