Saudi Multi-Hyphenate Hisham Fageeh on How Hollywood Mentoring Can Help Arab TV

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentSince Saudi Arabia lifted its 35-year-old religion-related ban on cinema in 2017, the kingdom has experienced a boom in all aspects of film industry activity, recently becoming West Asia’s top-grossing territory in terms of theatrical box office returns.

Kate Hudson and Danny Fujikawa are in Aspen for the holidays!

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Internationally known DJ David Guetta has made a home for himself in the Persian Gulf. The French DJ is a resident of the United Arab Emirates, where he has performed multiple times — the latest being on the helipad at the landmark Burj Al Arab hotel, and was one of the first artists invited to perform in Saudi Arabia when the kingdom opened its doors to tourists and began allowing concerts and entertainment.

to the BBC, Mendoza, 42, was shot by a guman who rode up on the back of a motorbike driven by a second assailant. The gunman got off and opened fire with several other parents in the area.

Derick Dillard sounded off on Jim Bob Duggar in a Facebook post hours before the family patriarch lost his run for the Arkansas State Senate.  Derick responded to a post by Jim Holt, a former close friend of Jim Bob’s who took to his own Facebook to accuse him of lying about his son Josh Duggar’s past both to him and under oath at an evidentiary hearing on Nov.

Sentate candidate Dr. Mehmet Oz for his recent comments suggesting Dr.

Celebrities went all out this holiday season with their outdoor Christmas lights displays. Jeff Bezos, Kim Kardashian, Jamie Foxx, Kourtney Kardashian and others decorated their oversized California homes with tons of bright lights.

In Performance at the White House will return with a holiday season special to air on PBS on Dec. 21, with the program taped from Dec. 11-14.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterSome audiences in the Middle East won’t get to experience the epic love story between Maria and Tony.Disney and 20th Century’s “West Side Story,” director Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of the classic musical, has been banned in Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman and Kuwait. In some cases, like Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, the film wasn’t granted a release certificate.

Brent Faiyaz is laying out the less-sunny side of what a relationship with him is really like on "MERCEDES," the Maryland artist's latest single. In the brooding, gently psychedelic song produced by Faiyaz and his Sonder collaborator Atu, Faiyaz describes how the fancy baubles like the song's titular car can't conceal the lonely nights and paranoia over being used that come with being an R&B superstar.

In 2019, the series 'The President’s Concubine' was released on Netflix to lots of positive reviews. Although it was from a small production company, the series had an audience of millions from different parts of the world.

UPDATED: Dr. Anthony Fauci confirmed today that the first case of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 had been identified in the U.S. The presidential advisor said the case was identified in California and the patient had recently arrived via airplane from South Africa. Fauci said that the person had been vaccinated and their symptoms were mild. It was unclear whether the person had taken a booster shot or not.

Legendary music exec Clarence Avant‘s wife Jacqueline “Jackie” Avant has been shot and killed at home during a home invasion.

J. Kim Murphy administratorJimmy Kimmel offered an impassioned defense of Dr.