http://arabtimesonline.com Add News en-US admin@arabtimesonline.com CANNES, France, May 17, (AFP): Disgusted by corrupt local leaders, an angry miner picks up a shotgun. A migrant worker returning home looks to armed robbery to escape a life of relentless bleakness. A pretty receptionist at a sauna is driven to th... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/196344/reftab/69/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Sat, 18 May 2013 06:03:33 GMT GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories, May 17, (AFP): Filmmakers in Gaza have finished making what is believed to be the first Palestinian animated feature in 3D in a bid to show a fresh perspective on life through a child’s eyes. Called “The Scarecr... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/196343/reftab/69/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Sat, 18 May 2013 06:00:51 GMT LONDON, May 17, (RTRS): An invitation from the White House robbed Emeli Sande on Thursday of the chance to celebrate the latest mark of her success in an unstoppable rise to the front ranks of British female singers. The Scottish singer-songwriter... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/196342/reftab/69/t/Sande-wins-2-UK-awards/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Sat, 18 May 2013 05:59:36 GMT CANNES, May 17, (Agencies): Oscar-winning Iranian director Asghar Farhadi premiered his latest tightly wound family drama at Cannes on Friday, confirming critics’ advance buzz it would prove a contender for the film festival’s top prize. The prest... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/196341/reftab/69/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Sat, 18 May 2013 05:55:07 GMT CANNES, France, May 16, (Agencies): “Great Gatsby” star Leonardo DiCaprio on Wednesday opened the 66th Cannes Film Festival ahead of the European premiere of Baz Luhrmann’s controversial 3-D epic, kicking off the world’s most prestigious film fest... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/196310/reftab/69/t/Cannes-kicks-off-to-stormy-start/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Fri, 17 May 2013 07:05:29 GMT ROME, May 16, (AFP): Egyptian telecoms tycoon Naguib Sawiris and French-Tunisian financier Tarak Ben Ammar unveiled a 100-million euro ($129-million) partnership to produce and distribute films and television programmes in the Arab world and inter... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/196309/reftab/69/t/Arab-tycoons-unveil-100-mln-euro-film-partnership/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Fri, 17 May 2013 07:01:59 GMT MALMO, Sweden, May 16, (AFP): From Bonnie Tyler via a Ukrainian giant to a barefoot Dane, this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, hosted by Sweden, promises to deliver the type of glitzy spectacle that unites Europe like nothing else, short of the lo... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/196308/reftab/69/t/Sweden-scales-down-Eurovision/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Fri, 17 May 2013 07:00:18 GMT CANNES, France, May 16, (Agencies): “Harry Potter” star Emma Watson abandons magic for pole-dancing and cat burglary in Sophia Coppola’s latest movie, one of two Cannes contenders Thursday with twists on the girls-gone-wild theme. “The Bling Rin... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/196307/reftab/69/t/Girls-go-wild-in-Cannes-contenders/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Fri, 17 May 2013 06:58:43 GMT CANNES, France, May 15, (Agecnies): The Cannes film festival got underway on Wednesday with Australian director Baz Luhrmann’s 3D extravaganza “The Great Gatsby”, a lavish production eclipsing more modest launches in recent years that reflected gl... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/196261/reftab/69/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Thu, 16 May 2013 05:45:42 GMT TRIPOLI, May 15, (RTRS): In the basement of a villa in central Tripoli, young Libyans seeking an escape from violence and disorder watch an American movie classic screened using a simple projector and laptop. They may feel they have plenty to rela... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/196259/reftab/69/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Thu, 16 May 2013 05:42:08 GMT LOS ANGELES, May 15, (Agencies): Angelina Jolie has found another way to be a star. Already a UN ambassador on refugee issues and an Oscar winner, Jolie is receiving accolades from health activists, doctors and fans for her revelation that she had... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/196255/reftab/69/t/Jolie-stardom-rises-with-revelation/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Thu, 16 May 2013 05:34:41 GMT LOS ANGELES, May 15, (RTRS): The original “Star Trek” series (and its various successors) used science fiction as a way to make observations about contemporary world issues like racism, war, etc., so it’s no surprise that J.J. Abrams’ “Trek” reboo... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/196252/reftab/69/t/Thrilling-sequel-balances-fun-terror/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Thu, 16 May 2013 05:30:48 GMT WASHINGTON, May 14, (Agencies): Angelina Jolie revealed Tuesday that she has undergone a double mastectomy to reduce her high risk of breast cancer, saying she is speaking out to encourage women address threats to their health. Jolie, whose mother... