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Henry Cavil has already filmed his cameo scene in the new DC movie &ldquo;The Flash&rdquo; which is scheduled to be released on the 23rd of June and will be adapting &ldquo;Flash Point&rdquo; story arc from the comic books, which deals with a lot of time traveling and multiverse traveling, so it is expected that it will be loaded with cameos.
However, it is still unclear if the Cavil cameo will make the final cut of &ldquo;The Flash&rdquo; or not, because of the announcements from James Gunn and Peter Safran about their plans to make some major changes to the DC Universe, which might include some serious shakeups of the DC heroes cast who played the iconic characters in the early stages of the DCEU.
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Cavil started playing the legendary Kryptonian in 2013&rsquo;s &ldquo;Man of Steel&rdquo; directed by Zack Snyder, who spearheaded the creation process of the DCEU, which was a tremulous journey, to say the least. The actor played Superman again in 2016&rsquo;s &ldquo;Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice&rdquo; and 2017&rsquo;s &ldquo;Justice League&rdquo; before announcing that he will not be playing the character again.
Many rumors and speculations were circulating about Cavil returning to reprise his role as Superman, but all of them were deemed false, however, all of that changed when Cavil made a cameo as Superman in the DCEU latest entry &ldquo;Black Adam&rdquo; starring Dwayne Johnson as the titular character.
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Henry Cavill Has Already Shot His Superman Cameo For “The Flash”

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&ldquo;Babylon&rdquo; is Damien Chazelle's upcoming Hollywood epic, which will be released next year.
The cast includes Margot Robbie and Brad Pitt, who have previously worked together on two different projects before this one, them being 2015's &ldquo;The Big Short&rdquo; and Quentin Tarantino's &ldquo;Once Upon a Time in Hollywood&rdquo; in 2019. "It's technically the third film we've appeared in together, and we've never acted together until this film," Robbie commented.
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Set in Hollywood in 1920s, Brad Pitt plays one of the most popular movie stars in the world, meanwhile, Margot Robbie plays Nellie LaRoy, an unpredictable rising starlet who is hungry for fame. Robbie explained how excited she is to work with Brad Pitt, &ldquo;He's so, so wonderful. Watching Brad Pitt, the biggest movie star, play the biggest movie star it's just something like, inherently fun."
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Robbie has always been known for playing unique, interesting, and crazy characters, to which she confessed that she adores embodying complex characters &ldquo;who have very extreme reactions to things&rdquo; and &ldquo;are very reactionary," she shared. "Nellie is extremely reactionary, like, if you come at her with a bit of heat, she'll come back with fire&hellip; It was like going to a party that crazy, but for two weeks".
Margot expressed how entertaining yet tiresome getting to embody such absurd characters, "That's a fun and exhausting character to play&hellip;The trick was being able to keep up the energy levels all the way through [and] don't slack."
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Margot Robbie Discusses What Was It Like Acting With Brad Pitt in “Babylon”

Photo Credit: Cast members Kate Hudson, Madelyn Cline, Jessica Henwick, Kathryn Hahn, Leslie Odom Jr., Edward Norton and Janelle Monae pose at the premiere for the film Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles, California, U.S., November 14, 2022. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni&nbsp;
Nov 23 (Reuters) - "Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery," a sequel to 2019's "Knives Out," brings together a new cast in Greece for a fresh murder mystery and case for sharply-dressed detective Benoit Blanc, played by Daniel Craig.
Rian Johnson, who directed both movies, helped peel back one of the franchise's biggest mysteries this week when he explained what "Glass Onion" means.
He told Reuters, "Well it's a Beatles song first and foremost and it's kind of a Beatles song about a mystery that's not actually a mystery."
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He added: "I ended up working in the idea of the glass onion of this thing that seems densely layered but in reality, it's pretty transparent. That's kind of the metaphor that Blanc grabs on to and beats to death over the course of the movie. So it means a few things."
The ensemble cast includes Edward Norton, Janelle Monae, Kate Hudson, and Leslie Odom Jr. Each character's outfit alludes to something about them to help guide the audience.
"I can't think of a film that I've been in in quite a while where the costumes had such a presence in the film," Norton said. "It's character defining... Every entrance produces laughs."
Mystery lovers will find plenty to keep them entertained.
"The movie is incredibly generous with its spoilers, with its Easter eggs, whatever you want to call them," said Craig.
"If you watch it you will get some of them, if you want to watch it again, you'll get more, and it keeps on growing because what Rian does so brilliantly is he lays all this groundwork, he does all these things and every single thing pays off."
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By Salma Khaled Tawfik&nbsp;
&ldquo;The god of movies has inspired me to be a director.&rdquo;
Naomi Kawase&nbsp;is a Japanese&nbsp;director and writer, best known for "True Mothers" (2020), "Still the Water" (2014), and "The Mourning Forest" (2007). Kawase wrote two novels called "Suzaku" and "Hotaru", and in 2003, she was the first Japanese director to be a member of the Cannes jury.
A Brief About Kawase
Kawase is also known for making documentaries or fiction movies with a documentarian's gaze. She employs this documentary realism to focus on individuals of unprivileged social or cultural status. Kawase also focuses on showcasing the challenging prevailing representations of women in Japanese cinema. She also implements a lot of herself and her struggles into her movies to connect her own personal reflections on contemporary issues like alienation, loneliness, abandonment, and the collapse of traditional family structures.
The Japanese filmmaker has been brought up by her grandparents after her parents split up so she uses cinema as a blank canvas onto which she implores her own feelings and reflections like in &ldquo;Embracing&rdquo;, which discusses her search for the father who abandoned her as a child, and &ldquo;Katatsumori&rdquo;, which is about her grandmother, &ldquo;I will create things from the sources within myself. I believe that at a depth of the person there is something universal.&rdquo; Kawase's work is heavily concerned with the blurred lines between fiction and non-fiction that have occurred within the state of modern Japanese society.
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Kawase's Quest As A Storyteller
Kawase looks at gender as a creative and fluid realm, rather than as a negative fixation. She explains: &ldquo;I like to focus on very specific ideas and that&rsquo;s how I like to make my movies. In most of my movies, I get their ideas from my personal life, I don&rsquo;t seek what&rsquo;s trending&rdquo;. She handles the idea of depicting feminism in a different light, &ldquo;It is extremely difficult for us to observe our own life, as it involves looking into the embarrassing or undesirable aspects of ourselves. In a way, being a woman made it easier for me to look closely at my own environment. Women tend to be more intuitive and rely more on their senses, or it might be due to gender status differences in Japan &hellip; Not being in the mainstream or the center, she can make new discoveries.&rdquo;
Her subjects of interest are mainly family and friends, and she frequently depicts the relationships between the filmmaker and the subject, and she constantly implements her appreciation of nature into her movies, &ldquo;Nature is one of the main characters in any of my movies,&rdquo; she explains in Cairo International Film Festival. She also likes to depict her hometown, &ldquo;Nara is an island in Japan&hellip;I believed I have to show people my culture and my place. We can reach all cultures with the help of&nbsp; technology and the internet.&rdquo;
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What's Next For Kawase?
As for her latest projects, Kawase shared that in 2018, it was announced that she had been selected by the IOC to shoot the official film for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. And when asked about it, she explained that &ldquo;For the last three years I&rsquo;ve been working on Olympics movies. It&rsquo;s been very difficult because of the Covid 19 and Japan&rsquo;s strict regulations.&rdquo;&nbsp;
Kawase&rsquo;s films lack political commitment toward social change, but her works nonetheless challenge cinematic conventions.
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The 44th Cairo International Film Festival announced its awards during the closing ceremony, which just ended.
Here is the full list of the 44th Cairo International Film Festival Awards&nbsp;
International Competition
The International Competition Jury announced the Golden Pyramid Award for the best film that goes to "Alam". The film premiered in the Middle East and North Africa at the Cairo International Film Festival, produced by France, Tunisia, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar.
The jury awarded Emmanuel Nico, director of "Love According to Dalva", which participated in the international competition, the Silver Pyramid Award (Special Jury Award for Best Director), and the film premiered in the Middle East and North Africa at the 44th edition of the Cairo International Film Festival, a joint production between Belgium and France in 2022.
The International Competition Jury includes the renowned Japanese director Naomi Kawasi, Egyptian director Nancy Abdel Fattah, Indian actress Swara Bhaskar, Egyptian music author Rajeh Dawood, Italian actress Stefania Cassini, Mexican director Joaquin del Paso, and French actor Samir Kqasmi.
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Arab Film&nbsp; Horizons &nbsp;Competition
The Cairo International Film Festival also announced that Carlos Shaheen, director of "Mother Valley", a participant in the Arab Film Horizons Competition, won the Saad al-Din Wahba Award for the best Arab film. The film premiered globally in the 44th edition, produced by France and Lebanon.
"Far from the Nile" won the award for best non-fiction film, directed by Sharif Al-Qatsha, and premiered globally at the 44th edition, produced by Egypt and the United States of America.
Lebanese actress Carol Abboud won the award for best acting performance, for &ldquo;Riverbed&rdquo;, directed by Bresch and produced by Lebanon and Qatar.
The Algerian actress Lena Khadri received a special tribute for her film "Freedom", directed by Monya Meador, produced by France and Belgium, and premiered in the Middle East and North Africa at the 44th session.
The jury announced that the Arab Film Horizons Competition film &ldquo;I&rsquo;m Coming Home" received a special mention, directed by Yassin Radhisi, and produced by Tunisia.
International Critics Week Competition
The jury of the International Critics Week competition announced that director Dmytro Sokolitke Sobchuk received the Shade Abdussalam Award for the Best Film of the International Critics Week Competition for "Pamfir", and the film premiered in MENA as part of the festival, and is produced by Ukraine, France, Poland, Chand Lux, Lux.
Fathi Faraj (Special Jury Award) won the film "Joyland", which premiered in the Middle East and North Africa, as part of the festival, directed by Saim Sadik, and produced by Pakistan.
The film "Victim" also received special recognition from the competition jury, and the film premiered at the festival, and is directed by Michel Blasco, and produced by Slovakia, the Czech Republic, and Germany.
The International Critics' Week competition juries are British director Ben Sharrock, Egyptian actor Karim Kassem and French critic Huda Ibrahim.
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Short Film Competition
The Short Film Competition Jury announced that "Rosemary AD. After Dad ", a participant in the short film competition, won Yusuf Shaheen Award for Best Short Film, which is worth 100 thousand pounds.
The film "My Girlfriend" won the Special Jury Award, and the film premiered in the Middle East and North Africa at the festival, directed by Kothar Younis, and produced by Egypt.
&ldquo;One Wish" received another special recognition from the jury, and the film premiered globally at the festival, directed by Piotr Jasinski, and produced by Czechs.
The juries of the short film competition are the Italian director Michelangelo Framartino, who participates in the Egyptian screenplay Ahmed Amer, and Tunisian-French actress Reem Turkey.
Best Arabic Film Award
The Best Arab Film Award goes for "19 B", and the award is worth $ 10 thousand, and the film premiered globally at the 44th edition of the Cairo International Film Festival, directed by Ahmed Abdallah.
The Best Arab Film Award juries are Egyptian actor Ahmed Majdi, Polish programmer Dorota Lech and Lebanese actress Nur.
Audience Award
The 44th Cairo International Film Festival announced that "Alam" had won the Youssef Sherif Rizkallah Award (Audience Award), valued at $ 15 thousand.
Al-Febrisi Award
The members of the Febrisi Prize announced that the winner is "19B". The jury consists of Tunisian critic Hinda Hawala, Egyptian critic Mohamed Atef and Italian critic Rita de Santo.

