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Paris Fans Turn Fashion Shows Into Sports-Style Events

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

Paris Fashion Week Fashion Luxury Culture Show

A giant screen, lots of cheering and applause: the scene inside La Caserne venue in trendy northeast Paris might feel like a sports bar. But the crowd there was watching live fashion, not football. With Paris Fashion Week in full swing, a well-heeled group of mostly 20-somethings has been gathering every day near the Gare du Nord train station ...

'Sar Wa’et el-Haki' by Philippe Aractingi: Lost Languages, Found Words

Bélinda Ibrahim, 04/10 19:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Philippe Aractingi Theater Lebanon Culture Catharsis

Attending “Sar wa’et el-haki” (It’s Time to Talk), Philippe Aractingi’s solo performance, is to dive headfirst into a whirlwind of memories, languages and emotions. The show, staged at the Monnot Theatre from September 30 to October 12, 2025, in Beirut, after a notable tour in France, Germany and Tunisia, was directed by Lina ...

Duran Lantink, the Bold Designer Taking Over Gaultier

This is Beirut, 04/10 18:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Paris Fashion Week Jean Paul Gaultier Fashion Luxury Culture

Could Duran Lantink become fashion’s next great provocateur? The 37-year-old Dutch designer, celebrated for his fearless creativity, unveils his first Jean Paul Gaultier collection this Sunday in Paris. Appointed creative director of the couture house last April, he is the first permanent successor to Jean Paul Gaultier, who retired from ...

Taylor Swift’s New Album Shatters Streaming Record In Hours

This is Beirut, 04/10 13:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Taylor Swift Music Culture Art Album Concert

Taylor Swift on Friday quickly set a streaming record with The Life of a Showgirl, her new album of bouncy pop songs about love, sex, success — and score-settling — that had fans analyzing every word. Critical opinion of Showgirl ranged from glowing to unimpressed, but fans flocked to Spotify to hear the 12 tracks, making it the most-streamed ...

Sean 'Diddy' Combs gets 50-month prison sentence

This is Beirut, 04/10 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Sean Diddy Combs U.S. Justice Music Singer Culture

Music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs was sentenced to more than four years in prison on Friday for his conviction on prostitution-related charges. Prosecutors had sought 11 years behind bars for Combs, but Judge Arun Subramanian handed down a 50-month sentence after an emotional daylong court hearing. Combs's lawyers had urged the judge to sentence the ...

Skipping Class, Winning Prizes: The Untold Stories of Nobel Laureates

This is Beirut, 03/10 16:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Nobel Prize Education Science Culture

Some Nobel laureates were straight-A students from the get-go. But others AFP spoke to recounted how they cut class, got expelled, and had doubts about their future. Perhaps the most illustrious Nobel Prize winner, Albert Einstein, was once a mediocre student at Zurich Polytechnic School, now ETH Zurich. The young Einstein skipped classes, ...

Taylor Swift Strides into 'Showgirl' Era with Sparkly New Album

This is Beirut, 03/10 13:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Taylor Swift Music Album Culture Concert Art

Taylor Swift is in a sparkling new era. On Friday, she dropped her 12th studio album, The Life of a Showgirl, a collection of bouncy pop songs about love, marriage, success — and score-settling. For the hotly anticipated album, the 35-year-old artist reunited with Swedish hitmakers Max Martin and Shellback, and their influence is clear in the ...

Irish Singer CMAT Postpones UK Tour Due to Health Issues

This is Beirut, 03/10 11:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Music Touring Cancellation CMAT Britain Culture

Breakout Irish singer CMAT cancelled her upcoming UK tour dates to treat an infected wisdom tooth, days after British pop singer Lola Young halted gigs having collapsed on stage. "I am devastated to say that due to an infected wisdom tooth I need to reschedule all of my upcoming dates of the October UK tour," CMAT, whose real name is Ciara ...

Depardieu Sues French Broadcaster Over Report That Sped up Downfall

This is Beirut, 02/10 15:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Film Trial Depardieu France TV France Culture

A French court was Thursday examining accusations by actor Gerard Depardieu that a 2023 television report falsely portrayed him as making sexual comments about a young girl. Depardieu, whose prolific film and television career includes 1990 comedy Green Card and Netflix series Marseille, is the highest-profile figure caught up in France's ...

Influencer Lyas Turns Paris Fashion Week Into a Public Celebration

This is Beirut, 02/10 14:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Fashion Fans Luxury Watch Paris Culture

A giant screen, lots of cheering and applause: the scene inside La Caserne venue in trendy northeast Paris might feel like a sports bar. But the crowd there were watching live fashion, not football. With Paris Fashion Week in full swing, a well-heeled group of mostly 20-somethings has been gathering every day near the Gare du Nord train station ...

Warsaw Hosts 19th Chopin International Piano Competition

This is Beirut, 02/10 12:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Music Piano Competition Chopin Poland Culture

Rehearsal time is over. The world's best and most ambitious young pianists have descended on Warsaw for the Frederic Chopin International Piano Competition, for some, a gateway to classical music glory. Fans from around the globe snapped up tickets as much as a year ago. The lucky ones will hear an opening night concert on Thursday and follow ...

Paris to Welcome Free Public Picasso Park, Opening in 2030

This is Beirut, 02/10 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Picasso Paris Museum Art Culture Sculpture

A park featuring Picasso sculptures is to open to the public in central Paris in 2030, with free entry, the head of the city's Picasso Museum told AFP on Sunday. The garden, about the area of two Olympic-size swimming pools, will be an extension to the museum and will contain a dozen bronze sculptures by Pablo Picasso, the official, Cecile Debray, ...

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