REVIEW: Ryan Gosling’s ‘The Gray Man’ features high-octane, globe-spanning thrills

DUBAI: Action-thriller "The Gray Man" cost Netflix a reported $200 million, making it the streaming giant's most expensive film yet. As each slickly executed international set-piece blows by, it's tempting to try and work...

Dubai Racing Club launches NFT artwork collection

DUBAI: Dubai Racing Club (DRC) has announced that it will launch a one-of-a-kind NFT artwork collection in the horse racing industry that offers online and real-life benefits for owners, Emirates News Agency reported. "Guided by...

Part-Palestinian supermodel Gigi Hadid steals the show as Self-Portrait ambassador at summer party

DUBAI: It was a night to remember as part-Palestinian supermodel Gigi Hadid, the newest Self-Portrait brand ambassador, played host at the British Vogue X Self-Portrait summer party. Held at Chiltern Firehouse in London, the supermodel...

Arabs in Paris: A walking tour of the French capital’s celebration of Middle Eastern personalities

PARIS: Back in 1729, the Parisian authorities introduced the French capitals iconic blue-and-green street name plaques, topped with a little "Napoleon's hat" containing the number of the street's arrondissement. The plaques honor France and the...

Dubai exhibition tackles ‘absence’ of cultural references to partition of British India

DUBAI: "In the aftermath of British colonial rule, a few crucial weeks in 1947 initiated complex and still-unresolved processes of displacement, fragmentation, conflict, and nation-building that spanned decades, and which continue to deeply scar...

REVIEW: Netflix adaptation of Jane Austen’s ‘Persuasion’ is an unconvincing catastrophe

LONDON: Imagine the meeting in which Netflix execs decided the idea of a new adaptation of Jane Austen's "Persuasion" was a good one, only for some bright spark to chip in with a suggestion:...

Model Mona Tougaard stars in new Alaia campaign

DUBAI: Danish model Mona Tougaard stars in the latest campaign by luxury fashion house Alaia, which was founded by late Tunisian couturier Azzedine Alaia. The runway star -- who is of Turkish, Somali and Ethiopian...

Abu Dhabi Art 2022 to be fair’s largest edition yet

DUBAI: The 14th Abu Dhabi Art fair is slated to be its largest and most diverse edition yet. Taking place from Nov. 16-20 at Manarat Al-Saadiyat, 78 galleries from 27 countries will participate in...