Bélinda Ibrahim 05/04 18:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Writers Neuroses Literature Culture
Literature loves outsiders. But what it cherishes most are organized outsiders—those who turn their strangeness into a narrative engine, their questionable lifestyles into bursts of staggering productivity. This second part focuses on writers who today might be considered, depending on one’s perspective, either misunderstood geniuses or ...
This is Beirut 05/04 14:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Hollywood Art Auction Culture Spielberg Cinema
An original model of E.T., created for Steven Spielberg's beloved film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, did not find a buyer after being put up for auction, Sotheby's auction house in New York said Thursday. The piece, a little over a meter high and which had been estimated to fetch between $600,000 and $900,000, comes from the collection of Italian ...
This is Beirut 05/04 10:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Museum Art Culture Kylian Mbappe
France superstar Kylian Mbappe received one of the greatest honors that England can bestow upon a sportsman from a rival nation on Friday — a lifelike waxwork at London's Madame Tussauds museum. The statue shows the 2018 World Cup winner striking a familiar pose — arms crossed and wearing France's white away jersey from last summer's European ...
Bélinda Ibrahim 04/04 18:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Literature Writers Culture Neuroses
The act of writing is peculiar in that it lies at the crossroads of inspiration and method – between the sudden emergence of words and the mechanics of movement. For some authors, routine becomes a sacred ritual, a meticulously orchestrated sequence of gestures meant to ward off the terror of the blank page. Others find in it a form of ...
This is Beirut 04/04 17:45 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Literature Edition Freedom Algeria France Boualem Sansal culture
This speech, given for “the German Publishers and Booksellers Peace Prize” and published in Gallimard’s Tracts collection, was originally delivered in Frankfurt, Germany, in October 2011. "The absence of freedom is a pain that drives one mad over time. It reduces a man to his shadow and his dreams to nightmares," Boualem Sansal declares in ...
This is Beirut 04/04 17:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Culture Cinema Movie Art Avatar
Evil Na'vi. Giant volcanoes. Airborne boats. The first-ever footage from Avatar: Fire and Ash, the sequel to two of the highest-grossing movies of all time, was debuted at the CinemaCon event Thursday. Out this December, the film "expands the beautiful world of Pandora and introduces two new clans," explained star Zoe Saldana, from the stage of ...
This is Beirut 04/04 13:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Britain Literature Crime Shakespeare Exhibition Culture
The Shakespeare First Folio edition stolen from Durham University's Cosin's Library in 1998 is one of only 235 known to survive, and is valued at more than £1 million ($1.3 million). The First Folio, published in 1623, was the first collection of Shakespeare's plays and each version is unique. It is considered to be one of the most important ...
This is Beirut 04/04 12:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Music Album Elton John Singer Culture Art
The British artist Elton John is releasing his new album Who Believes in Angels? this Friday, co-written with American singer Brandi Carlile, and which he describes as his "most innovative" record since the 1970s. "This album marks a new beginning for me," said the 78-year-old singer in an interview with British radio Smooth Radio. "It’s very ...
This is Beirut 04/04 10:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
France Hotel History Heritage Culture Art
Situated in the center of the Left Bank area of the French capital, the Art Deco institution was opened in 1910 and owes its existence to its neighbor Bon Marche, one of the first department stores in the world. Real estate group Alrov, controlled by Alfred Akirov and his family, will retain ownership of the building. Originally baptized with the ...
This is Beirut 04/04 09:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Movie Cinema Heritage Culture Tom Cruise Val Kilmer
During the annual CinemaCon industry summit held at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Tom Cruise paid heartfelt tribute to his late Top Gun co-star Val Kilmer, who passed away earlier this week. Before unveiling exclusive footage from his forthcoming film Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, Cruise led theater owners in a solemn moment of ...
This is Beirut 03/04 17:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Theater Festival France Avignon Culture Art
Cape Verdean choreographer Marlene Monteiro Freitas will open the 79th edition of the Festival d’Avignon next July in southeastern France, in a program that gives prominence to Arabic, described as a "language of light" and "knowledge" — one that organizers intend to celebrate in response to the "merchants of hate." This major international ...
This is Beirut 03/04 15:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
USA Film CinemaCon Entertainment
Spielberg "is currently shooting a film that promises to be a return to form, in the spirit of his monumental classics," said Universal executive Jim Orr, at the movie theater industry summit in Las Vegas. The untitled film, out June 2026, is widely rumored to be a blockbuster sci-fi. Orr promised it would contain "a propulsive, modern, ...