Cairo International Film Festival: The Closing Ceremony And Full Awards List

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&nbsp; Celine Dion has put a halt on all performing after being diagnosed with a rare neurological disorder.
In an emotional video messages posted in French and English on Thursday on Instagram, Dion said stiff person syndrome was causing spasms that affect her ability to walk and sing.
&ldquo;Unfortunately, the spasms affect every aspect of my daily life, sometimes causing difficulties when I walk and not allowing me to use my vocal cords to sing the way I&rsquo;m used to,&rdquo; she said.
Dion said she had no choice but to postpone her &ldquo;Courage&rdquo; tour, which was to restart in February after several delays. Her spring 2023 shows have been moved to 2024 and her summer 2023 concerts have been canceled.
&ldquo;I miss seeing all of you, being on the stage, performing for you. I always give 100% when I do my shows, but my condition is not allowing me to give you that right now,&rdquo; she said.
Stiff person syndrome causes rigid muscles and painful muscle spasms, which can be triggered by such things as loud noises or light touch. The cause isn&rsquo;t known but it is thought to be an autoimmune disorder. Severe cases can cause difficulty walking and hunched posture.
Dion, who has five Grammy Awards and two Academy Awards, is the best-selling female artist of all time with hits like &ldquo;I&rsquo;m Alive&rdquo; and &ldquo;My Heart Will Go On.&rdquo;
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Photo Credit: Will Smith poses for photographers upon arrival for the premiere of the film 'Emancipation' in London, Friday, Dec. 2, 2022. (Photo by Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP)
LOS ANGELES (AP) &mdash; While filming&nbsp;&ldquo;Emancipation,&rdquo;&nbsp;Will Smith routinely drew inspiration from the words &ldquo;sacred motivation&rdquo; that were written on the front page of a script. But the Oscar winner heavily leaned on the phrase even more in recent months, as he tried to overcome the backlash to his Oscars slap and&nbsp;banishment from the ceremony.
&ldquo;It&rsquo;s like when you can locate and center yourself in your divine purpose, you can withstand anything and everything,&rdquo; Smith said of the phrase that greeted him when he took on the lead role in Antoine Fuqua&rsquo;s &ldquo;Emancipation,&rdquo; which is currently in theaters and will be available to stream Friday on Apple TV+. &ldquo;Sacred motivation&rdquo; became like a theme for him and his castmates, Smith said.
The film, completed months before Smith strode onto the Oscars stage and&nbsp;slapped presenter Chris Rock for a joke&nbsp;about Smith&rsquo;s wife, Jada Pinkett-Smith, was a grueling shoot. Inspired by an iconic 1863 photo of the scarred back of &ldquo;Whipped Peter,&rdquo; Smith portrays the character Peter &mdash; a man who attempts to escape slavery while he uses his wits to dodge slave hunters and brave alligator-infested Louisiana swamps in his quest for freedom.
The photos of &ldquo;Whipped Peter&rdquo; were taken during a Union Army medical examination that first appeared in Harper&rsquo;s Weekly. An image known as &ldquo;The Scourged Back&rdquo; showed countless mutilated whip marks on Peter&rsquo;s bare back that were delivered by his enslavers. The photo contributed to the growing opposition to slavery.
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Smith said his character taught him a lesson in overcoming adversity after he faced condemnation, memes and a 10-year Oscars attendance ban. The &ldquo;slap&rdquo; seemingly overshadowed his own biggest career milestone, which came later in the night: winning his first-ever Academy Award, best actor for &ldquo;King Richard.&rdquo;
The backlash rocked Smith, but Peter ultimately helped steer him back on track too.
&ldquo;Peter has absolutely helped me through these last few months, just reestablishing within myself in what my purpose is in this world,&rdquo; Smith said in a recent interview, one of his first since the Oscars. He has&nbsp;repeatedly apologized&nbsp;for his behavior after accepting his ban.
Normally, &ldquo;Emancipation&rdquo; might earn Smith some serious Oscars buzz. He&rsquo;s still eligible for nominations and awards, but can&rsquo;t personally accept them. Given backlash to &ldquo;The Slap,&rdquo; Smith mainly hopes that audiences will still watch Fuqua&rsquo;s film.
&ldquo;This movie was so grueling. Literally across the board, everybody had to devote a hefty amount of suffering to what you see on that screen,&rdquo; Smith said. &ldquo;So my greatest wish, and I guess I can talk about my greatest fear, is that my team would be penalized for my actions. I&rsquo;m out with this film that I love and strictly want my people to get their flowers.&rdquo;
Fuqua knows Smith made a mistake, but he hopes audiences can move past it. The director believes the story about Peter&rsquo;s search for freedom, fighting to get back to his family and being a catalyst in highlighting the horrific side of slavery in &ldquo;Emancipation&rdquo; is much bigger than &ldquo;The Slap.&rdquo;
&ldquo;Peter&rsquo;s story is so inspiring, especially as a Black man. We go through a lot of things daily, just being Black,&rdquo; said Fuqua, known for directing &ldquo;Training Day,&rdquo; &ldquo;Equalizer&rdquo; films and &ldquo;The Magnificent Seven.&rdquo; He said his new film tackles how certain elements of racism in America that still occur today.
&ldquo;For me, it&rsquo;s a mistake,&rdquo; Fuqua said of Smith striking Rock on live television. &ldquo;Hopefully everybody can get back on track and God bless everyone. But we&rsquo;re talking about 400 years of brutality.&rdquo;
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Bingwa, who plays Peter&rsquo;s wife Dodienne, credits Smith&rsquo;s ability to endure the adversity while pushing forward through it.
&ldquo;It&rsquo;s in line with the film. I imagine it&rsquo;s been a tough period,&rdquo; said Bingwa, who hopes audiences can learn more about Peter&rsquo;s determination to return home after making a promise. &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t want to speak on Will&rsquo;s behalf, but he&rsquo;s been an inspiration to so many for so long. I love seeing him with his head held high. Everyone can learn from his experience. I just love the way you took it on the chin, you&rsquo;re wearing it and walking forward. We&rsquo;re all human.&rdquo;
While promoting the film, Smith held private screenings for several influential figures including Rihanna, Tyler Perry, Dave Chappelle, LeBron James and his Los Angeles Lakers teammates along with students at Morehouse College. He garnered a great amount of support from those individuals, giving him somewhat a sigh of relief.
Each time Smith harkened back to Peter&rsquo;s story, the more he became empowered to share his character&rsquo;s journey.
&ldquo;I feel very comfortable in this current situation with this project, with these people,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I feel cleansed. I feel purified and transformed in many ways. And as one of the lessons from Peter is, &lsquo;Suffering leads to salvation.&rsquo; So I am comfortable taking my medicine.&rdquo;
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The renowned interviewer and journalist Mofeed Fawzy has died at the age of 89. He had an immense influence on journalism and media, with over 60 years of impactful work in radio and television.
"Let me ask you..." This is the iconic sentence in which the late interlocutor began his dialogue with his guests, keen on revealing clear and frank answers from his guests to his audience.
Nile FM brings you a set of very special guests and media professionals who pour their love and respect into talking about Mofeed Fawzy, and sharing their memories with him, highlighting the most important encounters.
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Omar Battisha: The Media Veteran, Poet, and Former Head of Egypt Radio
When asked about the influence of The Late Mofeed Fawzy on the youth, he answered, "Many generations have benefited from the late Mofeed Fawzy. I recall several situations that brought me together with him at the beginning of my career on the Egyptian radio broadcast, where the late interviewer used to check on us and express his observations regarding our work, and he was also involved in preparing most of the important Middle East radio programs for Sanaa Mansour, Enas Gohar, and others."
Omar Battisha continued, &ldquo;I was one of the many encouraged by Fawzy during my career. When I presented the show "Shahid Ala El Asr", which quickly was met with huge success and became the talk of the media in Egypt and in the Arab world, that&rsquo;s when he wrote about me in the magazine "Sabah El Kheir" through the column "Esmaany", a sentence not more than a line and a half, but I cherished it and it was a source of motivation for me, he said "Continuation is the key to success " to describe my work and my effect on the audience.&rdquo;
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Rola Kharsa: The Celebrated Media Personality
Kharsa expressed her respect for Fawzy by recalling their first encounter saying, "The first encounter between me and the late Fawzy was when I was presenting "Akhbar El Nas&rdquo; program, and he was presenting "Hadeeth El Madina".&rdquo;
Kharsa continued, &ldquo;I have always seen him as a unique journalist and a talented interviewer as he always comes up with fresh takes and new ideas.&rdquo;
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Entesar Shalabi: &nbsp;Former Head of Egypt Radio And Media Personality &nbsp;
"During the work of the esteemed interviewer, which lasted for over 60 years, everyone benefited from his interviews and programs. I hope he will have an academy of his own in which the youth who are interested in media will learn what the media actually is. We also benefited from him because he made the difference between distinguished interlocutors and substandard interlocutors. I hope that Mofeed Fawzy will have a special academy in his name so that media youth can learn what media is, especially since he did not like the title of media person, and he always used to tell me that I hate this title and I prefer to be (interviewer Mofeed Fawzy) because the word media person has come to refer to any person who has a profession in this profession but has nothing to do with it.&rdquo;
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Dr. Raghda Mohamed Issa: Researcher and Head of the Preparation of the Modern City Program
When asked about the relationship between Fawzy and his audience, Dr. Raghda explained that "Mofeed Fawzy was one of the first few to hold interviews on the Egyptian street. He preferred going down the street and filming with the people, and he wasn&rsquo;t fond of the confined studio because he liked being close to his audience and to be able to ask them and listen to them. "
Dr. Raghda expressed her gratefulness and gratitude towards Fawzy saying, "We were all learning from him, the preparation was learning from him, the exit was learning from him, the benefit of my win was the maestro of the city talk."
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Ghada Kareem: Author
Ghada Kareem highlighted her love and respect towards Mofeed Fawzy as she has always taken him as a role model on a personal and professional level, "My first impression of the late Fawzy was that he was extremely intelligent. During his profession, he met all sorts of artists, military leaders, poets, and composers, from different nationalities, this type of knowledge has made him have some sort of [treasure].&rdquo;
Ghada explained that Mofeed Fawzy &ldquo;taught me a lot about my character&rdquo;. She recounted a situation that&rsquo;s dear to her saying, "I learned discipline from him. During his preparations for writing his article in Al-Masri Al-Yom, he woke up on Wednesdays at 7AM. He wrote until 9AM and then goes back to sleep and woke up to take one last look at the article before it is faxed. I learned from him to write my essays as it has culminated in the inspiration of the week's events, and to move away from the essays that are stale and uninventive.&rdquo;
Mofeed Fawzy was undoubtedly one of the most influential and significant interviewers with a colossal of entries on both Egyptian Radio and TV that will outlive him for years to come.
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A Tribute To The Late Mofeed Fawzy From His Circle Of Friends And Colleagues

Photo Credit:&nbsp;[3/6]&nbsp;Kennedy Center honoree actor and filmmaker George Clooney and wife Amal Clooney pose on the red carpet at the reception for Kennedy Center honorees ahead of the official gala at the State Department in Washington, D.C., U.S., December 3, 2022. REUTERS/Sarah Silbiger
WASHINGTON, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Actor George Clooney, singer-songwriter Amy Grant, singer Gladys Knight, composer Tania Le&oacute;n and rock group U2 were celebrated on Sunday for their contributions to the arts at a White House reception and a music-filled Kennedy Center Honors show.
The Kennedy Center event, now in its 45th year, recognizes stars from music, stage and screen for their contributions to American culture.
At a reception for the five honorees at the White House, President Joe Biden addressed each artist personally, praising their individual talents and saying they embodied the spirit of the country.
"Tonight, we celebrate a truly exceptional ... group of artists who embody the very spirit of 'We the People,'&rdquo; Biden said.
The room was packed with celebrities, the White House's&nbsp;second star-studded event&nbsp;in recent days.
Actors Julia Roberts and Matt Damon were seated next to each other, in front of journalist Katie Couric. Former Washington, D.C. police officer Michael Fanone, who was beaten defending the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was seated next to singer Eddie Vedder in the front row.
Inside the Kennedy Center opera house where the show was later held, House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her husband, Paul, who has been recovering after&nbsp;he was attacked&nbsp;in October in their San Francisco home, appeared in a balcony and got a standing ovation when they were recognized from the stage by David Rubenstein, the Kennedy Center's chairman.
The show highlighted the five artists' work, and represented a return to the times before the coronavirus pandemic began; on Sunday night, there was no requirement for testing or masking to attend, though many continue to die of the disease in the United States. Clooney, an actor and filmmaker who played a doctor on the popular NBC television show "ER" before launching a movie career that earned him two Academy Awards, said becoming a Kennedy Center honoree was a little daunting.
"I grew up in a little town in Kentucky and I watched it on TV," Clooney told reporters about the Kennedy Center Honors, referencing previous winners Jimmy Stewart and Robert Redford. "That's an exciting fraternity to be a part of."
Roberts and Clooney's father, Nick, along with actors Damon, Don Cheadle and Richard Kind appeared on the Kennedy Center stage to honor the filmmaker. "George's best and most important work is still ahead of him," his father said.
Roberts, who has co-starred in multiple films with Clooney, wore a floor-length gown with framed images of him on it.
"CRAFTED MOMENTS IN TIME" Grant rose to prominence as a contemporary Christian music singer who later crossed over to pop stardom, amassing six Grammy Awards.
"I feel giddy," she said on the red carpet at the Kennedy Center before the show. "Mostly I feel a debt of gratitude," for all the people who have worked with her for four decades, she said. "Everything takes a village."
Singers Sheryl Crow, Brandi Carlile, CeCe Winans and BeBe Winans were among the artists who celebrated Grant with a selection of her songs.
Knight, who has won seven Grammy Awards, is famous for hit songs including "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" and "Midnight Train to Georgia" as the lead singer of The Pips, which became Gladys Knight &amp; The Pips in 1962.
"She connects with you on a deeper, spiritual level," said actor LL Cool J, speaking onstage about Knight. Singers including Garth Brooks and Patti LaBelle performed some of Knight's songs.
Cuban-born Le&oacute;n is a conductor as well as a composer, whose orchestral piece "Stride" won the 2021 Pulitzer Prize in Music.
"Tania's pieces ... are crafted moments in time, inspired by art and history and nature," said composer and opera singer Alicia Hall Moran. She and husband Jason Moran, along with cellist Sterling Elliott, performed "Oh Yemanja" by Le&oacute;n.
The final tribute of the evening went to Irish band U2 which, with members Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr., has won 22 Grammy Awards and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2005.
Sacha Baron Cohen, playing his alter ego character Borat, quipped on stage that he was looking for former President Donald Trump and made reference to anti-Semitic behavior by Ye, the artist formerly known as Kanye West.
Vedder performed "Elevation" and "One," while Ukrainian singer Jamala joined Carlile and others to perform "Walk On."
"At a moment when there&rsquo;s too much hate, too much anger, too much division here in America and, quite frankly, around the world, we have to remember today, as their song goes, 'We&rsquo;re one, but we&rsquo;re not the same. We get to carry each other,'&rdquo; Biden said at the White House, referencing a U2 lyric.
Carlile noted the U2 artists' and Grant's support for LGBTQ rights while representing their Christian faith to the world.
"When you have guys like Bono and The Edge and you got people like Amy Grant coming out in support of queer people in the way that they do, it's really brave," said Carlile, a gay woman. "It's done a lot for me spiritually."
The Kennedy Center Honors show will be broadcast on CBS on Dec. 28.
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George Clooney, Amy Grant, Gladys Knight, U2 Receive Kennedy Center Honors

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Selena Gomez was awarded the Song of the Year award for &ldquo;My Mind &amp; Me&rdquo; in Variety&rsquo;s Hitmakers Ceremony. When receiving her award, Gomez thanked her fans for &ldquo;letting me by myself&rdquo;. She also said she would love to work with Dua Lipa as Lipa can bring dance music back and for Selena, Lipa is &ldquo;such a breath of fresh air. I just think she&rsquo;s powerful&hellip; [and] beautiful&rdquo;.
Music alert: Selena expressed her excitement about working on new music and is &ldquo;so happy, and you&rsquo;re going to be so happy when you hear the music, I promise&hellip;I want everyone to feel good when they hear the new record.&rdquo;
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Dua Lipa exchanged praise with Selena by thanking her for her words and adding that she would &nbsp;&ldquo;absolutely&rdquo; love to do a mash-up &ldquo;Selipa&rdquo; mixture.
Gomez has been on a streak of success lately, releasing a hit &ldquo;Calm Down&rdquo; with Rema, and releasing her documentary &ldquo;My Mind &amp; Me&rdquo;.
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Selena Gomez Teases New Music And A Potential Dua Lipa Collab In Variety’s Hitmakers Ceremony