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/196219/reftab/69/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Wed, 15 May 2013 04:58:43 GMT For even those most accustomed to the frenzy of celebrity, the Cannes Film Festival can be a disorienting experience. For 12 days every year, the French Rivera resort town turns into one giant seaside swirl of glamour, high art and backroom deal-mak... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/196218/reftab/69/t/Cannes-to-offer-finely-curated-buffet/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Wed, 15 May 2013 04:56:20 GMT NASHVILLE, Tenn, May 14, (AP): When the women in Pistol Annies get together, song ideas just fall out. They spent two days together recently to do promotional work for their new album, “Annie Up,” and had the makings for eight new song ideas —  ... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/196217/reftab/69/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Wed, 15 May 2013 04:54:02 GMT LONDON, May 14, (AP): J.J. Abrams is master of one universe — and he’s about to try conquering another. The director who rebooted “Star Trek” for a new generation, sending the USS Enterprise out again to explore strange new worlds, has also been p... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/196216/reftab/69/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Wed, 15 May 2013 04:52:52 GMT BEIRUT, May 13, (AP): TV singing contests around the world tend to serve up light, glitzy entertainment with a dash of emotional drama. But in the Middle East’s version of “American Idol,” it’s the region’s troubles that often take center stage. ... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/196184/reftab/69/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Tue, 14 May 2013 05:42:58 GMT LOS ANGELES, May 13, (AP): The ratings are down. Randy Jackson is out. Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj are still at it. All is not well on TV’s once dominant “American Idol,” despite a shake-up at the beginning of this season that was supposed to rej... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/196183/reftab/69/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Tue, 14 May 2013 05:35:48 GMT FLAGSTAFF, Ariz, May 13, (AP): The Hollywood image of Tonto once had the Lone Ranger’s sidekick wearing a thin headband and lots of dangling fringes. The latest Disney version has a shirtless Johnny Depp adorned with feathers, a face painted white... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/196182/reftab/69/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Tue, 14 May 2013 05:33:07 GMT LONDON, May 13, (RTRS): Ben Whishaw was named best actor at Britain’s top TV awards on Sunday, cementing his status as one of the UK’s new leading men after starring in the James Bond movie “Skyfall”, while a satire lampooning London Olymmpic orga... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/196181/reftab/69/t/Whishaw-Smith-win-big/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Tue, 14 May 2013 05:24:34 GMT MUMBAI, May 12, (AFP): As the Cannes film festival prepares to join in the celebrations for Indian cinema’s 100th birthday, one of the biggest names in modern-day Bollywood says the industry is enjoying a new golden age. Vidya Balan, the star of B... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/196149/reftab/69/t/Balan-brings-Indian-magic-to-Cannes/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Mon, 13 May 2013 05:36:45 GMT Some documentaries dig deep and rip the lid off their subject matter, revealing secrets and surprises that the audience never knew. Others tread in more familiar territory, but if they’re comprehensive and detailed enough, they can still be compelli... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/196148/reftab/69/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Mon, 13 May 2013 05:32:50 GMT NEW YORK, May 12, (RTRS): Former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson and a foul-mouthed pigeon will take to the streets to solve mysteries in Adult Swim’s new “Mike Tyson Mysteries,” one of several new shows announced by the network. Tyson joins new s... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/196147/reftab/69/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Mon, 13 May 2013 05:31:47 GMT NEW YORK, May 12, (AP): Fantasia is feeling the love — and says she hasn’t felt this good since winning “American Idol” in 2004. The singer’s fourth album, “Side Effects of You,” debuted at No. 1 and No. 2 on Billboard’s R&B/Hip-Hop and Top 200 al... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/196146/reftab/69/t/Fantasia-puts-drama-behind-her/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Mon, 13 May 2013 05:30:34 GMT PARIS, May 11, (Agencies): Lebanese director Ziad Doueiri whose award-winning film “The Attack” has been banned in his home country said on Friday that the Arab League has asked its 22 member governments to take steps to prevent the film being sho... