French Beret return with force to Paris fashion

Author:  AFP Wed, 2018-02-28 20:24 ID:  1519839024636891200 PARIS: What do Rihanna, Che Guevara nostalgics, and the Kardashian clan all have in common? They are all bonkers about berets. The Frenchest of hats is now also the hippest, with makers struggling to keep up with demand from everyone from pop stars to the crowned heads of Europe. Since Dior’s Maria Grazia Chiuri sent out every one of her 68 models wearing one in...

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Lacoste swaps its crocodile for logos of endangered species

Author:  AFP Wed, 2018-02-28 19:41 ID:  1519836337936620100 PARIS: French fashion brand Lacoste on Wednesday swapped the crocodile logo on its shirts for the first time in its history for 10 of the most endangered species on the planet. The green Lacoste crocodile — one of the world’s best-known logos — was replaced by the Sumatran tiger, the Javan rhino and the Cao Vit gibbon on the chest of its classic white polo shirts...

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Book Review: Cash in on a smarter way to think about money

Author:  Lisa Kaaki Wed, 2018-02-28 17:05 ID:  1519815957334474700 As Swedish pop group Abba once informed us: “Money, money, money, must be funny, in the rich man’s world. Money, money, money, always sunny, in the rich man’s world.” The entertaining book “Dollars And Sense: How We Misthink Money and How to Spend Smarter” does not tell us all the things we could do if we had a little money. Instead, authors Dan Ariely, a...

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India says farewell to Bollywood icon Sridevi

Author:  AFP Wed, 2018-02-28 10:25 ID:  1519812104304079100 MUMBAI: Thousands of heartbroken fans lined the streets of Mumbai Wednesday as India said farewell to Bollywood legend Sridevi Kapoor following her shock death from accidental drowning in a Dubai hotel bathtub aged just 54. Some carried roses while others held photos of the late screen icon as they queued patiently to pay their final respects at a condolence service...

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Dutch-Arab model Imaan lands Vogue Arabia cover with supermodel Iman

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‘Disability is a state of mind’ says paralyzed Lebanese man about to walk 100km across North Pole

Author:  TAREK ALI AHMAD | ARAB NEWS Wed, 2018-02-28 15:20 ID:  1519809752253882800 DUBAI: When he was just six-years-old, Michael Haddad, from Lebanon, lost the use of 75 percent of his body in an accident, now, 30 years later, he plans to walk 100 km across the North Pole to raise awareness of climate change. Despite being paralyzed from the chest down in a jet-ski accident, Haddad has refused to allow his disability to...

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New study finds diverse audiences drive blockbusters

Author:  AP Tue, 2018-02-27 03:00 ID:  1519804636543676100 NEW YORK: Just as “Black Panther” is setting records at the box office, a new study finds that diverse audiences are driving most of the biggest blockbusters and many of the most-watched hits on television. UCLA’s Bunche Center released its fifth annual study on diversity in the entertainment industry Tuesday, unveiling an analysis of the top 200 theatrical film releases...

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Lebanese fashion star Lana El-Sahely braves the cold for Dior’s Paris show

Author:  AP Tue, 2018-02-27 03:00 ID:  1519803385473637200 PARIS: The subzero temperatures didn’t dampen Paris Fashion Week, which began with dark 80s atmospherics at Saint Laurent and a bright flower-power ode to female empowerment from Dior. The event even saw Middle Eastern fashion stars brave the cold to see the new collection, with Lebanese fashion blogger Lana El-Sahely posing for photographers before the show. Gabriella...

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Twice as nice: Barbra Streisand cloned beloved dog

Author:  Reuters Wed, 2018-02-28 03:44 ID:  1519802641043608400 LOS ANGELES: “If we had the chance to do it all again, tell me would we, could we?” Barbra Streisand had a hit singing this question in “The Way We Were,” but when it comes to getting a new pet she does not have to wonder. The “Funny Girl” singer and actress had her beloved 14- year-old Coton de Tulear dog Samantha cloned after her death in 2017, and now has...

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BAFTA-winning ‘Captain Phillips’ actor to star in UAE film

Author:  ROB GARRATT Wed, 2018-02-28 10:27 ID:  1519792089603197800 DUBAI: How do you get an Oscar-nominated Hollywood star to act in your on-a-shoestring, independent GCC-produced movie? Quite simple – just ask. In April, cameras will roll on set in the UAE filming “Beneath a Sea of Lights,” and leading the cast is Barkhad Abdi, a face familiar to millions for his turn alongside Tom Hanks in “Captain Phillips,” a BAFTA-winning...

