Rakha Rahman, an Indian composer, singer-songwriter, music producer, musician and philanthropist, was in Jeddah recently on a two-day visit. He arrived in Jeddah after finishing a performance in New York. On arrival he went to Makkah and later to (...)
The year's biggest night for red carpet glamour included something for everybody in bold color and soft shades, frothy wonders and sleek, body hugging looks. And there was, of course, plenty of sparkle.
"I was really taken by the super fitted (...)
winning Australian actress Cate Blanchett takes her first steps on the Paris stage on Thursday, playing a lonesome woman in the lead role of the surreal 1970s play “Big and Small”.
Written by German playwright Botho Strauss in west Berlin before (...)
winning British actress Judi Dench, who has revealed she is suffering from a degenerative eye condition, played down concern over her sight Monday, saying she was not going blind.
In an interview published Saturday, Dench said an age-related (...)
winning Hollywood star Cate Blanchett and playwright husband Andrew Upton are to leave their roles as co-artistic directors of Australia's most prestigious theater company. The high-profile couple, who are credited with turning around the Sydney (...)
winner Gene Hackman was briefly hospitalized with bumps and bruises Friday after a pickup truck bumped him from behind while he was riding a bicycle in the Florida Keys, his publicist said. The 81-year-old Hackman was airlifted to a Miami hospital (...)
nominated actress Helena Bonham Carter led the list of recipients of Britain's New Year's honors Saturday.
Bonham Carter received a CBE, or Commander of the Order of the British Empire award — one step below a knighthood — after the most successful (...)
winning Hollywood mega-star Angelina Jolie says she's lucky to have survived her younger days when she dabbled in “dangerous” things, but says there's a part of her that is still a “bad girl.”
“I went through heavier, darker times and I survived (...)
winning actress Shirley MacLaine will be honored with the American Film Institute's Lifetime Achievement Award, the group announced Sunday.
MacLaine, 77, will be presented with the prestigious honor from the Los Angeles-based US film arts and (...)
nominated for her role in the 1985 movie “The Color Purple”. She also produced the Broadway stage version of “The Color Purple” and the movies “Beloved” and “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push' by Sapphire”. Other Oprah Winfrey projects include her (...)
winning US actress Julia Roberts will join Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's drive to introduce 100 million clean cook stoves around the world by 2020, the State Department said Friday.
Roberts and the chief US diplomat “will help to bring (...)
winning actress Elizabeth Taylor has been admitted to a Los Angeles hospital to treat congestive heart failure, the latest in a long history of serious medical problems.
Taylor, 78, was admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center earlier this week for (...)
runner “The King's Speech” won the top prize at the Screen Actors Guild Awards Sunday, giving the British royals drama yet another boost four weeks ahead of Hollywood's biggest night.
The film took the prize for best ensemble cast, the guild's (...)
winning screenwriter, actor, director and now Africa advocate Ben Affleck wants to make a movie about the troubled eastern Democratic Republic of Congo but has found no Hollywood taker yet.
“I would love to make a movie about Congo, but (...)
winning film producer Dino de Laurentiis has died, aged 91, his family said Thursday, drawing tributes from Italian politicians – and Hollywood star Arnold Schwarzenegger.
De Laurentiis, whose career included art house masterpieces and box office (...)
winning documentary about a Japanese town that slaughters dolphins delivered a petition to the US Embassy in Tokyo Thursday demanding an end to the hunt.
“The Cove” star Ric O'Barry handed the petition, signed by 1.7 million people from 155 (...)
winning actress Julia Roberts aimed to be a vet before embarking upon a career in Hollywood.
The 42-year-old actress wanted to fulfill her dream by helping animals and becoming a vet but was unable to make it as she belongs to a business class (...)
winning “Slumdog Millionaire” director Danny Boyle on Thursday gently chided China for curbing free speech in cinema, but the British filmmaker said he would love to shoot a movie in the country.
Serving as jury president at the 12th Shanghai (...)
winning star of “The Queen”, has swapped crown and scepter for cloak and dagger in her new role as a Nazi-hunter. The 63-year-old British actress is in Israel this week shooting final scenes for “The Debt”, about a retired Mossad femme fatale forced (...)
nominated director Baz Luhrmann's $130-million epic film “Australia” is due to make its world premiere in Sydney on Tuesday -- but the director says he has not finished it yet. Luhrmann, who was honored at The Museum of Modern Art's Film Benefit in (...)