Fox’s ‘Family Guy’ launches Season 15 on Sunday

Author:  AP Fri, 2017-09-29 16:38 ID:  1506712481543545000 NEW YORK: As everyone must know by now, Fox’s animated series “Family Guy” lives to lampoon human nature and human frailties, and does so without fear or favor. There is something bracing about “Family Guy” as it blows its whistle on a society that seems to grow ever coarser and more mean-spirited, while individuals squawk at any hint of disrespect directed toward...

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Beyonce sings Spanish for relief efforts on ‘Mi Gente’ remix

Author:  AP Fri, 2017-09-29 16:30 ID:  1506712340503518300 NEW YORK: Beyonce has released a surprise single on which she sings in Spanish, English and French to raise relief money for those affected by hurricanes in the Caribbean and earthquakes in Mexico. Beyonce is featured on a remix of J. Balvin and Willy William’s “Mi Gente,” which means “my people” in Spanish. The single was released Thursday night. In an English verse...

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Julia Louis-Dreyfus announces she has breast cancer

Author:  AFP Fri, 2017-09-29 06:25 ID:  1506712262003503200 LOS ANGELES: Award-winning “Veep” star Julia Louis-Dreyfus revealed Thursday that she has breast cancer. The 56-year-old American actress disclosed the diagnosis to her 750,000 Twitter followers, posting a picture of a printed note that read: “One in eight women get breast cancer. Today, I am the one.” “The good news is that I have the most glorious group of supportive...

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‘The Walking Dead’ reaches 100th episode milestone

Author:  AP Fri, 2017-09-29 03:00 ID:  1506628664385665700 SENOIA: For seven seasons, AMC’s “The Walking Dead” has explored a world where the dead roam the earth while the living seek safety — from other humans as much as from the zombies trying to tear into their flesh. There are characters whose faith is tested but find their grit and fierceness. There are those who are kissups and latch themselves onto leaders, their will...

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‘I hope I live up to the hype’: Jason Mraz to go to Broadway

Author:  AP Fri, 2017-09-29 03:00 ID:  1506628664445666300 NEW YORK : When he was still a teenager, Jason Mraz considered musical theater as a career option but feared he would end up frustrated and as a waiter. Now the singer-songwriter is ready to make that jump and he is picked an appropriately titled show — “Waitress.” The two-time Grammy Award-winning troubadour whose hits include “I am Yours” and “I Will not Give Up”...

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Debra Messing regrets going on Megyn Kelly’s new show

Author:  AP Fri, 2017-09-29 03:00 ID:  1506628664415666000 NEW YORK: “Will & Grace” star Debra Messing says she regrets her appearance on Megyn Kelly’s new NBC daytime show. Messing made her comments while responding to an Instagram follower who asked why the actress would appear on “Megyn Kelly TODAY.” Kelly joined NBC from Fox News earlier this year. Messing replied that she was only told it was a “Today” show appearance...

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Game of Thrones lovers Harington and Leslie to marry in real life

Author:  AFP Wed, 2017-09-27 20:02 ID:  1506586193941762100 LONDON: British actor Kit Harington and fellow Game of Thrones star Rose Leslie announced their engagement on Wednesday, defying their ill-fated fictional love on the hit series in which she dies in his arms. Harington, who plays Jon Snow, and Leslie, Ygritte in the series, announced their engagement with an unassuming traditional ad in The Times newspaper. The actors,...

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Gunslinging Pakistani girls in lawless land shoot for Academy Award

Author:  Reuters Tue, 2017-09-26 17:10 ID:  1506435595474924200 MUMBAI: British-born filmmaker Sarmad Masud was inspired to make a feminist Western in Pakistan when he heard how two gun-toting teenage girls fought off 200 men trying to take their home. “My Pure Land,” which is Britain’s foreign language entry for the Academy Awards, highlights how patriarchy and corruption make it hard for women in Pakistan to claim land. “What...

