Natasha Metni Torbey, 03/03 12:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Gulf Middle East Iran US Israel regional war
More than 2,000 bombs dropped in just thirty hours. That is the estimate cited by several Israeli and American security sources to illustrate the scale of the opening wave of strikes against Iran — a level of firepower rarely directed at a country of 88 million people and home to the Middle East’s largest ballistic missile arsenal. In less ...
This is Beirut, 28/02 22:10 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Iran Ali Khamenei US Israel war
Today, with reports confirming his death in the U.S. and Israeli strikes, Iran and the Middle East face a period of uncertainty. Khamenei’s passing ends an era of over three decades at the pinnacle of power, during which he shaped Iran’s domestic policies and regional strategy. His death opens the door to intense succession struggles ...
Hussain Abdul-Hussain, 09/02 14:35 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Lebanese Army Hezbollah Israel Rodolphe Haykal Washington Lebanon US
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 ...
This is Beirut, 12/01 18:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Film Television Golden Globes Winners US Culture
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 ...
This is Beirut, 09/01 20:40 - Reading : 9 minute(s)
Film Television Golden Globe Nominees US Culture
Here are the nominees in key categories for the 83rd Golden Globe Awards, which will be handed out on Sunday. One Battle After Another leads all contenders with nine nods, followed by Sentimental Value with eight and Sinners with seven. FILM Best film, drama Frankenstein Hamnet It Was Just An Accident The Secret Agent Sentimental ...
This is Beirut, 08/01 17:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Film SAG Awards One Battle After Another Sinners Oscar Contenders US Culture
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 ...
This is Beirut, 06/01 17:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Music Taylor Swift Us Wine France Culture
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 ...
This is Beirut, 05/01 12:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Cinema Critics Choice Awards Timothée Chalamet US Culture
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 ...
This is Beirut, 2025-12-30 15:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Cinema Clooney Family US French Passeport culture
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 ...
This is Beirut, 2025-12-25 17:25 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Israel Middle East UN Security Council Iraq US
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 ...
This is Beirut, 2025-12-06 11:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Film Critics Choice Nominations US Culture
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 ...
This is Beirut, 2025-12-04 13:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Entertainment Matthew Perry Justice US Culture
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 ...