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Photo Credit:&nbsp;Actor Brendan Fraser attends the premiere of "The Whale" at Alice Tully Hall on Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
NEW YORK (AP) &mdash; In a darkened hotel room in New York&rsquo;s Soho neighborhood, Brendan Fraser kindly greets a reporter with an open plastic bag in his hand. &ldquo;Would you like a gummy bear?&rdquo;
Fraser, the 54-year-old actor, is in many ways an extremely familiar face to encounter. Here is the once ubiquitous &rsquo;90s presence and action star of &ldquo;The Mummy&rdquo; and &ldquo;George of the Jungle,&rdquo; whose warm, earnest disposition has made him beloved, still, many years later.
But Fraser, little seen on the big screen for much of the last decade, is also not quite as you might remember him. His voice is softer. He&rsquo;s more sensitive, almost intensely so. He seems to bear some bruises from an up-and-down life. If Fraser seems both as he was once was but also someone markedly different, that&rsquo;s appropriate. In Darren Aronofsky&rsquo;s&nbsp;&ldquo;The Whale,&rdquo;&nbsp;he gives a performance unlike any he&rsquo;s given before. And it may well win him an Academy Award.
Fraser&rsquo;s performance been hailed as his comeback &mdash; a word, he says, that &ldquo;doesn&rsquo;t hurt my feelings.&rdquo; But it&rsquo;s not the one he&rsquo;d choose.
&ldquo;If anything, this is a reintroduction more than a comeback,&rdquo; Fraser says. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s an opportunity to reintroduce myself to an industry, who I do not believe forgot me as is being perpetrated. I&rsquo;ve just never been that far away.&rdquo;
<img src="https://api.fastersmart.online/uploads/embeds/1670398114-BeFunky-collaget_46.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="700" />&nbsp;Photo Credit:&nbsp;This image released by A24 shows Brendan Fraser in a scene from "The Whale." (A24 via AP) &nbsp;
Fraser is very close at hand, indeed, in &ldquo;The Whale.&rdquo; In the adaptation of Samuel D. Hunter&rsquo;s play, which A24 releases in theaters Friday, Fraser is in virtually every scene. He plays a reclusive, obese English teacher named Charlie whose overeating stems from past trauma. As health woes shrink the time he has left, the 600-pound Charlie struggles to reacquaint himself to his estranged daughter (Sadie Sink).
Fraser&rsquo;s performance,&nbsp;widely celebrated since the film&rsquo;s Venice Film Festival premiere, has two Oscar-friendly traits going it for: A comeback narrative and a physical metamorphosis. For the role, Fraser wore a massive body suit and prosthetics crafted by makeup artist Adrian Morot that required hours in makeup each morning.
But regardless of all the role&rsquo;s transformation trappings, Fraser&rsquo;s performance resides in his sad, soulful eyes and compassionate interactions with the characters that come in and out of his home. (Hong Chau plays a friend and nurse.) It adds up to Fraser&rsquo;s most empathetic performance, one that has returned him to the spotlight after years making quickly forgotten films like &ldquo;Hair Brained&rdquo; (2013) and the straight-to-DVD &ldquo;Breakout&rdquo; (2013). On stages now from London to Toronto, standing ovations have trailed Fraser &mdash; a leading man reborn &mdash; wherever he goes.
For Fraser, who spent much of his previous heyday in Hollywood swinging on vines and racing through pyramids, playing Charlie in &ldquo;The Whale&rdquo; has a cosmic symmetry. He could identify with him, Fraser says, &ldquo;in ways that might surprise you.&rdquo; When he was in his late 20s trying to be as fit as he could be for &ldquo;George of the Jungle,&rdquo; Fraser encountered his own body-image issues.
&ldquo;All I knew is that I never felt like it was enough. I questioned myself. I felt scrutinized, judged, objectified, often humiliated,&rdquo; Fraser says. &ldquo;It did play with my head. It did play with my confidence.&rdquo;
<img src="https://api.fastersmart.online/uploads/embeds/1670398151-BeFunky-collaget_45.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="700" />&nbsp;Photo Credit:&nbsp;Actor Brendan Fraser, left, and director Darren Aronofsky attend the premiere of "The Whale" at Alice Tully Hall on Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022, in New York. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP) Some&nbsp;have questioned whether Fraser&rsquo;s role in &ldquo;The Whale&rdquo;&nbsp;ought to have gone to someone who was authentically heavy. But Fraser, who collaborated with the Obesity Action Coalition in building the performance, says he intimately understands a different kind of appearance-based judgment.
&ldquo;The term was &lsquo;himbo,&rsquo;&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;I wasn&rsquo;t sure if I appreciated it or not. I know that&rsquo;s bimbo, which is a derogatory term, except it&rsquo;s a dude. It just left me with a feeling of profound insecurity. What do I have to do to please you?&rdquo;
&ldquo;It didn&rsquo;t matter, really, because life took over. I did other things. I now arrive at a place where I see the flip side of the coin.&rdquo;
After seeing the play 10 years ago at Playwrights Horizon, Aronofsky, the director of &ldquo;Pi,&rdquo; &ldquo;Requiem for a Dream&rdquo; and &ldquo;Black Swan,&rdquo; spent years contemplating different actors who could play the protagonist of &ldquo;The Whale&rdquo; without any success. Then he had Fraser come in and read for the part.
&ldquo;It wasn&rsquo;t like I went into this with a calculation: Oh, a forgotten American-Canadian treasure,&rdquo; says Aronofsky. &ldquo;He was the right guy for the right role at the right time. If anything, I was wondering would people think it was a silly choice or something. There wasn&rsquo;t any cool factor that I could see.&rdquo;
Aronofsky instead depended on his gut and an old axiom: &ldquo;Once a movie star, always a movie star.&rdquo; Plus, Fraser was hungry. He wanted the part desperately and was ready to put in all the work, all the time in the make-up chair. Still, Aronofsky would later marvel, watching a clip reel of Fraser at an awards ceremony, at the juxtaposition of &ldquo;The Whale&rdquo; with movies like &ldquo;Encino Man,&rdquo; &ldquo;Bedazzled&rdquo; and &ldquo;Airheads.&rdquo;
&ldquo;He plays this kind of very present, truthful, innocent goofus kind of guy,&rdquo; says Aronofsky. &ldquo;Then you intercut it with &lsquo;The Whale.&rsquo; It was kind of jaw-dropping to me that this was one human being. There&rsquo;s a gap in between of a lot of years.&rdquo;
Fraser never stopped working, but his movie star days mostly dried up in the years after his 2008 films &ldquo;The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor&rdquo; and the 3D &ldquo;Journey to the Center of the Earth.&rdquo; Around that time, he and his wife, Afton Smith, with whom he has three sons, divorced.
&ldquo;I took some personal time. It was important,&rdquo; says Fraser. &ldquo;Mostly connecting with my life as a father. It gave me an appreciation for my capacity to love. What I learned informs the latter half of my professional life now.&rdquo;
&ldquo;Now I know my purpose. Take everything I&rsquo;ve learned. Own it. And, if possible, let if fuel the work that comes before me,&rdquo; adds Fraser. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s a nice idea, but what work will come before me?&rdquo;
At a Beverly Hills, California, luncheon in 2003, Fraser was groped by Hollywood Foreign Press Association member Philip Berk,&nbsp;Fraser said in 2018. (Berk disputed Fraser&rsquo;s account.) The experience, Fraser told GQ, made him feel like &ldquo;something had been taken away from me&rdquo; and &ldquo;made me retreat.&rdquo;
<img src="https://api.fastersmart.online/uploads/embeds/1670398203-BeFunky-collaget_44.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="700" />&nbsp;Photo Credit:&nbsp;Brendan Fraser poses for a portrait in Los Angeles on Friday, Nov. 18, 2022, to promote his film "The Whale." (Photo by Rebecca Cabage/Invision/AP)
Last month,&nbsp;Fraser announced he won&rsquo;t attend the Golden Globes in January, whether he&rsquo;s nominated or not. &ldquo;My mother didn&rsquo;t raise a hypocrite,&rdquo; Fraser said. Still, the nature of awards campaigns will likely keep Fraser in the public eye through the Oscars in March. Is he at all trepidatious about being back in the spotlight?
&ldquo;I think it&rsquo;s going to be for the rest of my career,&rdquo; Fraser replies. &ldquo;No. I have an obligation to do this. I feel duty bound to, as politely as a I can, to use that casual prejudice to describe this character, to remind them that there&rsquo;s a better way of doing that. Obesity is the last domain of accepted, casual bigotry that we still abide.&rdquo;
During shooting on a sound stage in Newburgh, New York, Chau was often impressed by how Fraser worked steadily with a hundred pounds of cumbersome prosthetics on him and crew members buzzing around him before every take.
&ldquo;I just thought Brendan was such an angel and so gracious in the way he managed that and compartmentalized all that was going on around him,&rdquo; says Chau. &ldquo;I naturally felt like taking care of him on set. Making sure his water bottle was someplace close by. Holding his hand and making sure he got up off the couch OK.&rdquo;
Little about the film, or Fraser&rsquo;s journey with it, was inevitable. His first meeting with Aronofsky was in February 2020. The pandemic nearly led to the production&rsquo;s cancellation.
&ldquo;I gave it everything I had every day,&rdquo; he says. &ldquo;We lived under existential threat of COVID. An actor&rsquo;s job is to approach everything like it&rsquo;s the first time. I did but also as if it might be the last time.&rdquo;
Instead, Fraser&rsquo;s performance opened an entire new chapter for him as an actor. He recently shot a supporting role in Martin Scorsese&rsquo;s upcoming &ldquo;Killers of the Flower Moon.&rdquo; Pondering what comes next, though, will have to wait until another day. When the time for the interview is through, Fraser stands up and graciously pulls a bag out of his pocket.
&ldquo;Gummy bear for the road?&rdquo; Fraser asks. &ldquo;I recommend pineapple.&rdquo;
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Brendan Fraser Is Back. But To Him, ‘I Was Never Far Away’

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By Salma Khaled Tawfik
&ldquo;The Swimmers&rdquo; is the story of the miraculous sisters Yusra and Sarah Mardini who fled war-driven Syria as refugees and swam their way to the 2016 Rio Olympics. The movie is based on real events, directed by Sally El Hosaini, and premiered at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival. &nbsp;In "The Swimmers," Yusra is played by Nathalie Issa, and Sara is portrayed by Manal Issa; their performances are both heart wrenching and captivating.
It's an essential story based on the real lives of two Syrian sisters who fled the warzone hoping to be part of the Rio Olympics, they illegally traveled with a boat with other refugees, but with no luck because the boat was overloaded and the two sisters had to step in to save the trodden refugees and get them to shore.
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&ldquo;The Swimmers&rdquo; is filled to the brim with terrifying moments, anxiety, and tension, but above all, it is also filled with laughter and hope, which leave the audience overwhelmed with all sorts of emotions. The soundtrack was basically a track list full of motivational and inspirational songs to set the tone of the movie; songs like &ldquo;Unstoppable&rdquo; by Sia, &ldquo;Titanium&rdquo; by David Guetta and Sia, and &ldquo;Virile&rdquo; by The Blaze.
Sally El Hosaini combines two genres, the sports movie, and the survival drama, to create a story that will forever be seeped into the audience&rsquo;s memories. This movie almost feels like a superhero movie with its protagonists escaping war-torn Syria, saving a sinking boat of refugees in the sea, and going to the Olympics, all in one movie!
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"The Swimmers&rdquo; is 2 hours and 14 minutes, which might be a lot for some viewers, however this long runtime only adds to the tension of the movie as it takes time to build the story and adhere to the real events. The movie has some devastating lows and soaring highs, and along with the two protagonists, the audience finds themselves finding joy and hope, even amidst terrible hardships.
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Nile FM Review: "The Swimmers": A Syrian Refugee Survival Drama That Ignites Hope And Faith

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Photo Credit:&nbsp;England's Raheem Sterling looks down the field during the World Cup group B soccer match between England and The United States, at the Al Bayt Stadium in Al Khor , Qatar, Friday, Nov. 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)
DOHA, Qatar (AP) &mdash; Raheem Sterling will rejoin England&rsquo;s World Cup squad after a break-in at his home in the U.K.
The Chelsea forward had left England&rsquo;s camp in Qatar to be with his family, which meant he missed his country&rsquo;s 3-0 win against Senegal in the round of 16 on Sunday.
But he will now to fly back out to rejoin Gareth Southgate&rsquo;s squad ahead of Saturday&rsquo;s quarterfinal match against France at Al Bayt Stadium in Al Wakrah, south of Doha.
&ldquo;Raheem Sterling will return to England&rsquo;s World Cup base in Qatar,&rdquo; the English Football Association said Thursday. &ldquo;The Chelsea forward temporarily left to attend to a family matter but is now expected to rejoin the squad in Al Wakrah on Friday (9 December) ahead of the quarter-final with France.&rdquo;

England Player Raheem Sterling To Return To World Cup

Photo Credit:&nbsp;Morocco's players celebrate after the penalty shootout at the World Cup round of 16 soccer match between Morocco and Spain, at the Education City Stadium in Al Rayyan, Qatar, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)&nbsp;
AL RAYYAN, Qatar (AP) &mdash; The first&nbsp;World Cup&nbsp;held in an Arab nation has produced the Arab world&rsquo;s first quarterfinalist.
Morocco became only the fourth African country to reach the quarterfinals at the biggest soccer tournament in the world by beating Spain 3-0 in a penalty shootout after a 0-0 draw through extra time.
The Moroccans were playing in only their second knockout game at a World Cup, an event which is being held in the Middle East for the first time in its nearly 100-year history.
&ldquo;Right now is a special moment for all Africa, for all the Arab countries, for all the Muslims around this world,&rdquo; Morocco midfielder Azzedine Ounahi said. &ldquo;You try to make them happy, try to make ourselves happy. And I think it goes quite well.&rdquo;
The World Cup in Qatar is the first to be played in the Arab world and only the second to be held in Asia. The tournament began with one of the biggest upsets in history when Saudi Arabia beat two-time champion Argentina on the third day of action.
<img src="https://api.fastersmart.online/uploads/embeds/1670398622-BeFunky-collaget_49.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="700" />Photo Credit:&nbsp;Morocco's players celebrate their victory over Spain during the World Cup round of 16 soccer match between Morocco and Spain, at the Education City Stadium in Al Rayyan, Qatar, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)&nbsp;
The Saudis were eliminated, as were host Qatar and Tunisia, in the group stage. That left Morocco as the Arab world&rsquo;s standard bearer.
&ldquo;I&rsquo;m very proud of my fans, of my people and Arabic people,&rdquo; said Morocco coach Walid Regragui, who is the first African to coach an African team to the quarterfinals. &ldquo;Also because I think you have Qatari people here, maybe Algerian people, Tunisian people, Arabic people and African people.&rdquo;
Achraf Hakimi, who was born in Madrid and previously played for Real Madrid, converted the deciding penalty in the shootout. Abdelhamid Sabiri and Hakim Ziyech, who returned to the national team after a dispute with the previous coach, also scored.
Morocco has been the biggest surprise of the tournament and will next face&nbsp;Portugal&nbsp;in the quarterfinals on Saturday.
Morocco, which has a complex geopolitical relationship with close neighbor Spain, advanced from a difficult group that included Canada, 2018 semifinalist Belgium, and 2018 runner-up Croatia.
The team came to the tournament with more than half of its squad filled with players who were not born in Morocco, the most of any of the 32 participating countries.
&ldquo;Today I think it showed to the world every Moroccan is Moroccan with his passport,&rdquo; Regragui said. &ldquo;When he comes to the national team, you want to die, you want to fight. And that is what I want to show. And now, we have one example. The coach is born in France but nobody can have my heart but my country.&rdquo;
The king of Morocco called to congratulate the team after the game.
Morocco, which also reached the round of 16 at the 1986 World Cup in Mexico, is also the only team from outside Europe or South America to make it to the last eight in Qatar.
Cameroon, Senegal and Ghana are the only other African nations to reach the World Cup quarterfinals. None of the three advanced to the semifinals.
<img src="https://api.fastersmart.online/uploads/embeds/1670398632-BeFunky-collaget_50.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="700" />Photo Credit:&nbsp;Morocco's goalkeeper Yassine Bounou saves a penalty kick during the World Cup round of 16 soccer match between Morocco and Spain, at the Education City Stadium in Al Rayyan, Qatar, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr)&nbsp;
Morocco goalkeeper Yassine Bounou, who plays for Spanish club Sevilla, saved two of the three penalties he faced in the shootout, from Carlos Soler and Sergio Busquets. Pablo Sarabia hit the post.
&ldquo;We knew that if we went to the penalty shootout, we had one of the best goalkeepers in the world and we could win it,&rdquo; said Regragui, who took over as coach of Morocco in August and had little time to prepare the team ahead of the World Cup.
Sarabia had entered the match in the final minutes of extra time, apparently for the shootout. He replaced Nico Williams, who had also come in as a substitute earlier in the match.
&ldquo;It&rsquo;s my responsibility,&rdquo; said Spain coach Luis Enrique, who before the match said he had asked his players to practice 1,000 penalty kicks while with their clubs. &ldquo;I picked the first three penalty-takers, and then they could decide themselves. But the first three were my decision, and I would&rsquo;ve done the same thing again. The only thing I wished I could do was to take Bounou out and put another goalkeeper in there.&rdquo;
Spain was eliminated by host Russia in a penalty shootout at the 2018 World Cup, and by Italy in the semifinals of last year&rsquo;s European Championship. The team hasn&rsquo;t advanced past the last 16 at the World Cup since it won the tournament in 2010 in South Africa.
&ldquo;We were unable to score ... so no matter how much we say that we deserved to win for the chances we created and for playing more in their area, it is not going to change anything,&rdquo; said Spain goalkeeper Unai Sim&oacute;n, who stopped one penalty in the shootout. &ldquo;The only thing left for us is to accept that we have been eliminated.&rdquo;
It was the fifth straight time Spain played extra time in a knockout round of a major tournament. The team played 120 minutes against Russia and in all three of its knockout games at Euro 2020.
Moroccan fans were significantly outnumbered by &mdash; and were louder than &mdash; the Spaniards at Education City Stadium.
It was the second match in the round of 16 to go into extra time at this year&rsquo;s World Cup. Croatia beat Japan on penalties Monday.
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Morocco Beats Spain On Penalties To Advance At World Cup

