This is Beirut, 21/05 12:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Cannes 2025 ‘Mama’ Maids Israel France Cuture
Director Or Sinai didn't have to go far to find the subject of her acclaimed debut film about the secret lives of the millions of women who support their families back home by being domestic workers abroad. She was chatting to the "wonderful Ukrainian woman" who looks at her mother, who has Parkinson's Disease, when the housekeeper started ...
This is Beirut, 21/05 10:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Boualem Sansal Algeria Censorship Culture Prize France
Boualem Sansal, who has been jailed in Algeria for six months, was awarded the international Cino del Duca Prize on Wednesday. The French literary prize honors "the strength of a writer who (...) continues to make their free voice heard." Recognized for his entire body of work, Boualem Sansal joins the ranks of past laureates like Andrei ...
Marie-Christine Tayah, 20/05 19:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Fashion Cannes Film Festival France Cannes2025 Culture Glamour
The 2025 edition reasserts the Festival’s fashion authority with a stricter code for gala events. Published just one day before the opening ceremony, it caught publicists, fashion houses, and celebrities by surprise. According to the official site: “For gala screenings at the Grand Théâtre Lumière around 7 PM and 10 PM, formal attire ...
This is Beirut, 20/05 18:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Cannes 2025 The brothers Dassler Series Puma-Adidas Germany France Culture
The bitter brotherly feud that sparked the creation of sports-shoe brands Adidas and Puma in the same small German town in the 1940s is to be turned into a television series with the help of family archives, its producers announced Sunday. Hollywood-based film producer No Fat Ego is backing the project, which has the blessing of the family behind ...
Bélinda Ibrahim, 20/05 17:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Festival Cannes Cinema Red Carpet France
In Cannes, everything seems to float. Spectacular gowns, knowing glances and intense spotlight beams. Yet, beneath this radiant veneer, hundreds of anonymous figures move quietly behind the scenes. They don’t climb the steps or feature in Instagram stories. But without them, the red carpet would simply be a piece of red fabric. Every ...
This is Beirut, 20/05 16:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Denzel Washington Cannes Film Festival France Cannes2025 Culture Cinema
A hard-hitting Egyptian political thriller shook up the Cannes Film Festival on Monday, just before a surprise Honorary Palme d’Or was awarded to Hollywood icon Denzel Washington. The evening also marked the return of French director Julia Ducournau, four years after her explosive win with Titane. The event had been kept tightly under wraps: ...
This is Beirut, 20/05 12:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Scarlett Johansson Cannes Film Festival Cinema Culture Cannes France
Scarlett Johansson won praise from veteran filmmaker Wes Anderson as she nervously prepared to unveil her debut feature as a director at the Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday. Actors behind the camera are something of a trend in Cannes this year, with Twilight star Kristen Stewart and British actor Harris Dickinson both unveiling their first ...
This is Beirut, 20/05 10:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
France Israël palestinians Conflict
France is "determined" to recognize a Palestinian state, its foreign minister said on Tuesday, condemning Israel for the "indefensible" situation in Gaza created by its military campaign and humanitarian blockade. Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot also reaffirmed that Paris backed a Netherlands-led initiative for a review of the cooperation ...
Marie-Christine Tayah, 20/05 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Raphaël Quenard Cannes Cannes Film Festival France Culture Art
Raphaël Quenard wears many hats: actor, screenwriter, director, producer, and soon, singer. He broke through in 2023 with standout performances in Chien de la casse by Jean-Baptiste Durand and Yannick by Quentin Dupieux. His work in both earned him César nominations in 2024, and he took home the award for Most Promising Actor for Chien de la ...
This is Beirut, 19/05 16:25 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
France Police Jim Morrison Bust Investigation Music Culture
French police have recovered by chance the long-lost bust of American singer Jim Morrison that once adorned the grave of the iconic frontman of The Doors, 37 years after it was stolen from a Paris cemetery. The sculpture, missing since 1988, was found during a search tied to a fraud case led by the Paris public prosecutor's office, a source ...
This is Beirut, 19/05 12:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Wes Anderson Cinema Cannes Film Festival Culture Cannes France
US director Wes Anderson brought his latest A-list cast led by Benicio del Toro to the Cannes Film Festival on Sunday, ramping up the star power as the competition reaches the halfway mark. Anderson's typically whimsical The Phoenician Scheme, which also finds roles for Tom Hanks, Scarlett Johansson and Kate Winslet's daughter, Mia Threapleton, ...
This is Beirut, 19/05 11:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Cinema Kevin Spacey Culture Cannes Cannes Film Festival France
Hollywood actor Kevin Spacey is to be given a lifetime achievement award on the fringes of the Cannes Film Festival Tuesday. The Better World Fund told AFP on Sunday that the actor — who was acquitted of nine charges of alleged sex offenses in Britain last year — will be recognized "for his decades of artistic brilliance" at a charity gala in ...