Warrant issued for Weinstein accuser Rose McGowan

Author:  ARAB NEWS Wed, 2017-11-01 03:00 ID:  1509474569992193900 WASHINGTON: An arrest warrant has been issued for actress Rose McGowan for felony possession of a controlled substance. “Are they trying to silence me?” McGowan tweeted in response to the warrant for her arrest. “What a load of horses**t” The felony charge stems from a police investigation of personal belongings left behind on a United flight arriving at Washington...

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Michael Jackson top earning dead celebrity

Author:  AP Wed, 2017-11-01 03:00 ID:  1509474570102194800 NEW YORK: Michael Jackson died eight years ago, but he is still generating millions of dollars. Jackson is atop the Forbes list of top-earning dead celebrities for the fifth straight year, with $75 million. Forbes said Jackson’s earnings are boosted by a new greatest hits album, a Las Vegas Cirque du Soleil show and a stake in the EMI music publishing catalog. Two...

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‘Syriana’ star convicted in native Egypt

Author:  ARAB NEWS Wed, 2017-11-01 03:00 ID:  1509474570082194500 CAIRO: A lawyer for Egyptian actor Amr Waked of “Syriana” fame said he has been convicted by a Cairo court for damaging a car parked outside his Cairo home. Lawyer Tareq Said said a misdemeanor court sentenced Waked to three months in prison during a weekend hearing. The 45-year-old Waked was never detained over the alleged mid-September incident and did not...

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Time Out Tel Aviv examines Palestinian culture amid hardship

Author:  REUTERS Wed, 2017-11-01 03:00 ID:  1509474570012194200 RAMALLAH, West Bank/TEL AVIV: Instead of its usual artsy or humorous front page, this week’s special edition of Time Out Tel Aviv sports an image of an Israeli security barrier so high it blots out the horizon. It also has a different name: Time Out Ramallah. The issue marks 50 years since Israel’s occupation of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank and its content...

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Creepy Japan video invites people to live in ‘zombie town’

Author:  AFP Tue, 2017-10-31 12:06 ID:  1509442536419313900 TOKYO: A remote Japanese town is hoping to entice brave souls to come and live among them with a ghoulish video game spoof featuring flesh-eating zombies — just in time for Halloween. The misty village of Kosuge, located in the mountains some 90 kilometers (55 miles) west of Tokyo, has just 700 inhabitants. With many younger villagers leaving to work or study in...

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Netflix cancels flagship series ‘House of Cards’

Author:  AFP Tue, 2017-10-31 00:50 ID:  1509442692279324000 LOS ANGELES: The next season of Netflix’s award-winning “House of Cards” will be the last, a spokesman said Monday, as the series reeled over sexual misconduct allegations against its star Kevin Spacey. The 58-year-old double Oscar winner, who plays ruthless President Francis Underwood in the hit show, is facing claims from actor Anthony Rapp that he “made a sexual...

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Hollywood producers kick out disgraced Weinstein

Author:  AFP Tue, 2017-10-31 10:07 ID:  1509434554109005700 LOS ANGELES: The Producers Guild of America banned disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein for life on Monday, vowing that sexual harassment would no longer be tolerated within its ranks. New accusations of sexual assault have continued to pour in since investigations in the New York Times and New Yorker three weeks ago exposed the tycoon as a relentless, bullying...

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Women find some respite in Libya’s ‘families only’ cafes

Author:  Reuters Tue, 2017-10-31 03:00 ID:  1509397748525404500 TRIPOLI: Fashionable cafes springing up in Libya’s capital are shutting out single men and catering for women looking for a break from the tensions — political and personal — crowding in around them. The cafes with European names and bright decor seem a world away from the city’s traffic-clogged and still violent streets. In a socially conservative society, they...

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Mick Jagger’s new girl

Author:  ARAB NEWS Tue, 2017-10-31 03:00 ID:  1509390540304669800 JEDDAH: Legendary English singer Mick Jagger is reportedly dating 22-year-old American-Kuwaiti film producer Noor Alfallah. According to thesun.co.uk., Jagger, 74, enjoyed a number of dates with Alfallah while the Rolling Stones were in Paris, France, for their “No Filter” tour earlier this month. “Mick still has his legendary charm, but even the band were...

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Christina Aguilera to pay tribute to Whitney Houston

Author:  AP Tue, 2017-10-31 03:00 ID:  1509390540384670700 NEW YORK: Christina Aguilera will perform a medley of the late Whitney Houston’s hits at the American Music Awards next month to mark the 25th anniversary of Houston’s film, “The Bodyguard.” Aguilera will perform songs from the film’s soundtrack, which included one of Houston’s signature numbers, a cover of Dolly Parton’s “I Will Always Love You.” Aguilera said in...