Photo Credit:&nbsp;Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo embraces team mate Goncalo Ramos during his substitution at the World Cup group H soccer match between Portugal and Ghana, at the Stadium 974 in Doha, Qatar, Thursday, Nov. 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)&nbsp;&nbsp;
LUSAIL, Qatar (AP) &mdash; A chant of &ldquo;RONALDO! RONALDO!&rdquo; swept around the biggest stadium at the&nbsp;World Cup,&nbsp;followed by loud jeers when the fans realized their idol wasn&rsquo;t coming onto the field.
Cristiano Ronaldo was, in fact, sitting in the Portugal dugout, looking glum and still wearing a substitute&rsquo;s bib. And the guy who started instead of him on Tuesday was about to complete a hat trick.
After Ronaldo was dropped from the starting lineup in a bold call by Portugal coach Fernando Santos, Goncalo Ramos &mdash; the superstar striker&rsquo;s unlikely replacement &mdash; made himself an instant star by leading the team to a 6-1 win over Switzerland and into the World Cup quarterfinals.
Ramos, a 21-year-old forward who only made his Portugal debut last month, demonstrated the kind of clinical finishing for which Ronaldo was once known in scoring the first goal in the 17th minute and adding others in the 51st and 67th.
No player had scored a hat trick in his first World Cup start since Germany striker Miroslav Klose in 2002.
<img src="https://api.fastersmart.online/uploads/embeds/1670397772-1_65.jpg" alt="" />&nbsp;Photo Credit:&nbsp;Portugal's Goncalo Ramos celebrates after scoring his side's fifth goal during the World Cup round of 16 soccer match between Portugal and Switzerland, at the Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
&ldquo;Not even in my wildest dreams did I think about being part of the starting team for the knockout stage,&rdquo; said Ramos, an unheralded striker who plays for Benfica and counts Ronaldo as his soccer idol along with Robert Lewandowski and Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
It was around the hour mark that fans throughout the 89,000-seat Lusail Stadium started to implore Santos to bring on the 37-year-old Ronaldo, and they got their wish in the 72nd minute. Portugal had the game wrapped up by then, with defenders Pepe and Raphael Guerreiro also having scored. Rafael Leao added another goal in stoppage time.
Ronaldo didn&rsquo;t score &mdash; he still hasn&rsquo;t in the knockout stage in any of his five World Cups &mdash; and after briefly celebrating with his teammates following the final whistle, he walked off the field on his own, perhaps wondering where his career goes from here.
He is currently without a club after leaving Manchester United midway through the World Cup, and he might no longer be the starter for his country.
The rest of the Portugal team hung around to applaud its fans at one end of the stadium. A quarterfinal match awaits against Morocco on Saturday and Santos now has to decide whether to stick with Ramos or restore Ronaldo, the top scorer in men&rsquo;s international soccer and one of the game&rsquo;s greatest ever players.
Santos said it was a strategic decision to drop Ronaldo and not a disciplinary one, having expressed unhappiness during his eve-of-match news conference Monday at the striker&rsquo;s attitude after he was substituted against South Korea in the team&rsquo;s final group game.
&ldquo;What we have to do is think about this team collectively,&rdquo; Santos said, before talking about Ronaldo. &ldquo;I will always consider he is a very important player to have in the team.&rdquo;
That might now be a substitute and an experienced head in the locker room rather than a starter.
<img src="https://api.fastersmart.online/uploads/embeds/1670397784-1_66.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="700" />&nbsp;Photo Credit:&nbsp;Portugal's Goncalo Ramos, second left, scores his side's third goal in front pf Switzerland's goalkeeper Yann Sommer during the World Cup round of 16 soccer match between Portugal and Switzerland, at the Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar, on Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
Ramos was a surprise replacement &mdash; he had previously only made three substitute appearances for Portugal &mdash; and took his chance.
Ramos, who was only 2 years old when Ronaldo made his Portugal debut in 2003, scored the first hat trick at this year&rsquo;s World Cup.
He drove a rising shot with his left foot inside Switzerland goalkeeper Yann Sommer&rsquo;s near post for the first goal, flicked deftly through Sommer&rsquo;s legs from close range for the second, and then ran through to chip the goalkeeper for his third.
Ronaldo was seen smiling while he was warming up on the side of the field after Ramos&rsquo; second goal.
&ldquo;Cristiano, as our captain, did what he always does,&rdquo; Ramos said. &ldquo;He helped us and encouraged us, not only myself but my colleagues.&rdquo;
Ramos even had an assist, playing the ball through for Guerreiro to score the fourth goal.
Ronaldo was lively when he came on and and even thought he had scored when he ran through and drove a low left-footed shot past Sommer. The goal was disallowed for offside, much to the irritation of the fans &mdash; Portuguese or from other countries &mdash; who had come to see him play.
Switzerland&rsquo;s only goal came in the 57th minute when Manuel Akanji tapped in at the far post after a corner kick.
Switzerland lost in the round of 16 for the third straight World Cup. The country hasn&rsquo;t reached the quarterfinals since hosting the event in 1954.
Pepe took the captaincy from Ronaldo and became the oldest player to score in the knockout stage at the World Cup, at 39 years, 283 days.&nbsp;
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Ronaldo Dropped, Ramos Scores 3 For Portugal At World Cup

Photo Credit:&nbsp;Croatia's goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic saves a penalty kick by Japan's Kaoru Mitoma during the World Cup round of 16 soccer match between Japan and Croatia at the Al Janoub Stadium in Al Wakrah, Qatar, Monday, Dec. 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) AL WAKRAH, Qatar (AP) &mdash; Croatia is going deep at another&nbsp;World Cup,&nbsp;and the team is taking the long route once again.
Goalkeeper Dominik Livakovic saved three penalty kicks in Croatia&rsquo;s 3-1 win over Japan in a shootout on Monday, securing a return to the quarterfinals for the runner-up in the 2018 tournament. The match was tied at 1-1 after extra time.
On its surprising run to the final in Russia four years ago, Croatia needed extra time in each round in the knockout stage &mdash; and twice came through a penalty shootout.
&ldquo;History keeps repeating itself,&rdquo; Croatia coach Zlatko Dalic said with a smile.
Livakovic was the backup goalkeeper to Danijel Subasic in 2018 but took center stage this time, diving to his left to keep out Japan&rsquo;s first penalty by Takumi Minamino, to his right to block Kaoru Mitoma&rsquo;s effort from the second penalty, and then again to his right to deny Maya Yoshida off the fourth.
That gave Mario Pasalic the chance to put away the clinching penalty. The substitute joined the rest of Croatia&rsquo;s jubilant players in heading right for Livakovic after hitting the back of the net.
&ldquo;In Croatia, we do things this way,&rdquo; Livakovic said. &ldquo;I continued the tradition.&rdquo;
The similarities with 2018 do not stop there. Just like in every game in the knockout stage that year, Croatia fell behind to Japan when Daizen Maeda swept in a close-range finish in the 43rd.
<img src="https://api.fastersmart.online/uploads/embeds/1670321359-BeFunky-collaget_43.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="700" />Photo Credit:&nbsp;Japan's Daizen Maeda celebrates with his teammates after scoring his side's opening goal during the World Cup round of 16 soccer match between Japan and Croatia at the Al Janoub Stadium in Al Wakrah, Qatar, Monday, Dec. 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar) Ivan Perisic equalized by meeting Dejan Lovren&rsquo;s cross from the right with a header into the bottom corner from near the penalty spot in the 57th.
Dalic said his team&rsquo;s ability to recover from losing positions &ldquo;reflects the Croatian people,&rdquo; with a nod to a psyche the players forged growing up in a country ravaged by war as the former Yugoslavia broke up in the 1990s.
&ldquo;We never give up ... We have been through so much pain and the players have great pride,&rdquo; Dalic said. &ldquo;The whole of Croatia is supporting us and this is a way of giving them faith for a better tomorrow.&rdquo;
While Croatia &mdash; also a semifinalist in 1998 &mdash; prepares to take on Brazil in the quarterfinals, Japan exits a World Cup in the round of 16 for the fourth time, just like in 2002, 2010 and 2018. The Asian team also lost in a penalty shootout to Paraguay at that stage in 2010.
Asia is still waiting for a second team to advance beyond the last 16, after South Korea on home soil in 2002.
Japan made its mark in Qatar, though, beating Germany and Spain &mdash; two of the last three World Cup champions &mdash; in huge upsets in the group stage.
&ldquo;The players showed a new era of Japanese football, I think,&rdquo; Japan coach Hajime Moriyasu said. &ldquo;They should use this feeling of being upset and try to go further next time.
&ldquo;We cannot be superheroes in one go. We have to improve step by step. But Japan is reaching a level where we can play on the world stage.&rdquo;
The result guarantees at least one more World Cup game for 37-year-old Croatia captain Luka Modric, one of the best midfielders of his generation. The 2018 world player of the year had a quiet game, save for one pass with the outside of his right foot that sent Perisic away for a shot on goal in the first half.
Modric was substituted in the first half of extra time and wasn&rsquo;t part of the shootout.
COACH&rsquo;S CONFIDENCE
Dalic never doubted Livakovic in the shootout. &ldquo;Yesterday during training, we practiced penalty kicks and he really saved many shots,&rdquo; Dalic said. &ldquo;So when we started the shootout, I was very confident. He proved to be like Subasic in Russia.&rdquo; Three of Croatia&rsquo;s four penalty-takers were substitutes.
CROATIA&rsquo;S ENDURANCE
Since 1998, all of Croatia&rsquo;s knockout matches at a World Cup or European Championship have gone to extra time except for the 2018 World Cup final loss to France.
RECORD SCORER
With his goal, Peri&scaron;ić became the first Croatia player to score 10 goals at major tournaments.
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Croatia Going Deep Again At World Cup After Shootout Win

Photo Credit:&nbsp;Brazil's Neymar celebrates after scoring his side's second goal from the penalty spot during the World Cup round of 16 soccer match between Brazil and South Korea, at the Education City Stadium in Al Rayyan, Qatar, Monday, Dec. 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
DOHA, Qatar (AP) &mdash; It was the same old Neymar out there, looking fit and scoring a goal to move closer to Pel&eacute;&rsquo;s all-time record and lead Brazil into the&nbsp;World Cup&nbsp;quarterfinals.
Neymar returned from injury and converted a first-half penalty in Brazil&rsquo;s 4-1 win over South Korea in the round of 16 on Monday. He reached 76 goals with the national team, one shy of the mark set by Pel&eacute;, who said he would&nbsp;watch the match&nbsp;from his hospital bed in Sao Paulo.
&ldquo;I was very scared,&rdquo; Neymar said. &ldquo;It was very difficult after getting injured like I did. I was crying the entire night. My family knows what I had to go through. But in the end it all worked out. It was worth the effort to keep undergoing physiotherapy.&rdquo;
The 82-year-old Pel&eacute; is recovering from a respiratory infection that was aggravated by COVID-19, leaving fans in Brazil and in Qatar worried about his condition. Neymar carried a banner with the soccer great&rsquo;s image and &ldquo;Pel&eacute;&rdquo; written on it after the match, and the entire team then posed behind it near midfield.
<img src="https://api.fastersmart.online/uploads/embeds/1670309810-1_59.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="700" />&nbsp;Photo Credit: Brazil's Neymar, left, scores on a penalty kick against South Korea's goalkeeper Kim Seung-gyu, right, during the World Cup round of 16 soccer match between Brazil and South Korea, at the Education City Stadium in Al Rayyan, Qatar, Monday, Dec. 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
&ldquo;It&rsquo;s tough to talk about Pel&eacute; with what he is going through,&rdquo; Neymar said. &ldquo;We wish he can get well soon. We hope we made him feel a bit more comfortable with the banner and with the victory.&rdquo;
South Korea was trying to advance past the round of 16 for the first time since its historic run to the semifinals as a co-host in 2002.
Neymar damaged ligaments in his right ankle in the team&rsquo;s opening match against Serbia and at the time there were doubts if he would play again at the World Cup. He was clearly back, and there were no signs of the injury as he led Brazil to a comfortable victory and a spot in the World Cup quarterfinals for the eighth straight time.
Brazil will next play Croatia on Friday.
Neymar scored his first goal of this year&rsquo;s World Cup after kissing the ball and calmly sending a low shot from the spot after waiting the goalkeeper to choose a side in the 13th minute. He danced as his teammates huddled around him, then did dance moves along with Vin&iacute;cius Junior and other teammates before raising his arms to the sky and smiling broadly.
Neymar was forced out of the 2014 World Cup in Brazil after getting hurt in the quarterfinals. On Monday, he joined Pel&eacute; and Ronaldo with goals for Brazil in three different World Cups.
Fans chanted his name as he walked off the field after the match. He had been substituted in the 81st.
<img src="https://api.fastersmart.online/uploads/embeds/1670309821-1_57.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="700" />&nbsp;Photo Credit:&nbsp;Brazil's Neymar celebrates scoring his side's second goal during the World Cup round of 16 soccer match between Brazil and South Korea, at the Education City Stadium in Al Rayyan, Qatar, Monday, Dec. 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)
Vin&iacute;cius J&uacute;nior scored the first goal from inside the area after a cross by Raphinha in the seventh minute, Richarlison added to the lead from close range after a nice exchange of passes by the Brazilians in the 29th, and Lucas Paquet&aacute; scored the fourth before halftime after an assist by Vin&iacute;cius J&uacute;nior.
They celebrated each goal by dancing, and even Brazil coach Tite participated in Richarlison&rsquo;s traditional &ldquo;pigeon&rdquo; celebration.
Paik Seung-ho scored South Korea&rsquo;s goal in the 76th minute.
South Korea coach Paulo Bento said after the match he was quitting. The Portuguese coach took over the national team after the last World Cup and his contract was due to end after this year&rsquo;s tournament.
There were many banners and shirts honoring Pel&eacute; at Stadium 974, and fans chanted the Brazil great&rsquo;s name and opened a large banner with his image behind one of the goals in the 10th minute of each half. Pel&eacute; used to wear the No. 10 jersey.
It was the last World Cup match at Stadium 974, which is expected to be fully dismantled. The port-side structure that seats more than 40,000 fans was partially built from recycled shipping containers and could be shipped to other countries that need the infrastructure.&nbsp;
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Neymar Scores, Brazil Beats South Korea 4-1 At World Cup

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Beloved singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey is staying very active and continuing her streak of consistent releases, as the artist announced that a new album is on the way, titled &ldquo;Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd&rdquo;, which is set to be released on the 10th of March, 2023. It includes the most ambitious collaborations that Lana had done in a while.
The album's announcement came with a release of a new track with the same title as the album, and it has production credit from Lana Del Rey&rsquo;s long-time producer Jack Antonoff.
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The new album will not be exclusively produced by Jack Antonoff, who previously met enormous success with Lana in albums such as &ldquo;Norman Rockwell&rdquo;, &ldquo;Chemtrails Over The Country Club&rdquo; and &ldquo;Blue Banisters&rdquo;, but the album will include production from acclaimed names like Mike Hermosa, Drew Erickson, Zach Dawes, and Benji.
Although Lana Del Rey is not an artist who is known for bringing a lot of features in her albums, the new album seems like it&rsquo;s going to have an extensive amount of features by Lana&rsquo;s standards from renowned artists like Jon Batiste, Bleachers, Father John Misty, Judah Smith, Tommy Genesis, and SYML.
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Lana Del Rey Announces A New Album And Drops A New Song

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By Hassan El Seddiq&nbsp;&nbsp;
Metro Boomin managed to be one of the biggest names in trap music production due to his infectious beats and successful collaborations, especially with names like Travis Scott, Young Thug, and 21 Savage, who teamed up with Metro to release 2016&rsquo;s &ldquo;Savage Mode&rdquo; and its sequel &ldquo;Savage mode 2&rdquo; in 2020, which were highly acclaimed and helped to skyrocket the success of both artists.
In &ldquo;Heroes and Villains&rdquo;, Metro is continuing his pursuit of making grimy yet catchy trap beats with features from artists he had previously worked with, and continuing the superhero theme he started in his first solo album &ldquo;Not All Heroes Wear Capes&rdquo;.
With a cover art inspired by the classic progressive rock album &ldquo;Wish you Were Here&rdquo; by Pink Floyd, &ldquo;Heroes &amp; Villains&rdquo; is an ambitious and focused album, with irresistible hooks, inventive samples, and cutting-edge production. &nbsp;&nbsp;
<img src="https://api.fastersmart.online/uploads/embeds/1670421016-1_72.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="700" />&nbsp;Photo Credit: Metro Boomin / Twitter
If there&rsquo;s one thing that feels like it&rsquo;s holding the album back, it's that Metro Boomin is leaning a bit much towards his comfort zone, as the majority of the tracks have either a feature from Future or 21 Savage, which is understandable in a way because Metro knows that there&rsquo;s chemistry between him and these artists and his biggest hits were collaborations with them, however, &ldquo;Heroes and Villains&rdquo; was a good opportunity for him to show us a new direction or a fresh take on his music, nevertheless, some of the biggest hits in the album has future or 21 Savage like &ldquo;Superhero&rdquo;, &ldquo;Umbrella&rdquo; or &ldquo;Creepin&rsquo;&rdquo;. &nbsp;
The closer of the album, &ldquo;Feel The Fiyaaaah&rdquo; is one of the biggest highlights on the tracklist, not only because of the soul-inspired intro which helps to set the tone of a grand closure, or because of the solid feature from A$AP Rocky, but also because the track's second half has a feature from the late Takeoff who ends the album on an incredibly high note.