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/196113/reftab/69/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Sun, 12 May 2013 05:11:31 GMT LOS ANGELES, May 11, (Agencies): Steven Spielberg will bring a Hollywood veteran’s eye to the more art-house Cannes Film Festival next week — but he insists he has no preconceptions and will be a strictly “democratic” jury head. The legendary film... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/196112/reftab/69/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Sun, 12 May 2013 05:09:47 GMT NEW YORK, May 11, (AP): Tobey Maguire didn’t have to go far when Leonardo DiCaprio called him about meeting to discuss an adaptation of “The Great Gatsby” with Baz Luhrmann. “I happened to live next door to Leo at the time, so it wasn’t a far jour... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/196111/reftab/69/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Sun, 12 May 2013 05:08:02 GMT LONDON, May 11, (AP): Miles and Jimi. Jimi and Miles. Fans of the late trumpet and guitar masters have long known that Miles Davis and Jimi Hendrix had been making plans to record together in the year before Hendrix’s sudden death in 1970. But les... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/196110/reftab/69/t/Hendrix-telegram-offers-new-glimpse/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Sun, 12 May 2013 05:06:45 GMT PARIS, May 10, (AFP): The Coen Brothers, Roman Polanski and Steven Soderbergh return to the Cannes Film Festival from Wednesday, with a string of younger talents snapping at their heels in the race for the coveted Palme d’Or. Baz Luhrmann’s take o... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/196101/reftab/69/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Sat, 11 May 2013 06:03:56 GMT LOS ANGELES, May 10, (RTRS): “The Great Gatsby” is heating up in tracking, social media and advance ticket sales, but it still doesn’t look like it will melt down “Iron Man 3” at the box office this weekend. Leonardo DiCaprio stars in one of the s... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/196098/reftab/69/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Sat, 11 May 2013 05:56:57 GMT LOS ANGELES, May 10, (AP): Splat pack ringleader Eli Roth takes his gory roadshow south in “Aftershock,” a lively but formulaic Chile-set chiller where a group of tourists finds themselves bloodied, bludgeoned and buried beneath a horrific earthqu... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/196095/reftab/69/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Sat, 11 May 2013 05:54:58 GMT NASHVILLE, Tenn, May 10, (Agencies): Lady Antebellum are growing up and getting sassy with their fourth studio album, “Golden,” embracing a stripped-down sound to showcase their vocal strength as they prepare for an upcoming tour with a baby on bo... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/196093/reftab/69/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Sat, 11 May 2013 05:52:31 GMT NEW YORK, May 9, (AP): F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby” is short, almost novella size. It features larger-than-life characters, glamorous extravagance and dramatic demises. On its surface, it’s the most Hollywood-friendly of the great Amer... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/196059/reftab/69/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Fri, 10 May 2013 08:16:55 GMT LOS ANGELES, May 9, (RTRS):  Australian filmmaker Baz Luhrmann brings to life F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic American novel, “The Great Gatsby” which opens in US theaters Friday before unspooling at the Cannes Film Festival on May 15. The film reun... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/196058/reftab/69/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Fri, 10 May 2013 08:14:23 GMT LOS ANGELES, May 9, (RTRS): Ditch Spock’s ears. Lose the wacky costumes. Don’t have characters spend so much time yakking on the bridge of the Enterprise. That’s the sort of advice Paramount is heeding as it opened its sci-fi epic “Star Trek Into ... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/196057/reftab/69/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Fri, 10 May 2013 08:07:39 GMT MILAN, May 9, (RTRS): Ottavio Missoni, founder of the global family fashion empire that spawned the no-bra look and revolutionised textile patterns with its trademark bold stripes and zig-zag patterns, died on Thursday aged 92. A company spokeswom... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/196056/reftab/69/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Fri, 10 May 2013 08:06:35 GMT If any piece of classic American literature should be depicted on film with wildly decadent and boldly inventive style, it’s “The Great Gatsby.” After all, who was the character of Jay Gatsby himself if not a spinner of grandiose tales and a peddler... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/196014/reftab/69/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Thu, 09 May 2013 05:37:17 GMT LOS ANGELES, May 8, (Agencies): “Zero Dark Thirty” (ZDT) screenwriter Mark Boal acquiesced to CIA requests to change material in the film that would have reflected poorly on the agency, according to a newly declassified memo. The drama’s depiction... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/196013/reftab/69/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Thu, 09 May 2013 05:35:23 GMT LONDON, May 8, (Agencies): Director J.J. Abrams is hoping to persuade mainstream film audiences to boldly go where they have never gone before and embrace the next instalment of “Star Trek”, a franchise usually reserved for sci-fi geeks. The man b... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/196012/reftab/69/t/Abrams-aims-to-win-non-sci-fi-fans/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Thu, 09 May 2013 05:33:53 GMT BEVERLY HILLS, Calif, May 8, (AP): Rod Stewart has never shied from the spotlight, but on this day, the famously cheeky rocker wants a softer glow. He’s waiting to be interviewed on camera about his first album of original music in almost 20 years... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/196011/reftab/69/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Thu, 09 May 2013 05:30:22 GMT NEW YORK, May 7, (RTRS): It is hailed as “the great American novel,” but so far “The Great Gatsby” has defied attempts by some of Hollywood’s top filmmakers to bring its lyrically romantic story and tragic characters to cinematic life. But that di... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/195975/reftab/69/t/Director-takes-on-challenging-classic/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Wed, 08 May 2013 05:44:45 GMT Baz Luhrman’s swooping, swooning, hyper-kinetic adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby” has some critics reaching for the Dramamine. The film is a $127 million bet by Warner Bros. that audiences really, really loved high school Englis... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/195974/reftab/69/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Wed, 08 May 2013 05:42:52 GMT STOCKHOLM, May 7, (Agencies): Sweden’s iconic disco group ABBA has no plan for a reunion, but a new Stockholm museum opened on Tuesday offers the second-best opportunity to experience the foursome on stage. “In the museum you can see us together a... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/195973/reftab/69/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Wed, 08 May 2013 05:41:17 GMT LOS ANGELES, May 7, (AP): Isabella Rossellini’s search for the meaning of maternal instinct in “Mammas” looks at nine animals where things like polygamy, lying and dying convince her that “anything goes.” The program timed to air Mother’s Day on t... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/195972/reftab/69/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Wed, 08 May 2013 05:40:07 GMT SHEIKH HASSAN, where are your missiles? Where are the thousands of missiles fired into Tel Aviv and other parts of Israel? Where are the thousands of Ayoub airplanes? Where are the surprises you promised the Zionist foes if they hurt your group and ... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/195947/reftab/69/t/Sheikh-Hassan-the-forthcoming-incident-will-be-more-grave/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Tue, 07 May 2013 05:35:36 GMT KABUL, May 6, (RTRS): More than 400 Afghan women and girls jumped from their seats, screaming and even headbanging to rock and rap music at an all-female music festival in the capital of Kabul, which organisers say was the largest such event in th... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/195944/reftab/69/t/Afghan-female-fest-triumphs/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Tue, 07 May 2013 05:32:48 GMT LOS ANGELES, May 6, (RTRS): The School of Visual Arts in New York City leads all schools in this year’s Student Academy Awards competition, which has been narrowed down to a list of finalists released by the Academy on Wednesday. Five films produc... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/195942/reftab/69/t/NYC-school-tops-Student-Oscars/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Tue, 07 May 2013 05:30:40 GMT LOS ANGELES, May 6, (RTRS): As the new “Star Wars” movie gets ready for production, visual effects giant Industrial Light & Magic is looking at opening a facility in the United Kingdom to take advantage of foreign tax subsidies, the company told T... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/195940/reftab/69/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Tue, 07 May 2013 05:29:11 GMT SAN FRANCISCO, May 6, (AFP): YouTube is proving to be a powerful launch pad for a new generation of Internet-savvy music stars from Psy to Macklemore and beyond. The Google-owned video-sharing website has catapulted Psy, Macklemore, Justin Bieber ... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/195938/reftab/69/t/Singers-find-fame-at-YouTube/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Tue, 07 May 2013 05:28:02 GMT Richard Kuklinski was a killer for hire who once claimed that he had, during the course of his lethal career in the New York and New Jersey underworld, sent more than 100 victims to their final rest. He was convicted for five of those deaths in 19... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/195899/reftab/69/t/Shannon-shines-as-family-man-killer/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Mon, 06 May 2013 05:03:41 GMT A documentary so loving and unquestioning of its subject that it could play on permanent loop in the shoe department, “Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf’s” is an unabashed valentine to one of Manhattan’s preeminent temples of commerce. If pretty clothes,... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/195898/reftab/69/t/Glitzy-documentary-gives-label-names-the-floor-space/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Mon, 06 May 2013 05:01:14 GMT SALT LAKE CITY, May 5, (AP): The row of brick storefronts on Salt Lake City’s 2nd South appear ordinary, hardly worth mention or notice, but on Saturday mornings, one of them doesn’t sound ordinary. Strains of classical music played by a string or... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/195897/reftab/69/t/Salt-Lake-school-changing-lives/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Mon, 06 May 2013 05:00:03 GMT NEW YORK, May 5, (AP): Crosby, Stills and Nash surprised the audience with a new look when they walked onstage dressed in dark gray Brooks Brothers suits for a benefit concert with Wynton Marsalis’ Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. “If you laugh... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/195896/reftab/69/t/Crosby-Stills-and-Nash-get-jazzy/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Mon, 06 May 2013 04:58:39 GMT The message behind most romantic comedies is the simple-minded sentiment that love is all you need. So when Danish filmmaker Susanne Bier takes that title for a departure from somber drama to romance, you might expect her to deliver it with some ser... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/195862/reftab/69/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Sun, 05 May 2013 05:07:26 GMT LONDON, May 4, (RTRS): The crew of USS Enterprise beamed into London for the premiere of the sci-fi sequel “Star Trek Into Darkness” with critics saying on Friday that the eagerly-awaited film proved the franchise could still live long and prosper... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/195861/reftab/69/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Sun, 05 May 2013 05:05:30 GMT NEW YORK, May 4, (RTRS): Ask a group of pro wrestling fans to name their favorite lord of the ring and you might get 10 different answers. Older fans grew up idolizing Hulk Hogan, Andre the Giant and “Nature Boy” Ric Flair while newer fans might l... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/195860/reftab/69/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Sun, 05 May 2013 05:04:38 GMT LOS ANGELES, May 4, (RTRS): The Rolling Stones rocked a packed house in Los Angeles on Friday on the opening night of their North American “50 and Counting” tour, but only after websites slashed ticket prices and the band released additional cheap... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/195859/reftab/69/t/Stones-rock-packed-house-in-LA/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Sun, 05 May 2013 05:03:22 GMT LOS ANGELES, May 3, (RTRS): “Iron Man 3”, Robert Downey Jr’s fourth outing as “Avengers” frontman Tony Stark, appears to be a solid and entertaining, even if slightly flawed, Marvel movie in the eyes of the country’s top critics. Out of 130 review... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/195842/reftab/69/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Sat, 04 May 2013 06:30:23 GMT PARIS, May 3, (AFP): Director Ken Loach is not impressed. “Happy films for happy people” is the withering verdict of the man who made his name with the likes of “Cathy Come Home” and “Kes” on much of today’s film and television. Movies and program... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/195841/reftab/69/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Sat, 04 May 2013 06:28:12 GMT MUMBAI, May 3, (AFP): India’s movie industry toasted its 100th birthday on Friday with the release of two films celebrating its humble origins in the silent era and the influence of glamorous modern-day Bollywood. “Bombay Talkies” comprises four s... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/195840/reftab/69/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Sat, 04 May 2013 06:26:25 GMT WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif, May 3, (AP): Will.i.am wants to be known as a maker — not just of music, but things, from cars to headphones. The Black Eyed Peas frontman is computer chip-maker Intel’s “director of creative innovation.” He’s also partnered... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/195839/reftab/69/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Sat, 04 May 2013 06:24:58 GMT LOS ANGELES, May 2, (RTRS): The latest big-screen adaptation of “The Great Gatsby” got its world premiere in New York on Wednesday, kicking off what film director Baz Luhrmann hopes will be a summer of extravagant Gatsby-inspired parties. “Is ther... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/195815/reftab/69/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Fri, 03 May 2013 07:13:31 GMT TOKYO, May 2, (RTRS): Mystery shadows “A Teaspoon of Earth and Sea”, a novel about a girl growing up in rural post-revolutionary Iran while dreaming about her identical twin sister and the wonderful life she must be leading in the United States — ... