Entertainment

The UAE's Balqees and India's Anushka Sen were among a host of artistes who performed the official anthem of COP28 - 'Lasting Legacy' - at the launch at the closing session of the World Climate Action Summit in Dubai.

 Actor Ryan O'Neal, the 1970s Hollywood heartthrob who starred in such films as the smash-hit tearjerker "Love Story," and comedies like "What's Up, Doc?" and "Paper Moon" died on Friday at age 82.

French luxury label Chanel took its annual Metiers d'Art runway show to a rainy northern England street late Thursday where an international fashion crowd viewed a special collection highlighting the brand's craftwork.

Universal Pictures' "Oppenheimer" will screen in Japan next year, a local distributor said on Thursday - a launch that had been in doubt amid criticism that the film largely ignores the devastation of the atomic bombings of the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Taylor Swift has been named Time magazine's Person of the Year.

Actor Jamie Foxx made his first public appearance on Monday after suffering an undisclosed health scare in April that left him unable to walk.

The cast and the makers of the sixth and final season of Netflix's royal drama "The Crown" came together in London on Tuesday to bid farewell to the series.

Members of the SAG-AFTRA actors union approved a three-year contract with major studios on Tuesday, formally ending six months of Hollywood labour disputes that halted film and television production.

"Renaissance: A Film by Beyonce" premiered at the top of the US box office, raking in $21.8 million during the typically anemic first weekend of December, according to research firm Comscore.

American actor Adam Driver once again puts on an Italian accent in his latest film, playing carmaker Enzo Ferrari in a new biopic directed by veteran Michael Mann.

Washington celebrated singer Dionne Warwick, comedian Billy Crystal, Bee Gees member Barry Gibb, rapper and actress Queen Latifah, and opera star Renée Fleming on Sunday at the Kennedy Center Honors, the top US honour for achievements in the arts.

Co-writing, directing, producing and starring in his Leonard Bernstein biopic "Maestro" was a terrifying undertaking for Bradley Cooper that turned into a journey of joy and courage.

With the world at our doorstep for the duration of COP28, most of the headlines feature presidents and international CEOs, but it’s also a chance for our UAE-based programmes and organisations to share their ideas more widely.

Used to filling stadiums with tens of thousands of screaming fans worldwide, Paul McCartney took to the stage of a small music venue in Brazil's capital on Tuesday night for a special performance with an intimate, ecstatic 300-person audience.

Pharrell Williams took to Hong Kong for his second Louis Vuitton runway outing, showcasing the label’s latest menswear designs on a runway overlooking the city's harbour at night.

American actor Julia Roberts says her new film "Leave The World Behind" is a multilayered disaster thriller that allowed her to play someone very different from herself.

Timothee Chalamet took lessons from a top vocal coach as he prepared to follow in the footsteps of Gene Wilder and Johnny Depp to play Willy Wonka in a new movie that tells the origin story of Roald Dahl's famed character.

He planned to make a film about composing his first symphony but in late 2021, award-winning musician Jon Batiste was nominated for 11 Grammy awards and his partner's long-dormant cancer returned, so the movie became more a "symphony of life".

Irish writer Paul Lynch won the 2023 Booker Prize on Sunday for his novel 'Prophet Song', the story of a family and a country on the brink of catastrophe as an imaginary Irish government veers towards tyranny.

Global icon Shania Twain wrapped up the third day of the Yasalam After-Race Concerts at the Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix with her show-stopping concert at Etihad Park.

A court in China's capital Beijing on Friday denied the appeal of Chinese-born Canadian pop star Kris Wu, who was sentenced to 13 years in prison.

Oscar-winning actor Jamie Foxx was accused of sexual assault in a lawsuit filed in New York City on Wednesday that alleges he committed the crime in August 2015.

King Charles on Wednesday presented K-Pop band BLACKPINK with honorary Member of the Order of the British Empire medals in the presence of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol during his state visit to the United Kingdom.

Jung Kook, a member of K-Pop supergroup BTS, said on Wednesday he would begin military service in December, after the group's management agency said that all seven BTS members were on track to carry out their service.

The British version of the globally popular BBC car show 'Top Gear' will not return for the foreseeable future, the broadcaster said, after a crash in December that left presenter Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff with serious injuries.

Fifteen years after his sweeping adventure movie "Australia" drew mixed reviews from critics, director Baz Luhrmann has brought the story back to life in six-part television series "Faraway Downs".

Rapper A$AP Rocky was ordered on Monday to stand trial in Los Angeles on two felony counts of assault with a semi-automatic weapon.

The cast of the 2023 movie adaptation of "The Color Purple" said it was important for them to retell the classic story in a new way as they walked the red carpet on Monday for the London premiere.

Colombian pop star Shakira on Monday reached a settlement with prosecutors to avoid a trial in Barcelona over charges she failed to pay 14.5 million euros ($15.7 million) in Spanish income tax between 2012 and 2014.

Dreaming of taking a tour in a Volkswagen Beetle like in the "Herbie" films, a "Fast and Furious"-style muscle car, or a replica of a "Back to the Future" DeLorean? A French car collector offers just that in a new car museum south of Paris.

A cassette tape recording of an interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono, including a never released song, made while they visited Denmark in 1970 will be auctioned in Copenhagen on Tuesday.

Expo 2020 Dubai’s Public Art Programme has unveiled its first permanent artwork.

A three-dimensional replica of Michelangelo’s world-famous David sculpture has been revealed at Expo 2020 Dubai’s Italy Pavilion.