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Establishing peaceful relations between Israel and its Arab neighbors has been a goal of U.S. presidents since the modern Jewish state was established in 1948.

Lionsgate has acquired the UK rights to Living, starring Bill Nighy, ahead of production set for the U.K. in spring 2021.

British comedian Bill Bailey, swapped the mic for the ballroom on this year's Strictly Come Dancing - and we are loving every minute of him on the show. He has already amassed a huge army of fans supporting him throughout his stint, and his wife Kristin has no doubt be his biggest fan while cheering him on from the sidelines.READ: Jamie Laing opens up about JJ Chalmers and Amy Dowden's controversial Strictly exitThe couple first met at one of Bill's comedy gigs in 1987.

“There’s a fragment of cosmic blood in this synthetic analog…” – Max Fist. Feel free to read that again.

Kaleem Aftab The Cairo International Film Festival scrapped the red carpet and press conference for Egyptian filmmaker Islam El Azzazi’s debut feature and competition film “About Her” after a number of sexual misconduct allegations were made against the director and surfaced in the hours before the film’s world premiere this week.The first of the allegations against the director was submitted anonymously to Daftar Hekayat, an Arabic blog that shares stories of sexual violence survivors in their

Sharing DNA with everything from The Terminator and contemporary superhero films to The Fisher King and Liquid Television, Adam Egypt Mortimer's Archenemy is named for a villain who may exist only in the mind of a homeless schizophrenic.

Ann-Marie Corvin With the success of Netflix’s Egyptian horror series “Paranormal” and a slew of streamers such as Viu and OSN seeking locally produced originals, the TV market in Egypt is set to undergo rapid change.In response, Cairo International Film Festival’s TV Pitch Market, part of the festival’s Industry Days program and now in its second year, joined forces with Middle East Media Initiative (MEMI) to shape 11 TV projects into a “pitchable” form this week.MEMI, a University of Southern

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentEgyptian director Mayye Zayed, who studied film and documaking at Wellesley and MIT, spent four years following the main character of her female empowerment doc, “Lift Like a Girl,” Zebiba (which means “raisin” in Arabic), who at age nine entered former Olympic athlete Captain Ramadan’s weightlifting training camp on a vacant Alexandria lot.

Ann-Marie Corvin Nesrine El-Zayat, whose debut feature “On the Fence” is world premiering at the Cairo Film Festival this week, is typical of the new generation of young Egyptian filmmakers.Lacking access to funds, equipment and formal training but bursting with stories and ideas, El-Zayat borrowed a friend’s camera shortly after the death of her father in 2006 and started shooting.“I didn’t study cinema but watched many films with my father from the age of six and read a lot.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentEgypt’s Film Clinic, the prominent indie shingle headed by Cairo Film Festival president Mohammed Hefzy, has scored the rare distinction of being the Middle East and North Africa region distributor of a trio of Arabic films that are in the running for the 2021 Academy Award for Best International Feature Film.Film Clinic, which since 2006 has been producing a wide range of Arabic film and TV fare – most recently Netflix Arabic Original series

Rita Ora's week has gone from bad to worse as it’s revealed she flouted strict coronavirus rules TWICE.The star was left red-faced when she was forced to pay up a £10,000 fine an the "inexcusable" event after she invited hoards of her showbiz pals to her 30th birthday party last month.After raising eyebrows of many angry fans, Rita was forced to issue a public apology for her "spur of the moment" bash.But it seems the party wasn’t the only rule the pop star was willing to breach as it’s now been

Rita Ora was supposed to be self-isolating when she broke lockdown rules to throw a birthday party, it has emerged. The Mail on Sunday reports that Ora flew to Egypt in a private jet on 21 November to perform at the five-star W Hotel in Cairo, for which she was paid a six-figure sum.

Rita Ora has apologised for flouting lockdown rules for a second time, after failing to isolate after a trip to Egypt.The singer was slammed last week after she threw a 30th birthday party with celebrity pals at the Casa Cruz restaurant in Notting Hill, West London, with her issuing a lengthy apology afterwards and reportedly voluntarily paying a £10,000 fine to police.