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Pharaonic influences on display at Egypt art show

Author:  AFP Tue, 2017-10-31 03:00 ID:  1509390540334670100 CAIRO: Paintings by top Egyptian artists shared wall space with hieroglyphs and pharaonic relics at Cairo’s Egyptian Museum this week in an exhibition highlighting ancient influences on contemporary art. Artists, intellectuals and ambassadors from around the world attended the Saturday night opening of “A Night with Art at the Egyptian Museum,” organized by the private...

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Paul McCartney lifts spirits in quake-hit Mexico

Author:  AFP Tue, 2017-10-31 03:00 ID:  1509390540364670400 MEXICO CITY: Paul McCartney lifted spirits in quake-hit Mexico at a concert here punctuated with the cry “Fuerza Mexico!” More than 48,000 fans gathered in the city’s Azteca Stadium Saturday to hear the former Beatle in his first Mexico City concert in five years. Before launching into “Maybe I’m amazed,” McCartney raised his fist, evoking the hand signs used to...

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Janet Jackson visits small childhood home

Author:  AP Mon, 2017-10-30 03:00 ID:  1509303566216958400 GARY, Indiana: Singer Janet Jackson and her brother Randy Jackson have visited their childhood home in Gary, Indiana, and talked with local high school students. The (Northwest Indiana) Times reported that the Jacksons made the visit Friday, a day after Janet Jackson’s concert in the Chicago area. Janet Jackson told students at Roosevelt High School that she started...

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Rihanna as Egypt’s Queen Nefertiti? Vogue Arabia thinks so

Author:  ARAB NEWS Mon, 2017-10-30 03:00 ID:  1509303566156957800 JEDDAH: Vogue Arabia is facing fresh backlash on social media over its latest cover. The magazine has yet again been accused of cultural appropriation as it released its November cover featuring Barbadian singer Rihanna dressed as Egypt’s Queen Nefertiti, with some claiming that Vogue Arabia perpetuated the notion that black and African people are interchangeable. “Um...

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A ‘Cut’ above the rest: New sitcom follows lives of Saudi students in US

Author:  AFIFA JABEEN Mon, 2017-10-30 03:00 ID:  1509303566186958100 JEDDAH: MBC on Friday premiered a new sitcom “Cut,” about Saudi students pursuing filmmaking in the US. The sitcom, in which comic star Nasser Al-Qassabi is involved, quickly became a trending topic among Saudi Twitter users. “‘Cut’ follows the lives of five Saudi students and everything they go through, not only as Saudi students in the US, but also as...

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2 more women accuse George H.W. Bush of groping

Author:  AP, AFP Sun, 2017-10-29 02:43 ID:  1509227322879994700 Two more women are coming forward to accuse former President George H.W. Bush of groping them. Author Christina Baker Kline said the nation’s 41st president made the same joke others have mentioned before grabbing her buttocks in 2014 in Houston. She said a Bush driver told her she hoped she would be “discreet.” Amanda Staples, a former candidate for state Senate,...

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Twitter uproar as Emirati pop star hits wrong note

Author:  ARAB NEWS Sun, 2017-10-29 03:00 ID:  1509214031088849000 JEDDAH: Emirati pop star Ahlam Al-Shamsi has been a target of ridicule and harsh criticism ever since a video of her singing at a Kuwaiti wedding in a torn Zuhair Murad dress went viral. The 48-year-old singer said her dress, which seemed to have been ripped at the armpit, cost SR150,000 ($39,995) in response to tweets slamming and accusing her of wearing a...

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Cultural houses for music, cinema in Dammam

Author:  Arab News Sun, 2017-10-29 03:00 ID:  1509214031108849300 DAMMAM: The Culture and Arts Association in Dammam will establish cultural houses for music and cinema in order to “open windows of love to beauty and creativity” and offer music and cinema related classes, Ahmad Al-Mulla, the association’s director, told Makkah newspaper during a culture and arts event on Thursday. “The cultural house of music will be run...

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Israel’s Oscar hopeful ‘Foxtrot’ slams West Bank occupation

Author:  AP Sun, 2017-10-29 03:00 ID:  1509214031058848700 JERUSALEM: Israel’s contender for this year’s foreign-language Oscar has swept local film awards and scored high honors at the Venice Film Festival. But before it even hit the silver screen at home, Samuel Maoz’s “Foxtrot,” a drama exploring Israel’s West Bank occupation and the modern Israeli psyche, has found itself caught in the crossfire of a raging culture war. Culture...

