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What the LAF Chief’s Visit to the U.S. Revealed

Hussain Abdul-Hussain, 09/02 14:35 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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Lindsey Graham portrayed his meeting with Rodolphe Haykal, which collapsed within minutes, as a complete debacle. The U.S. senator asked the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) chief if Hezbollah was a terrorist organization. Haykal’s reply—“not in the Lebanese context”—prompted Graham to walk out in fury, insisting that any group responsible ...

Golden Globes 2026: 'One Battle After Another' Dominates, 'Hamnet Shocks' as Best Drama

This is Beirut, 12/01 18:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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One Battle After Another reigned supreme at the Golden Globes on Sunday, winning best comedy, while Hamnet sprung a surprise by taking best drama film at the splashy Hollywood ceremony. Paul Thomas Anderson's screwball thriller One Battle, which centers on an aging revolutionary played by Leonardo DiCaprio, led the night by winning four of its ...

'One Battle After Another' Breaks SAG Record with 7 Nominations

This is Beirut, 08/01 17:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Paul Thomas Anderson's politically charged One Battle After Another on Wednesday set a record for nominations for the Screen Actors Guild's influential Actor Awards with seven, staking its claim to Oscars frontrunner status. Ryan Coogler's runaway hit period horror film Sinners came in second with five nominations, setting the stage for a ...

Taylor Swift’s Wine Choice Shines a Spotlight on French Sancerre

This is Beirut, 06/01 17:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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A French winemaker has hailed the impact of his Sancerre appearing in Taylor Swift's latest documentary, which looks set to deepen America's love affair with the famed Loire appellation. A bottle of Sancerre by the Terres Blanches Domaine, which sells for around $40 in the United States, is glimpsed briefly by a mixing desk during episode five of ...

Chalamet Wins Best Actor at Critics Choice Awards, Boosting Oscars Bid

This is Beirut, 05/01 12:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Timothée Chalamet's Oscars campaign earned a major boost Sunday as he scooped the best actor prize for Marty Supreme at the Critics Choice Awards, the first major gala of this year's Hollywood awards season. He defeated rival Leonardo DiCaprio, whose raucous political thriller One Battle After Another took the night's top prize for best ...

George Clooney, Amal, and Twins Embrace French Citizenship

This is Beirut, 2025-12-30 15:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Hollywood star George Clooney has become French, along with his wife, Amal Alamuddin Clooney, and their two children, an official decree seen by AFP on Monday showed. The publication, in France's government gazette, confirms an ambition Clooney alluded to early in December when he hailed French privacy laws that keep his family shielded from ...

Iraq on High Alert: Baghdad Warns of Imminent Israeli Strikes

This is Beirut, 2025-12-25 17:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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According to several corroborating reports cited by Israeli media, Iraqi authorities have been discreetly warned of the possibility of targeted Israeli strikes on their territory, aimed at pro-Iranian armed groups operating in the country. These warnings, described as “extremely serious,” are said to have been delivered through Western and ...

Hollywood Awards Season Kicks Off: 'Sinners' Tops Critics’ Choice Nominations

This is Beirut, 2025-12-06 11:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Sinners topped the slate of nominees for the Critics’ Choice Awards in Los Angeles on Friday, as the movie industry's awards season starts to take shape. The acclaimed period horror drama, written and directed by Ryan Coogler, received a whopping 17 nods, including one for best picture, giving it early momentum as Hollywood gears up for the ...

Doctor Jailed for Supplying Ketamine to ‘Friends’ Star Matthew Perry

This is Beirut, 2025-12-04 13:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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A doctor who supplied Friends star Matthew Perry with ketamine in the months before he fatally overdosed, musing to a fellow physician over "how much this moron will pay" for the drug, was jailed in California on Wednesday. Salvador Plasencia, 44, is the first of five people to face justice over Perry's 2023 death in the hot tub of his Los ...

‘Peter Hujar’s Day’ Leads Spirit Awards Nominations

This is Beirut, 2025-12-04 11:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Biopic Peter Hujar's Day on Wednesday topped the nominations for the Spirit Awards, which also saw singer SZA given a nod for her debut film role. The awards honor lower budget movies and are among the first significant pre-Oscars galas to unveil their shortlists. Peter Hujar's Day, which premiered at Sundance this year, bagged five nods, ...

Netflix Targets Warner Bros Discovery in Major Hollywood Shake-Up

This is Beirut, 2025-12-02 15:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Streaming giant Netflix has made a mostly cash offer to buy TV and film group Warner Bros Discovery as the storied yet debt-laden Hollywood studio presses on with a sale that could remake the US media landscape, a report said Monday. According to Bloomberg, Netflix joined Paramount Skydance and Comcast, the owner of NBCUniversal, in a second ...

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