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/195814/reftab/69/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Fri, 03 May 2013 07:11:26 GMT MUMBAI, May 2, (RTRS): Indian director Dibakar Banerjee has marked 100 years of Indian cinema with a short film inspired by a story written by Oscar-winning filmmaker Satyajit Ray. Banerjee has adapted the story “Patol Babu, Film Star”, about a mi... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/195813/reftab/69/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Fri, 03 May 2013 07:09:30 GMT SAINT-PETERSBURG, May 2, (AFP): Russia’s famous Mariinsky theatre in Saint Petersburg was to inaugurate a new ballet and opera house on Thursday in an event coinciding with the 60th birthday of its hugely ambitious and well-connected director Vale... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/195812/reftab/69/t/Mariinsky-Theater-unveils-new-stage/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Fri, 03 May 2013 07:08:07 GMT In the galaxy of big-screen superheros  — a rather glum lot  — Robert Downey Jr.’s Iron Man is the snappy one. He’s the sarcastic, motor-mouthed, preening, self-referential do-gooder, as opposed to all those self-serious crusaders. No matter how muc... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/195763/reftab/69/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Thu, 02 May 2013 06:05:51 GMT There’s something of the old married couple about Gwyneth Paltrow and Robert Downey Jr, though they’re married to other people. They’ve known each other for 20 years, through bad times (his) and good (hers all along and now his, too). They’re cozy a... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/195760/reftab/69/t/Downey-Paltrow-forge-ironclad-bond/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Thu, 02 May 2013 06:03:56 GMT MUMBAI, May 1, (RTRS): As India celebrates 100 years of cinema, Anurag Kashyap is one of four leading filmmakers collaborating on a Bollywood project that shows what the movies have meant to them. “Bombay Talkies”, which opens in cinemas on Friday... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/195759/reftab/69/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Thu, 02 May 2013 06:02:08 GMT LL Cool J, “Authentic” (429 Records) LL Cool J knows how to play well with others. On his 13th studio album, “Authentic,” he delivers an eclectic mix of songs with a variety of guest singers that elevate the material to a worthy listening experi... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/195758/reftab/69/t/LL-Cool-J-delivers-authentic-album/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Thu, 02 May 2013 06:00:19 GMT SHANGHAI, April 30, (RTRS): When superhero film “Iron Man 3” makes its Chinese debut, it will include top Chinese actress Fan Bingbing and some footage shot inside China — additions aimed at tapping into the country’s lucrative and booming cinema ... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/195719/reftab/69/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Wed, 01 May 2013 05:36:36 GMT LOS ANGELES, April 30, (RTRS): Robert Downey Jr is donning his Iron Man suit one more time, Captain Kirk is back on the bridge of the Starship Enterprise, and the “Hangover” crew are headed for another bout of mayhem and bad decisions. A summer ... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/195718/reftab/69/t/Summer-of-familiar-faces-returns/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Wed, 01 May 2013 05:35:21 GMT MUMBAI, April 30, (AFP): As Indian cinema turns 100 years old, one powerful Bollywood dynasty can trace the roots of their stardom almost right back to the birth of the national film industry. “We have been there throughout. All the milestones of ... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/195717/reftab/69/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Wed, 01 May 2013 05:33:38 GMT LOS ANGELES, April 30, (RTRS):   This year’s Tribeca Film Festival began on April 17 with a rock ‘n’ roll movie, “Mistaken for Strangers,” and had its official closing-night gala on Saturday with the appearance of Martin Scorsese, Robert De Niro an... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/195716/reftab/69/t/5-lessons-from-Tribeca-film-fest/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Wed, 01 May 2013 05:32:22 GMT LONDON, April 29, (AP): Helen Mirren was crowned queen of the London stage at the Olivier Awards Sunday, while compelling, canine-titled teen drama “The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time” emerged as best in show with seven trophies. Mi... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/195687/reftab/69/t/Mirren-reigns-at-Olivier-Awards/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Tue, 30 Apr 2013 06:06:05 GMT COLUMBIA, South Carolina, April 29, (AP): An intriguing peek into the daily scribbles and life of author F. Scott Fitzgerald is now available online, just weeks before the opening of the movie “The Great Gatsby.” Researchers from the University of... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/195683/reftab/69/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Tue, 30 Apr 2013 06:02:37 GMT LOS ANGELES, April 29, (RTRS): The biggest drama in soap operas these days isn’t who’s cheating, fighting amnesia, or waking up from a coma. It’s whether the baackstabbing and love triangles that hooked afternoon TV viewers will work on the Intern... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/195680/reftab/69/t/Two-soap-operas-revived-online/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Tue, 30 Apr 2013 05:36:09 GMT LONDON, April 29, (Agencies): Scottish singer-songwriter Emeli Sande scored a new chart record on Sunday with her debut album after a stellar year in Britain that has paved the way for her next challenge — the US market. Sande smashed a record hel... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/195679/reftab/69/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Tue, 30 Apr 2013 05:31:50 GMT FLAGSTAFF, Ariz, April 28, (Agencies):  In the new translation of “Star Wars,” Darth Vader is Luke’s bizhe’e. The classic 1977 film that launched a science fiction empire and revealed the force within a farm boy who battles evil has been dubbed in... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/195647/reftab/69/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Mon, 29 Apr 2013 05:03:49 GMT MUMBAI, April 28, (AFP): One hundred years after the screening of a black-and-white silent film, India’s brash, song-and-dance-laden Bollywood film industry celebrates its centenary later this week. The milestone will be marked with the release ... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/195646/reftab/69/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Mon, 29 Apr 2013 05:01:03 GMT NEW YORK, April 28, (AP): Appearing on Broadway for the first time in 30 years, Bette Midler doesn’t stand up to greet her audience. She chooses to remain reclined. “I’m not getting up,” she says by way of warning. “It’s my house, you get up. Only... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/195645/reftab/69/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Mon, 29 Apr 2013 04:59:26 GMT NEW ORLEANS, April 28, (RTRS): Musician Troy Andrews, better known as “Trombone Shorty,” witnessed his first New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival at age 12— not from the viewing area but on stage. “I was playing with my brother’s brass band,” said... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/195644/reftab/69/t/Andrews-carries-on-jazz-tradition/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Mon, 29 Apr 2013 04:56:58 GMT LOS ANGELES, April 27, (AP): Hollywood is banking on the future this summer — and not just a future where Capt. Kirk orders warp speed or Tony Stark builds a better Iron Man outfit. Though some film franchises seem to live on forever, most come wi... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/195611/reftab/69/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Sun, 28 Apr 2013 04:59:57 GMT The story of a sympathetic fugitive who forges a bond with two teenage boys near a mighty river down South, “Mud” is shot through with traditional qualities of American literature and drama. Jeff Nichols’ much-anticipated follow-up to his breakthrou... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/195610/reftab/69/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Sun, 28 Apr 2013 04:57:24 GMT LOS ANGELES, April 27, (RTRS): The biggest drama in soap operas these days isn’t who’s cheating, fighting amnesia, or waking up from a coma. It’s whether the backstabbing and love triangles that hooked afternoon TV viewers will work on the Interne... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/195609/reftab/69/t/2-soap-operas-woo-viewers-online/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Sun, 28 Apr 2013 04:55:14 GMT NASHVILLE, Tennessee, April 27, (AP): George Jones, the peerless, hard-living country singer who recorded dozens of hits about good times and regrets and peaked with the heartbreaking classic “He Stopped Loving Her Today,” has died. He was 81. Jon... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/195608/reftab/69/t/Country-superstar-Jones-dies-at-81/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Sun, 28 Apr 2013 04:53:09 GMT The Norwegian directing team of Joachim Roenning and Espen Sandberg, whose biopic of World War II resistance fighter Max Manus was a huge hit on home turf, have turned to another native hero for “Kon-Tiki.” One of the most-vaunted escapades of the 2... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/195575/reftab/69/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Sat, 27 Apr 2013 03:54:43 GMT LOS ANGELES, April 26, (Agencies): You could argue that the opening-weekend box office for “The Reluctant Fundamentalist” could be either hurt or helped by the recent alleged actions of a pair of not-so-reluctant ones in Boston, but this isn’t a f... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/195574/reftab/69/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Sat, 27 Apr 2013 03:50:44 GMT NEW YORK, April 26, (RTRS): The Australian film “The Rocket” picked up two top honors on Thursday at the Tribeca Film Awards, winning best narrative feature and best actor for the performance of a non-professional child actor. The film, set in L... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/195573/reftab/69/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Sat, 27 Apr 2013 03:46:54 GMT CORAL GABLES, Florida, (AP): Reggaeton star Don Omar was the top winner of the Billboard Latin Music Awards, though the bigger star of the show might have been the one who wasn’t there: The late Mexican-American singer Jenni Rivera. Don Omar too... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/195572/reftab/69/t/Don-Omar-tops-Latin-awards/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Sat, 27 Apr 2013 03:45:27 GMT LOS ANGELES, April 25, (Agencies): Summer means popcorn movies, superheroes and sequels at the box office. But before the season begins, specialty labels jockey to get their films into prime counter-programming position, and this week a slew of hi... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/195563/reftab/69/t/Indies-crowd-summer-box-office/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Fri, 26 Apr 2013 07:37:51 GMT LOS ANGELES, April 25, (AFP): Three decades after “Midnight’s Children” catapulted Salman Rushdie to literary glory, a film of the novel feels like “closing the circle” after his dark years in hiding, he says. But while fatwa-free life is now “p... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/195562/reftab/69/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Fri, 26 Apr 2013 07:35:13 GMT There’s a siege mentality about Michael Bay’s movies, as though viewers are the enemy holed up in a bunker and he’s the guy ordering heavy-metal music around-the-clock to wear down our morale and force us to surrender. Bay’s true-crime caper “Pain &... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/195561/reftab/69/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Fri, 26 Apr 2013 07:34:08 GMT NEW YORK, April 25, (AP): For a week in May, YouTube will turn into the biggest open mic on the planet. On Thursday, the Google Inc-owned site will announce the YouTube Comedy Week, a seven-day cyber extravaganza designed to showcase some of the... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/195560/reftab/69/t/YouTube-to-present-comedy-week/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Fri, 26 Apr 2013 07:32:58 GMT LOS ANGELES, April 24, (RTRS):  After battling grandiose villains and teaming up with other superheroes, it’s back-to-basics for “Iron Man” in the third installment of the multi-million-dollar franchise featuring Robert Downey Jr. “Iron Man 3,” wh... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/195502/reftab/69/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Thu, 25 Apr 2013 04:39:10 GMT LOS ANGELES, April 24, (RTRS):  Nia Vardalos of “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” dropped out of acting to focus on adopting a baby from the American foster system. At first she hid her experience like the growth on her cousin Nick’s neck in the movie. B... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/195501/reftab/69/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Thu, 25 Apr 2013 04:34:39 GMT NEW YORK, April 24, (Agencies): The dark comedy “Trust Me,” playing at the Tribeca Film Festival, paints an uncomfortable picture of backstabbing and subterfuge in the film industry that drew from all — and none — of creator Clark Gregg’s personal... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/195500/reftab/69/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Thu, 25 Apr 2013 04:30:51 GMT LOS ANGELES, April 24, (RTRS): After winning a Best Actor Oscar for playing a stuttering British royal in 2010 film “The King’s Speech,” Colin Firth is back on screen as a character who appears ordinary to the point of boring in indie drama “Arthu... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/195499/reftab/69/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Thu, 25 Apr 2013 04:28:48 GMT NEW YORK, April 23, (Agencies): Haifaa Al Mansour had to go to great lengths to make the groundbreaking Saudi film “Wadjda” — and not only because it is the first feature made entirely in Saudi Arabia and the first directed by a Saudi woman. Becau... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/195496/reftab/69/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Wed, 24 Apr 2013 06:57:58 GMT PARIS, April 23, (Agencies): Here is a list of the feature films selected for the Directors’ Fortnight sidebar to the main competition at next month’s Cannes Film Festival. The May 16-26 competition is organised by France’s Film Directors’ Guild w... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/195495/reftab/69/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Wed, 24 Apr 2013 06:52:00 GMT LOS ANGELES, April 23, (RTRS): The family of notorious mass hitman Richard “The Iceman” Kuklinski never saw him again after he was incarcerated in 1986, but Ariel Vroman, co-writer, co-producer and director of the new starring drama “The Iceman,” ... http://arabtimesonline.com/NewsDetails/tabid/96/smid/414/ArticleID/195490/reftab/69/Default.aspx siraj mohammed Wed, 24 Apr 2013 06:44:49 GMT