Entertainment

'The Artist' wins best film at French Cesars

Latif Haddad — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 15:00:18 +0000

PARIS: French silent black-and-white hit movie "The Artist" by director Michel Hazanavicius on Friday won the best film award at the 37th annual Cesars ceremony in France.

US judge refuses to release Jackson doctor

Mufid Awad — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 12:00:21 +0000

LOS ANGELES: The judge who jailed Michael Jackson's doctor Conrad Murray for four years refused a request Friday for him to be released pending an appeal against his conviction.

Bachchan discharged from hospital

Latif Haddad — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 12:00:20 +0000

MUMBAI: Veteran Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan said Friday he had been discharged from hospital and was recuperating at home after undergoing surgery twice for an abdominal problem.

Interesting facts about the Oscars

Haniyyah Afraa — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 12:00:17 +0000

HOLLYWOOD: Here are some interesting and offbeat facts about the Oscars, past and present:

Beatles hits become mobile phone ringtones

Mufid Awad — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 15:00:21 +0000

SAN FRANCISCO: Hits from The Beatles have finally joined the chorus of ringtones available for mobile phones.

Oscars warn Baron-Cohen against red carpet stunt

Latif Haddad — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 15:00:20 +0000

LOS ANGELES: Oscars organizers have warned flamboyant British actor-comedian Sacha Baron Cohen not to try to pull a stunt at this weekend's Academy Awards show, but said he is not banned...

Saif Ali Khan says brawl was self-defence

Latif Haddad — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 15:00:19 +0000

MUMBAI: Bollywood star Saif Ali Khan on Thursday denied starting a fight in which he is accused of breaking a man's nose at a luxury hotel in Mumbai, saying he was acting in self-defence.

Rio's riotous Carnival reaches dazzling highpoint

Haniyyah Afraa — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 18:00:25 +0000

RIO DE JANEIRO: With fireworks and a thumping drum beat, top samba schools paraded sumptuous allegorical floats and hundreds of exquisitely costumed performers in Rio's hallowed Sambadrome...

Undefeated not a football film, is about game of life

Latif Haddad — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 12:00:17 +0000

LOS ANGELES: It can't be easy making Sean "Diddy" Combs cry, but Oscar-nominated documentary film "Undefeated" did -- four times.

Critics lament conservative winner at edgy Berlin film fest

Latif Haddad — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 09:00:18 +0000

BERLIN: The Berlin film festival wrapped up Sunday after handing its Golden Bear top prize to Italian prison docu-drama "Caesar Must Die" in what commentators called a worthy but...

Sudan mourns musical icon Wardi

Haniyyah Afraa — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 09:00:16 +0000

KHARTOUM: Sudan mourned on Sunday the death of musical icon Mohammed Wardi, a former prisoner who spent years in self-imposed exile but who died on home soil after seeing his beloved...

Designer Stella magic, illusion mixture

Haniyyah Afraa — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 19:41:15 +0000

LONDON: Fashion celebrities wereenthralled with British designer Stella McCartney's mixture ofmagic and illusion, as she eschewed a formal catwalk show for aMatrix-style acrobatic display...

Brazil's Lula grateful for planned Carnival tribute

Mukhtar Rana — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 15:01:13 +0000

SAO PAULO: Brazil's former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is recovering from cancer radiation therapy, on Saturday thanked a Sao Paulo samba school for its planned tribute to his...

Iommi illness forces Black Sabbath tour changes

Mufid Awad — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 15:01:11 +0000

LOS ANGELES: Veteran British rockers Black Sabbath have been forced to scale back plans to tour this year as guitarist Tony Iommi continues treatment for lymphoma, the band said on its...

Stars pay tribute to Whitney Houston in US

Haniyyah Afraa — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 15:01:06 +0000

NEWARK: Hollywood stars, music greats and relatives praised the "sweet miracle" of Whitney Houston at a moving funeral service in her hometown Saturday, one week after the pop singer's...

