/main-category/entertainment en /node/2583719/lifestyle <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/article-authors/shyama-krishna-kumar">Shyama Krishna Kumar</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Fri, 2024-12-20 09:25</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> JEDDAH: A trip to ��������Ƶ’s AlUla, a chance encounter with a persistent mosquito on the streets of New York and an enduring love for musicals inspired Saudi filmmaking sisters Dana and Raneem Almohandes to create their animated short film “A Mosquito,” which screened at the recently concluded Red Sea International Film Festival in Jeddah. </p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024/12/20/4556404-208274199.jpg" width="1460" height="900" alt="" title="Saudi filmmaking sisters Dana and Raneem Almohandes screened their animated short film “A Mosquito” at the Red Sea International Film Festival. (Supplied)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/lifestyle">Lifestyle</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/main-category/entertainment">Entertainment</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/dana-and-raneem-almohandes">Dana and Raneem Almohandes</a></div></div></div> Fri, 20 Dec 2024 14:30:45 +0000 shyama.kumar 2583719 at /node/2583600/lifestyle <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/article-authors/shyama-krishna-kumar">Shyama Krishna Kumar</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Thu, 2024-12-19 09:08</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> JEDDAH: For British historian Bettany Hughes, the story of the Nabateans is as vital as those of the ancient Greeks, Romans or Egyptians. </p> <p> In a new three-part series, “Bettany Hughes' Lost Worlds: The Nabataeans,” Hughes traces the titular civilization’s incense trade routes from the Arabian Peninsula to the Mediterranean, accessing newly revealed research across ��������Ƶ’s Al Ula, Jordan, Greece, Italy and Oman. </p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024/12/19/4556106-1309043114.jpg" width="900" height="601" alt="" title="Bettany Hughes in Hegra, AlUla, during the shooting of &#039;Lost Worlds.&#039; (Supplied)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/lifestyle">Lifestyle</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/main-category/entertainment">Entertainment</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/RSIFF2024">Red Sea International Film Festival 2024</a></div></div></div> Thu, 19 Dec 2024 06:44:08 +0000 saffiyanews 2583600 at /node/2583598/lifestyle <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/rbitem-author/matt-ross">Matt Ross</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Thu, 2024-12-19 09:00</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> LONDON: Netflix has absolutely missed a trick with the marketing for new thriller “Carry-On”. Instead of billing it as a slick, tense action-adjacent movie starring Taron Egerton and Jason Bateman, the bosses at the streaming giant should have pitched it as a modern interpretation of the greatest Christmas movie of all time — because for the first 45 minutes or so, “Carry-On” feels like the spiritual successor to “Die Hard” (or maybe “Die Harder,” given the airport setting). </p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024/12/19/4556102-425314820.jpg" width="900" height="450" alt="" title="Taron Egerton stars in the film that is now streaming on Netflix. (Supplied)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/lifestyle">Lifestyle</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/main-category/entertainment">Entertainment</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/netflix">Netflix</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/review">review</a></div></div></div> Thu, 19 Dec 2024 06:07:00 +0000 saffiyanews 2583598 at /node/2583488/lifestyle <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/170491">Iain Akerman</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Wed, 2024-12-18 12:54</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> DUBAI: “I’m a nervous wreck, but I’m very excited,” admits singer, songwriter, and producer Nadine Lingawi. “I mean, I know that I need to sound like I’m poised and I have everything together, but look, it’s my first. This is my first bulk of work. It’s definitely not something that’s super commercial and one always wonders whether or not it’s going to succeed. But I think in the very bottom of my emotional cortex, I have this very strange sense of calmness and almost a sense of being undoubtful that this will do really well, because I love it.” </p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024/12/18/4555822-1229970829.jpg" width="900" height="640" alt="" title="Nadine Lingawi is better known by her stage name Fulana. (Supplied)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/lifestyle">Lifestyle</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/main-category/entertainment">Entertainment</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/fulana">Fulana</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/tags/saudi-arabia">��������Ƶ</a></div></div></div> Wed, 18 Dec 2024 09:59:16 +0000 saffiyanews 2583488 at /node/2583471/lifestyle <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/162871">Gautaman Bhaskaran</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Wed, 2024-12-18 09:21</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> JEDDAH: One of the most fascinating movies I watched at the recent Red Sea International Film Festival in Jeddah, “Maria” may not have inched up to reach its great height had it not been for lead star Angelina Jolie. Jolie superbly plays the legendary Maria Callas, a Greek soprano who made Paris her home. The audience is introduced to her a week before her death on Sept. 16, 1977. Frail and pacing up and down her living room, she collapses, and the movie is rewound seven days before her end.