Sana Richa Choucair 07/09 15:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
The debate is still alive in 2025: Is cancel culture a tool of justice or a weapon of excess? The term resurfaces regularly, from university debates to international headlines, because it captures one of the defining tensions of our digital era: the balance between accountability and freedom of expression. And with social media platforms now ...
This is Beirut 07/09 10:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Giorgio Armani Fashion Farewell Heritage Culture Art
Thousands of mourners paid homage Saturday to Italian fashion legend Giorgio Armani, who died this week aged 91, as his coffin was put on public display in Milan. Italian fashion icon Donatella Versace was among those who filed past Armani's closed casket at the headquarters of his multi-billion-euro lifestyle company, which marked its 50th ...
This is Beirut 07/09 08:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Venice Film Festival Italy Cinema Culture Art Jim Jarmusch
At the end of a politically charged edition, the 82nd Venice Film Festival awarded its top prize on Saturday to Jim Jarmusch’s quiet, independent film about family, while giving a strong runner-up nod to The Voice of Hind Rajab by Kaouther Ben Hania. To the audience’s surprise, Jarmusch’s Father Mother Sister Brother took home the coveted ...
Bélinda Ibrahim 06/09 19:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Message Bottle Jennifer Dowker Michigan Facebook
Chance never lacks imagination when it comes to weaving connections between generations. That is what Jennifer Dowker, a boat captain and diving instructor in the small town of Cheboygan in northern Michigan, discovered. One day in June 2021, she was simply tending to the maintenance of her boat, unaware that her routine was about to be disrupted ...
This is Beirut 06/09 17:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Cinema Matthew McConaughey Canada Festival Toronto International Film Festival Culture
For Hollywood stars Matthew McConaughey and Jamie Lee Curtis, making an action film about the deadliest wildfire in California history hits close to home. The Lost Bus tells the harrowing true story of a school bus driver who risked his life to save 22 children from the inferno that destroyed the town of Paradise in 2018. The movie's world ...
This is Beirut 06/09 14:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Women History Eiffel Monument Paris Culture
Gustave Eiffel, who designed France's world-famous monument, had the names of 72 scholars inscribed on the base of the tower in golden letters. All of them men. More than 130 years later, Paris authorities are seeking to right a historic wrong by adding the names of 72 illustrious women. "The aim is to highlight the historical contribution of ...
This is Beirut 06/09 12:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Music Bob Dylan Festival Venice Culture Cinema
A new documentary featuring never-before-seen footage of a pivotal moment in folk music history taps into a revival of interest in Bob Dylan thanks to recent biopic A Complete Unknown, which starred Timothee Chalamet. Newport and the Great Folk Dream, which premieres at the Venice Film Festival on Friday, charts the development of the Newport ...
This is Beirut 06/09 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Music David Bowie V&A Museum London Britain Culture
David Bowie was working on an "18th century" themed musical at the time of his death, which will feature in a new London center dedicated to the seminal British artist, the BBC reported Friday. The V&A museum will open the free-to-access home for Bowie's vast archive in Stratford, east London, on September 13. One exhibit will be notes from a ...
Bélinda Ibrahim 05/09 19:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Cassettes Revival Taylor Swift Music Gen Z Culture
Over the years, vinyl has established itself as the stylish, vintage symbol of music’s revival. Yet, unexpectedly, another format from the past is finding its way back into playlists: the audio cassette. Long dismissed as a relic, it is now enjoying a second life, fueled by nostalgia, tech curiosity and savvy marketing from certain artists. ...
This is Beirut 05/09 17:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Film Venice Festival Armani Fashion Tribute Italy Culture
For decades, the red carpet of the Venice Film Festival was one of Giorgio Armani's most high-profile catwalks, with the stars of cinema donning his elegant creations for the eyes of the world. With the death on Thursday, at age 91, of Italy's most famous fashion designer, the prestigious festival on the sandy Lido closes a long chapter, ...
Marie-Christine Tayah 05/09 15:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Fashion Anna Wintour Chloe Malle Culture Art Vogue
The fashion world had been buzzing for months. From New York to Paris, insiders speculated endlessly about who would succeed Anna Wintour, the legendary figure who shaped Vogue for nearly four decades. On Tuesday, the mystery was finally solved: Chloe Malle, current editor of Vogue.com, has been named head of editorial content for the magazine’s ...
This is Beirut 05/09 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Fashion Giorgio Armani Legacy Empire Italy Culture
Tapping Italy's long heritage of classic, impeccable tailoring, Giorgio Armani built a multi-billion-dollar fashion empire, making his name synonymous around the world with relaxed, restrained elegance. The country's best-known contemporary designer, the white-haired and permanently tanned Armani, whose death was announced Thursday, eschewed ...