List of winners of 62nd Berlin film festival

Haniyyah Afraa — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 15:01:05 +0000

BERLIN: Here are the winners of the main prizes awarded Saturday at the 62nd Berlin film festival and the countries that produced them:

Whitney Houston funeral set for Sunday

Haniyyah Afraa — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 18:00:21 +0000

NEW YORK: Pop legend Whitney Houston is to be buried Sunday at a family plot in New Jersey a day after a private funeral, ABC News reported, citing law enforcement sources.

Franklin, Wonder to sing at Whitney Houston funeral

Mufid Awad — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 15:01:35 +0000

NEWARK: Aretha Franklin and Stevie Wonder will sing Saturday at the private funeral of pop diva Whitney Houston, where her "Bodyguard" co-star Kevin Costner is also expected to pay tribute.

Cirque du Soleil to perform at Oscars show

Latif Haddad — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 15:01:34 +0000

LOS ANGELES: Spectacular Canadian-based Cirque du Soleil will perform as part of this year's Oscars show, organizers said Friday.

World famous Rio Carnival kicks off wild samba fest

Haniyyah Afraa — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 12:00:21 +0000

RIO DE JANEIRO: Under a shower of confetti and pulsating samba beats, legendary King Momo on Friday officially launched Rio's famed Carnival, a dazzling extravaganza broadcast to a...

Mystery over Chaplin's birth, British records show

Latif Haddad — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 06:00:19 +0000

LONDON: British intelligence was unable to find any trace of Charlie Chaplin's birth when it investigated allegations of communist sympathies, newly-released files showed on Friday.

China drapes Rio Carnival in synthetic fabric

Mukhtar Rana — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 21:00:36 +0000

RIO DE JANEIRO: China is making its formidable presence felt at Rio's famed Carnival, supplying much of the synthetic fabric used to make the lavish costumes and accessories worn by samba...

Musical evening at Shakir Ali Museum on 18th

Jalil Idris — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 21:00:33 +0000

LAHORE: Pakistan National Council of Arts will arrange a special evening for 'kalame Iqbal and sufi kalam' at ShakirAliMuseum on February 18 at 7pm here.

Angry Springsteen gauges gap between American dream, reality

Mufid Awad — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:00:19 +0000

PARIS: Bankers, developers and deregulators come in for one of the fiercest lashings in the history of mainstream rock next month when Bruce Springsteen issues an album that he admits...

Ralph Lauren meets 'Downton Abbey' as NY fashion week ends

Mukhtar Rana — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:00:22 +0000

NEW YORK: As runways go, the one at Ralph Lauren's fall-winter show on Thursday, the final day of New York fashion week, was a true stunner.

Bond villain woos Danish queen in Berlin crowd pleaser

Latif Haddad — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 09:00:18 +0000

BERLIN: James Bond villain Mads Mikkelsen stars in a true story of intrigue and adultery in the Danish royal court, which premiered to cheers at the Berlin film festival on Thursday.

Wallenda to tightrope walk over Niagara Falls

Mukhtar Rana — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:01:28 +0000

OTTAWA: A daredevil will become the first in more than a century to attempt to cross the gorge at Niagara Falls on a tightrope, after the Niagara Parks Commission on Wednesday authorized...

Sao Paulo Carnival to honor former president Lula

Mukhtar Rana — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:00:21 +0000

SAO PAULO: A Brazilian samba school will pay tribute to hugely popular former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva with a Carnival parade Saturday extolling his life of struggle and...

Whitney Houston's body heads home to New Jersey

Haniyyah Afraa — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:35 +0000

LOS ANGELES: The body of pop superstar Whitney Houston was en route from Los Angeles to her New Jersey home on Monday ahead of funeral services there, as new details emerged about the...

Valentine's Day finds a niche in Islamic Iran

Mukhtar Rana — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:00:26 +0000

TEHRAN: Iran may reject Western influences, but Valentine's Day has become a growing phenomenon thanks to the romantically minded youth of the Islamic state's affluent classes.