Nile FM Review: Metro Boomin “Heroes and Villains” Album Review

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After 5 years of waiting, the R&amp;B singer-songwriter SZA finally announces the release date alongside the tracklist of her sophomore album &ldquo;S.O.S&rdquo;. Luckily, we won&rsquo;t have to wait any longer as the album will be released next Friday the 9th of December, and the tracklist encompasses multiple familiar collaborations with SZA and a few surprising ones.
SZA started teasing this album a year ago with her single &ldquo;Good Day&rdquo; which was a massive success, then she released a second single, &ldquo;I Hate U&rdquo; a few months later. Rumors started to bubble up after that her label is deliberately delaying the release of her album, till last October when she released the third single from the album titled &ldquo;Shirt&rdquo; alongside a music video starring &ldquo;Atlanta&rdquo; star, Lakeith Stanfield, and in November she released a &ldquo;PSA&rdquo; video which many fans speculated that it is the official announcement of the album.
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The official news came after her performance in SNL, where she debuts another single from &ldquo;S.O.S&rdquo; titled &ldquo;Blind&rdquo;. The artist announced via Twitter the tracklist, release date, and the album cover. The tracklist consists of 23 songs with features from Don Toliver and Travis Scott, who collaborated with SZA before in her 2017&rsquo;s hit single &ldquo;Love Galore&rdquo;, but also the tracklist revealed other very intriguing features like the indie-pop star Phoebe Bridgers&rsquo;s feature in &ldquo;Ghost in The Machine&rdquo; which got the fans optimistically worried and a posthumous feature from the Wu-Tang Clan&rsquo;s veteran Ol&rsquo; Dirty Bastard.
SZA first album &ldquo;CTRL&rdquo; received massive critical acclaim, and garnered a significant fan base for SZA, with many esteemed platforms, like Rolling Stone and NME putting it as one of the best albums in 2017, and the album was nominated for 4 Grammy awards. After &ldquo;CTRL" SZA has collaborated with a lot of huge artists such as Megan Thee Stallion, Summer Walker, Justin Timberlake, Kali Uchis, Isaiah Rashad, and Doja Cat in her Grammy-winning track &ldquo;Kiss Me More&rdquo; which earned both artists the 2022 Grammy Award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance.
<img src="https://api.fastersmart.online/uploads/embeds/1670326935-Snapinsta.app_1080_317595220_509453870939422_725536417651530337_n.jpg" alt="" width="1080" height="1080" />&nbsp;Photo Credit: SZA / Instagram
Check out the full tracklist below:
01- &ldquo;S.O.S.&rdquo;
02- &ldquo;Kill Bill&rdquo;
03- &ldquo;Seek &amp; Destroy&rdquo;
04- &ldquo;Low&rdquo;
05- &ldquo;Love Language&rdquo;
06- &ldquo;Blind&rdquo;
07- &ldquo;Used&rdquo; (Feat. Don Toliver)
08- &ldquo;Snooze&rdquo;
09- &ldquo;Notice Me&rdquo;
10- &ldquo;Gone Girl&rdquo;
11- &ldquo;Smoking On My Ex Pack&rdquo;
12- &ldquo;Ghost In The Machine&rdquo; (Feat. Phoebe Bridgers)
13- &ldquo;FZF&rdquo;
14- &ldquo;Nobody Gets Me&rdquo;
15- &ldquo;Conceited&rdquo;
16- &ldquo;Special&rdquo;
17- &ldquo;Too Late&rdquo;
18- &ldquo;Far&rdquo;
19- &ldquo;Shirt&rdquo;
20- &ldquo;Open Arms&rdquo; (Feat. Travis Scott)
21- &ldquo;I Hate U&rdquo;
22- &ldquo;Good Days&rdquo;
23- &ldquo;Forgiveness&rdquo; (Feat. Ol&rsquo; Dirty Bastard)

SZA Reveals The Tracklist and Release Date Of her New Album “S.O.S” 

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Saudi cinephiles will finally get a chance to watch a collection of the rich filmography of the renowned Egyptian director Youssef Chahine on the silver screen, as a part of the second edition of the Red Sea International Film Festival.
The retrospective will be hosted by Hayy Cinema, which is the first independent film theatre in Saudi Arabia, and will consist of 5 restored classic movies by the Egyptian auteur, and they are "Alexandria Why" (1978), "Alexandria Again and Forever" (1989), "Adieu Bonaparte" (1984), "The Sixth Day" (1986), and "Return of The Prodigal Son" (1976).
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The retrospective will coincide with a photography exhibition by the Egyptian photographer Galal Fahmy and will include photos of Chahine, and behind the scene images from his most iconic movies to showcase the director&rsquo;s unique cinematic vision. The exhibition will also be at the Hayy cinema and will be titled &ldquo;As Seen&rdquo;.
The program aims to honor the legacy of the pioneer film director, who inspired a generation of filmmakers to be fearless and make movies with earnest emotions and characters that are deeply rooted in society.

Youssef Chahine Retrospective Program To Screen As A Part Of Red Sea International Film Festival

Photo Credit: Charlize Theron arrives at The Hollywood Reporter's Women in Entertainment Gala on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, at Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP) &nbsp;AP)&nbsp;
LOS ANGELES (AP) &mdash; For once, Charlize Theron has begun to witness more women in power roles with the film industry.
&ldquo;Women are tearing down the whole &hellip; building,&rdquo; Theron said after she received the prestigious Sherry Lansing Leadership Award at The Hollywood Reporter&rsquo;s Women in Entertainment breakfast gala Wednesday in Los Angeles. The Oscar winner was handed the award by her friend Seth Rogen for excelling as a trailblazer and her philanthropy work in Hollywood.
Theron praised female leaders who have paved ways as heads of studio departments, directors, producers and those that have created their own production companies. She said women should lean on each other as resources to strengthen their voices.
&ldquo;I want us to keep each other accountable, use each other as resources and push each other to keep using our voices and platforms for something greater than ourselves,&rdquo; Theron said. The actor said she&rsquo;s been inspired by young people through her Charlize Theron Africa Outreach Project, which is an organization dedicated to making a difference for people in South Africa.
&ldquo;In the face of what we would consider adversity or concrete ceilings, they see opportunity and room for change, growth and inclusion,&rdquo; Theron said.
Previous honorees include Oprah Winfrey, Meryl Streep, Viola Davis, Reese Witherspoon, Jennifer Anniston and Barbra Streisand.
In a heartfelt speech, Rogen called Theron the most impressive person he has been around. He then joked about how he&rsquo;s physically intimidated to work with Theron on a project because &ldquo;she murders people in every movie she does.&rdquo;
Rogen&rsquo;s joke drew a collective laugh from the audience. The actor delivered more comic relief when he jokingly took a jab at an absent Kim Kardashian, who was a scheduled presenter at the event.
&ldquo;I have seen every episode of &lsquo;Keeping Up with the Kardashians.&rsquo; I know she&rsquo;s not doing something more important than this,&rdquo; Rogen said as the audience members laughed and applauded. He then added: &ldquo;She&rsquo;s never done nothing more important than this.&rdquo;
Theron praised the work of Issa Rae, who was earlier honored with the Equity in Entertainment Award, which recognized her for amplifying the voices of underrepresented communities in the entertainment industry.
Yvonne Orji, who presented Rae with the award, called her a unique visionary and a &ldquo;risk taker.&rdquo; She credited Rae for creating opportunities for people of color and showing the beauty of south Los Angeles through five seasons of her HBO series &ldquo;Insecure,&rdquo; which ended in 2021.
&ldquo;What stands out most for me is her unfailing support of the marginalized, her extreme selflessness, her dogged belief that everyone can win,&rdquo; said Orji, who starred on &ldquo;Insecure.&rdquo;
Rae said some of her success can be credited to &ldquo;operating from a scared place.&rdquo;
&ldquo;It makes you impatient about what you wish to happen,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;It makes you fearless about the things you normally might be afraid of.&rdquo;
Jamie Lee Curtis, Janelle Monae, Margot Robbie, Addison Rae and Gracie Abrams presented scholarships as part of THR&rsquo;s Women in Entertainment mentorship program.
Around $1 million in university scholarships were presented to female high school seniors from under-served communities in Los Angeles. The high schoolers will also be paired with top-level female entertainment executives, lawyers and agents.
Members of the incoming mentee class of 2023 were also given new Apple Mac Book Air laptops, which were provided by the Edie Wasserman Women in Hollywood Fund.
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Charlize Theron Honored At Women In Entertainment Gala

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Seven-time Oscar-nominated director Wes Anderson&rsquo;s new movie &ldquo;Asteroid City&rdquo; just landed a summer release date that is both ambitious and troublesome, as it will have to compete with major blockbuster releases such as DC&rsquo;s &ldquo;The Flash&rdquo; and the fifth installment of Indiana Jones &ldquo;Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny&rdquo;.
While the cult status that Anderson will definitely attract a lot of moviegoers, especially those who are seeking originality and meticulously made films, however, it is still highly doubtful that the indie movie could stand its ground in front of multimillion-dollar blockbusters with huge production and distribution companies backing them.
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&ldquo;Asteroid City&rdquo; is described as &ldquo;a poetic meditation on the meaning of life&rdquo;, it takes place in a fictional American desert town in the 1950s and will be focusing on a stargazer convention that takes place in the town that brings together students and parents from across the country, however, all hell breaks loose when the convention is interrupted by a world-changing event.
The movie will mark the first collaboration between the visionary director and the celebrated actor Tom Hanks, and it seems like it&rsquo;s going to be another star-studded film for Anderson, with a lot of actors who worked previously with the director returning such as Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson, Jeffrey Wright, Tilda Swinton, Edward Norton, Adrien Brody, Liev Schreiber, and Jeff Goldblum and newcomers such as Tom Hanks, Margot Robbie, Steve Carell and Bryan Cranston among many more actors.
The movie is set to be released on the 16th of June 2023.

Wes Anderson’s “Asteroid City” Gets A Summer 2023 Release Date 

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&nbsp;Photo Credit:&nbsp;FILE - Uruguay's Luis Suarez cries at the end of the World Cup group H soccer match between Ghana and Uruguay, at the Al Janoub Stadium in Al Wakrah, Qatar, Friday, Dec. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi, File) DOHA, Qatar (AP) &mdash; The day before what was likely his last&nbsp;World Cup&nbsp;game, Luis Suarez walked into the room, sat down and placed himself squarely in the spotlight &mdash; again.
Then a Ghanaian journalist let it all out: Ghana wants to &ldquo;retire you,&rdquo; he said to the Uruguay forward. You are &ldquo;the devil himself.&rdquo; You need to apologize to my country for what you did.
Quite the reaction to a soccer player, even if his deliberate handball more than a decade ago is still one of the most contentious moments in World Cup history.
Uruguay&rsquo;s 2-0 win over Ghana on Friday, which still resulted in elimination for the Uruguayans, is expected to be Suarez&rsquo;s last World Cup game if he stays true to his pre-tournament pronouncement. And if so, it ended the international career of one of soccer&rsquo;s most divisive characters, a player who is adored in Uruguay, who won titles at Ajax, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid, and who was at his height one of the best strikers in the world.
Suarez brought joy to his teams and fans, often after extended periods of gloom. With Suarez, Uruguay ended 20 years of World Cup underachievement &mdash; either failing to qualify or being eliminated in the group stage &mdash; to reach the semifinals in 2010. He helped deliver Uruguay&rsquo;s first Copa America title in 16 years in 2011. He was instrumental in Atletico Madrid&rsquo;s first Spanish title in seven years in 2021.
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Suarez A World Cup Great For Uruguay, ‘The Devil’ For Others

Photo Credit: Senegal's Kalidou Koulibaly celebrates after scoring his side's second goal during the World Cup group A soccer match between Ecuador and Senegal, at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic) AL RAYYAN, Qatar (AP) &mdash; Kalidou Koulibaly literally drew inspiration on his captain&rsquo;s armband, writing the No. 19 on it in memory of one of Senegal&rsquo;s most loved players.
Then Koulibaly became one himself.
The Senegal captain scored the winning goal in the 2-1 victory over Ecuador on Tuesday, putting his team into the round of 16 at the&nbsp;World Cup&nbsp;despite the absence of the injured Sadio Mane, the team&rsquo;s best player and one of the best strikers in the world.
The No. 19 was to honor&nbsp;Papa Bouba Diop,&nbsp;the Senegal midfielder who scored the winning goal against defending champion France in the opening game of the 2002 World Cup. It was one of Senegal&rsquo;s greatest soccer moments and a victory that started that team&rsquo;s run to the quarterfinals &mdash; still Senegal&rsquo;s best performance.
&ldquo;We wanted to make him proud. We wanted to give homage to him,&rdquo; Koulibaly said of Diop, who died at the age of 42 exactly two years ago Tuesday. &ldquo;He was the one who made me dream when I was a boy. This was something we weren&rsquo;t going to let slip.
&ldquo;Thank God I was there to send that ball into the back of the net.&rdquo;
Only a win against Ecuador would have taken Senegal through to the next round from Group A, and Koulibaly scored the goal that made it happen at Khalifa International Stadium.
A free kick from Idrissa Gueye bounced off an opponent and came his way. Koulibaly threw out his right foot and hit it past Ecuador goalkeeper Hernan Galindez in the 70th minute. Koulibaly then sprinted toward the corner flag and slid on his knees to celebrate.
The African champions took the lead after a first-half penalty from Ismaila Sarr. But Moises Caicedo evened the score when he was left unmarked after a corner kick in the 67th minute.
At 1-1, Ecuador was going to advance and Senegal was out.
That result would have been as agonizing as Senegal&rsquo;s early elimination four years ago, when the team finished the group stage with a loss to Colombia and even on points with Japan. Senegal was eliminated on a fair play rule because it had picked up two more yellow cards than the Japanese.
This year, Senegal coach Aliou Cisse was forced to reinvent his forward line following the injury to Mane, who sent the team a message before the match. Koulibaly said the Bayern Munich striker has also been an inspiration for the team despite not being in Qatar.
&ldquo;When it came to his (Mane&rsquo;s) injury, two thirds of the world probably doubted that we would be able to qualify,&rdquo; Koulibaly said.
Senegal lost its opening match against the Netherlands 2-0 but gave itself a chance with a 3-1 win over host Qatar. Still, the team needed a victory over Ecuador.
&ldquo;We were up against a brick wall,&rdquo; Cisse said.
The 24-year-old Sarr won the penalty when he was knocked over by a clumsy challenge from Ecuador defender Piero Hincapie just before halftime. He side-footed his penalty into the bottom right corner in the 44th minute and almost the entire Senegal bench and coaching staff ran to him.
Sarr also headed over to the corner flag to celebrate while putting his hands over his eyes.
He can look now, because Senegal has at least one more match to play.
SENEGAL&rsquo;S QUEST
Senegal now has a chance match, or even better, the country&rsquo;s scintillating run to the quarterfinals in 2002, when Cisse was the captain and the team equaled Africa&rsquo;s best performance at a World Cup. No African team has made the semifinals.
ECUADOR EMOTION
It was the end of a strong campaign for Ecuador and striker Enner Valencia, who had scored his team&rsquo;s first three goals at this year&rsquo;s World Cup and played against Senegal despite struggling with a bad knee strain. Valencia was left consoling Galindez, who was tearing up near the end of the game and couldn&rsquo;t hold back after the final whistle as he cried on Valencia&rsquo;s shoulder.
WHAT&rsquo;S NEXT
Senegal will play England in the round of 16 on Sunday. The Netherlands, which won Group A, will face the United States on Saturday.
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Koulibaly’s Goal Puts Senegal Into Round Of 16 At World Cup