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Britain opens first subsidy-free solar power farm

Author:  Reuters Tue, 2017-09-26 09:23 ID:  1506411359793014100 LONDON: Britain’s first solar power farm to operate without a government subsidy is due to open in eastern England on Tuesday, as a sharp fall in costs has made renewable energy much more economical. Britain needs to invest in new energy capacity to replace aging coal and nuclear plants that are due to close in the 2020s. But it is also trying to reduce subsidies...

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Jennifer Lopez donating 1m to hurricane relief

Author:  AP Tue, 2017-09-26 03:00 ID:  1506372657958890300 LAS VEGAS: Jennifer Lopez is donating $1 million to hurricane relief efforts in Puerto Rico. The 48-year-old singer-and-actress — who revealed last week she has not heard from her family on the island since a series of hurricanes hit the area — has reached out with financial aid and she and her boyfriend Alex Rodriguez are doing everything they can to help. Speaking...

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Dolce&Gabbana court youth with offbeat looks in Milan

Author:  AP Tue, 2017-09-26 03:00 ID:  1506372657988890600 MILAN: Milan designers are breathing fresh air into Milan Fashion Week, quite literally. Many fashion houses are showing their collections outdoors this season, or at least throwing open the windows on their grand palazzi venues, betting on Mother Nature with open-air shows. The late summer-early fall weather has cooperated fully. Here are some highlights from Milan...

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‘Kingsman: The Golden Circle’ dethrones ‘It’ with $39m debut

Author:  AP Tue, 2017-09-26 03:00 ID:  1506372657898890000 NEW YORK: The R-rated spy comedy “Kingsman: The Golden Circle” displaced the horror sensation “It” as the No. 1 film in North America, while the second “Lego Movie” spinoff of the year did not assemble the expected audience. The 20th Century Fox release opened with a weekend-leading $39 million debut, according to studio estimates Sunday. But “It” still continues...

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’World’s heaviest woman’ dies in Abu Dhabi hospital

Author:  AFP Mon, 2017-09-25 15:11 ID:  1506344756005974000 ABU DHABI: An Egyptian believed to be the world’s heaviest woman died Monday of heart and kidney failure at an Abu Dhabi hospital, following months of treatment to help her lose weight and one day walk again. A team of more than 20 doctors had been caring for the bedridden Eman Ahmed Abd El Aty, 37, since her arrival at Burjeel Hospital in May. El Aty first sought...

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The waste-collecting cyclists who caught the UN’s eye

Author:  AFP Mon, 2017-09-25 06:25 ID:  1506325397154406700 NANTES, France: Putting an end to the unnecessary burning of biodegradable waste, one restaurant at a time, has become the forceful mission of a team of French cyclists. Their creative initiative, which relies largely on volunteers, has even impressed the United Nations. La Tricyclerie, a neat play on the French words for sorting out rubbish, recycling and biking,...

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Serbia grants citizenship to actor Ralph Fiennes

Author:  Reuters Fri, 2017-09-15 13:08 ID:  1506335635995116900 BELGRADE: Serbia has granted citizenship to British actor and director Ralph Fiennes for his work in promoting the country and its culture, an official record showed on Friday. Fiennes is the last in a string of celebrities including Hollywood actor Steven Segal, ballet dancer Sergei Polunin and several soccer and basketball players to have been granted citizenship...

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Sri Lanka arrests man with gold-filled bottom

Author:  AFP Mon, 2017-09-25 13:18 ID:  1506335388995068800 COLOMBO: Sri Lanka customs arrested an India-bound air passenger attempting with “difficulty” to smuggle nearly one kilogram (2.2 pounds) of gold stuffed in his rectum, a spokesman said Monday. Officials were alerted when the 45-year-old Sri Lankan behaved “suspiciously” at Colombo airport’s departure lounge on Sunday, spokesman Sunil Jayaratne said. “He was called...

