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French Cinema Legend Brigitte Bardot, 91, Returns Home After Brief Hospitalization

This is Beirut, 10:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Former French screen icon Brigitte Bardot was briefly hospitalized for an operation but is back home and convalescing, her office told AFP in a statement on Friday. The health of the 91-year-old, who lives in Saint-Tropez in the south of France, had been the subject of persistent rumors in recent days. The former actor spent a few days at the ...

Guillermo Del Toro Backs Paris Stop-Motion Animation Studio

This is Beirut, 12/10 12:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro said Friday he was teaming up with a Paris film school and Netflix to launch a training studio to help old-fashioned stop-motion animation techniques survive. Stop motion is the oldest form of animation, involving manipulating real-life models to create films frame-by-frame. It dates back to the late 19th ...

Drive-In Dreams Fade as America’s Outdoor Theaters Struggle

This is Beirut, 11/10 13:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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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 ...

Claudia Cardinale, Iconic Italian Actress and Muse of Fellini and Visconti, Dies at 87

This is Beirut, 24/09 09:00 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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Sixties screen siren Claudia Cardinale, who died on Tuesday aged 87, entranced audiences across the globe with the sultry gaze that made her the muse of Luchino Visconti and Federico Fellini. With her fierce beauty and husky voice, Cardinale not only captivated Italy's greatest filmmakers, but she also played opposite most of the leading men of ...

‘American Gigolo:’ The Film That Put Giorgio Armani on the Map

Bélinda Ibrahim, 23/09 19:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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In 1980, America discovered American Gigolo and its protagonist, Julian Kaye, portrayed by Richard Gere. His silhouette, sculpted by the California light, moves through his modern apartment and pauses before an endless wardrobe. It is not just a display of suits. In every movement and every choice of jacket or shirt, there is something new, a ...

“My Father’s Shadow”: Nigeria’s First Cannes-Winning Film Returns Home

This is Beirut, 19/09 19:35 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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Now back in Lagos for the film’s local release, Davies reflects on the film’s deeply personal themes and its resonance with a nation still grappling with the legacy of its political past. Akinola Davies, the director of My Father's Shadow, Nigeria's first film to win an award at the Cannes film festival, is savoring his return to Lagos, the ...

'Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale' — A Farewell Fit for Royalty

Marie-Christine Tayah, 18/09 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale marks the end of an era for one of Britain’s most iconic series. Directed by Simon Curtis and written by series creator Julian Fellowes, this third and final film revisits the beloved Crawley family and their loyal staff, taking audiences back to the stunning Highclere Castle one last time. Set in the 1930s, the ...

Robert Redford on Screen: Classic Roles That Shaped Hollywood

This is Beirut, 17/09 10:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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US screen legend Robert Redford, who died on Tuesday, aged 89, was one of the most successful stars of his generation as well as an Oscar-winning director. Here are some of his most famous films: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) Redford formed one of Hollywood's greatest double acts with Paul Newman in his breakthrough film, a hippy ...

Demon Slayer Breaks Records with Historic North America Debut

This is Beirut, 15/09 12:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The latest entry in Crunchyroll's Demon Slayer anime film series took first place in the North American box office this weekend with a genre-record $70 million debut, industry estimates showed Sunday. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba -- Infinity Castle: Part 1, the first title in a new trilogy based on the popular manga series, opened to the top ...

Severance Faces The Pitt in Emmy Night Showdown

This is Beirut, 12/09 14:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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The Emmy Awards, television's equivalent of the Oscars, will take place this Sunday, and pundits say the race for the highly coveted best drama series prize is too close to call. Apple TV+'s sci-fi office thriller Severance and HBO medical procedural The Pitt go head-to-head in the night's most prestigious category, while Hollywood satire The ...

Colin Farrell Bets Big in Macau For New Film Alongside Tilda Swinton

This is Beirut, 10/09 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Colin Farrell plunges into an intoxicating fever dream among the high-stakes baccarat tables of Macau casinos with Ballad of a Small Player, a rare major Western film shot on location in Asia's gambling capital. The surreal, dark and twisty drama co-stars Tilda Swinton as an investigator in pursuit of Farrell's velvet-suited conman and gambling ...

Venice Film Festival a Red Carpet Pulpit for ‘King Giorgio’ Armani

This is Beirut, 05/09 17:15 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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For decades, the red carpet of the Venice Film Festival was one of Giorgio Armani's most high-profile catwalks, with the stars of cinema donning his elegant creations for the eyes of the world. With the death on Thursday, at age 91, of Italy's most famous fashion designer, the prestigious festival on the sandy Lido closes a long chapter, ...

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