Photo Credit:&nbsp;England's Bukayo Saka celebrates after scoring his side's fourth goal against Iran during the World Cup group B soccer match between England and Iran at the Khalifa International Stadium, in Doha, Qatar, Monday, Nov. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
DOHA, Qatar (AP) &mdash; When Bukayo Saka and Marcus Rashford last walked off the field at a major international soccer tournament, they were bombarded with racist abuse.
Three goals for England in the team&rsquo;s opening match at this year&rsquo;s World Cup was their immediate riposte.
Saka scored two before giving way to Rashford, who added another in the second half of England&rsquo;s 6-2 rout of Iran on Monday.
The jubilant scene at the Khalifa International Stadium was in contrast to the tears shed following England&rsquo;s penalty shootout loss to Italy in last year&rsquo;s European Championship final. Saka and Rashford both failed to convert from the spot and were targeted on social media.
&ldquo;It is a moment that has been with me and will be with me forever,&rdquo; said Saka, who was only 19 during Euro 2020. &ldquo;But I am so blessed and so grateful to have the coaching staff, not only here with the team at England, but also at Arsenal.
&ldquo;My friends and my family put their arm around me along with my teammates and the nation supported me to help me get back to a good place. I feel that love from everyone around me.&rdquo;
The win also provides encouragement for coach Gareth Southgate, who has faced the most troubled period of his England tenure over the last year. In a difficult buildup to the tournament in Qatar, he was booed after a 4-0 loss to Hungary in June and was humiliated by his own fans when they chanted, &ldquo;You don&rsquo;t know what you&rsquo;re doing.&rdquo;
<img src="https://api.fastersmart.online/uploads/embeds/1669109782-1000_8.jpg" alt="" />Photo Credit:&nbsp;England's Marcus Rashford celebrates with teammates after scoring his side's fifth goal during the World Cup group B soccer match between England and Iran at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, Monday, Nov. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein) Hundreds of fans missed the start of Monday&rsquo;s match because of an issue with digital tickets. When they eventually made their way to their seats, they witnessed an utterly dominant display from England.
Jude Bellingham&rsquo;s first international goal opened the scoring in the 35th minute.
Saka then got his first of the match in the 43rd and Raheem Sterling added another in first-half stoppage time. Saka scored his second shortly after the hour, but Mehdi Taremi pulled one back for Iran in the 65th minute.
Rashford struck six minutes later to extend England&rsquo;s lead to 5-1, and Jack Grealish also stepped off the bench to score a sixth in the 90th. Taremi added another for Iran from the penalty spot deep in stoppage time after John Stones was penalized for holding Morteza Pouraliganji&rsquo;s shirt in the box.
The game was delayed for several minutes in the first half when Iran goalkeeper Ali Beiranvand clashed heads with a teammate. He was eventually taken off the field on a stretcher with the score still 0-0.
His replacement, Hossein Hosseini, was left with the unenviable task of facing England&rsquo;s potent attack.
The match had a total of 29 minutes of stoppage time, 15 minutes in the first half and 14 in the second.
After the match, Iran coach Carlos Queiroz pleaded with fans to support the team following apparent boos during the national anthem amid protests in the nation for women&rsquo;s rights.
&ldquo;All the Iranians in the stadium are welcome, and feel free to criticize,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Those who come to disturb the team with issues that are not only about football opinions are not welcome. They are just simple football boys. They have one dream, to play football. It is not their fault that the World Cup happens at the moment. The moral is: Let the kids play the game. They want to represent the country, represent the people.&rdquo;
BRILLIANT BELLINGHAM
Bellingham had not even made his senior debut by the time of the last World Cup in 2018. Now the Borussia Dortmund midfielder is one of the most coveted players in the Europe and is expected to spark a major transfer battle at the end of the season. Monday&rsquo;s performance is likely to see his reputation grow even more.
KANE&rsquo;S OK
Southgate said Harry Kane was not injured despite concerns when he went down under a challenge in the second half and was later substituted.
&ldquo;I think Harry is fine,&rdquo; the coach said. &ldquo;It looked a bad tackle, but he carried on and we took him off because we thought it was a moment when we could do that.&rdquo;
UP NEXT
England faces the United States on Friday and Iran takes on Wales.
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Saka, Rashford Help England Rout Iran 6-2 At World Cup

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, Nov 11 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden addressed the COP27 climate conference in Egypt on Thursday, saying the global climate crisis posed an existential threat to the planet and promising that the United States was doing its part to combat it.
"The climate crisis is about human security, economic security, environmental security, national security, and the very life of the planet," Biden said, before outlining steps the United States, the world&rsquo;s second-biggest greenhouse gas emitter, was taking.
"I can stand here as president of the United States of America and say with confidence, the United States of America will meet our emissions targets by 2030," he said
His speech was intended to remind government representatives gathered in Sharm el-Sheikh to keep alive a goal of keeping the global average temperature rise within 1.5 degrees Celsius to avert the worst impacts of planetary warming. It came even as a slew of crises - from a land war in Europe to rampant inflation - distract international focus.
"Against this backdrop, it's more urgent than ever that we double down on our climate commitments. Russia's war only enhances the urgency of the need to transition the world off its dependence on fossil fuels," he said.
Prior to his arrival, Biden&rsquo;s administration sought to set the stage by unveiling a domestic plan to crack down hard on the U.S. oil and gas industry&rsquo;s emissions of methane, one of the most powerful greenhouse gases, in a move that defied months of lobbying by drillers.
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COP27: Biden Says The Climate Crisis Is About "Very Life Of The Planet"

Photo Credit: A visitor wearing a protective face mask walks past painted art depicting John Lennon during an exhibition, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Jakarta, Indonesia, October 15, 2020. REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana/File Photo
NEW YORK, Nov 9 (Reuters) - A Kurt Cobain smashed guitar is expected to fetch top dollar at Julien&rsquo;s Auction&rsquo;s annual Icons &amp; Idols: Rock &lsquo;N&rsquo; Roll Auction in New York.
The taped-up instrument is considered by some a piece of rock and roll history and estimated to be worth $200,000 to $400,000.
&ldquo;This guitar was actually smashed in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, 1989," said executive director of Julien&rsquo;s Auctions, Martin Nolan. "He's actually written on the guitar."
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Photo Credit: A memorial for late former Beatle John Lennon is seen at the "Imagine" mosaic in the Strawberry Fields section of Central Park to mark Lennon's 80th birthday, in New York City, U.S., October 9, 2020. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid 
Over 1,500 lots are included that features items from Beyonce, Prince and Carrie Underwood.
Glasses worn by John Lennon are estimated to sell for over $80,000.
&ldquo;You sort of identified John Lennon as wearing those type of round granny glasses, as he called them himself. And their photo match to a photograph taken by Ian McKellen for the book &lsquo;The Lives of John Lennon&rsquo;- it comes with that book as well.&rdquo;
Nolan said since the pandemic there has been a surge in people wanting to own iconic items.
&ldquo;People are sort of taking their money out of sort of intangible items or even real estate items that they have in their investment portfolio and choosing to own something cool, something that they can relate to.&rdquo;
The sale will take place live at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York City&rsquo;s Times Square and online from Nov. 11-13.
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Kurt Cobain's Smashed Guitar, Lennon's Glasses Hit The Auction Block

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Renowned TV presenter, interviewer, and journalist, Mofeed Fawzy passed away, after being hospitalized due to health issues.
The late journalist had undergone surgery in the past couple of weeks on the gall bladder duct, and his daughter Hanan Fawzy revealed that he got out of the hospital and will be continuing his treatment at home.
The daughter of the esteemed journalist said the funeral service will be held at El Maraashly Church in the Cairo district of Zamalek at 12:00 p.m.
Fawzy was born in 1933, he graduated from the Faculty of Arts, at Cairo University, in 1959, and was married to late broadcaster Amal El-Omdah.
He pioneered the concept of ​​press television with his celebrated program &ldquo;Hadeeth Al Madena&rdquo; &ldquo;Talk of the Town&rdquo; which he presented for nearly 26 years.

Veteran TV Presenter And Journalist Mofeed Fawzy Dies At 89

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The esteemed Egyptian-British heart surgeon Sir Magdi Yacoub has been inaugurated as the first recipient of the honorary presidency of the British University in Egypt, in the presence of a number of government officials and renowned names in the academic field, including the Minister of Planning and Economic Development, Dr.Hala Helmy El-Said, the Minister of Health and Population, Dr. Khaled Abdel Ghaffar, and the president of the British University in Egypt, Dr. Mohamed Lotfy, among many others distinguished names.
Minister of Planning and Economic Development, Dr. Hala El-Said said during the inauguration, that Dr. Magdi Yacoub is the link between Egypt and the world as he represents an inspiration for millions of people around the world because of his legacy and his appreciation for the values of hard work, dedication, integrity, and compassion.
Dr. Hala El-Said also stressed on the significance of &ldquo;Magdi Yacoub Heart Foundation&rdquo; in Aswan, which was founded in 2008, by Sir Magdi Yacoub and the late Dr. Ahmed Zewail, and its continued role in cultivating hope for Egyptians, especially among the unfortunate few who cannot afford the treatment, as the foundation provides free medical services.
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Dr. Magdi Yacoub Is The First Recipient Of The Honorary Presidency Of The British University

Photo Credit: Soccer Football - FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 - Group C - Poland v Saudi Arabia - Education City Stadium, Al Rayyan, Qatar - November 26, 2022 Poland's Robert Lewandowski applauds fans after the match REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach Nov 27 (Reuters) - Poland's Robert Lewandowski gave a signed jersey on Sunday to a Saudi Arabia fan who was filmed dancing and donning a Lewandowski shirt after the Poland captain's goal in his side's 2-0 win over the Saudis on Saturday.
The unnamed fan was filmed switching his Saudi Arabia shirt to a Polish one with Lewandowski's name on the back just after the goal. The fan started dancing and cheering right afterwards.
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Tymczasem dzień po meczu... <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/KierunekKatar?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#KierunekKatar</a> <a href="https://t.co/zLRqJztp2j">https://t.co/zLRqJztp2j</a> <a href="https://t.co/PKkRzK1mnm">pic.twitter.com/PKkRzK1mnm</a>
&mdash; Łączy nas piłka (@LaczyNasPilka) <a href="https://twitter.com/LaczyNasPilka/status/1596918223190228993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 27, 2022</a></blockquote>
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The fan repeated the gesture when he met Lewandowski, dancing happily in front of the FC Barcelona player before getting a hug and a signed jersey.
Lewandowski scored his first ever World Cup goal in the Group C&nbsp;victory&nbsp;that rejuvenated Poland's campaign.
Poland now need a draw in their final game against Argentina on Wednesday to guarantee themselves a spot in the knockout stages of the competition.
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Lewandowski Gives Signed Jersey To Saudi Arabian Fan

On this week&rsquo;s episode of &ldquo;Gaz Guides&rdquo;, our beloved Gaz takes us all across Egypt in search of exciting places where we can do so many enthralling and engaging activities. Our journey goes from Giza to Cairo to Luxor to Alexandria and so many other sights where you can absorb Egypt&rsquo;s history and culture, exploring what each place has to offer, from outdoorsy activities to relaxing and chilling sunset activities.
Tune in every Thursday from 1- 3 PM to catch &ldquo;Gaz Guides&rdquo; where Gaz talks all things travel!
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Al-Andalus Garden&nbsp;
Al-Andalus Garden is unlike any garden you&rsquo;ve ever seen, so a visit to this impeccable space is a must. Sitting on the banks of the River Nile, surrounded by this blossoming garden of a peaceful oasis, is a mesmerizing sensation.
This resplendent garden is one-of-its-kind and is studded with colorful mosaic benches and fountains that make it an Eden for photographers. Some of the many highlights are the Andalusian-style preserved structures, and statues of Pharaohs, lions, and the notable Egyptian poet Ahmed Shawky.
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Animal Care, Luxor
This one is for all you animal lovers out there! Animal Care is famous for being a veterinary care place that offers treatment to all neglected and abused animals. The place gets plenty of visitors who get a chance to watch trained vets take care of overworked horses, donkeys, stray dogs, and cats. Not only that, but you can easily stay there for a couple of weeks and volunteer to help, which is for sure one of the most memorable activities to do in Egypt.&nbsp;
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Giza &ndash; Papyrus Institute
One of the Egyptian civilization&rsquo;s greatest achievements was the invention of paper. Specifically, they made paper-like-objects out of papyrus trees that still grow along the Nile. At the Papyrus Institute in Giza, visitors are enthralled with a demo of the way we believe the first Egyptians made paper, and you can easily get your hands on papyrus souvenirs. Very cool!
<img src="https://api.fastersmart.online/uploads/embeds/1669289906-BeFunky-collage_-_2022-09-27T121516.286.jpg" alt="" />Photo Credit: Salma Khaled Tawfik
Islamic Cairo
Behind the walled city lies what used to be the heart of the Islamic empire in Egypt. While there are stunning mosques that showcase the rich history and the impeccable artistic approach, there is also the world&rsquo;s oldest shopping center on the streets of Islamic Cairo. You can take a walking tour by yourself in this place, and buy loads of goodies, like oriental jewelry, leather bags, and even Egyptian itra and aromatic spices, which is surely one of the most enjoyable things to do in Cairo at night. Your bargaining skills will help a lot here.
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 <img src="https://api.fastersmart.online/uploads/embeds/1669291913-60880b4a526b3c6a1d_1_-_Malkata_from_the_air.jpg" alt="" />Photo Credit: Atlas Obscura
Malkata Palace, Thebes, Upper Egypt
&nbsp;Now in ruins, the Malkata Palace was once a vast palace that took up an entire city space and was home to one of ancient Egypt&rsquo;s most powerful rulers, Amenhotep III. Though the site has almost completely collapsed, careful observation of this place tells a great many stories of the wealth and power of the pharaohs.
You will find everything from expansive courtyards, audience chambers, and harems to an enormous ceremonial lake at this Malkata site. A few of the walled structures that still stand showcase delicate carvings and paintings that are still faintly visible.
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Giza &ndash; Horse-Riding at Sunset
One of the seven wonders of the ancient world, the pyramids inspire awe, and that&rsquo;s why riding into the sunset at Giza never gets old. The pyramids are beautifully seated on the Giza Plateau, at the edge where the dunes&rsquo; caramel colors devour the horizon. Hire a camel or horse for one, two, and four-hour rides in the sand that engulfs the pyramids from one side. At sunset, visitors can witness the pyramids and golden sands in a light that is seldom seen by tourists or even captured in photos. This is one of the most romantic things to do in Egypt.
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<img src="https://api.fastersmart.online/uploads/embeds/1669292238-BeFunky-collaget_31.jpg" alt="" />Photo Credit: Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities Royal Jewelry Museum - Alexandria&nbsp;
Alexandria is such a strange realm. There was a time when a number of classic Greek philosophers lived and studied there. Later, the Romans also established an outpost here. While the library of Alexandria is no longer there for studying purposes, you can still visit the jewelry museum which is the private collection of Fatima Haider.
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Tamr Henna Museum&nbsp;
Influenced by the Egyptian, Greek, and Roman Empires over the years, Alexandria has a rich culture and history that leaves visitors in a state of amazement. The famous Tamr Henna Museum is a great place to see this very culture and history.
You&rsquo;ll find data on plenty of important historic events at this museum depicted in the most interesting forms, which makes visiting it one of the most entertaining things to do in Alexandria, Egypt. Every aspect of this museum is intriguing and creative, be it the scaly Hydra hanging from the ceiling, effigies of caged monkeys and free-roaming snakes, to a small photo studio.
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Djoser Pyramid &ndash; Explore Earth&rsquo;s Oldest Stone-Cut Monument
If you&rsquo;re looking for an out-of-this-world experience, then visiting the secluded and undiscovered Pyramid of Djoser in Saqqara will definitely be one of the top things to do in Egypt for you and your friends who love all things mysterious.
It&rsquo;s a great place to visit for those who are always fascinated with pyramids and would love to see one minus the crowd and chaos.
Located just south of Cairo in the small town of Saqqara, the Pyramid of Djoser is the oldest stone-cut monument in the world. This unique pyramid was built way back in the 27th century BC using a special stepped style of architecture that pre-dates the smooth-sided pyramids of Giza.&nbsp;&nbsp;
<img src="https://api.fastersmart.online/uploads/embeds/1669289975-BeFunky-collage_-_2022-09-27T121504.217.jpg" alt="" />Photo Credit: Salma Khaled Tawfik
A River Nile Cruise
Sailing over the beautiful Nile during dusk or at night is among the most invigorating and relaxing things to do in Egypt. In fact, the best way to see the ancient sights between the cities of Luxor and Aswan is to hop on to a multi-day River Nile cruise that offers a splendid perspective of the famous attractions of these two cities, and shows how these cities sparkle at night!
There are many luxurious or inexpensive and traditional options like the delightful Felucca to sail over the Nile.
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Siwa Oasis To Experience Berber Culture
Venture onto the less traveled road at Siwa Oasis, a desert settlement near the Libyan border. Famous for its unique Berber culture, its massive date and olive plantations, and the bizarre temple of the ancient Oracle of Ammon that now lies in shreds, this town offers a deep insight into the rural culture of the Western Desert of Egypt.
Tune in every day Thursday from 1- 3 PM to catch &ldquo;Gaz Guides&rdquo; where Gaz talks all things travel!