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Fergie inspired by Beyonce

Author:  AP Mon, 2017-09-25 03:00 ID:  1506285745269706700 NEW YORK: The “Big Girls Don’t Cry” has nothing but praise for pop superstar Beyonce, revealing she is an inspiration to her “in all areas.” Fergie said: “(My album) is completely different than Beyonce’s (Lemonade), but absolutely, she is an inspiration to me in all areas. Performance, drive, balance — I mean, she is the Queen B. How can you not be inspired by her?” And...

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Demi Lovato to help war-scarred children in Iraq

Author:  AP Mon, 2017-09-25 03:00 ID:  1506285745219706400 NEW YORK: Demi Lovato was named a Global Citizen ambassador at the organization’s annual music festival Saturday, championing the mental health of thousands of children displaced within Iraq and other vulnerable communities. The singer and Global Citizen will fund the expansion of a Save the Children pilot program, Healing and Education through the Arts, to violence-scarred...

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Charles Bradley, late-blooming US soul voice, dead at 68

Author:  AFP Sun, 2017-09-24 00:03 ID:  1506249830225982800 NEW YORK: Charles Bradley, the soul singer whose robust voice and defiantly upbeat outlook won him stardom in his final years after a life of poverty, died Saturday from cancer. He was 68. Bradley, who for years had scraped by as a James Brown impersonator, had pulled off another battle against the odds earlier this year when he triumphantly returned from cancer...

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British actor Colin Firth gets dual Italian citizenship after Brexit vote

Author:  Reuters Sat, 2017-09-23 19:41 ID:  1506249799805982300 ROME: British actor Colin Firth, who has often played the role of a quintessential Englishman in his many films, has become an Italian citizen, Italy’s Interior Ministry said. “The very famous actor, who won an Oscar for the film ‘The King’s Speech’, is married to a citizen from our country and has often declared his love for our land,” the ministry said in a...

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Paris once again the world’s undisputed fashion capital

Author:  AFP Sun, 2017-09-24 06:32 ID:  1506246863395734700 PARIS: When Paris fashion week begins on Monday, it will do so in a city that is once again the undisputed fashion capital of the world. New York, Milan and London have all tried to take its crown, but more than ever Paris remains fashion’s reference point, analysts insist. An exodus of American designers to Paris left New York fashion week earlier this month a withered...

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Prince William visits McLaren headquarters

Author:  ARAB NEWS Sun, 2017-09-24 03:00 ID:  1506196457810331500 • Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, visited the headquarters of McLaren Automotive in Woking, UK and was given a tour of the production center by Mike Flewitt, McLaren’s CEO. The duke talked to Alex, one of the company’s young apprentices nominated as apprentice of the year. He then met Amina, a recent production apprentice, along with her mentor Mandy,...

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Ford cars will ‘talk’ to pedestrians by light signals

Author:  ARAB NEWS Sun, 2017-09-24 03:00 ID:  1506196457800331200 LONDON: Ford Motor has designed a light signal system for autonomous vehicles that company officials say helps solve the problem of self-driving cars safely interacting with pedestrians, bicyclists and human drivers. Looking to prepare for this eventual reality, Ford Motor Company partnered with Virginia Tech Transportation Institute to conduct a...

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Desperate marketing

Author:  Adel Murad Sun, 2017-09-24 03:00 ID:  1506196457830332100 After years without a single scrappage scheme to replace old polluting cars with new clean versions, almost all car companies are now offering these schemes in Europe with generous cashback offers. These offers are not driven by an altruistic desire to clean up the environment, but rather by the sluggish sales figures in all segments. In Britain, figures show...

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First edition of Egypt’s El-Gouna festival kicks off

Author:  ARAB NEWS Sun, 2017-09-24 03:00 ID:  1506196236360278400 HURGHADA, Egypt: The first El-Gouna Film Festival (GFF) kicked off on Friday evening in Egypt’s Red Sea resort town of El-Gouna, hosting dozens of movie stars and filmmakers. The annual GFF is seen as an attempt to revive Egyptian cinema. Scheduled for Sept. 22-29, the GFF film gala will screen 69 films from 36 countries, including 16 feature films, 18 short...

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