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Gaza audiences enjoy first night out at the movies in 20 years
Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are enjoying their first night out at the movies since political tensions led to the torching of cinemas in the enclave 20 years ago.
Hollywood blockbusters have yet to return...
Chris Rock transforms Oscars into biting racial commentary
Comedian Chris Rock launched his return stint as Oscar host on Sunday by immediately and unabashedly confronting the racially charged elephant in the room - the furor over the all-white field of performers nominated...
Leonardo DiCaprio finally wins Oscar gold
Hollywood A-lister Leonardo DiCaprio finally snagged Oscars gold on Sunday, 22 years after his first Academy Award nomination -- proving he really is not just a pretty face.
Though one of the world's biggest and...
Global art market bounces back after 10% slump in 2015
The art market has bounced back worldwide after prices slumped by more than 10 percent last year as investors look for a safer alternative to falling stock markets, the leading index Artprice said Friday.
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Damning diversity report uncovers ‘whitewashed’ Hollywood
Hollywood is suffering an "epidemic of invisibility" among ethnic minorities, women and LGBT people, a new study showed Monday, just days ahead of the film industry's glittering Oscars awards night.
From the boardrooms of film...
Saudi film “Barakah yoqabil Barakah” shown at Berlin festival
It's rare that a Saudi Arabian film is shown at a major film festival, but Mahmoud Sabbagh's "Barakah yoqabil Barakah" (Barakah Meets Barakah) has given Berlin a lighthearted look at the challenges of romance...
Colombian street artists graffiti for peace
A pineapple that looks strikingly like a grenade is spray-painted on one wall, while another is splashed with carnations sprouting from rifle barrels.
As Colombia seeks a historic peace agreement to end five decades of...
The Revenant storms to top of US box office
The Revenant has stormed to the top of the US box office in a weekend affected by the East Coast snow storm.
The Oscar nominated film, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, is about a frontiersman fighting for...
Blur singer Damon Albarn to reunite Syrian orchestra for WWI concert
British singer Damon Albarn is to reunite the Syrian National Orchestra for Arabic Music, whose members have been forced to flee the country's civil war, as part of the World War I centenary celebrations.
The...
George Clooney: Oscars are ‘moving backwards’
Oscar-winning actor George Clooney has accused the Academy Awards of "moving in the wrong direction" amid controversy over lack of diversity.
For the second year running, no black or minority actors have been nominated in...
