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YouTube Star MrBeast Brings 'Beast Land' to Riyadh Season Festival

This is Beirut, 14/11 17:40 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

YouTuber Superstar MrBeast Entertainment Saudi Culture

MrBeast, the world's most followed YouTuber with over 450 million subscribers, opened a temporary amusement park in Riyadh on Thursday, the latest celebrity drawn to Saudi Arabia as it aspires to become a major entertainment hub. Eager for a chance to meet the social media star, families and teenagers gathered at "Beast Land," a venue featuring ...

Nintendo Marks 40 Years of Mario with New Movie Trailer

This is Beirut, 13/11 13:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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Super Mario fans got a first look on Wednesday at the sequel to the megahit movie based on Nintendo's top video game franchise that turned 40 this year. US star Brie Larson joins Chris Pratt, Anya Taylor-Joy, and Jack Black in the voice cast of The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, a CGI animation set for release in April 2026. It follows the huge ...

Comic-Con Goes Global: Málaga Hosts Inaugural International Edition

This is Beirut, 25/09 16:40 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Comic-Con San Diego Spain Kick-Off Entertainment Culture

Warriors, wizards and other costumed characters flooded the streets of Malaga in southern Spain on Thursday for the opening of the first San Diego Comic-Con held outside the United States. Mirroring the famous California event, the four-day convention will feature blockbuster film presentations, prominent figures from the worlds of comics and ...

Antonio Banderas at 65: “I’d Die if I Stopped” and Has No Plans to Retire

This is Beirut, 11/08 11:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

Movies Antonio Banderas Entertainment Spain Culture

Spanish film star Antonio Banderas said in an interview published Sunday for his birthday that he has no plans to slow down now that he has reached 65. "When I was 20, I thought that 65-year-olds walked with a cane," said Banderas, known for roles in films such as The Mask of Zorro, Desperado and Philadelphia, in an interview with the Spanish ...

Gen Z and Inflation Shake Up the Uk’s Once-Thriving Club Scene

This is Beirut, 06/08 10:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Music Entertainment Gen Z Night-Clubs Britain Culture

Is the party over? UK nightclubs are famed around the world, but Covid and inflation have hit the sector hard, forcing businesses to reinvent themselves to attract new generations to the dance floor. Pryzm Kingston is a well-known club in southwest London popular with students, where artists like Billie Eilish, Rod Stewart, and Stormzy ...

‘Star Wars’ Creator George Lucas Makes Comic-Con Debut

This is Beirut, 24/07 13:15 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam Entertainment Comic-Con George Lucas Star Wars Culture

Comic-Con kicks off Thursday in San Diego, California, with expectations running high among devoted fans keen to catch a glimpse of George Lucas at his first ever appearance at the convention. Other expected highlights of the gathering - one of the world's biggest celebrations of pop culture - include the world premiere of the prequel series ...

Mexican Voice Actors Demand Regulation on AI Voice Cloning

This is Beirut, 14/07 13:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

Film AI Actors Entertainment Mexico Culture

Mexican actors protested the growing threat artificial intelligence poses to their industry, calling on Sunday for better regulations to prevent voice cloning without consent. The rise of AI was a key issue in Hollywood's 2023 actors and writers' strikes, as creatives feared studios would use the technology to replace paid content. Last year, ...

Sean "Diddy" Combs Acquitted of Sex Trafficking, Convicted on Lesser Charge

This is Beirut, 03/07 10:50 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

Nawaf Salam Music Trial Diddy Entertainment Culture

Music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs was found not guilty of racketeering and sex trafficking Wednesday but convicted of a less serious prostitution charge after a high-profile marathon trial in New York. Combs was denied bail after the jury found him guilty of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution, each of which carries a maximum ...

Taylor Swift Buys Back Rights to Her Old Music

This is Beirut, 30/05 19:50 - Reading : less than a minute

Nawaf Salam Music Taylor Swift Entertainment

Pop icon Taylor Swift, who has been publicly feuding with record executives since 2019 over the rights to her early music, now owns her entire catalogue, she said on her website Friday. "All of the music I've ever made ... now belongs ... to me," she wrote, after years of dispute over her first six albums, a number of which she has rerecorded to ...

Fast, Fearless, Female: France’s Stunt Star Conquers Hollywood

This is Beirut, 27/05 16:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

Suntwoman Film Sarah Lezito Entertainment France Culture

When Sarah Lezito began messing around with motorbikes at 13 she never dreamed that one day she would become the stunt double of some of Hollywood's biggest stars. The French winemaker's daughter has stood in for Scarlett Johansson - twice - on Avengers 2 and Black Widow and appeared in a dozen films including The Batman. The 32-year-old is one ...

Tom Cruise Has World Guessing as He Unleashes 'Mission: Impossible' at Cannes

This is Beirut, 14/05 15:00 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Tom Cruise's Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning powers into the Cannes film festival for its premiere on Wednesday on a steamroller of hype, with the world asking if this will be the final curtain for agent Ethan Hunt. With some fans fretting that the $400-million epic - the eighth in the high-octane franchise - could be the last, Cruise ...

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