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Viking Ships Make Final High-risk Voyage to New Oslo Home

This is Beirut, 11/09 10:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Three 1,200-year-old Viking ships that have stood the test of time are embarking on their final and possibly riskiest journey to their new forever home in Norway. The first to relocate is the Oseberg, which on Wednesday slowly made its way from its current location in the old Viking Ship Museum, arriving intact with a newly built addition that ...

400-Year-Old Rubens Found in Paris Mansion

This is Beirut, 10/09 20:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Painting Rubens Discovery France Netherlands Culture

A long-lost painting by 17th-century Flemish master Peter Paul Rubens has been found in a Paris mansion, a French auctioneer said on Wednesday. "It is a masterpiece," said Jean-Pierre Osenat, who had made the discovery, referring to the sketch of Jesus Christ on the cross painted in 1613. "It was painted by Rubens at the height of his talent," ...

The Unconscious in the Digital Age: What Freud and Lacan Would Have Seen on Our Screens

David Sahyoun, 10/09 18:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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Freud repeatedly insisted that the unconscious cannot be grasped directly; it reveals itself instead through slips of the tongue, dreams, fantasies, and symptoms. Today, the web provides a stage where these formations of the unconscious assume new forms. Each Google search, each video watched on repeat, each story posted—or deleted—becomes the ...

Colin Farrell Bets Big in Macau For New Film Alongside Tilda Swinton

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

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Colin Farrell plunges into an intoxicating fever dream among the high-stakes baccarat tables of Macau casinos with Ballad of a Small Player, a rare major Western film shot on location in Asia's gambling capital. The surreal, dark and twisty drama co-stars Tilda Swinton as an investigator in pursuit of Farrell's velvet-suited conman and gambling ...

The Model Behind Courbet’s 'L’Origine du monde'

Bélinda Ibrahim, 09/09 19:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Gustave Courbet Model Culture Painting Constance Quéniaux

It is hard to imagine today the scandal Courbet’s painting sparked in 1866. Commissioned by Ottoman diplomat Khalil Bey, the canvas depicts, without embellishment, the genitals of a reclining woman — with no face and no background. Rendered with almost photographic realism, it disturbed, shocked, and unsettled. For more than a century, the ...

The Creator of ‘The Da Vinci Code’ Returns With Ambitious New Thriller

This is Beirut, 09/09 14:35 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Literature Books Dan Brown US Culture

Best-selling American author Dan Brown, creator of the publishing phenomenon The Da Vinci Code, released his latest thriller Tuesday in 16 languages simultaneously. The Secret of Secrets, which runs to nearly 700 pages in English, marks Brown's return eight years after his last novel, Origin. Brown called it "by far the most intricately plotted ...

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

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

Fashion Luxury Funeral Giorgio Armani Italy Culture

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 ...

Channing Tatum Earns Acting Credibility in 'Roofman' Role

This is Beirut, 08/09 14:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Channing Tatum says his performance in Roofman, which tells the true story of a man who robbed dozens of McDonald's and hid out in a toy store, helped the stripper-turned-actor overcome "imposter syndrome." "I was getting (acting) jobs before I knew anything about what I was doing," Tatum told reporters Sunday, a day after the film's world ...

Maestro Christoph von Dohnányi Dies in Munich Aged 95

This is Beirut, 08/09 13:25 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Music Obituary Christoph von Dohnanyi Conductor Germany Culture

German conductor Christoph von Dohnányi, hailed as one of the greats of his generation, has died aged 95, public broadcaster NDR said Monday. Dohnanyi, who was long music director of the Cleveland Orchestra, died in Munich "a few days before his 96th birthday", which would have been Monday, NDR said. Dohnanyi was principal conductor of the NDR ...

Vienna State Opera Celebrates Season with Free Gala Concert

This is Beirut, 08/09 12:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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No dress code, no stiff atmosphere, and no entry fees: Thousands flocked to a Viennese park Sunday as the Vienna State Opera opened its 2025-26 season with a star-studded open-air gala concert for the first time. The free, open-air concert was the state opera's latest effort to «open the house to all – especially new listeners», it said in a ...

Russell Crowe Stuns at Toronto International Film Festival with Chilling Nazi Role

This is Beirut, 08/09 10:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Russell Crowe's nerve-shredding portrayal of a notorious Nazi on trial and Angelina Jolie's deeply personal dive into the world of French fashion led a busy Sunday of world premieres at the Toronto Film Festival. Crowe's depiction of the second-ranking Nazi, Hermann Goering, in Nuremberg, as he plays a cat-and-mouse game with a psychiatrist (Rami ...

Ariana Grande Wins Top Prize at MTV Video Music Award

This is Beirut, 08/09 09:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Ariana Grande won the MTV Video Music Awards' top honor on Sunday, taking home Video of the Year for Brighter Days Ahead, which also claimed Best Pop Song at the ceremony near New York City. Visibly emotional while accepting the evening's most prestigious award, the 32-year-old singer-songwriter and actor delivered an extended thank you to her ...

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