CAIRO: After many years absence, French-born Algerian singer Warda is getting ready to launch her new album through Rotana.
CAIRO: Egyptian comedian actor Mohammad Heneidi is ready to play again the role of Ramadan in the serial “Ramadan Mabrouk.” Heneidi says he is enthusiastic about his involvement in the second part of the serial.
WARSAW: A man set himself on fire outside the Polish prime minister’s office on Friday, barely two weeks before a parliamentary election, and had to be rushed to hospital with severe burns.
WASHINGTON: R.E.M, once dubbed “America’s Best Rock & Roll Band,” said on Wednesday they had decided to “call it a day” after more than 30 years of generating hits and selling millions of records.
MAKKAH: A Makkah candidate for the upcoming municipal elections offered to give a local newspaper some sheep and sacks of barley as payment for an advertisement, Al-Madinah newspaper reported Thursday.
CAIRO: Egyptian singer Shereen Abd Al-Wahab has denied recent allegations that she refused to sing with Saudi actress Maysoon Abd Al Aziz in the entertainment program “Duo Al Mashaheer” (Duet with the stars).
CAIRO: Egyptian actress Majda Zaki is currently studying the scripts of three different works before she decides on a serial.
DENVER: A Denver man convicted of placing raw chicken in his ex-wife’s heating ducts and other acts of vandalism could face up to 18 years in prison.
PARIS: A French schoolboy has dug up a glass jar containing severed human fingers preserved in alcohol which police believe may belong to a local carpenter who lost four digits in an accident 30 years ago.
MASON, Ohio: A possible plane crash reported near an Ohio interstate turned out to be only a prop on the grounds of a water park.
ATLANTA: Denzel Washington still applies the same principles in his acting career that he learned when he was a third grader in the Boys & Girls Club of America.
LONDON: The singer who created a sensation when she hit the music world in pigtails and knee socks is turning 30 — and Britney Spears says she's looking forward to it.
HELSINKI: Angry Birds will migrate from cell phone screens to the Formula One racetrack this weekend in Singapore, as the firm behind the mobile gaming sensation rolls out a crowd game to be played by live audiences.
CAIRO: Egyptian actor Talat Zakareya revealed lately to an Egyptian daily his firm intention to remain in his motherland despite the fact that revolutionists had harassed him for his support to former President Hosni Mubarak.
LAS VEGAS: Paris Hilton is wrapping up a year of probation stemming from a 2010 drug arrest on the Las Vegas Strip. Officials say Hilton's attorneys appeared in court Tuesday on the 30-year-old celebrity socialite's behalf to show Hilton had completed her obligations to the court.
CAIRO: Egyptian actor Farouk Al-Fishawi is getting ready to film a new serial called “Almeerath Almaloon” (The Cursed Inheritance). The serial is written by Muhammad Amer and produced by Muhammad Helmi.
CAIRO: Egyptian actor Hani Ramzi is getting ready to start his new serial called Ibn Al-Nezam (Son of the Regime). Set in the period of the previous regime, the serial describes a corrupt government subjecting people to unfair and oppressive practices.
MANILA: Philippine police say a 13-year-old boy shot his 16-year-old friend inside a busy mall and then turned the gun on himself, leaving both brain dead and raising questions about gun and parental control in a country awash in firearms.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti: Actress Maria Bello says she has been invited to join a Haiti advisory panel that is to help develop the quake-damaged country's economy.
LOS ANGELES: Guitarist Carlos Santana has earned a long list of accolades in his four-decade-long career, but now he can add a new one — a Los Angeles school named in his honor.
MIAMI: Miami is the new city of angels — at least the city of “Charlie’s Angels.”
ABC is jumping into the reboot game this fall with an updated version of the classic series that kicks off the network’s Thursday night prime-time lineup. Moving its setting and production from Los Angeles to South Florida, the new show gets a fresh start in a new city.
NEW YORK: Designer clothes owned by Hollywood legend and fashion icon Elizabeth Taylor, including haute couture by Chanel, Yves St. Laurent and Dior, will be sold at auction in New York, Christie’s said on Wednesday.
CAIRO: Veteran Egyptian actor Saeed Saleh announced that he will return to theater very soon. He said that he was currently working with producer and writer Sameer Khafaji in preparation for his return.
