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78th Cannes Film Festival Unveils its Official Selection

This is Beirut 10/04 10:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Who will walk the red carpet alongside Robert De Niro, Tom Cruise, and Juliette Binoche? One month before opening night, the organizers of the 78th Cannes Film Festival unveiled its much-anticipated official selection on Thursday. Producers and filmmakers from around the world rushed to finalize post-production on their films before the press ...

VideosPillars of Eternity: Baalbeck International Festival 2025

Rayan Chami 09/04 20:05 - Reading : less than a minute

Baalbeck Festival Hiba Tawaji Oussama Rahbani

Unveiled from the Ministry of Tourism, the 2025 Baalbeck Festival promises a magical August 8 with Hiba Tawaji and Oussama Rahbani in a unique tribute to Mansour Rahbani’s centenary. Organizers assure safety amid a fragile climate, as Lebanese artists stand tall—symbols of strength and unwavering spirit.

Spotlight‘Always Be Drunk:’ Remedy or Illusion in the Face of Existential Emptiness?

David Sahyoun 09/04 18:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

Psychoanalysis Drunkness Baudelaire Culture Emptiness

In The Spleen of Paris, Baudelaire advises the reader to “always be drunk. That’s it: the only question. In order not to feel the horrible burden of Time, breaking your shoulders and bending you toward the earth, you must get drunk without ceasing. But on what? On wine, on poetry, or on virtue, as you wish. But get drunk.” This work ...

Luxury Perfume Bottles Go Electric in France’s Glass Valley

This is Beirut 09/04 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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In rapid succession, molten drops of glass fall into molds, giving shape to iconic perfume bottles from Lancôme, Chanel, and Guerlain—now produced with a lighter carbon footprint thanks to a new electric furnace at the Pochet du Courval glassworks in Normandy. An intense heat surrounds the furnace, which continuously melts a mix of raw ...

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Cruise to showcase last "Mission: Impossible" at Cannes

This is Beirut 09/04 00:26 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Tom Cruise is set to return to the Cannes Film Festival to present the latest and last episode of his Mission: Impossible series, joining Robert De Niro and French actress Juliette Binoche among the confirmed A-list attendees. Cruise's presence, three years after he lit up the French Riviera while promoting Top Gun: Maverick, marks a ...

The Sound of Music: One Movie, Countless Lives, Sixty Years of Emotion

Bélinda Ibrahim 08/04 18:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Sound of Music Film Music Homage Culture

We all remember that iconic image: a silhouette spinning atop alpine meadows, arms wide open beneath a boundless blue sky. Picture March 2, 1965—the day The Sound of Music premiered at the Rivoli Theatre in New York. And now, six decades later, its charm remains as vibrant as ever. Years may have passed, but the first notes of “Do-Re-Mi” or ...

The National Gallery Invites One Lucky Overnight Guest

This is Beirut 08/04 17:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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A lucky visitor will soon become the first ever to sleep overnight at Britain's National Gallery, after the 200-year-old museum launched a competition on Monday to mark the reopening of a wing housing celebrated European paintings. When the Sainsbury Wing reopens after a two-year refurbishment on May 10, the overnight guest — to be picked at ...

David Hockney Celebrated in Monumental Paris Louis Vuitton Retrospective

This is Beirut 08/04 14:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Exhibition Art Culture David Hockney Paris Louis Vuitton

Increasingly frail but with undimmed passion, Britain's David Hockney has put aside his health worries to shape what he describes as the biggest exhibition of his vast career. With around 400 works assembled over four floors, the Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris has put on a stunning tribute to one of the world's best-selling living ...

Leadership Shuffle at LVMH: New Faces at Fendi, Louis Vuitton China and Kenzo

This is Beirut 08/04 10:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Fashion Luxury LVMH Art Culture

Luxury giant LVMH announced on Monday a series of leadership changes across several of its key fashion houses, appointing new CEOs at Fendi and Kenzo, as well as a new head of Louis Vuitton China, who comes from a top position at Apple. At Fendi, the Italian fashion house, Ramon Ros will succeed Pierre-Emmanuel Angeloglou as CEO starting July 1. ...

A Couture Journey in Paris with 'Dolce & Gabbana – Du cœur à la main'

Marie-Christine Tayah 07/04 18:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Fashion Luxury Dolce & Gabbana Culture Art Paris

To visit “Dolce & Gabbana – Du cœur à la main” at the Grand Palais is to embark on a whirlwind journey through an intensely Italian scenography. The exhibition showcases over 200 unique Alta Moda and Alta Sartoria gowns, 300 handmade accessories and 130 pieces of furniture and antiques. Spanning 12,000 square feet, this all-encompassing ...

Music Industry Battles AI Deepfakes With Limited Progress

This is Beirut 07/04 10:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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The music industry is fighting on multiple fronts—through streaming platforms, in the courts, and with lawmakers—to prevent the looting and misuse of its content by generative artificial intelligence (AI). But the results so far remain underwhelming. 75,000. That’s the number of deepfakes that Sony Music says it has already requested to be ...

The Reinvented Suit: Where Structure Meets Freedom

Béatrice Moreau 06/04 18:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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The suit is no longer what it used to be – and that’s a good thing. Long confined to the rigid dress codes of office wear, it now stands as the boldest expression of personal style. On the Spring-Summer 2025 catwalks, the structured blazer and tailored trousers transcend their original function to become a true statement of modern ...