Doing New Activities In Egypt Is This Week's Topic On "Gaz Guides"

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Photo Credit:&nbsp;Sloclap
The hit action beat 'em up video game, &ldquo;Sifu&rdquo;, which was released this year and received massive success because of its inventive and unique art direction and an incredibly original combat system that is both intuitive and interactive, is getting a big screen adaptation with &ldquo;John Wick&rsquo;s&rdquo; writer Derek Kolstad, who is set to write the screenplay.
Kolstad is one of the best choices to helm the writing process of the adaptation, as the hand-to-hand combat in &ldquo;Sifu&rdquo; is quite similar to &ldquo;John Wick&rdquo; gritty, one-shot, and fast-paced combat, as well as his previous experience with adapting &ldquo;John Wick&rdquo; into different visual media formats, such as video games and graphic novels.
<img src="https://api.fastersmart.online/uploads/embeds/1670224761-1_50.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="700" />&nbsp;Photo Credit:&nbsp;Sloclap
Although the project doesn&rsquo;t have a director yet, Derek Kolstad will join forces with producer Dmitri M. Johnson, who worked on multiple successful projects in the past such as 2018's &ldquo;Tomb Raider&rdquo; and the latest &ldquo;Sonic the Hedgehog&rdquo; film franchise
&ldquo;Sifu&rdquo; takes place in modern-day china, and has a very simplistic revenge plot, as it follows a martial art student going across China to kill the 5 people who killed, or helped to kill his father, however every aspect of the game is so immaculately made with great attention to detail.
<img src="https://api.fastersmart.online/uploads/embeds/1670224770-1_49.jpg" alt="" width="980" height="700" />&nbsp;Photo Credit:&nbsp;Sloclap
&ldquo;Sifu&rdquo; has its own spin on the roguelike sub-genre because as you die in the game, you get older, with less health and more powerful attacks, but you die permanently once you reach the age of 70. The game is divided into 5 impressively-designed levels, with each level having a boss at the end from one of the gangs who killed the main character&rsquo;s father.

"Sifu" Is Hitting The Big Screen With "John Wick's" Writer Involved

&ldquo;Little Nightmares&rdquo; 2017:
The game starts with Six, a frail girl with a yellow raincoat, waking up from a nightmare, in an unknown place called &ldquo;The Maw&rdquo;.
As you accompany Six on her journey, you&rsquo;ll uncover:
What is &ldquo;The Maw&rdquo;? What kind of dangers lurking in its corners? And will Six be able to escape from it?
Six&rsquo;s journey through &ldquo;The Maw&rdquo; consists of three main areas, each one has a final boss that serves as a looming threat throughout the whole area.&nbsp;
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So if you&rsquo;re not busy solving creative puzzles, or going through an ambitious platforming area, you&rsquo;re probably in an intense, heart-pounding chase with one of the grotesque bosses behind you, or maybe sneaking in the nerve-wracking stealth sections. From the very first few minutes of &ldquo;Little Nightmares&rdquo;, you&rsquo;ll get chills down your spine.
In addition, the immaculate sound design creates a sense of claustrophobia while you&rsquo;re navigating through the infrastructure of &ldquo;The Maw&rdquo;. You can feel the thickness of the air through the sound design, and you can hear the echoes of the pounding metal as you&rsquo;re crawling inside a narrow metal pipe.
Coming from the Swedish Tarsier Studios, which brought us the colorful, cheerful &ldquo;LittleBigPlanet&rdquo; series, &ldquo;Little Nightmares&rdquo; is the complete polar opposite of that in terms of atmosphere and tone, yet the game is still very stylized in a creepy way.
It utilizes every tool to intensify the horror atmosphere, like when the camera lens widens in multiple parts of the game to show us how big and terrifying &ldquo;The Maw&rdquo; is, and how small and significant the main character is.
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"Doom Eternal" 2020:
Wanna be an ultimate creature who goes literally through hell, ripping and tearing demons with an advanced arsenal of weaponry, while listening to hardcore metal?
Then, you can&rsquo;t go wrong with the Doom series.
The legendary FPS (first-person shooter) helped popularize the genre in the 90s, inspiring various games that became a genre on its own. It had a revival back in 2015 with a game that was created by a team who poured a lot of love and admiration into the original games.
This was when &ldquo;Doom&rdquo; was created; it is a game that pays tribute to the original Doom franchise in every single way, but with upgraded designs for the beloved, iconic demons and weapons in the 1993&rsquo;s game. Fans were completely satisfied with the 2015 game, but they asked for more, and in 2020 they got what they wished for. The biggest Doom game yet, &ldquo;Doom Eternal&rdquo;.
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&ldquo;Doom Eternal&rdquo; is pure fan service, in the best way possible. It surpassed the 2015 game on every single level, from the otherworldly level design to the new demons that got introduced like &ldquo;Whiplash&rdquo;, &ldquo;Marauder&rdquo;, &ldquo;Doom Hunter&rdquo; and &ldquo;Carcass&rdquo; with each new demon bringing something new and fresh to the table and earning its place within the incredible catalog of demons in Doom.
There are hundreds of easter eggs and secrets to unlock which are very well hidden within the level in the classic &ldquo;Doom&rdquo; fashion.
In case you have not played any of the other &ldquo;Doom&rdquo; games, don&rsquo;t worry. You don&rsquo;t need to have any previous knowledge of the older games to jump straight into this one.
&ldquo;Doom Eternal&rdquo; is an adrenaline-rush adventure from start to finish. This will not only make you face your worst fears but also give you the satisfaction of tearing them to pieces. It is safe to say that it will make your Halloween night &ldquo;So metal&rdquo;.
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"Resident Evil 7: Biohazard" 2017:
&ldquo;Biohazard&rdquo; is the first game in the &ldquo;Resident Evil&rdquo; franchise in the first-person point of view, and the first game in &ldquo;Ethan Winters Trilogy&rdquo;.
It is considered a return to the survival-horror form of the original &ldquo;Resident Evil&rdquo; games. This franchise is considered by many to be one of the scariest games ever made; &ldquo;Biohazard&rdquo; will truly get under your skin.
You play as Ethan Winters, who goes to the incredibly unsettling Baker&rsquo;s Mansion, in Louisiana. He is on a quest to search for his wife who went missing three years ago, after receiving a cryptic message from her.
There you will get to meet The Bakers family, a rural family consisting of four members, Jack The patriarch of the family, Marguerite his wife, Lucas the eldest son, and Zoe the daughter.
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From the first encounter with the Bakers family, you&rsquo;ll know that they had completely descended into lunacy and savagery. From there, the game spirals into utter madness, as you try to navigate the lived-in, trap-infested maze called &ldquo;the Baker&rsquo;s Mansion&rdquo;.
Highly recommended to the fans of &ldquo;The Texas Chainsaw Massacre&rdquo; and &ldquo;The Hills Have Eyes&rdquo; as it plays off the same hillbilly horror elements. Experience this masterpiece in VR for a more visceral experience, and if you want more, check out the DLC &ldquo;End of Zoe&rdquo;.
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"Silent Hill" transmission livestream is an event that most gamers anticipated with a lot of excitement, and it was worth the wait. Delivering in every aspect imaginable,"Silent Hill" transmission announced three new "Silent Hill" games and a movie, which indicates a major expansion in "Silent Hill's" universe.&nbsp;&nbsp;
&ldquo;Silent Hill&rdquo; franchise didn't announce any news in the last decade except for the demo of Hideo Kojima's "P.T'. Fans speculated that there will be a remake of "Silent Hill 2", but it wasn't confirmed. Finally, in "Silent Hill" transmission, we didn&rsquo;t get only an official announcement of the long-awaited &ldquo;Silent Hill 2&rdquo;, but also got a full-fledged trailer.
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&ldquo;Silent Hill 2&rdquo; opened the livestream with a stunning trailer, that showed James Sunderland who goes to Silent Hill to rescue his long-lost wife Mary. The trailer showed an incredible level of graphic detail and included many references to the original game like the iconic Pyramid Head.
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Other surprises in the livestream included a short trailer announcement for a new "Silent Hill" title in development called &ldquo;Silent Hill: Downfall&rdquo;, a new movie in development titled &ldquo;Return to Silent Hill&rdquo; and an interactive experience that will be available next year titled &ldquo;Silent Hill Ascension&rdquo;, and finally, they concluded the livestream with the announcement trailer for another game in-production titled "Silent Hill f".&nbsp;
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Halloween is around the corner, which means it is the season for horror video games, and one of the latest entries is the hauntingly macabre, "Scorn". A very stylistic horror game, with an art style that is reminiscent of the works of the Swiss artist H.R Giger, best known for his work in the sci-fi classic movie &ldquo;Alien&rdquo;.
In &ldquo;Scorn&rdquo;, you control a humanoid/zombie, and because there&rsquo;s no text or dialogue whatsoever, it is challenging to understand that character and his motives while he&rsquo;s navigating a grandiose harrowing universe, with architecture that is best described as a fusion between machinery and human flesh. That sense of mystery ignites the flame of curiosity that drives players to observe every inch of the screen searching for clues about the quest of the main character.
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As much as &ldquo;Scorn&rdquo; seems like a horror first-person shooter, it is actually not. Yes, there are weapons and demonic creatures, but the majority of your time you&rsquo;ll spend walking around, and solving fairly challenging puzzles. The experience is similar to games like &ldquo;Firewatch&rdquo; and &ldquo;The Witness&rdquo;, but it&rsquo;s set in a disorienting, rancid hell.
If there&rsquo;s one aspect that the game disappoints in, it is most definitely combat. Enemies have a very unfairly accurate attack; the character you&rsquo;re controlling is excruciatingly slow, and weapons are extremely ineffective and take quite a long time to reload. Fortunately, combat is only a small fraction of the gameplay, and there&rsquo;s an argument to be had about how the frustration of it enhances the overall gameplay experience by allowing players to invent their own ways to avoid combat.
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&ldquo;Scorn&rdquo; is a truly unique 8-hour disturbing journey that manages to always keep you intrigued and curious to know more about the hellish world you&rsquo;re exploring.
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How Much Of A Pop Culture Fanatic Are You?

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(Reuters) - Twitter accused Elon Musk of trying to "slow walk" the company's lawsuit to hold him to his $44 billion takeover and urged a September trial to ensure deal financing remains in place, according to a court filing.
The platform company has sued Musk and asked a Delaware judge to order him to complete the merger at the agreed price of $54.20 per share
"Millions of Twitter shares trade daily under a cloud of Musk-created doubt," the company wrote. "No public company of this size and scale has ever had to bear these uncertainties."
The company explained that if Musk is ordered to close the deal it could still take months of additional litigation to close the debt financing, which expires in April. For that reason, Twitter asked the judge to reject Musk's proposal to hold the trial in February.
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Meanwhile, Musk, accused San Francisco-based Twitter of rushing the trial to obscure the truth about spam accounts and to "railroad" him into buying the company. The two sides will make their arguments about the trial's proposed start date to a Delaware Court of Chancery judge on Tuesday the 19th of July.
According to The New York Post, Musk's lawyers are planning to countersue Twitter to gather more information about spam accounts.
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Shares of Twitter have fallen from more than $50 per share when the deal was announced in April to below $33 a share last week. Twitter's stock closed on Monday at $38.41, up 1.8%.

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Photo Credit: Pinterest/&nbsp;Pinterest co-founders Evan Sharp, left, and Ben Silbermann.
Ben Silberman has been Pinterest&rsquo;s Chief Executive Officer ever since the app&rsquo;s launch, but his journey hasn&rsquo;t come to an end because he is now Pinterest&rsquo;s executive chairman. He&rsquo;ll be replaced by Bill Ready, who has spent the last couple of years as head of Commerce, Payments &amp; Next Billion Users at Google. He is also the COO of PayPal, CEO of Braintree, and CEO of Venmo. Ready has tweeted expressing his enthrallment to be the CEO of Pinterest.
&nbsp;
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
I&rsquo;m beyond excited to start a new adventure as CEO of <a href="https://twitter.com/Pinterest?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Pinterest</a>! I want to express my gratitude to Ben and the entire Pinterest team for the incredible company they&rsquo;ve built. I'm looking forward to building w/ them and the amazing community of Pinners!<a href="https://t.co/l6JFDo0ZRV">https://t.co/l6JFDo0ZRV</a>
&mdash; Bill Ready (@williamready) <a href="https://twitter.com/williamready/status/1541882435628961793?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 28, 2022</a></blockquote>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet">
&ldquo;In our next chapter, we are focused on helping Pinners buy, try and act on all the great ideas they see,&rdquo; Silbermann said in the statement. &ldquo;Bill is a great leader for this transition. He is a builder who deeply understands commerce and payments.&rdquo;
Andrea Wishom, Pinterest&rsquo;s lead independent director has also expressed her excitement about the new era led by Ready, saying Ready&rsquo;s &ldquo;experience in payments, product development and shopping uniquely positions him to take Pinterest to its next phase of growth.&rdquo;
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Pinterest is an image-sharing social media platform that helps users discover information on the internet using images, GIFs, and videos. The idea for Pinterest emerged from an earlier app created by Ben Silberman and Paul Sciarra called Tote, which served as a virtual replacement for paper catalogues. Later on, he shifted the company to Pinterest, which allowed users to create collections of items and share them.
</blockquote>

Billy Ready Is Ready To Be The New Pinterest CEO After Ex-CEO Ben Silberman

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On Tuesday,&nbsp;Mark Zuckerberg&nbsp;announced that Creators on Instagram and Facebook will have&nbsp;another year&nbsp;to make money from the apps without Meta taking a cut from their earnings. The Platforms will begin taking a cut of creators&rsquo; revenues in 2024, a year later than originally planned.
The move will cover monetization features where creators directly charge their fans; paid online events, subscriptions, newsletters and badges sold during live streams, reports Engadget.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Though Meta has not revealed what percentage of revenue it will ultimately pocket, Zuckerberg has previously said it will be&nbsp;less than 30 percent.
The executive also added that the company will expand its Reels bonus program to more creators and allow them to monetize their short-form videos across both platforms.
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And on Instagram specifically, Zuckerberg said the company is testing out a&nbsp;creator marketplace that will allow brands and creators to interact for sponsorships and other business opportunities - a service that takes a page directly from TikTok -&nbsp; which offers its own marketplace for marketers and creators.
The monetization updates for creators could help Instagram and Facebook curry the favor of creators as the company faces fierce competition from competitors like TikTok and YouTube.
The announcement also came a day before Meta heads to<a href="https://www.vidcon.com/"> VidCon 2022</a>, where the world's leading digital creators, platform innovators, and their fans converge in one place. Meta is expected to heavily&nbsp;promote its Reels and VR offerings&nbsp;to attendees.
&ldquo;We&rsquo;re heading towards a future where more people can do creative work they enjoy, and I want platforms like ours to play a role in making that happen,&rdquo; Zuckerberg wrote in a Facebook&nbsp;post&nbsp;announcing the updates for creators