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024/12/18/4555784-1889433203.jpg" width="1920" height="1342" alt="" title="Opera icon Maria Callas is played by Angelina Jolie. (Supplied)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/lifestyle">Lifestyle</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/main-category/entertainment">Entertainment</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/RSIFF2024">Red Sea International Film Festival 2024</a></div></div></div> Wed, 18 Dec 2024 06:24:06 +0000 saffiyanews 2583471 at /node/2583394/lifestyle <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/rbitem-author/arab-news">Arab News</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Tue, 2024-12-17 14:45</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> DUBAI: US Palestinian Dutch supermodel Bella Hadid took to social media to thank the cast and crew of hit TV series “Yellowstone” after she made a cameo appearance on the Paramount show in December.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024/12/17/4555586-1647082299.jpg" width="900" height="551" alt="" title="Bella Hadid made a cameo appearance in hit Western TV show &#039;Yellowstone&#039; and shared behind-the-scenes shots this week. (Instagram)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/lifestyle">Lifestyle</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/main-category/entertainment">Entertainment</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/bella-hadid">Bella Hadid</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/yellowstone">Yellowstone</a></div></div></div> Tue, 17 Dec 2024 11:48:25 +0000 saffiyanews 2583394 at /node/2583044/lifestyle <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/article-authors/shyama-krishna-kumar">Shyama Krishna Kumar</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Sat, 2024-12-14 12:55</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> JEDDAH: British actor Dev Patel has come a long way from his first appearance in hit teen TV drama “Skins,” all the way back in 2007. This year, the BAFTA-winning and Oscar-nominated actor — with an eclectic resume to show for it — graduated to filmmaker status with his directorial debut “Monkey Man,” in which he also stars.</p> <p> On the sidelines of the Red Sea International Film Festival, Patel revealed that “Monkey Man” was his love letter to India, “the country that’s formed me most personally and professionally.”</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024/12/14/4554707-435209111.jpg" width="1350" height="900" alt="" title="Dev Patel at the Red Sea International Film Festival closing ceremony red carpet on Dec. 12 in Jeddah. (AN Photo/Hashim Nadeem)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/lifestyle">Lifestyle</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/main-category/entertainment">Entertainment</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/RSIFF2024">Red Sea International Film Festival 2024</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/dev-patel">Dev Patel</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/monkey-man">Monkey Man</a></div></div></div> Sat, 14 Dec 2024 10:01:38 +0000 shyama.kumar 2583044 at /node/2582987/lifestyle <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/235456">SALEH FAREED</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Fri, 2024-12-13 21:24</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> JEDDAH: After making “The Brave” in 1997, Hollywood star Johnny Depp is stepping behind the camera once again as a director for “Modi, Three Days on the Wing of Madness.”</p> <p> The movie is about Italian bohemian artist Amedeo Modigliani on 72-hour whirlwind through the streets of Paris during the First World War.</p> <p> In an engaging roundtable conversation held recently at Sharbatly Cultural House, ahead of the gala screening of his movie at the Red Sea International Film Festival, Depp said: “‘The Brave’ was an unhappy experience.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024/12/13/4554542-489913802.jpg" width="1200" height="700" alt="Johnny Depp’s ‘Modi Three Days on the Wing of Madness’ is supported through the Red Sea International Film Financing program. (Supplied/X:RedSeaFilm)" title="Johnny Depp’s ‘Modi Three Days on the Wing of Madness’ is supported through the Red Sea International Film Financing program. (Supplied/X:RedSeaFilm)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/lifestyle">Lifestyle</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/main-category/entertainment">Entertainment</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/RSIFF2024">Red Sea International Film Festival 2024</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/johnny-depp">Johnny Depp</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/modigliani">Modigliani</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/al-pacino">Al Pacino</a></div></div></div> Fri, 13 Dec 2024 19:21:15 +0000 malawi 2582987 at /node/2582857/entertainment <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/article-authors/rahaf-jambi">Rahaf Jambi</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Thu, 2024-12-12 21:28</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> RIYADH: The Billboard Arabia Music Awards took place in Riyadh on Wednesday night to honor the most-streamed songs and popular artists in the region, including Palestinian Chilean singer Elyanna who is on a world tour with British rock band Coldplay.</p> <p> Focusing on digital data from global music and video platforms while spotlighting Arabic music, the event attracted numerous celebrities and music enthusiasts, including Jara, billed as ��������Ƶ's first female rapper.