Fri 26 February 2021: After a delay of more than a year, The Red Sea International Film Festival has finally found its place on 2021’s calendar. The first edition of the fest will take place from 11 to 20 November in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Originally set to debut in March 2020, the festival was postponed due […]
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Tue 23 February 2021: An upcoming Turkish film festival will honor the lives of seven Muslim scientists who were pioneers in the field of medicine. They include: Ibn Sina, the father of modern medicine; Al Biruni, a renowned polymath; Ibn al Jazzar, who was the first to diagnose leprosy; Ibn al Nafis, who was the […]
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Sat 20 February 2021: Reality TV star Kim Kardashian has filed for divorce from rapper Kanye West after almost seven years of marriage, bringing to an end one of the world’s most recognisable duos in entertainment with a social media following in the hundreds of millions and a number of political and big-business ventures. Celebrity […]
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Tue 16 February 2021: The Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture, Nathi Mthethwa, has congratulated South African filmmakers for the short film “Address Unknown” being selected to participate in the 2021 Pan African Film Festival (PAFF) taking place in Los Angeles in the United States. This is America’s largest and most prestigious black film festival. […]
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Sat 06 February 2021: Canadian theater, film and television actor Christopher Plummer died in the US at the age of 91. His manager Lou Pitt announced that the actor passed away at his home in Connecticut on Friday. Christopher Plummer, who starred in The Sound of Music, won an Oscar for Beginners and was nominated for All the Money […]
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Thu 21 January 2021: Netflix saw the number of its paid subscribers surpassing 200 million in the final quarter of last year, according to its financial results statement. The achievement comes after Netflix saw spectacular growth in the first half of 2020. But as it celebrates passing the 200 million subscriber mark, Netflix is also […]
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Sun 10 January 2021: Kemal Tekden says role of sub-continent Muslims will be highlighted in series about Turkish war for independence A Turkish production company is set to produce a new historical television series after the superhit series, Resurrection: Ertugrul, attracted large global viewership. Turki Lala, a series proposed by Turkey and Pakistan, will highlight […]
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Mon 04 January 2021: Actress Tanya Roberts has died. Best known for her roles as a Bond girl and on “That ’70s Show,” Roberts died Sunday after a brief hospitalization,She was 65. Tanya also enjoyed small-screen star turns in both Charlie’s Angels and That ’70s Show. First reported by TMZ and confirmed by Entertainment Tonight, Roberts reportedly passed away from […]
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Fri 01 January 2021: Restaurant decorated with pictures of characters from historical fiction and adventure series A Muslim entrepreneur in southern India has named his new restaurant Ertugrul after the lead character of a popular Turkish TV series. Javid Khan told Anadolu Agency that people in the city of Hyderabad enjoy watching the historical fiction […]
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Sat 26 December 2020: Michael Jackson’s famed Neverland Ranch in California has finally sold, more than 10 years after the death of the pop star who abandoned the property following his trial on charges of molesting a young boy there. Billionaire investor Ron Burkle, a former family friend of Jackson, recently bought the sprawling 1,100 […]
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