This is Beirut, 10/02 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Dog Man, a superhero comedy from Universal and DreamWorks based on popular kids' novels, held its lead in North American theaters for a second straight weekend, earning an estimated $13.7 million, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations said Sunday. The animated movie, a spinoff from the best-selling Captain Underpants series of graphic novels, saw ...
Marie-Christine Tayah, 09/02 19:12 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Fashion Painting Art Culture Paris Spain
This year’s haute couture week in Paris opened with Elsa Schiaparelli’s Icare collection, a tribute to the past, brimming with crinolines and corsets. Inspired by ribbons from the 1920s and 1930s, American designer Daniel Roseberry expressed his "desire to travel through time and craft silhouettes that echo the haute couture of the past," as ...
This is Beirut, 09/02 14:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
L'Oréal announces a strategic partnership with the fashion house Jacquemus, acquiring a 10% minority stake in the brand founded by Simon Porte Jacquemus. This collaboration, valued at nearly 100 million euros, marks the entry of the cosmetics giant into the world of fashion, with the goal of creating exclusive perfumes for the brand. This ...
This is Beirut, 09/02 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Olympic champions Gabriella Papadakis and Madison Hubbell took to the ice at a figure skating gala in Zurich on Thursday, aiming to "push the limit" of the sport as a same-sex pair performing together. In 2022, Skate Canada became the first governing body to allow same-sex duos to compete at the national level. However, Papadakis and Hubbell are ...
This is Beirut, 08/02 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Cinema Awards Culture Art Actress
Demi Moore took home the Best Actress award at the Critics Choice Awards on Friday, cementing her position as the favorite for the Oscars. Her win came during a tumultuous week that saw scandal engulf her Emilia Perez rival, Karla Sofia Gascon. Moore’s critically acclaimed horror film, The Substance, also earned Best Original Screenplay at the ...
This is Beirut, 08/02 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Cinema Art Culture Film Venice
After The Pianist, Adrien Brody delivers one of the most defining performances of his career in The Brutalist. This monumental 3h35 film revisits the American Dream, its promises, and its failures through the journey of a Holocaust survivor turned architect. Since its debut in competition at the Venice Film Festival, the movie, set to hit ...
Fabienne Touma, 07/02 14:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Festival Cinema Culture Art Lebanon France
The Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, which began on Friday, January 31, and runs until Saturday, February 8, is an unmissable event for cinema enthusiasts. For its 47th edition, the festival highlights Lebanon through an exceptional selection of short films. Some filmmakers are given special recognition, with sessions dedicated ...
This is Beirut, 07/02 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Culture Series Author Art Book Film
Emily Blaine had envisioned in her novel Dear You an alpha male, a dark and brooding businessman. In the series adaptation, over a decade later, this hero has changed—shyer, less seductive. “Thrilled and proud to be the first French romance author adapted into a series,” declares the author during the press presentation of the series Dear ...
This is Beirut, 06/02 18:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
On February 5, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, dressed in saffron and holding prayer beads, participated in a sacred ritual during the Kumbh Mela, the world's largest religious gathering. A week after a tragic stampede claimed at least 30 lives, millions of pilgrims have already bathed in the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna, and the mythical ...
This is Beirut, 06/02 14:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Beirut Culture Kids Lebanon Art France
On Saturday, February 8, 2025, the French Institute in Lebanon, located on Rue de Damas in Beirut, will host the second edition of the “Rendez-vous des enfants.” After the success of the first edition, which brought together over 2,000 children and their families in February 2024, this year’s event returns with an even more engaging program ...
This is Beirut, 06/02 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
New York Paris Museum Art Culture
Inspired by the Louvre's upcoming renovation project, aimed at easing the crowding in front of the Mona Lisa, several leading museums are redesigning their spaces and collections to address the challenges of overtourism and climate change. “In light of the surging tourism, security concerns, the climate emergency, and the digital revolution, ...
This is Beirut, 05/02 17:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Through her interdisciplinary solo exhibition at Galerie Janine Rubeiz, starting February 5, Christine Kettaneh examines how systemic decay impacts the symbolic and practical value of life staples, inviting us to rethink our relationship with stability and worth in turbulent times. “What happens when the essentials of life – our bread, our ...