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SpotlightMeryl Streep as Miranda Priestly, Milan’s Ultimate Icon

Bélinda Ibrahim 03/10 19:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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On September 27, 2025, Milan Fashion Week tipped into fiction. That evening, the Dolce & Gabbana runway revealed—under full lights and in the front row—a duo no one expected: Meryl Streep, transformed into Miranda Priestly, and Stanley Tucci, once again in the role of Nigel, the unwavering assistant. Wearing dark sunglasses, a cream vinyl ...

Skipping Class, Winning Prizes: The Untold Stories of Nobel Laureates

This is Beirut 03/10 16:55 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Nobel Prize Education Science Culture

Some Nobel laureates were straight-A students from the get-go. But others AFP spoke to recounted how they cut class, got expelled, and had doubts about their future. Perhaps the most illustrious Nobel Prize winner, Albert Einstein, was once a mediocre student at Zurich Polytechnic School, now ETH Zurich. The young Einstein skipped classes, ...

Taylor Swift Strides into 'Showgirl' Era with Sparkly New Album

This is Beirut 03/10 13:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Taylor Swift is in a sparkling new era. On Friday, she dropped her 12th studio album, The Life of a Showgirl, a collection of bouncy pop songs about love, marriage, success — and score-settling. For the hotly anticipated album, the 35-year-old artist reunited with Swedish hitmakers Max Martin and Shellback, and their influence is clear in the ...

Irish Singer CMAT Postpones UK Tour Due to Health Issues

This is Beirut 03/10 11:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Breakout Irish singer CMAT cancelled her upcoming UK tour dates to treat an infected wisdom tooth, days after British pop singer Lola Young halted gigs having collapsed on stage. "I am devastated to say that due to an infected wisdom tooth I need to reschedule all of my upcoming dates of the October UK tour," CMAT, whose real name is Ciara ...

Depardieu Sues French Broadcaster Over Report That Sped up Downfall

This is Beirut 02/10 15:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Film Trial Depardieu France TV France Culture

A French court was Thursday examining accusations by actor Gerard Depardieu that a 2023 television report falsely portrayed him as making sexual comments about a young girl. Depardieu, whose prolific film and television career includes 1990 comedy Green Card and Netflix series Marseille, is the highest-profile figure caught up in France's ...

Influencer Lyas Turns Paris Fashion Week Into a Public Celebration

This is Beirut 02/10 14:50 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Fashion Fans Luxury Watch Paris Culture

A giant screen, lots of cheering and applause: the scene inside La Caserne venue in trendy northeast Paris might feel like a sports bar. But the crowd there were watching live fashion, not football. With Paris Fashion Week in full swing, a well-heeled group of mostly 20-somethings has been gathering every day near the Gare du Nord train station ...

Warsaw Hosts 19th Chopin International Piano Competition

This is Beirut 02/10 12:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

Music Piano Competition Chopin Poland Culture

Rehearsal time is over. The world's best and most ambitious young pianists have descended on Warsaw for the Frederic Chopin International Piano Competition, for some, a gateway to classical music glory. Fans from around the globe snapped up tickets as much as a year ago. The lucky ones will hear an opening night concert on Thursday and follow ...

Paris to Welcome Free Public Picasso Park, Opening in 2030

This is Beirut 02/10 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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A park featuring Picasso sculptures is to open to the public in central Paris in 2030, with free entry, the head of the city's Picasso Museum told AFP on Sunday. The garden, about the area of two Olympic-size swimming pools, will be an extension to the museum and will contain a dozen bronze sculptures by Pablo Picasso, the official, Cecile Debray, ...

Jonathan Anderson Makes Bold Dior Womenswear Debut at Paris Fashion Week

This is Beirut 01/10 20:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Northern Irish designer Jonathan Anderson drew a standing ovation from a celeb-packed crowd as he launched a bold first women's ready-to-wear collection for Dior on Wednesday during Paris Fashion Week. The show, held in the Tuileries Garden in central Paris, was one of the most highly anticipated moments of the Spring-Summer 2026 Fashion Week, ...

ExplainerThe Couple: An Imperfect Fiction Built for Two

David Sahyoun 01/10 18:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

Psychoanalysis Couple Culture Idealization

It all begins with the encounter. Freud identified two unconscious pathways in partner choice: the anaclitic axis, where one seeks the support of early figures (the nurturing mother, the protective father), and the narcissistic axis, where one loves what one once was, what one wishes to become, or what once mirrored the self. The encounter, in ...

Taylor Swift Turns Showgirl Magic Into Global Pop Spectacle

This is Beirut 01/10 15:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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With the meticulously planned release of Taylor Swift's 12th album this Friday, the country singer-turned-pop star demonstrates again that she is as business savvy as she is musically adept. From hints dropped during her last tour in 2024 to movie screenings this coming weekend to accompany the new album's release, "Taylor Swift has perfected ...

Paris Becomes Romantic Stage in 'The Summer I Turned Pretty' Series

This is Beirut 01/10 13:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Emily is no longer the only doe-eyed American in Paris: Isabel "Belly" Conklin, lead character in global TV phenomenon The Summer I Turned Pretty, has also moved to the French capital, burnishing its reputation for romance and escapism. The third series of the show ranked first in 120 countries on Amazon Prime when it kicked off in July — ...