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, ...
This is Beirut 03/04 10:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Art AI Culture Animation Miyazaki
Artificial intelligence might take over some of the work done by Japanese animation artists, but it will never match the brilliance of Hayao Miyazaki — the creative soul of Studio Ghibli — according to his son Goro, speaking to AFP. After the release of the latest ChatGPT version (GPT-4o), the internet was flooded with AI-generated images and ...
David Sahyoun 02/04 18:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Lebanon Psychoanalysis Trauma Parents Teachers Culture
Lebanon has been entrenched in a protracted, multifaceted structural crisis, compounded by prolonged security instability, regional conflicts, political tensions and sporadic outbreaks of violence. These factors have fostered an environment of uncertainty and anxiety. The war that erupted in 2023 has layered additional trauma and disruption, ...
Marie-Christine Tayah 02/04 14:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Cinema Val Kilmer Culture Art Actor
American actor Val Kilmer has died at the age of 65 from complications of pneumonia, as confirmed by his daughter Mercedes Kilmer to The New York Times. The actor, whose career saw soaring highs and difficult lows, had been battling the long-term effects of throat cancer since 2014, which left him without his voice but never without his artistic ...
This is Beirut 02/04 10:45 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Red Cross Red Crescent Museum Blind
"They are our eyes," said Karin happily after releasing the arm of one of the specialised "image whisperers" guiding her and other blind people around Geneva's Red Cross museum. The museum has been offering its new image prompter service to the visually impaired since late last year. Karin, who did not want to give her ...
This is Beirut 02/04 10:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Donald Trump USA Music Entertainment Tickets Price
The directive seeks to prevent "unscrupulous middlemen" from profiting off reselling tickets for concerts and other events at an "enormous markup". It orders the US attorney general and the Treasury secretary to use "all legal means" to stamp out soaring price gouging and calls on the Federal Trade Commission to "ensure price transparency at all ...
Bélinda Ibrahim 01/04 18:30 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Annaya Saint Charbel Miracle Lebanon Film
Just a few hours earlier, an Israeli strike on the southern suburbs of Beirut had once again reminded everyone of Lebanon’s wounds, a land both sacred and divided. And yet, it is from this very country that Saint Charbel emerges, the silent hermit who became a saint of miracles, transcending all boundaries of color, race, religion and ...
Marie-Christine Tayah 01/04 16:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Theater Paris France Culture Art
Joan of Arc died at the stake after being convicted of heresy. At just 13, she claimed to hear divine voices that gave her the mission to drive the English out of France. She went on to liberate the city of Orléans and paved the way for Charles VII to be recognized as the legitimate King of France. Nearly six centuries after her death, Joan’s ...
This is Beirut 01/04 10:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Cinema Movie Film Beatles Culture Art
Sam Mendes will release four movies about The Beatles in the same month, the director announced Monday, with Paul Mescal playing Paul McCartney and Barry Keoghan portraying Ringo Starr in "the first bingeable theatrical experience." The "four-film cinematic event," hitting theaters in April 2028, will each focus on a different member of the ...
Marilyne Jallad 31/03 20:20 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Recognized as one of the sex symbols of the 1980s, Richard Chamberlain is unforgettable in the globally successful series The Thorn Birds. He played Father Ralph de Bricassart, a cardinal torn between his religious calling and his feelings for young Meggie Cleary, played by Rachel Ward. It was an impossible love story that touched millions of ...
This is Beirut 31/03 14:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
This was meant to be the year the movies bounced back. Yet, as the CinemaCon trade convention kicks off Monday in Las Vegas, theater owners are hoping and praying for signs that 2025 is back on track. The box office has endured a terrible start, reeling from high-profile flops like Disney’s live-action Snow White, superhero sequel Captain ...
This is Beirut 31/03 10:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
MGM's new thriller A Working Man, with Jason Statham, emerged atop a flock of new films this weekend in North America, earning an estimated $15.2 million, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations reported Sunday. The action film, from Suicide Squad director David Ayer, features Statham as a military veteran who comes out of retirement to seek the ...