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Miracle of Dunkirk: one story, two films, 14 Oscar nominations

Author:  AFP Wed, 2018-02-28 05:23 ID:  1519790691033125700 LOS ANGELES: With the cream of the British army cornered by a lightning German advance into northern France, Winston Churchill is told they will be lucky to get 30,000 men out alive. Yet over nine days in May 1940, more than 10 times that number of British, French and Canadian troops are rescued, many plucked from the beaches by a flotilla of “little ships” crewed...

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Doe-eyed superhero picked for Tokyo 2020 mascot

Author:  AFP Wed, 2018-02-28 06:37 ID:  1519789471603066200 TOKYO: Tokyo Wednesday unveiled its long-awaited mascot for the 2020 Olympic Games: a futuristic blue-checked, doe-eyed character with pointy ears and “special powers” that was picked by schoolchildren across mascot-mad Japan. The mascot, which has yet to be named, was selected by elementary school kids across the country from a shortlist of three competitors instantly...

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US-Russian crew returns from space station: NASA TV

Author:  REUTERS Wed, 2018-02-28 06:06 ID:  1519788688213019000 WASHINGTON: A capsule carrying two US astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut from the International Space Station landed in snowy Kazakhstan on Wednesday after a five-and-a-half month mission, a NASA TV live broadcast showed. The Soyuz spacecraft brought back Joe Acaba and Mark Vande Hei, from the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and Alexander Misurkin,...

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Ford and Miami to form test bed for self-driving cars

Author:  AP Tue, 2018-02-27 03:00 ID:  1519748696357300800 DETROIT: Ford Motor Co. is making Miami-Dade County its biggest test bed yet for self-driving vehicles. The automaker and its partners — including Domino’s Pizza and ride-hailing company Lyft — are starting pilot programs now to see how consumers react to autonomous vehicles. Ford is also setting up its first-ever autonomous vehicle terminal where it will learn how...

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Saudi-Lebanese style star Alanoud Badr raises awareness for international Rare Disease Day

Author:  ARAB NEWS Wed, 2018-02-28 03:00 ID:  1519759535798431200 DUBAI: Saudi-Lebanese fashion blogger Alanoud Badr is calling for support on international Rare Disease Day, which lands on Feb. 28. The style-savvy social media star is calling on her more than 550,000 Instagram followers to join a Feb. 28 walk-a-thon in Dubai to raise awareness for rare diseases, encourage diagnosis and improve access to treatment and medical...

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Jordan underwater survey finds parts of ancient port

Author:  AP Tue, 2018-02-27 03:00 ID:  1519755655568051700 AMMAN, Jordan: Officials say Jordan’s first underwater archaeological survey has detected the outlines of a stone barrier, believed to be part of the centuries-old Red Sea port of Ayla, near the modern city of Aqaba. Ehab Eid, head of the Royal Marine Conservation Society of Jordan, said Tuesday that the survey spotted an underwater barrier with an L-shape that is...

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Disneyland Paris to add Star Wars zone in $2.5bn upgrade

Author:  AFP Tue, 2018-02-27 19:07 ID:  1519752478327730200 PARIS: The Walt Disney Company on Tuesday announced a two-billion-euro ($2.5-billion) expansion of its Paris amusement park which will add a new Star Wars-themed zone to the huge site. Disneyland Paris will also build new areas devoted to its hit animated film “Frozen” and the Marvel comics franchise (Spider-Man, The Hulk, X-Men) as part of the makeover, which will...

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Parts of Ramses II statue found in southern Egypt

Author:  AP Tue, 2018-02-27 03:00 ID:  1519750233837493600 CAIRO: Egypt says archaeologists have discovered parts of a statue of one of its most famous pharaohs in the southern city of Aswan. The Antiquities Ministry said Tuesday the head and chest of the statue of Ramses II were found in the Temple of Kom Ombo during a project to protect the site from groundwater. Egypt hopes the find, along with other recent discoveries,...

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Alien life in our Solar System? Study hints at Saturn’s moon

Author:  AFP Tue, 2018-02-27 19:01 ID:  1519750415947516400 PARIS: Humanity may need look no further than our own Solar System in the search for alien life, researchers probing one of Saturn’s moons said Tuesday. The icy orb known as Enceladus may boast ideal living conditions for single-celled microorganisms known as archaeans found in some of the most extreme environments on Earth, they reported in the science journal Nature...

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Dormant desert life hints at possibilities on Mars

Author:  AFP Tue, 2018-02-27 22:44 ID:  1519749925147453900 MIAMI: It may rain once a decade or less in South America’s Atacama Desert, but tiny bacteria and microorganisms survive there, hinting at the possibility of similar life on Mars, researchers said Monday. The desert, which spans parts of Chile and Peru, is the driest non-polar desert on Earth and may contain the environment most like that of the Red Planet, said...

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