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Jafar Panahi Accelerates Awards Campaign Amid Global Political Constraints

This is Beirut, 21/11 18:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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After years of being banned from leaving Iran, filmmaker Jafar Panahi is enjoying his tour of the United States — visiting Los Angeles, New York and Telluride — as he promotes his Oscar-hopeful It Was Just an Accident. The film, which won the Palme d'Or at Cannes, has been selected by France as its official nomination for the Academy Awards, ...

'Demon Slayer' Film Shatters Historic Global Box Office Record

This is Beirut, 18/11 15:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The latest film adaptation of the Demon Slayer manga franchise has become the first Japanese movie to gross more than 100 billion yen ($644 million) worldwide, its distributors said. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba — Infinity Castle: Part 1, about sword-swishing Tanjiro Kamado's final showdown to slay demons and make his sister human again, is ...

Wicked Sequel Expands Oz With Depth, Music And Magic

This is Beirut, 18/11 13:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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When Universal Pictures split its musical adaptation of Wicked into two films, the move was derided by some critics as a cynical — if spectacularly successful — money grab. But with Wicked: For Good out in theaters around the world this week, its stars and filmmakers say the decision has freed them up to expand the Wizard of Oz prequel ...

Tom Cruise Receives an Honorary Oscar for His Body of Work

This is Beirut, 17/11 11:15 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Often nominated but never awarded, American actor Tom Cruise received an Honorary Oscar on Sunday night—the first golden statuette of his long and decorated career—before a hall full of Hollywood’s biggest names at the Governors Awards. To the sound of the iconic Mission Impossible score, a defining element of the 63-year-old actor’s ...

Box Office Weekend Surprises Audiences with 'Now You See Me'

This is Beirut, 17/11 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Now You See Me: Now You Don't — the third installment in the crime-heist franchise about a group of magicians — debuted atop the North American box office, besting the Glen Powell-fronted remake of The Running Man, industry estimates showed Sunday. Lionsgate's Now You See Me — which reunites Jesse Eisenberg, Isla Fisher, Dave Franco and ...

'Intersections': The Uk Film Festival in Lebanon Launches its First Edition in Beirut

This is Beirut, 12/11 14:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Beirut welcomes a new landmark cultural event this November: Intersections – The UK Film Festival in Lebanon, a major collaboration between the British Council, the British Embassy in Beirut, and the Metropolis Cinema Association, supported by the UK Government’s Great Britain and Northern Ireland Campaign. Running from 13 to 19 November 2025 ...

Demon Slayer Surge Powers Sony’s Strong Profit Outlook

This is Beirut, 11/11 13:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Shares in Japanese giant Sony jumped more than five percent Tuesday after it hiked full-year profit forecasts thanks to the latest Demon Slayer anime blockbuster. The company also attributed the improved forecasts to higher expected sales of its PlayStation console and a smaller-than-anticipated impact from US tariffs. For the 2025-26 financial ...

Glen Powell Reinvents Action Stardom In 'The Running Man'

This is Beirut, 10/11 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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It is often said Hollywood doesn't produce movie stars anymore. So when someone with a square jaw and loads of charisma like Glen Powell is cast in Arnold Schwarzenegger's role for a reboot of The Running Man, people get excited. But Powell, an unfailingly courteous Texan who quit the Los Angeles life and moved home to Austin as his fame grew, is ...

Hollywood Mourns: Diane Ladd, Southern Screen Legend, Dies at 89

This is Beirut, 04/11 09:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Diane Ladd, the Oscar-nominated Wild at Heart actress and mother of Laura Dern, died Monday. She was 89. In a career spanning eight decades, Ladd was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress Academy Award three times: in Martin Scorsese’s Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, David Lynch’s Wild at Heart, and Rambling Rose. The news of Ladd’s ...

Richard Linklater Says AI Can’t Capture Human Genius in Film

This is Beirut, 31/10 13:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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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 ...

Paul McCartney Reflects on Life and Music after Beatles

This is Beirut, 28/10 13:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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A new documentary about Paul McCartney’s solo career after The Beatles’ breakup will be released on February 25, 2026, on Amazon Prime Video, following a limited theatrical run, according to a statement released Monday. The film, available in 240 countries and territories worldwide, features rare archival footage that captures the period when ...

'Chainsaw Man – The Movie' Slashes Competition at North American Box Office

This is Beirut, 27/10 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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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 ...

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