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024/12/12/4554229-554347715.jpg" width="900" height="561" alt="" title="Elyanna won the Best Upcoming Artist award. (Supplied)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/main-category/entertainment">Entertainment</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/lifestyle">Lifestyle</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/billboard-arabia-music-awards">Billboard Arabia Music Awards</a></div></div></div> Thu, 12 Dec 2024 18:32:19 +0000 saffiyanews 2582857 at /node/2582671/lifestyle <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/article-authors/shyama-krishna-kumar">Shyama Krishna Kumar</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Thu, 2024-12-12 19:00</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> JEDDAH: ��������Ƶ’s Red Sea International Film Festival held its closing red carpet event and Yusr Awards ceremony on Thursday night.</p> <p> Stars from Hollywood, Bollywood and beyond walked the red carpet at the festival’s new headquarters in Al-Balad in Jeddah.</p> <p><figure class="image"><br /> <img alt="" height="600" src="/sites/default/files/pictures/December/445491/2024/closing_3.jpg" width="900" /><br /> <figcaption><br /> Hollywood’s Sarah Jessica Parker walked the red carpet. (Getty Images)</figcaption><br /> </figure></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024/12/12/4554231-68936270.jpg" width="900" height="600" alt="" title="Jury head Spike Lee presented the Yusr Best Feature Film awards on stage at the Yusr Awards Ceremony. (Getty Images)" /></div><div class="field-item odd"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024/12/12/4554241-445524093.jpg" width="2048" height="1365" alt="Minnie Driver on the red carpet during the Red Sea International Film Festival closing ceremony. (AN Photo/Hashim Nadeem)" title="Minnie Driver on the red carpet during the Red Sea International Film Festival closing ceremony. (AN Photo/Hashim Nadeem)" /></div><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024/12/12/4554242-1248036152.jpg" width="2048" height="1365" alt="Daniel Dae Kim on the red carpet during the Red Sea International Film Festival closing ceremony. (AN Photo/Hashim Nadeem)" title="Daniel Dae Kim on the red carpet during the Red Sea International Film Festival closing ceremony. (AN Photo/Hashim Nadeem)" /></div><div class="field-item odd"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024/12/12/4554243-639384881.jpg" width="2048" height="1365" alt="John Boyega on the red carpet during the Red Sea International Film Festival closing ceremony. (AN Photo/Hashim Nadeem)" title="John Boyega on the red carpet during the Red Sea International Film Festival closing ceremony. (AN Photo/Hashim Nadeem)" /></div><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024/12/12/4554244-315373991.jpg" width="2048" height="1365" alt="Dev Patel on the red carpet during the Red Sea International Film Festival closing ceremony. (AN Photo/Hashim Nadeem)" title="Dev Patel on the red carpet during the Red Sea International Film Festival closing ceremony. (AN Photo/Hashim Nadeem)" /></div><div class="field-item odd"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024/12/12/4554246-1431727996.jpg" width="2048" height="1365" alt="Alessandra Ambrosio on the red carpet during the Red Sea International Film Festival closing ceremony. (AN Photo/Hashim Nadeem)" title="Alessandra Ambrosio on the red carpet during the Red Sea International Film Festival closing ceremony. (AN Photo/Hashim Nadeem)" /></div><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024/12/12/4554247-1918556468.jpg" width="2048" height="1365" alt="Director Spike Lee on the red carpet during the Red Sea International Film Festival closing ceremony. (AN Photo/Hashim Nadeem)" title="Director Spike Lee on the red carpet during the Red Sea International Film Festival closing ceremony. (AN Photo/Hashim Nadeem)" /></div><div class="field-item odd"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024/12/12/4554258-236272684.jpg" width="2048" height="1365" alt="Sarah Jessica Parker on the red carpet during the Red Sea International Film Festival closing ceremony. (AN Photo/Hashim Nadeem)" title="Sarah Jessica Parker on the red carpet during the Red Sea International Film Festival closing ceremony. (AN Photo/Hashim Nadeem)" /></div><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024/12/12/4554262-1665013776.jpg" width="2048" height="1365" alt="Priyanka Chopra-Jonas on the red carpet during the Red Sea International Film Festival closing ceremony. (AN Photo/Hashim Nadeem)" title="Priyanka Chopra-Jonas on the red carpet during the Red Sea International Film Festival closing ceremony. (AN Photo/Hashim Nadeem)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/lifestyle">Lifestyle</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/main-category/entertainment">Entertainment</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/RSIFF2024">Red Sea International Film Festival 2024</a></div></div></div> Thu, 12 Dec 2024 15:09:16 +0000 saffiyanews 2582671 at /node/2582807/lifestyle <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/article-authors/shyama-krishna-kumar">Shyama Krishna Kumar</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Thu, 2024-12-12 14:40</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> JEDDAH: Bollywood fans can rest easy — Indian superstar and film producer Priyanka Chopra Jonas is not yet done with India’s film industry and is planning to return as soon as 2025.</p> <p> “I’ve been seeking to do something again. It’s been almost six, seven years since I’ve done a movie back in India. I’m hoping next year … I’m very close,” Chopra Jonas told Arab News.