This is Beirut, 10:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Egypt Museum Culture Art Giza Egyptian museum
Egypt officially opened on Saturday the Grand Egyptian Museum, a long-awaited, billion-dollar showcase of pharaonic grandeur that Cairo hopes will revive tourism and boost its battered economy. "Today, as we celebrate together the opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum, we are writing a new chapter in the history of the present and the future," ...
This is Beirut, 01/11 14:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Art Music Paris France Culture Africa
At 84, George Clinton is a funk legend, ubiquitous hip-hop sample source, father of psychedelic Afrofuturism — and now, a painter with a show opening in Paris. Through it all, the self-taught American artist, the force behind the celebrated groups Parliament and Funkadelic, has hewed to his signature vision: “Gotta have that funk.” A life ...
This is Beirut, 31/10 13:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
AI Film Broadway Cinema Culture Art
Can great art be made without human genius and all its flaws? It's a vital question at a time when artificial intelligence threatens to subsume Hollywood. Through new movies Nouvelle Vague and Blue Moon, director Richard Linklater offers an answer—delving into the lives of two brilliant, volatile men whose films and plays shaped French New Wave ...
This is Beirut, 31/10 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Egypt Museum Culture Art Pyramids Civilization
Near the ancient Pyramids of Giza just outside Cairo, the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) is gearing up for a lavish opening on Saturday after two decades of delays. Massive statues and historic artefacts from the country's ancient civilization will be on display across the 24,000 square meters (258,000 square feet) of permanent exhibition space. Here ...
Marie-Christine Tayah, 30/10 11:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Charlotte Gainsbourg Single Music Culture Art France
With her new single Blurry Moon, released in September 2025, Charlotte Gainsbourg marks a magnetic and deeply personal return to music. Produced by Saint Laurent and SebastiAn, the track blends elegance, restraint, and emotional clarity. The music is elevated by a video that is both artfully stylized and strikingly simple, a visual mirror of the ...
This is Beirut, 29/10 11:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Culture Art Artefacts Switzerland Africa Neuchâtel
The Swiss town of Neuchâtel on Tuesday handed over to South Africa three artefacts that had spent more than a century in one of its museums. The set of 30 divining bones in a woven basket, a bull's foot bone used as an amulet, and a walking staff were purchased by Swiss missionary and ethnographer Henri-Alexandre Junod. The items came from the ...
This is Beirut, 27/10 19:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Allegations of censorship threw a major theater festival in Serbia into turmoil on Monday, as the government faces increasing complaints it is stifling dissent while trying to face down long-running protests. Artists claim the Belgrade International Theater Festival (BITEF), long regarded as an outlet for free expression, is now under political ...
Marie-Christine Tayah, 27/10 14:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Rick Owens Culture Art Culture Palais Galliera
Known as both an avant-gardist and a mystic, Rick Owens reinvents fashion as a sacred ritual. With his exhibition Temple of Love, the Palais Galliera takes on the aura of a pagan cathedral, where darkness and light merge in an act of aesthetic and chaotic faith. Since last June, the Palais Galliera has been hosting Rick Owens: Temple of Love. ...
This is Beirut, 27/10 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Box office US Cinema Film Culture Art
Japanese anime feature Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc triumphed at the North American box office, debuting in the top spot at $17.3 million and besting a much-anticipated biopic about Bruce Springsteen, industry estimates showed Sunday. Chainsaw Man, from Sony and Crunchyroll, had already scored big successes in Japan and across Asia, noted ...
This is Beirut, 26/10 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
It's nearly 10:00 p.m. on Friday night, and a group of children shine their flashlights on the imposing skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus rex. Though the scene seems like something out of a movie, it is in fact a whimsical sleepover at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. Once a month, and for a not insignificant fee, parents and kids can ...
This is Beirut, 24/10 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Culture Art Shein Disney BHV Paris
The company behind bringing Asian e-commerce giant Shein to a landmark Parisian department store suffered another setback Thursday as Disneyland Paris abandoned plans to open a pop-up boutique. Anger has been boiling since fast-fashion giant Shein announced earlier this month that it would open its first permanent physical store in November at BHV ...
Marie-Christine Tayah, 23/10 14:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Dakota Johnson Actress Hollywood Cinema Culture Art
Hollywood has many comedians, but few are funny simply by existing. Dakota Johnson, with her calm voice, unbothered gaze, and perfect poker face, has turned understatement into an art form. Her humor comes quietly; it slips between pauses, thrives in awkward silences, and lingers in viral clips that feel too human to be rehearsed. Born in Austin, ...