Entertainment

LISBON, Portugal, May 12, (Agencies): The kitsch is conspicuously absent this year and the usual extravagant stage effects are nowhere to be seen. Could the Eurovision Song Contest finally be focusing on the music? The annual Euro-pop fest has long been the glittery home of outlandish costumes, high-voltage stage effects, …

New York, May 11, 2018 (AFP) – Spotify on Thursday announced it would no longer feature R. Kelly songs in its playlists or user recommendations, after the Time’s Up movement for gender equality urged the music business to dump the R&B star over sexual abuse allegations. The move marks the …

LOS ANGELES, May 10, (Agencies): Saudi Arabia may be the biggest star at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. The Arab kingdom, which is hosting three panels at the film gathering ranging from theatrical distribution to digital content, has taken up a sprawling space at the Marche du Film, and is …

Hajji refuses to give up on her dream KUWAIT CITY, May 9, (AFP): Amani Hajji is nothing if not stubborn: for 20 years, she has refused to give up on her dream of making opera mainstream in her native Kuwait. A soprano by training, and with her trademark bob haircut, …

Samer Arzouni is an entrepreneur and award-winning filmmaker, with over 12 years of experience in the industry, having worked on a wide variety of content and formats, ranging from documentaries to reality TV. He started off working with news and general entertainment networks, producing a variety of current affairs pieces …

A few good women: female filmmakers at Cannes CANNES, France, May 8, (Agencies): The 71st Cannes Film Festival is opening with the premiere of Asghar Farhadi’s “Everybody Knows,” starring Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem, but much of the drama at this year’s festival is off screen. The shadow of disgraced …

The well known popular Konkani writer, director and singer of repute, Francis de Tuem will present his 6th Konkani drama “Konnak Patieupachem?” (Whom to Trust?) under the auspices of Kala Mogui Kuwait (KMK) on Friday, May 11, 2018 (2 shows at 3:30 pm (houseful) and 7:30 pm (by public demand) …

‘Manto was an honest man who wrote what he saw’ MUMBAI, May 7, (AFP): When Indian actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui walks the red carpet at Cannes he may take a moment to ponder just how far he has come and where he is headed. In just over a decade, Siddiqui has …

Aerosmith drew a huge crowd and smaller but still packed crowds boogied to Cage the Elephant, Delbert McClinton and Anita Baker and a rousing mix of other musical acts as the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival wound up its next-to-last day. Once a relatively small affair, the festival now …

‘Overboard,’ the Goldie Hawn-Kurt Russell romantic comedy that came out in 1987, was not an especially popular movie at the time (it grossed just $27 million). But in the years since it has become a kind of comfort-food ’80s touchstone that a lot of people enjoy going back to; you …