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Ehdeniyat 2025: A 21st Edition of Musical Summits and Shared Emotions

This is Beirut, 14/05 15:50 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Ehdeniyat International Festival will celebrate its 21st edition in July, showcasing a diverse lineup of Lebanese and Arab artists through six captivating concerts from July 17 to August 3. The program includes Guy Manoukian, Abeer Nehme, Adam, Kadim El Sahir, Al Shami and Dancing Moon III, offering a varied musical experience blending magic, ...

Tom Cruise Has World Guessing as He Unleashes 'Mission: Impossible' at Cannes

This is Beirut, 14/05 15:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Tom Cruise's Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning powers into the Cannes film festival for its premiere on Wednesday on a steamroller of hype, with the world asking if this will be the final curtain for agent Ethan Hunt. With some fans fretting that the $400-million epic - the eighth in the high-octane franchise - could be the last, Cruise ...

Cannes 2025 Opens with Tribute, Emotion, and a Call for Reflection

Madeleine Cadoux, 14/05 09:45 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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From the very first minutes of the evening, the tone was clear: Cannes celebrates cinema and challenges its history, its myths, and its responsibilities. Honorary Palme d’Or to Robert De Niro One of the night’s most unforgettable moments came when Leonardo DiCaprio, 50, presented the honorary Palme d’Or to 81-year-old Robert De Niro, a ...

From Shadows to Spotlight: Enigmatic and Ever-Influential Mylène Farmer

Marie-Christine Tayah, 13/05 17:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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Between her passion for cinema and loyalty to the stage, Mylène Farmer is reportedly preparing a surprise for the opening night of the Cannes Film Festival on May 13, 2025, and possibly unveiling a previously unreleased track. A look back at the path of an unparalleled artist. Among the most anticipated moments of this year’s opening ceremony, ...

'I thought I was going to die,' Kardashian tells in Paris robbery trial

This is Beirut, 13/05 16:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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American celebrity Kim Kardashian told a Paris court on Tuesday she feared she was going to be killed by masked men who robbed her at gunpoint of millions of dollars of jewellery during the French capital's fashion week. Ten suspects have been on trial since late April over the armed robbery in 2016, which saw jewellery worth some $10 million ...

Algeria Targets Author Kamel Daoud in Legal Dispute

This is Beirut, 13/05 13:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Franco-Algerian writer Kamel Daoud, who is the subject of two international arrest warrants from Algeria and a legal complaint in France, called the legal actions against him “a form of judicial persecution” in an interview with the French daily Le Figaro on Monday. Daoud, who won the 2024 Goncourt Prize, also described the legal saga as “a ...

Cinema Icon Gérard Depardieu Sentenced to 18-Month Suspended Term for Sexual Assault

This is Beirut, 13/05 12:40 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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A Paris court on Tuesday handed French cinema icon Gerard Depardieu an 18-month suspended sentence after convicting him of sexually assaulting two women on a film set in 2021. The Paris court also ordered that Depardieu, 76, who was not present in court for the verdict, be inscribed on the sex offenders' register. Depardieu, who has acted in ...

Robert De Niro, Mylène Farmer and Glamour to Take Center Stage in Cannes

This is Beirut, 13/05 10:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The Cannes Film Festival chose to dedicate the day before its grand opening to that conflict, screening three powerful documentaries. Another outside event may cause waves on opening day: by coincidence, the festival’s first official evening will unfold just hours after a Paris court delivers its verdict in Gérard Depardieu’s trial. That ...

Kim Kardashian Returns Tuesday to Paris to Testify in $10M Robbery Case

This is Beirut, 12/05 16:10 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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A list celebrity Kim Kardashian is to testify in a Paris court on Tuesday, an eagerly awaited appearance nearly a decade after being robbed of millions of dollars of jewelry during the French capital's fashion week. Ten suspects have been on trial since late April over the armed robbery in 2016, which saw jewellery worth some $10 million stolen ...

Fashion Labels Now Fund Films, Not Just Red Carpets

This is Beirut, 11/05 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Luxury fashion labels are increasingly reaching beyond the red carpets and exclusive parties of the cinema world, becoming partners with filmmakers and production companies. At the Cannes Film Festival this year, which starts Tuesday, labels will be looking to showcase not only their outfits, but also their credibility as investors. Alongside ...

The Daring Thefts of Munch’s 'The Scream'

Bélinda Ibrahim, 10/05 17:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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It is without a doubt one of the most recognizable paintings in the world: a pale face frozen in a silent scream, hands pressed against its cheeks, a burning red sky above a Norwegian fjord. Since its creation in 1893, The Scream by Edvard Munch has been the subject of endless interpretations, reproductions, and obsessions. A symbol of modern ...

At Long Last, Cannes Welcomes Klapisch, Filmmaker of a Generation

This is Beirut, 10/05 10:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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From Le Péril jeune to L’Auberge espagnole, every generation has its Klapisch. Yet despite drawing over 17 million viewers to theaters, the French director had never been invited to Cannes—until now. At 63, that’s finally changing at the 78th edition of the Festival. His new film, La Venue de l’avenir, will be screened out of competition ...

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