NEW YORK, Dec 23, (AFP): Facebook announced a licensing deal Thursday with Universal Music Group, its first with a major label, as the social media giant promised more personalized, interactive music features for its two billion users. The move marks a new foray into music by Facebook, which despite its …
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Hamada acts in ‘Al-Bait Al-Maskoun’ 3 play KUWAIT CITY, Dec 21: Popular Kuwaiti singer Nawal Al-Kuwaitiyya will participate in the operetta for Khaleej 23 Championship which will be hosted by Kuwait, reports Al-Nahar daily. Fahad Al-Nasser composed the operetta with the participation of several singers including Abdulkarim AbdulQader, Nabel Shuail, …
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Stars make the most of final chapter of trilogy A great many people who now know the term “a cappella” probably didn’t before “Pitch Perfect,” in 2012, charmed and annoyed and tickled us with its happy skewed fusion of sunburst harmony and junior-catfight kitsch. Yet the “Pitch Perfect” franchise hasn’t …
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At the so-thrilling-you-won’t-quite-believe-youreyes climax of “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” (I mean that literally: It’s thrilling, and you won’t completely believe what you’re seeing), there’s a lightsaber duel, as there has been so many times before, even in the middle of some very mediocre “Star Wars” films. The duel is …
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More than two decades after Robin Williams conquered that pesky board game, “Jumanji” has been resurrected with more and glossier stars (Dwayne Johnson, Kevin Hart and Jack Black), a comedy director and a “modern” twist. The result, “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle ,” is a very sweet, and generally entertaining …
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LOS ANGELES, Dec 16, (RTRS): Not everyone wants chestnuts for Christmas. If you’re looking for some holiday music that hasn’t already been said many times, many ways, we’ve surveyed 15 newly released holiday music collections, including superlative sets of all-original material from pop auteur Sia and rock underdogs the Minus …
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LOS ANGELES, Dec 16, (AFP): It is the most intense, critically-acclaimed role of her career, but Diane Kruger hardly had to act at all to play a griefstricken woman robbed of her family in a bombing. Kruger was filming “In the Fade” — Fatih Akin’s German thriller about a woman …
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LOS ANGELES/DUBAI, Dec 13, (Agencies): DUBAI, United Arab Emirates The 14th Dubai Int’l Film Festival handed out prizes Dec 13 at an afternoon awards ceremony preceding the evening gala premiere of “Star Wars: The Last Jedi.” The Muhr feature jury, headed by prominent German actress Martina Gedeck, gave the best …
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Prince William and Prince Harry joined the cast of “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” at the film’s European premiere Tuesday, delighting fans who braved the London cold for a glimpse of Hollywood stars and British royalty. But cast and crew were silent on reports that the royal siblings make a …
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TOKYO, Dec 13, (AFP): A tiny replica of an ancient Egyptian sarcophagus and a plastic cat squatting on sushi: just two of the weird-and-wonderful capsule toys that have become a multi-million-dollar craze in cute-obsessed Japan. The industry is now worth an estimated 30 billion yen ($265 million), with the fastidious …
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ARAB TIMES – KUWAIT NEWS THE FIRST ENGLISH LANGUAGE DAILY IN FREE KUWAIT