JEDDAH: Saudi female singer Waed is getting ready to enter the business world and open new branches of her clothes store. Her first store, "Waed Line," was launched a year ago in Beirut.
CAIRO: In a step that is considered first of its kind, the Egyptian Interior Ministry announced its intention to participate in producing the second part of the serial “The Officer and my Brother.”
LOS ANGELES: First-time Emmy nominee Melissa McCarthy won the award for best comedy actress on Sunday for her role in "Mike & Molly," capping a breakout year in which she also wowed movie audiences in comedy "Bridesmaids" earlier this year.
TORONTO: A film about the struggles of a village in war-torn Lebanon took the People’s Choice award at the Toronto International Film Festival on Sunday, an audience trophy that has often been a harbinger of Oscar glory.
LOS ANGELES: It’s 1994 all over again, with a re-release of “The Lion King” opening at the top of the box office.
LOS ANGELES: He is one of the greatest American film directors working, but on Sunday night it was the world of US television that Martin Scorsese ruled over, winning an Emmy for directing drama “Boardwalk Empire.”
BEIJING: China has ordered a popular television talent show off the air for a year after it exceeded broadcasting time limits, replacing it with programs that "promote moral ethics" such as public safety and housework tips, state media said on Monday.
HELSINKI: Irish actor Colm Meaney explores the depths of homelessness for his new movie "Parked" at the Helsinki International Film Festival.
LOS ANGELES: First-time Emmy nominee Melissa McCarthy won the award for best comedy actress on Sunday for her role in “Mike & Molly,” capping a breakout year in which she also wowed movie audiences in comedy “Bridesmaids” earlier this year.
LONDON: Dramatically different divas Lady Gaga, Katy Perry and Adele are facing off for this year’s MTV Europe Music Awards.
LITTLE ROCK: For years, Arkansas historians have searched for a valuable lunar rock from the Apollo 17 mission, one of the moon rocks NASA presented to each state in the 1970s.
KUWAIT: Kuwaiti actress Amal Al-Awadi is getting ready to start a new drama serial Alwadaa (Farewell) after production problems impeded her participation to the serial Star Al-Leel.
SHANGHAI: Recently retired Chinese NBA star Yao Ming is taking the fight against eating shark fins back to his homeland, where demand for the traditional delicacy is soaring despite efforts to ban their use and trade.
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak’s to-do list is suddenly looking like a pop star’s. In the past two weeks, he has made an unexpected appearance at a rock concert, indulged in a radio prank call and offered free beverage coasters to some of his 200,000 followers on Twitter. The 58-year-old politician is working hard to impress young Malaysians by cultivating what is being called a “cool” image in the latest part of his ruling coalition’s campaign to reverse a decline in support ahead of national elections expected by mid-2012.
MOUNTAIN VIEW, California: President Barack Obama is again turning to a social networking website to host a town hall meeting.
KUWAIT: Kuwaiti singer Nabeel Shuail will fly to Dubai to prepare for his new album. The album will be enriched through the contribution of various poets including Ali Al-Khawar, Khaled Al-Mutairi and Meshal Al-Munawer.
CAIRO: Moroccan singer Asma Lmnawar and Tunisian composer Esam Sheraiti became parents of Muhammad Adam, a healthy baby boy born in Cairo.
BEIRUT: Lebanese Singer Haifa Wehbe is working on a duet with international hip-hop artist Snoop Dogg. The song will be produced in both Arabic and English.
Not only is Ferry Corsten on top of the most sought-after DJ’s in the universe, but he is also currently ruling the ring of the top ten artists in the world. A man with no superciliousness, he claims to be “just a normal guy who happens to have the greatest job in the world.”
RIYADH: UAE actress Mariam Hussein is waiting for her serial “The Servant” to be aired. In the serial, she plays the role of an orphan child from an Indian background who was adopted by a Saudi family.
CAIRO: Egyptian actress and singer Iman Al-Toukhi denied being secretly married to former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and having a 16-year-old son from him.
AMMAN: Jordanian actress Saba Mubarak broke down in tears while appearing on the first episode of MBC's new television show "Hatha Ana" (This is me), Internet website MBC.net wrote.
