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Pharrell Williams and Andrea Bocelli to Co-Direct Vatican Concert for Peace

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American songwriter Pharrell Williams and Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli will co-direct a free concert and light show for tens of thousands of people at the Vatican on Saturday. "Grace for the World" will be held in St. Peter's Square and feature US singer-songwriter John Legend, French-Beninese singer Angélique Kidjo and Thai ...

Lebanese Army Receives Italian Donation of Medical Equipment

This is Beirut, 10/09 15:35 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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The Lebanese Army (LAF) received on Wednesday a donation of 30 tons of medical equipment and supplies from the Italian authorities during a ceremony at the Military Medical Center. The event was attended by Silvia Tosi, representing Italian Ambassador Fabrizio Marcelli, the head of the Military Medical Center on behalf of Army Commander General ...

Giorgio Armani’s Family Bids Private Farewell at Historic Rivalta Church

This is Beirut, 08/09 14:45 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The private funeral of fashion legend Giorgio Armani was set to take place Monday in a picturesque village near Piacenza, in the northern Italian region where the designer grew up. Only about 60 people were expected at the 3:30 pm (1330 GMT) ceremony, according to local media, at the 14th-century Church of San Martino in Rivalta, south of ...

Jim Jarmusch Wins Venice Gold with 'Father Mother Sister Brother'

This is Beirut, 07/09 08:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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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 ...

Venice Film Festival a Red Carpet Pulpit for ‘King Giorgio’ Armani

This is Beirut, 05/09 17:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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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, ...

From Milan to Hollywood: Giorgio Armani’s Global Fashion Empire

This is Beirut, 05/09 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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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 ...

Impact and Style Light Up Fashion at the Venice Film Festival

Marie-Christine Tayah, 04/09 14:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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In Venice, the magic of cinema meets the power of fashion. The 82nd Venice Film Festival reimagines its red carpet as a world stage where stars and designers join forces to celebrate glamour with a poetic twist. Over the decades, fashion has evolved far beyond personal expression, becoming a strategic tool and a symbolic language at the heart of ...

'The Testament of Ann Lee': Seyfried Embodies a Feminist Prophet in Fastvold’s Poetic Tribute

This is Beirut, 03/09 21:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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With The Testament of Ann Lee, a movie about the founder of the 18th-century Shaker religious movement screening at the Venice Film Festival, director Mona Fastvold sought to honor a figure "on the verge of being erased from memory". Lee, played by Amanda Seyfried in the film that premiered at Venice this week, was "one of the very first American ...

Venice Film Festival Debuts New Adaptation of Camus’s 'The Stranger'

This is Beirut, 03/09 14:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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The premiere of The Stranger at this year's Venice Film Festival brings to the screen one of the world's most read novels, penned by French author Albert Camus, a star in his day and now. Winner of the Nobel prize three years before his tragic death in 1960 at the age of 46, Camus has found new admirers in younger generations who love to quote ...

Kathryn Bigelow Ignites Venice with Explosive White House Thriller

This is Beirut, 02/09 16:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The first woman to win the Academy Award for best director, Kathryn Bigelow, is back at the Venice Film Festival Tuesday with a new White House thriller that Netflix hopes will find Oscar glory. The highly anticipated A House of Dynamite from the American director is one of 21 films competing for the top Golden Lion prize for best film on Saturday ...

The Rock Stuns Venice With Heartfelt Turn In 'The Smashing Machine'

This is Beirut, 02/09 13:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson said Monday he had turned his heavily muscled back on action movie roles to be able to express himself as an actor in his latest film The Smashing Machine, which premiered in Venice. The 53-year-old was the day's star attraction at the Venice Film Festival — his first appearance at a European festival — where he mixed ...

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