Tue 21 December 2021: The MDLBeast festival in Saudi Arabia drew 732,000 people over four days, making it one of the world’s largest music festivals, according to Turki Al al-Sheikh, Chairman of the Kingdom’s General Entertainment Authority (GEA). “With the attendance of more than 732,000 and the participation of 200 international artists… the largest music […]
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Mon 20 December 2021: The United Arab Emirates announced on December 19 that it will no longer censor films released in theaters, marking the country’s latest effort to improve its image as a liberal hotspot that attracts international visitors. Instead of deleting sensitive scenes that may offend traditional Islamic sensibilities, the Emirati Media Regulatory Authority […]
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Fri 17 December 2021: Miss World 2021 finale has been temporarily postponed after several contestants tested positive for Covid. The announcement was made on Thursday, just hours before the event was scheduled to start. The contestants are currently in isolation in Puerto Rico, where the finale was scheduled to take place. “Keeping in mind the […]
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Mon 13 December 2021: Harnaaz Sandhu of India has been crowned the 70th Miss Universe, beating out a field of 80 contestants in a pageant marred by politics and the pandemic. Andrea Meza of Mexico, the previous Miss Universe, crowned her successor, a 21-year-old model, early Monday in the Israeli Red Sea resort town of […]
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Sun 12 December 2021: Winners at the 34th European Film Awards were announced Saturday with “Quo Vadis, Aida?” winning best film. Jasmila Zbanic’s film tells the story of genocide in Srebrenitsa and received two more awards at the ceremony. “Quo Vadis, Aida?” takes place at a U.N. base in the city of Srebrenica, Bosnia-Herzegovina, during the […]
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Tue 07 December 2021: Saudi Arabia launched its first major film festival Sunday, less than four years after easing a ban on cinemas and eyeing a lucrative new business. Movie theaters were closed for decades until April 2018, but performers and filmmakers will walk the red carpet at Jeddah’s Red Sea International Film Festival for […]
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Tue 30 November 2021: Lindsay Lohan has announced her engagement to Bader Shammas, a Dubai resident, via Instagram. With a photo of the couple looking happy and locked in an embrace, Lohan announced her engagement to boyfriend Shammas and showed off a traditional oval diamond ring. “My love. My life. My family. My future,” the […]
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Mon 29 November 2021: Event organized in association with Turkey’s Culture and Tourism Ministry, AA its global communication partner The 4th International Red Crescent Amity Short Film Festival will kick off in the Turkish metropolis of Istanbul on Thursday. The event, which will run Dec. 2-5, is being organized in collaboration with Turkey’s Culture and […]
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Sun 28 November 2021: Comedian Munawar Faruqui today indicated he may not do any more shows, after at least 12 of his shows were cancelled in the last two months due to threats from right-wing groups. The latest show to be cancelled was scheduled today in Bengaluru, where the police asked the organisers to call […]
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Thu 18 November 2021: With the growing calls for action against Vir Das for his new comedy monologue, the comedian joins the ever-expanding list of artistes who faced controversies, threats and legal troubles for their content about prevalent issues of India. Mr Das, who recently performed at the John F Kennedy Centre in Washington DC, […]
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