Mark Zuckerberg: Meta Will ‘Hold Off On Any Revenue Sharing’ Until 2024

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Korean hit drama series &ldquo;Squid Game&rdquo; is no longer just a fictitious television show after the streaming service greenlit "its biggest reality competition ever" called "Squid Game: The Challenge."
Unlike the series where the stakes are life or death, the worst possible fate in this 456 player competition will be leaving without the $4.56 million winnings, which the production company claims that it is the largest lump sum prize in reality TV history.
"Squid Game" became the most-watched series on the streamer&rsquo;s platform when it was released in September 2021 with over 1.65 billion hours viewed in its first 28 days, the company said.&nbsp;
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The 10-episode reality competition will include games inspired by the original show, as well as new additions and it will be filmed in the UK and is currently only casting English speakers.
The announcement comes just days after the scripted series was renewed for a second season.
In a statement released on Twitter, writer and director Hwang Dong-hyuk&nbsp;revealed that it took 12 years to bring &ldquo;Squid Game&rdquo; to life and the series took only 12 days to become the most-watched show. He then thanked the fans for loving and watching the show.
<img src="https://api.fastersmart.online/uploads/embeds/1655291911-1655106728-59372921_303.jpg" alt="" width="653" height="386" />Photo Credit:&nbsp;Netflix&nbsp;
The director also teased a few details about the upcoming season revealing that characters Gi-hun and The Front Man will return, adding &ldquo;You'll also be introduced to Young-hee's boyfriend." Young-hee is a motion-sensing animatronic doll featured in one of the games.
The series tells the story of cash-strapped contestants who play childhood games for a chance of life-changing sums of money. It inspired countless memes and Halloween costumes and kickstarted sales of green tracksuits.
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"Squid Game" Is Turning Into A Reality Show With Big Cash Prize

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June 1 (Reuters) - Tesla Inc&nbsp;(TSLA.O)&nbsp;Chief Executive Elon Musk has asked employees to return to the office or leave the company, according to an email sent to employees and seen by Reuters.
"Everyone at Tesla is required to spend a minimum of 40 hours in the office per week," Musk wrote in the email sent on Tuesday night.
"If you don't show up, we will assume you have resigned."
"The more senior you are, the more visible must be your presence,&rdquo; Musk wrote. &ldquo;That is why I lived in the factory so much &mdash; so that those on the line could see me working alongside them. If I had not done that, Tesla would long ago have gone bankrupt.&rdquo;
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Two sources confirmed the authenticity of the email reviewed by Reuters. Tesla did not respond to a request for comment.
Major tech firms in Silicon Valley do not require workers to return to the office full-time, in the face of resistance from some workers and a resurgence of coronavirus cases in California.
Tesla has moved its headquarters to Austin, Texas, but has its engineering base and one of its factories in the San Francisco Bay area.
"There are of course companies that don't require this, but when was the last time they shipped a great new product? It's been a while," Musk wrote in the email.
"Tesla has and will create and actually manufacture the most exciting and meaningful products of any company on Earth. This will not happen by phoning it in."
One of Musk's Twitter followers posted another email that Musk apparently sent to executives asking them to work in the office for at least 40 hours per week or "depart Tesla."
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In response to this tweet, the billionaire, who has agreed to take Twitter Inc&nbsp;(TWTR.N)&nbsp;private in a $44 billion deal, said, "They should pretend to work somewhere else."
Some Tesla workers expressed displeasure over Musk's latest comments in posts they placed on the anonymous app Blind, which requires users to sign up using company email as proof of employment at firms.
"If there&rsquo;s a mass exodus, how would Tesla finish projects? I don&rsquo;t think investors would be happy about that," one Tesla employee wrote.
"Waiting for him to backpedal real quick," another worker posted.
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A California-based workers advocacy group assailed Musk's return to office plan.
"Employers including the state government are finding that mandating a return of all employees is a recipe for outbreaks," Stephen Knight, executive director at Worksafe, wrote in an emailed statement to Reuters.
"Unfortunately Tesla's disregard for worker safety is well documented, including their flouting of the county public health department at the start of the pandemic," he wrote.
In May 2020, Musk reopened a Tesla factory in Fremont, California, defying Alameda County's lockdown measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus. Tesla reported 440 cases at the factory from May to December 2020, according to county data obtained by legal information site Plainsite, according to <a href="https://www.reuters.com/technology/musk-memo-tesla-staff-return-office-or-leave-company-2022-06-01/">Reuters.</a> [article id=9065]&nbsp;&nbsp;

Elon Musk To Tesla Staff: Return To Office Or Leave

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An unstoppable soul who stands in a class of her own, Nicole Moudaber is one of the techno world&rsquo;s most iconic and hardworking contemporary artists!
Ignited by an internal combustion engine fuelled by raw emotion, Nicole Moudaber is at the forefront of her own movement. Catch her DJ set every Friday from 11 pm till midnight!

In the Mood with Nicole Moudaber

Every week we are handing over the Nile FM Airwaves to some of Egypt's best DJs for one whole hour. The local music scene's up-and-coming, or already established curators of mixed music, will be given the chance to shine to the whole world! Send us a link to your mixes via djoftheweek@nrp.net.eg. Then sit back and check out the show each and every Thursday from 10 pm till 11 pm.&nbsp;

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If you&rsquo;re not an avid follower of dance music but are tuned into popular culture at all you&rsquo;ve likely experienced music touched by the hands of John Digweed. One of the most successful dance music shows achieved a near cult status with listeners John shares his platform weekly by bringing in worldwide guest DJ's.
As a person, John's lack of pretense is enveloped in imagination and invention. A good reason for John being one of the most respected analyzed and imitated DJ's in the world.

Transitions with John Digweed

Thursdays will sound even better in 2022 as Hassan Rassmy&nbsp;will be returning to our airwaves to take you on a journey through the higher frequencies of dance&nbsp;music! Hassan's specialty is Progressive House, Deep House, and&nbsp;Tech-House, which is exactly what he delivers during the first hour of his two-hour weekly show! The second half of the show includes an exclusive international mix from Hassan's weekly guest. So let's buckle up and get this party started!

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Spectrum is the brand new radio show by Joris Voorn, allowing him to share the full reach of his extensive musical tastes with both his loyal fan base and new listeners alike. The show reflects this with regular premiers of new music from Joris and other artists in his world, as well as regularly featuring live sets captured at some of the world's most iconic dance music venues.

Spectrum with Joris Voorn

English record label, events, and music brand Hedkandi, which is owned by the Ministry of Sound, is a true connoisseur of dance music from all over the world. NileFM is proud to host some of the label's best dance music every Thursday from 8 pm till 10 pm to kick off your weekends with the energy you need to finish them off right!&nbsp;

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The ingenious moments where comedy solves a curveball that life threw you; the humorous incidents with family members, friends, coworkers, strangers, and life that are out of your hands; the angry moments where you can&rsquo;t believe that such a crazy incident is happening to you but later on discover that there was a solution all along. We all go through our fair share of craziness every day, and Hisham will guide us towards taking it all with a grain of salt and a big grin. Join Hisham Sundays to Wednesdays from 9 pm till 11 pm!&nbsp;

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Purely Phunkadelic, the show brings listeners one hour of pure energic dance music playing tech house to funky techno grooves. It's guaranteed to get you hyped up with our very own Deeb in the mix, every Friday from 10 pm to 11 PM.

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 Drive With Moe

Every weekend Kenzy will be counting down the week&rsquo;s BIGGEST 30 songs on the only official chart countdown in the nation: &ldquo;Hit 30 Egypt&rdquo;! Find out whether your favorite song will make it to the #1 spot each week and how long it will stay there! Tune in Fridays from 4PM&ndash;6 PM for your one-stop-shop of the latest hits!

Hit 30 Egypt

Each weekday from 3-4 pm, Feedo delivers you Egypt&rsquo;s hit music, but with a slight difference. In the mix, non-stop! All the biggest current songs mixed back to back. If it were food it would be delicious, so we couldn&rsquo;t think of any better name than &ndash; Mix-A-Licious!

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Tune in to "I Request" from Sunday to Wednesday from 11 am to 1 pm with Basmah &amp; Nancy! You&rsquo;ll be in complete control of the music, along with something a little different every day. Spill your heart out on Sunday Secrets!

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It's 2022 and Zeinab is continuing her award-winning show with all kinds of fun and games just for you! Good vibes Only is a show all about positivity and spreading good vibes only, The show covers key segments covering celebrity trivia games, a little gossip info about someone or something going on in Hollywood and the listeners have to guess who the piece of gossip is related to.

Good Vibes Only

An endlessly entertaining blend of games, news tidbits, and the latest hits, &ldquo;The Big Breakfast&rdquo; is the best place to kick-start your morning. What you listen to in the morning can really set the tone of your whole day and Rob &amp; Sarah are here to make sure you are fresh and ready to conquer the day!

The Big Breakfast Show

An hour of non-stop feel good anthems to get you pumped for the weekend. Whether you're getting ready for a fun night out or heading home for a cozy night in, this upbeat soundtrack is guaranteed to put a smile on your face. Turn up the music and sing along to all your favorite happy tunes, every Thursday from 7 pm.

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Hip-Hop &amp; RNB from the one and only DJ Feedo! With a master&rsquo;s degree in swag, Feedo will give your Friday the kick it needs to. Your WEEKLY DOSE of all the newest hip-hop releases, the best old school jams, east coast/west coast, shack town, the dirty south &amp; the Middle East just got a whole a lot more flavorful with DJ FEEDO

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Sit back and enjoy the chilled out sounds of orientalinspired music; the perfect setting for an introspective drive in your car, or just an escape from the stress of your day. It's the show that brings a little dose of local flavor and a whole lot of Zen. Don't miss it!

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AT40 gives you the inside scoop on everything &ldquo;Hollywood&rdquo; as well as counting down through the &ldquo;top 40&rdquo; songs on US charts! Hosted by the one and only Ryan Seacrest, this one is a can&rsquo;t-miss for our pop-culture-obsessed listeners who can&rsquo;t get enough of celebrity shenanigans!

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Our latest addition to our 2022 shows! Topping off our grid with a new sports genre where our listeners will enjoy our one and only BOB getting their weekly all round 60 minutes Overdose! From across the Globe, from Every popular sport..there is a lot To Cover! If It's On The Track, Field, Pitch &amp; Ring..then It's surely on Adrenaline!

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A controversial show debating topics that involve male vs female views! So get ready for a lot of interesting conversations and hopefully solutions to some of the listeners' issues.

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Buying construction materials could easily be a very nerve-wracking and tedious process that comes with its own abundance of issues, ranging from the accessibility of the products to the overall quality, but with CMB (Chemicals for modern building) you&rsquo;ll put all these problems behind your back and enjoy the journey of building your own project.
What is CMB?
CMB is a construction industry leader with over 40 years of experience, and it&rsquo;s known for producing a wide range of innovative specialized high-quality building products and chemical solutions.
Since CMB first began producing and manufacturing its products in 1979, it has led the way in transforming the traditional building culture of the Egyptian construction industry with new innovative products and techniques.
Why you should choose CMB?
All CMB products meet international standards in terms of quality and efficiency with most of them having national and international patent certificates.
Adapting the latest trends and techniques in the world of construction is a priority to CMB, which led them to export their products all across the globe in more than 58 countries, as well as their participation in the most significant exhibitions for building materials and scientific seminars around the world.
Because CMB is eager to provide its customers with an unmatched shopping experience, they have more than 17 branches across Egypt, with a huge selection of premium construction materials, whether you&rsquo;re looking for construction paints and coats, automotive refinishes, or even construction repair and strengthening products, CMB got it all.
CMB Branches
<ul>
<li>225 El- Geish St, El- Zaher - Cairo.</li>
<li>Maryland buildings, 6th Building, Gesr El- Suez - Cairo.</li>
<li>Building No. 10061, 10th sector, El- Maaraj city, Maadi - Cairo.</li>
<li>Annaba market, 3rd district, New Cairo - Cairo.</li>
<li>No. 9 Rawda El- Rahman tower, the extension of Mustafa Al-Nahas St, after Manhal school &ndash; Cairo.</li>
<li>86 El- Salam main road, El- Salam City - Cairo.</li>
<li>319 Haram St, Talbiyah - Giza.</li>
<li>El- Bahr El- A&rsquo;azem in front of the pharaonic village - Cairo.</li>
<li>43 Haram St, Mashaal - Giza.</li>
<li>389 King Faisal Street - Giza.</li>
<li>El- Zahraa tower, Tawabeq, Faisal - Giza.</li>
<li>Khufu gate, trade Mall - Giza</li>
<li>Central service axis (Anwar Sadat) before City Scape Mall - Giza.</li>
<li>58 Iskander Ibrahim St, Miami - Alexandria.</li>
<li>40 Mustafa Kamel St, in front of Smouha club - Alexandria.</li>
<li>El-Tara&rsquo;a St, next to Anas Ibn Malik mosque - Mansoura.</li>
<li>Chill out gas station, October (2) Central Hub, Next to El-Shorta Mosque - Giza</li>
</ul>

CMB: Your Destination For Construction Materials

Intercontinental countries are technically countries that are a part of two continents or more. These intriguing selected countries are well-known for their unique culture and spectacular scenery, and Egypt is considered one of these countries!&nbsp;
In this week's episode of "Gaz Guides", Gaz will take us to the most exciting intercontinental countries, tell us more about them, and introduce us to the fun activities that we can do while visiting them.&nbsp;
Make sure to tune in every Thursday&nbsp;to &ldquo;Gaz Guides&rdquo; from 1- 3 PM where Gaz talks all things travel!&nbsp;
Egypt
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Egypt is an intercontinental country between Asia and Africa. It spans from the northwest corner of Africa to the southwest corner of Asia. Suez Canal is considered the dividing line between Asia and Africa. Out of 27 governorates, 2 lie entirely in Asia while 2 governorates are intercontinental Ismailia governorate is almost equally divided into two parts by the Suez Canal.
Azerbaijan
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The Republic of Azerbaijan is located at the boundary between Eastern Europe and Western Asia. While most of Azerbaijan is situated in the Asian portion of the Caucasus, there are five districts beyond the border between Asia and Europe.
Azerbaijan is a beautiful country as you can enjoy the Caspian Sea which takes place on the borders, and if you love exploring nature landscapes you can head to Highland park. The country is also very rich in culture as it is full of historical sites and structures from the fifteenth century.
Georgia
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Not to be confused with the American state, Georgia was a Soviet republic before reaching independence in 1921, and it&rsquo;s located at the intersection of Eastern Europe and Western Asia, and it is part of the Caucasus region. Georgia is full of historical sites and old structures such as, including a cave monastery that dates back to the 12th century.
Turkey
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Turkey is located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe, and without a doubt, it&rsquo;s one of the most visited destinations in the world due to the number of activities that can be enjoyed there.
Besides the immaculate Turkish cuisine, Turkey encompasses breathtaking historical sights, and there are various tours and day trips you can take in Turkey to explore its beauty. The amount of activities that you can do in turkey is overwhelming from catching the sunset on a yacht on the Bosphorus, to going on a hot air balloon to exploring the majesty of Istanbul.
Russia
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Russia is another intercontinental country, located in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia, with twenty-three percent of its territories in Europe and the rest in Asia, it is also the largest county in the world and has one-eighth of Earth's inhabitable landmass.
Because of how enormous Russia is, you can spend weeks exploring just the capital Moscow, which has a lot of amazing places like Saint Basil&rsquo;s Cathedral, the Moscow Kremlin, and the Bolshoi Theatre, and of course, if you enjoy physical activities Russia is one of the best destinations for skiing and kayaking.
Kazakhstan
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The Republic of Kazakhstan is located mainly in Central Asia and a small part of the country is in Eastern Europe. Kazakhstan is a must-visit for anyone who likes to explore nature as it has a lot of places that will help you connect to nature, including Kaindy Lake, Issyk Lake, and the Big Almaty Lake. It also includes a variety of historical sites like the Hazret Sultan Mosque and the National Museum of Kazakhstan.
Indonesia
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Indonesia is mostly an Asian country with only a few islands considered to be a part of Oceania. Undoubtedly, Indonesia is a striking country that is engulfed in Asian culture, from ghost palaces to a sacred monkey forest to Padar island which used to be the home to komodo dragons, it is guaranteed that you&rsquo;ll have a blast in Indonesia.

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