This is Beirut, 13/06 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Depardieu Court Italy Movie France Culture
French cinema icon Gerard Depardieu will appear next week before a judge in Rome accused of assaulting a paparazzi photographer, a lawyer told AFP Thursday. Rino Barillari, the 80-year-old dubbed the "king of paparazzi", alleges Depardieu punched him three times in the face when he tried to photograph him in May last year at Harry's Bar on the ...
This is Beirut, 12/06 09:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
US Harvey Weinstein Court Sexual Assault Cinema Culture
Disgraced Hollywood titan Harvey Weinstein was found guilty of one sexual assault at his retrial Wednesday and not guilty of another, with jurors still considering a rape charge after hearing graphic testimony from his alleged victims. Weinstein was retried for offenses against two women, Jessica Mann whom he is alleged to have raped, and Miriam ...
This is Beirut, 30/05 09:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
United States Trade Tariff Court
US President Donald Trump celebrated a temporary reprieve for his aggressive tariff strategy on Thursday, with an appeals court preserving his sweeping import duties on China and other trading partners -- for now. The short-term relief will allow the appeals process to proceed after the US Court of International Trade barred most of the tariffs ...
This is Beirut, 2024-11-15 18:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Yoko Ono is the rightful owner of a watch she gifted her husband, John Lennon, shortly before his death, Switzerland's supreme court ruled Thursday after it resurfaced at an auction house. The highly rare Patek Philippe 2499 timepiece was given to the former Beatle on October 9, 1980, for his 40th birthday, two months before he was shot. The ...