An Egyptian court Saturday sentenced the brother of a former finance minister to 30 years after his conviction in two separate cases of trafficking antiquities out of the country.
The annually published anthology this year collects the winning works from the 2019 Mahmoud Kahil Awards, a selection of cartoons from around the region, and a few surprises
The Lebanese-born novelist vehemently objects to being classified as an 'Arab' writer or a 'woman' writer
J.D. Robb is the pen name for the prolific romance writer Nora Roberts, who started writing the series in 1995 and releases at least two new titles a year
Rian Johnson’s “Knives Out” unravels not just a good old-fashioned murder mystery but the very fabric of the whodunit, pulling at loose threads until it has...
An unusually busy day in a truncated awards season for Hollywood left five films - Quentin Tarantino’s “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood,” Sam Mendes’ “1917,”...
Sam Mendes’ “1917,” an innovative and deeply personal portrayal of World War I, has exploded into Oscar contention following its dramatic wins at the Golden...
“Joker” led this week’s nominations for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) awards, but Britain’s top movie honors drew criticism over the...
American songwriter Diane Warren and Russian soprano Anna Netrebko are the winners of this year's Polar Music Prizes, the Swedish award often described as the...
Formed in 1962, the band announced a 15-city tour Thursday
Respectful of the video game brand, “Sonic the Hedgehog” is a feel-good buddy movie for both adults and their own little aliens.
Scheduled for release last September, the film attracted the attention of Trump, who appeared to slam it as "racist."
What better way to treat your significant other this Valentine’s Day than with a little luxury at Phoenicia Hotel?
'You know, I never wanted to be a movie actor. My goal in life was to be a star on the stage. Now I know how to do it. Build your own theater."
French publisher Gallimard said this week it would halt sales of books by a writer accused of raping children. France’s most prestigious publishing house told...
The hordes flocking to the Louvre in Paris fell to 9.6 million in 2019 as the museum tried to further limit overcrowding.
A Sundance Film Festival program designed to increase diversity among media members covering the annual event in Park City boomed in popularity in the...
The neutral pronoun “they” has been voted word of the decade by U.S. language experts, beating out other contenders that included “climate” and “meme.”
Top Hollywood woman director Greta Gerwig said she was “disappointed” that she had been snubbed by the Golden Globes, while the producer of her hit film...
There’s apparently enough groundbreaking technology in “Cats” for NASA to send a rocket to unexplored parts of the universe - perhaps to a far-off planet...
After more than 60 years sealed up in a library storage facility, about 1,000 letters poet T.S. Eliot wrote to confidante Emily Hale were unveiled this week,...
The Golden Globes kick off the Hollywood awards season Sunday, but the most talked-about attraction at the customarily boozy dinner in Beverly Hills may be...
In this era of on-screen entertainment, a simple glove puppet named Aragoz still lures Egyptian audiences with comic sketches showing how wits and skill can...
“Star Wars” fans may feel a lump in their throats when Carrie Fisher appears in the finale of the world’s most popular film series.
It’s an art installation, sure, but the internationally acclaimed artist who created the interactive work “Field of Light at Sensorio” sees it as much more...
The cusp of 2018-19 was buzz time for Lebanese cineastes.
It’s probably a testament to the makeup artists of Jay Roach’s Fox News docudrama “Bombshell” that the movie opens with a disclaimer announcing that the...
The sculptures carved by seven art trainees were lined up outside a makeshift workshop in Baghdad’s Tahrir Square.