This is Beirut, 14/10 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Sean Penn Actor Cinema Culture Art Lyon
“The dream role is the one that surprises you the way this one did,” said American actor Sean Penn on Monday in Lyon, central France, reflecting on his part as a sadistic soldier in his latest film One Battle After Another. Honored as the guest of the 17th Lumière Film Festival—an event celebrating global cinema—Penn shared insights ...
This is Beirut, 13/10 13:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Diane Keaton Cinema Actress Heritage Culture Art
Fellow actors and directors who worked with Diane Keaton recalled her life and work after the family of the American actor announced her death Saturday. Keaton, who was 79, appeared in eight Woody Allen movies, winning an Oscar for her role in Annie Hall, and also starred in The Godfather films. Woody Allen ‘upset’ Woody Allen, 89, “is ...
This is Beirut, 12/10 08:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Diane Keaton Actress Culture Cinema Heritage Movies
American actress Diane Keaton, who won an Oscar in 1978 for her role in Annie Hall, has died in California at the age of 79, a family spokesperson told People magazine on Saturday. No further details about the circumstances of her death were immediately released, the magazine said. Diane Keaton made her Hollywood debut in 1970 with Lovers and ...
Bélinda Ibrahim, 11/10 19:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
#MeToo Justice Hollywood Cinema Culture Trials
When #MeToo erupted, it broke years of silence. Suddenly, abuse, toxic behavior, and hidden crimes were exposed. But after the media frenzy died down, a new question emerged: does the justice system really treat everyone equally? Behind high-profile trials and secret settlements, #MeToo revealed a troubling reality. Equality before the law is not ...
Lea Mehanna, 11/10 17:00 - Reading : less than a minute
Lebanon Culture Arts Movies Cinema Fashion
A fearless take on Lebanese reality, full of humor, truth, and edge. BornStars is now officially #1 at the Lebanese box office—a win for local cinema, directed by Caroline Labaki and produced by Chady Elie Mattar.
This is Beirut, 11/10 13:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Cinema Film Movies Culture Art U.S.
Film buffs sit snugly in cars watching a drive-in movie, munching popcorn on a lovely recent fall night. Michelle Hutson, 52, has been coming to the Family Drive-In since childhood, enjoying what is now a dying form of quintessentially American entertainment. With a sigh, she notes she might soon see the last picture show as the nearly ...
Bélinda Ibrahim, 10/10 19:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
#MeToo Stars Scandal Cinema Culture Hollywood
Autumn 2017 marked an unexpected turning point. The hashtag #MeToo exploded, amassing over a million posts in just days. Social media became a platform where voices long silenced could finally speak. In film, television and music, old wounds resurfaced, forcing many to confront the painful normalcy of abuse and silence. At the time, Rose McGowan, ...
Bélinda Ibrahim, 03/10 19:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Meryl Streep Anna Wintour Cinema Milan Fashion
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 ...
This is Beirut, 30/09 12:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Cinema Iran Cannes France Censorship Jafar Panahi
Iranian director Jafar Panahi, whose latest film won the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival, told AFP he would continue to defy his country's censors and ignore the risk of returning to prison. His new film It Was Just an Accident, released internationally from Wednesday, chronicles the story of five Iranians confronting a man who could be ...
Bélinda Ibrahim, 27/09 19:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Cinema Culture Runways Fashion
Fashion and cinema have long shared a mutual fascination, but during Milan Fashion Week in September 2025, the dialogue reached a new level. Gucci unveiled its ‘La Famiglia” collection not through a traditional runway show, but with a short film titled The Tiger, directed by Spike Jonze and Halina Reijn, starring Demi Moore, Julia Garner and ...
Marie-Christine Tayah, 25/09 11:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
Italy Tunisia Claudia Cardinale Cinema Culture Hollywood
In the wake of her passing, snippets of Claudia Cardinale’s films are flooding social media, rekindling the spell she cast on the silver screen. Each photograph of her now seems to belong to another time, a time of larger-than-life characters and burning passions, reflecting a woman of sun and sea, a Mediterranean rebel who carved her own ...
This is Beirut, 22/09 10:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Angelina Jolie Actress Cinema Culture Art San Sebastian International Film Festival
Angelina Jolie, 50, was in San Sebastián to promote Couture, directed by French filmmaker Alice Winocour, which is competing for the festival’s top prize, the Golden Shell. She plays Maxine Walker, an American film director facing divorce and a serious illness while navigating Paris Fashion Week and embarking on a romance with a colleague, ...