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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 ...

Leonardo, Callas, Beethoven… Could Europe’s Icons Appear on Euro Banknotes?

Bélinda Ibrahim, 17/10 19:00 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Nearly a quarter of a century after their introduction, euro banknotes are set to be completely redesigned, both aesthetically and in terms of security. If the ECB stays on schedule, the new banknotes are expected to be unveiled from 2026, following an unprecedented public consultation and design process. Since 2002, euro banknotes have depicted ...

Fashion’s Glass Runway: Women Designers Missing from Top Roles in SS26

This is Beirut, 17/10 15:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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In fashion at the moment, as seen on catwalks: frills, corsets, big shoulder pads, and "naked dresses". Out of fashion: employing women as chief designers. In the most recent Spring-Summer 2026 womenswear Fashion Weeks in Paris and Milan, the effects of a huge reshuffle at the top of the European luxury clothing industry were plain to see. From ...

Sam Fender Wins 2025 Mercury Prize with 'People Watching'

This is Beirut, 17/10 13:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Rock singer Sam Fender took home the prestigious 2025 Mercury Prize on Thursday night with his album People Watching, during a ceremony held for the first time outside London. The 31-year-old singer-songwriter, born and raised in North Shields, received the award in front of a cheering crowd at Newcastle’s Utilita Arena. Jury members praised ...

Hermès’ Designer Veronique Nichanian to Step Down after 37 Years

This is Beirut, 17/10 12:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Hermes chief menswear designer Veronique Nichanian is to step down after 37 years in charge and will present her final show for the luxury house in January, the company announced on Friday. Hermes announced the change "with heartfelt emotion", paying tribute to Nichanian's "eye, her vision, her generosity, her energy and her curiosity" in a press ...

Executive Close to Giorgio Armani Named CEO as Fashion House Enters New Era

This is Beirut, 17/10 10:30 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The Armani Group on Thursday named a senior manager who worked alongside Giorgio Armani to take over as chief executive of the luxury empire following the designer's death. Giuseppe Marsocci, 61, joined the group in 2003 and spent over a decade in the New York office. For the past six years he had been reporting directly to Armani as deputy ...

Picasso Painting Disappears en Route to Granada Exhibition

This is Beirut, 16/10 17:30 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Spanish police are investigating the disappearance of a Pablo Picasso painting, which vanished while in transit from Madrid to the southern city of Granada for an exhibition, authorities said Thursday. Still Life with Guitar, an oil-on-canvas painting valued at 600,000 euros ($700,000), was scheduled to go on display at an exhibition organized by ...

Don’t Let the Party Stop: Berlin’s Fight Against ‘Club Death'

This is Beirut, 16/10 14:30 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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Berlin, long hailed as one of the world's great party cities, is fighting to keep its famed techno clubs alive in the face of soaring prices, shifting tastes and a tightening property market. For now, the mood is exuberant at Renate, a labyrinthine club with multiple DJs housed in a dimly-lit complex near the Spree river, a Berlin institution ...

‘Adolescence’ Creator Asks Dads to Share Letters With Sons

This is Beirut, 16/10 10:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Stephen Graham, the creator and star of searing teen murder saga Adolescence, launched an appeal Wednesday for fathers around the world to pen and then share letters to their sons. The British actor is teaming up with psychology lecturer Orly Klein for the project, which will see a selection of the entries published by Bloomsbury in a book ...

Doomscrolling: The Anxiety Metronome

David Sahyoun, 15/10 18:00 - Reading : 6 minute(s)

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Doomscrolling is a neologism that combines the darkness of “doom,” meaning fate, calamity, or collapse, with the act of “scrolling,” the finger’s movement that steadily moves through a page’s content. It has now earned a place in English dictionaries. Merriam-Webster defines to doomscroll as “spending an excessive amount of time ...

Legendary Hollywood Illustrator Drew Struzan Dies at 78

This is Beirut, 15/10 15:10 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Hollywood illustrator Drew Struzan, the man behind legendary film posters for hit films such as E.T., Star Wars and Indiana Jones, has died at the age of 78, prompting a flood of tributes. Struzan was a favorite of directors Steven Spielberg and George Lucas, and his drawing style came to symbolize the posters of Hollywood's late 1970s and 1980s ...

French Films Thrive in Russia Despite Deep Political Divide

This is Beirut, 15/10 14:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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On a cold autumn evening in Moscow, Alexandra was headed to a cinema, hoping to escape reality for a few hours by taking in a new French comedy. With Hollywood boycotting the Russian market over Moscow's offensive on Ukraine, French films are one of the few cultural windows Russians have left to the West. And even as relations between Paris ...

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