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’Assassin’s Creed’ game is back, this time in ancient Egypt

Author:  AFP Fri, 2017-10-27 22:42 ID:  1509186644465968300 SAN FRANCISCO: Video game titan Ubisoft on Friday released a new installment of “Assassin’s Creed,” seeking to reignite passion for the game after a year off to freshen its top franchise. Breaking from its pattern of annually releasing sequels to “Assassin’s Creed,” which has sold more than 100 million copies since the first version debuted in a decade ago, Ubisoft...

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Tiger Woods pleads guilty to reckless driving, avoids jail

Author:  AP Sat, 2017-10-28 00:40 ID:  1509129446320660000 PALM BEACH GARDENS, Florida: Superstar golfer Tiger Woods pleaded guilty to reckless driving and agreed to enter a diversion program Friday, five months after he was found passed out in his Mercedes with prescription drugs and marijuana in his system. Woods, 41, spoke only briefly during a hearing at a Palm Beach County courthouse, answering questions from a judge...

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Fossil footprints reveal existence of big early dinosaur predator

Author:  Will Dunham | Reuters Fri, 2017-10-27 04:48 ID:  1509072209496748700 WASHINGTON: A trail of fossilized three-toed footprints that measure nearly two feet (57 cm) long shows that a huge meat-eating dinosaur stalked southern Africa 200 million years ago at a time when most carnivorous dinosaurs were modest-sized beasts. Scientists on Thursday described the footprints from an ancient river bank in Lesotho, and estimated...

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Jessica Alba announces baby number 3

Author:  Arab News Fri, 2017-10-27 03:00 ID:  1509044939822936100 JEDDAH: Jessica Alba and husband Cash Warren are expecting their first baby boy. The actress and Honest Company founder announced her pregnancy on Instagram in July and revealed on the platform Wednesday that the baby is a boy, according to The Associated Press. Alba and Warren have two daughters, Honor and Haven. She later chatted about her pregnancy with...

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A ‘deal’ helped Ashley Judd flee from Weinstein

Author:  AP Fri, 2017-10-27 03:00 ID:  1509044939802935800 NEW YORK: Actress Ashley Judd said she escaped Harvey Weinstein’s sexual advances by making a deal. She was a rising young actress two decades ago who had arrived at the hotel suite of this powerful film mogul for what she thought would be a business meeting. It was not, she said. Weinstein first offered to give her a massage, then, when she demurred, asked her to...

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JLo’s double date with Dubai this November

Author:  ARAB NEWS Fri, 2017-10-27 03:00 ID:  1509044939772935500 DUBAI: Global pop sensation Jennifer Lopez will headline Dubai Airshow’s exclusive gala dinner this November, Dubai Airports has announced. The 48-year-old singer and actress will perform a set of her greatest hits on Nov. 15, only two days before her near sold-out concert at the Dubai Autism Rocks Arena. Dubai Airports’ CEO, Paul Griffiths, said: “As one of...

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Drake’s latest album not submitted to Grammys

Author:  AP Fri, 2017-10-27 03:00 ID:  1509044939862936400 NEW YORK: Drake’s “More Life” album will not earn him more Grammy Awards: The rapper did not submit the album for consideration at the 2018 Grammys. A person close to the nomination process, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the person was not allowed to publicly talk about the topic, said the multi-platinum rapper did not submit “More Life” for album...

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Blake Lively tackles blindness in new complex film role

Author:  AP Thu, 2017-10-26 03:00 ID:  1508955355664391700 NEW YORK: To play a blind woman for her latest film role, Blake Lively took no short cuts into the darkness. The 30-year-old actress learned to use a walking cane, wore opaque contact lenses off-camera to better understand her character and learned how to navigate the main set without her vision. “I wanted to know the experience of filling in the blanks in my head,...

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Prince’s shoes go on display at London’s V&A museum

Author:  AP Thu, 2017-10-26 03:00 ID:  1508952340144026500 LONDON: A pair of floral-patterned satin shoes worn by Prince has stepped into the collection of Britain’s Victoria & Albert Museum. The art and design museum says the “exquisitely crafted” shoes illustrate the imagery and industry of Prince, who died in 2016 aged 57. The zippers feature “love symbol #2,” the logo to which Prince changed his name in 1993. The...

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Film about Russian czar’s affair premieres despite public hostility

Author:  AP Thu, 2017-10-26 03:00 ID:  1508952340164026800 MOSCOW: A film about the last Russian czar’s affair with a ballerina had its Moscow premiere Tuesday despite sparking outrage among some Russians that has been expressed through pickets, arson, and Molotov cocktails hurled at a movie studio. “Matilda” has drawn fierce criticism from hard-line nationalists and some Orthodox believers who consider it blasphemous. The...

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