This is Beirut 17/04 14:11 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Music Eurovision Award Television Switzerland Sweden
Eurovision is the world's biggest talent show, featuring 37 national entries, but one country seems to regularly dominate the conversation and the winners' podium: Sweden. With a month to go before the grand finale in Basel on May 17, anything could happen. But Sweden, which has already won the glitzy glamfest seven times - tied with ...
This is Beirut 17/04 14:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Entertainment Nate Bargatze Emmy Awards Ceremony USA Culture
Comedian Nate Bargatze, one of the United States' most successful stand-ups, will host this year's Emmy Awards, organizers said Wednesday. The funnyman is being handed the reins of television's most prestigious prize show for its 77th edition, which takes place in Los Angeles in September and will be broadcast on US network CBS. "It's a huge ...
This is Beirut 17/04 10:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Fashion France Christian Lacroix Paris Luxury Art
He describes himself as an “impostor” in haute couture: at 73, Christian Lacroix is now fully dedicated to what he calls his “real profession”—that of a costume designer. His flamboyant style, shaped by fashion history, folklore, and painting, now finds its true expression on the stage. “As a child, I thought in terms of costumes, of ...
This is Beirut 16/04 19:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
United States Ballet Star Dancer Jean-Pierre Bonnefous Death Culture
Renowned star dancer Jean-Pierre Bonnefous, celebrated for his performances in major neoclassical ballets, has died in the United States, where he spent most of his career, his family and the Paris Opera announced on Wednesday. “He passed away peacefully at the age of 82 in Charlottesville, Virginia,” his nephew Jérémy Bouhy told AFP. Born ...
David Sahyoun 16/04 18:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Psychoanalysis Therapy Artificial Intelligence AI Culture
AI (artificial intelligence) is a computer system designed to replicate human thought and behavior. It can reason, process information, and search for answers across vast pools of relevant content available online. A chatbot, by contrast, is a conversational tool designed to simulate human interaction. It runs on pre-scripted responses, ...
This is Beirut 16/04 14:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Movie Literature US France Thriller Culture
Why are American author Freida McFadden’s psychological thrillers selling so well in France? French literary critics are trying to understand the craze but remain doubtful about the true merit of her work. The Housemaid was the best-selling book in France in 2024, with over 600,000 copies sold. By the end of February 2025, it had crossed the ...
This is Beirut 16/04 09:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Peru Literature Llosa Mexico Marquez Culture
When journalist and novelist Elena Poniatowska headed to a film premiere in Mexico City, she had no idea she was about to witness the literary feud of the century as two future Nobel laureates came to blows. It was February 12, 1976, and Poniatowska wound up seated next to Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez and his wife Mercedes to watch the ...
This is Beirut 15/04 20:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
New York Harvey Weinstein Cinema MeToo
Women around the world have their eyes on New York, where, shortly after 9:30 a.m. local time, the retrial of the disgraced Hollywood producer officially began. Five years after his initial conviction—which was overturned in April 2024 by the New York Court of Appeals—Weinstein is once again facing justice. The decision to vacate his previous ...
Bélinda Ibrahim 15/04 18:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)
Abu Dhabi Festival Japan Kuniko Kato Music Bach
Abu Dhabi, Blue Hall, The Arts Center, April 14, 2025 Beneath the sleek arches of this hall nestled in the heart of the NYU Abu Dhabi campus, the 22nd edition of the Abu Dhabi Festival offered more than just a concert that evening. The event opened on a deeply cultural and symbolic note, where music became a bridge between civilizations—echoing ...
This is Beirut 15/04 15:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Culture Art Peru Mario Vargas Llosa Writer
The Peruvian flag flew at half-staff Monday as the South American country marked the passing of literary great Mario Vargas Llosa with a day of national mourning. Tributes poured in from around the world as President Dina Boluarte attended a private wake at the Vargas Llosa family home for the novelist and Nobel laureate, who died there Sunday ...
This is Beirut 15/04 10:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
USA Singer Katy Perry Space Culture
Pop star Katy Perry became the biggest name in an all-woman group to safely blast off into space Monday, roaring into the cosmos on one of billionaire Jeff Bezos's rockets. The Firework and California Girls singer was lofted more than 60 miles (100 kilometers) above the Earth's surface in a vessel from Blue Origin, the space company owned by ...
This is Beirut 14/04 17:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Vatican Architecture Gaudi God's architect Pope Culture
The Catholic Church has put Antoni Gaudi, the designer of Barcelona's Sagrada Familia basilica nicknamed "God's architect", on the path to sainthood, the Vatican said Monday. Pope Francis recognized the Catalan architect's "heroic virtues" and authorized a decree declaring him "venerable", the Vatican said in a statement. This acknowledgement ...