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Box Office: ‘Hunger Games’ leads Thanksgiving pack, ‘Creed’ scores
November 30, 2015
Box Office: ‘Hunger Games’ leads Thanksgiving pack, ‘Creed’ scores
Moviegoers said goodbye to Katniss Everdeen and welcomed back Rocky Balboa, a series of farewells and reunions that powered Thanksgiving…
Acclaimed Palestinian theater in Jerusalem risks closure
November 29, 2015
Acclaimed Palestinian theater in Jerusalem risks closure
The Palestinian National Theater, for three decades the leading performing arts and cultural center for Arabs in Jerusalem, is facing…
Opera House to sell tickets online starting 2016
November 29, 2015
Opera House to sell tickets online starting 2016
The Cairo Opera House has signed an agreement with the Planning, Follow-up and Administrative Reform Ministry to apply online bookings…
Live Shakespeare tops British cinema box office – for a day
November 28, 2015
Live Shakespeare tops British cinema box office – for a day
A live broadcast of Judi Dench and Kenneth Branagh starring in Shakespeare's "The Winter's Tale" was the biggest cinema box…
CNN: From New York to Tokyo, this artist recreates cities entirely out of paper
November 24, 2015
CNN: From New York to Tokyo, this artist recreates cities entirely out of paper
Inco Matsui uses paper in imaginative ways. Since 2006, the Osaka-born Japanese artist has worked with paper as a medium…
Qatar slavery museum aims to address modern exploitation
November 19, 2015
Qatar slavery museum aims to address modern exploitation
Amid thatched ceilings and arched doorways in a traditional Qatari house in Doha, a projector beams a quote by Abraham…
Coloring books become latest trend in Egypt to tackle stress, depression
November 18, 2015
Coloring books become latest trend in Egypt to tackle stress, depression
While Egypt continues to grapple with the past few years of political and social turmoil, for people affected by the…
Lawyers for Porsche say Paul Walker to blame for his death
November 18, 2015
Lawyers for Porsche say Paul Walker to blame for his death
Lawyers for German automaker Porsche said actor Paul Walker was responsible for his own death in a crash of a…
Charlie Sheen to make ‘personal announcement’ on NBC’s ‘Today’ show Tuesday
November 17, 2015
Charlie Sheen to make ‘personal announcement’ on NBC’s ‘Today’ show Tuesday
Former "Two and a Half Men" star Charlie Sheen is to make a "revealing personal announcement" on the "Today" show…
Streisand, Spielberg, Mays to receive Presidential Medal of Freedom
November 17, 2015
Streisand, Spielberg, Mays to receive Presidential Medal of Freedom
Singer and actress Barbra Streisand, filmmaker Steven Spielberg and baseball great Willie Mays are among 17 Americans who this year…