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024/12/12/4554091-1570125431.jpg" width="900" height="600" alt="" title="Priyanka Chopra Jonas is not yet done with India’s film industry and is planning to return as soon as 2025. (Getty Images)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/lifestyle">Lifestyle</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/main-category/entertainment">Entertainment</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/RSIFF2024">Red Sea International Film Festival 2024</a></div></div></div> Thu, 12 Dec 2024 11:45:03 +0000 saffiyanews 2582807 at /node/2582759/lifestyle <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/162871">Gautaman Bhaskaran</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Thu, 2024-12-12 07:39</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> JEDDAH: Cinema can go overboard with emotional relationships, and this is where American singer and rapper Anderson .Paak’s Red Sea International Film Festival title “K-Pops” hits the right notes without sinking into a morose medley. Entertaining, with music that keeps the audience engaged, the film follows BJ, a washed-up drummer whose life turns around when he meets his teenage son for the first time.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024/12/12/4553973-1861012322.jpg" width="900" height="599" alt="" title="The film stars Anderson .Paak, Jee Young Han, Dumbfoundead , Soul Rasheed, Yvette Nicole Brown. (Supplied)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/lifestyle">Lifestyle</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/main-category/entertainment">Entertainment</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/RSIFF2024">Red Sea International Film Festival 2024</a></div></div></div> Thu, 12 Dec 2024 04:43:48 +0000 saffiyanews 2582759 at /node/2582756/lifestyle <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/taxonomy/term/162871">Gautaman Bhaskaran</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Thu, 2024-12-12 07:09</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> JEDDAH: The winner of the Un Certain Regard prize at the Cannes Film Festival in May, Chinese drama “Black Dog” travelled to the Red Sea International Film Festival in Jeddah and screened as part of the Festival Favorites program. Stark and suitably set in the barren landscape of the Chinese desert, the movie explores loneliness and exudes a sense of desperation. Director Guan Hu (known for “Mr Six,” “Run for Love,” “Cow”) follows a murder convict who leaves prison and lands a job as a dog catcher in a work that strongly reminded me of the celebrated Japanese auteur Takeshi Kitano.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024/12/12/4553965-1724071142.jpg" width="900" height="599" alt="" title="The film won the Un Certain Regard prize at the Cannes Film Festival in May. (Supplied)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/lifestyle">Lifestyle</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/main-category/entertainment">Entertainment</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/RSIFF2024">Red Sea International Film Festival 2024</a></div></div></div> Thu, 12 Dec 2024 04:12:44 +0000 saffiyanews 2582756 at /node/2582668/entertainment <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/article-authors/sulafa-alkhunaizi">Sulafa Alkhunaizi</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Wed, 2024-12-11 15:59</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> RIYADH: Amman-based duo Tayar is currently touring ��������Ƶ for the first time, bringing audiences their unique blend of electro, rock, jazz and funk music. </p> <p> Tayar’s lyrics capture the heartbreak and humanity found amid strife, telling a captivating story while turning turmoil into art.</p> <p> Singer-songwriter Ahmad Farah says his words are inspired by the stories of others.</p> <p> “Writing about other people is more satisfying for me and more challenging for me,” he told Arab News. “How to do a story from another perspective.”</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024/12/11/4553694-79808177.jpg" width="2560" height="1440" alt="" title="Duo Bader Helalat (L) and Ahmed Farah (R) make up the Jordanian band “Tayar”, which is currently touring ��������Ƶ for the first time. (AN photo/Jafar Al-Saleh)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/main-category/entertainment">Entertainment</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/tags/saudi-arabia">��������Ƶ</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/jordan">Jordan</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/rock-0">rock</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/tags/band">Band</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/tags/music">Music</a></div></div></div> <span class="label abs-el uppercase update"> Update </span> Wed, 11 Dec 2024 12:59:50 +0000 shounaz.mekky 2582668 at /node/2582651/lifestyle <div class="field field-name-field-rbitem-author field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">article author:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/article-authors/shyama-krishna-kumar">Shyama Krishna Kumar</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-publication-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single">Wed, 2024-12-11 14:05</span></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> JEDDAH: Academy Award-winning US actress Marisa Tomei turned heads at the Red Sea International Film Festival red carpet on Tuesday night, following a talk she gave at the Red Sea Souk earlier in the day.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-binary field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024/12/11/4553645-1576329158.jpg" width="900" height="600" alt="" title="Marisa Tomei on the red carpet in Jeddah. (Getty Images)" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Main category:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/lifestyle">Lifestyle</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/main-category/entertainment">Entertainment</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-9 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Tags:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/RSIFF2024">Red Sea International Film Festival 2024</a></div></div></div> Wed, 11 Dec 2024 11:08:16 +0000 saffiyanews 2582651 at