May 202012
About Dubai Women's College:Dubai Women's College (DWC), with more than 2,300 students, is part of the Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT).The HCT is one of the leading higher education institutions in the United Arab Emirates with 17 campuses located throughout the country delivering a wide range of quality programs to over 18,000 students.DWC was established in 1989 and offers Bachelor degrees in Business, Information Technology, Education, Health Sciences, and Applied Communications. Today, Read more [...]
May 202012
Dubai: South Indian International Movie Award (SIIMA), which will reward the best works in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada cinema, will be held here June 21-22.This will be the first time that the South Indian film industry will have its awards abroad, organisers said in a statement, adding that it will be looking to promote south Indian cinema on a global platform and increase overseas revenues.Though the industry down south constitutes the largest number of films released in India Read more [...]
May 202012
Click photo to enlargeGAZA CITY, Gaza Strip—Relatives of a slain Hamas operative seek to block the release of a movie being made in Israel about his 2010 assassination in a Dubai luxury hotel, a family member said Sunday. The killing of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh was widely blamed on Israel's Mossad spy agency, which never confirmed or denied involvement. Israeli defense officials have alleged that he played a role in smuggling weapons from Iran to the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. The movie, which features Read more [...]
May 192012
Dubai: Book lovers in Dubai can now browse an online library of over 8,000 books and have them home delivered for free.
Reader's Paradise is believed to be Dubai's first online book rental service for both adults and children that delivers books at zero cost. It has no due dates or late charges; members simply have the books picked up by library staff when they are done with them.
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The XOJET 10: Jason Beckley
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May 192012
SAN FRANCISCO, May 18, 2012 -- /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- As the global marketing director for Alfred Dunhill, one of the oldest and most prestigious British men's luxury brands, Jason Beckley's travels over the years have taken him from apprenticing with a master craftsman shoemaker in Malaysia to collaborating with augmented reality software companies in California. Whether he's in London, Shanghai or Dubai, Beckley oversees every aspect of production, from the design of handmade Read more [...]
May 192012
For those early birds, who are planning to step out on a Friday morning to the cinemas, to possibly beat the maddening weekend crowd, do be warned that your strategy could actually backfire.
No, it’s not the crowds we are talking about. There might not be a morning show, after all.
And that’s exactly what we learnt last Friday.
Despite the newspapers, local magazines and the Grand Cinema guide claiming there were morning shows - 10am for ‘Ishaqzaade’ and 10.45am for ‘The Avengers’ Read more [...]
actress Udayathara gets married
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May 182012
Tamil actress Udayathara, who made her debut in Tamil movie Thee Nagar and then went on to act in other Tamil movies like Kannum Kannum, Malayan and Vilai, tied the knot with Jubin Joseph in Kochi yesterday (May 16, 2012). Jubin Joseph is a Dubai-based pilot.
According to sources, it was a arranged wedding and the couple will head overseas for their honeymoon.
The actress has not made it clear whether or not she will continue to act post her wedding.
Summer of 1980
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May 182012
Filmmaker Anjali Menon's movie ‘Manjadikuru' reaches theatres on Friday, while ‘Ustad Hotel,' a movie she has scripted, debuts on screen in June.
Filmmaker Anjali Menon is all smiles. Her debut movie ‘Manjadikuru,' which won the FIPRESCI award for best Malayalam film and the Hassankutty award for best Indian debut director in 2008, is finally reaching theatres today. “There was a change in producer and other related issues. That is why the delay in its release,” she says.A movie, which Read more [...]
Sun on the Chinese cinema landscape
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May 182012
By Stephen Cremin
Fri, 18 May 2012, 08:30 AM (HKT)
Industry Opinion
Film Business Asia talked to Jay SUN 孫健君, the president of Pegasus Taihe Entertainment International 北京派格太合互動文化傳媒有限公司, who is making his directorial debut with Switch 富春山居圖. The RMB$130m (US$20.6m) action-adventure stars Hong Kong's Andy LAU 劉德華, Taiwan's LIN Chi-ling 林志玲 and China's ZHANG Jingchu 張靜初 and TONG Dawei 佟大為.
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Grand Cinemas in US$30m expansion plan
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May 162012
UAE-based Grand Cinemas plans to double its number of cinema screens in the GCC as part of a US$30m expansion plan, its CEO has said.
The firm will open new cinemas in the UAE and Qatar and plans to launch its first movie theatre in eastern European nation Georgia as it looks to grow its customers by up to 50 percent, Jean Ramia told Arabian Business.
“At the moment we have 108 screens… in about two years’ time with the signed projects and others in the pipeline, we are going to reach 201 Read more [...]
Paramount Hotels & Resorts
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May 162012
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Paramount Hotels Resorts
Posted by Alex Carter on Tuesday, May 15th, 2012 at 5:36 pm. Filed under Travel.
Movie studio Paramount Pictures has announced plans to launch a chain of hotels called Paramount Hotels Resorts. “We will offer something unique,” Paramount Hotels Resorts Chief Executive Officer Thomas Van Vliet said in an interview in the hotel-management company’s Dubai headquarters. Read more [...]
EMIRATES INTEGRATED TELECOMM. CO. PJSC : If it’s in the cinemas, it’s on du … – 4
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May 162012
16 May, 2012
If it's in the cinemas, it's on du Movies on Demand: Catch
the latest in premium movie content from the comfort of
your home
Dubai, UAE: Now watching the movies at home is as good as
going to the theatres. du customers will now be able to
watch premium movie titles on du Movies on Demand on the
same day they are released in theatres. Marley - the
much-awaited documentary film on legendary musician Read more [...]
May 152012
Digital moviemaking is on the rise, but some high-profile directors still shoot popcorn flicks the old way.
This summer, Hollywood's blockbusters are engaging in a high-stakes format war between cutting-edge digital technology and old-fashioned, photochemical film. Digitally photographed thrillers like The Avengers, Prometheus, and The Amazing Spider-Man will be battling it out with equally epic movies shot on film such as The Dark Knight Rises, Men in Black 3, and Battleship. Indeed, Read more [...]
May 152012
A Grand 38th Anniversary of UAE Bunts in Dubai
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Dubai, 14 May 2012: Friday was a grand celebration day for U.A.E. bunts as they celebrated their grand 38th anniversary of UAE Bunts with loads of fun and frolic. Most of the community members assembled Read more [...]
May 152012
Dubai : A police corporal has been accused of misappropriating 266 pornographic movies that he had confiscated from illegal workers during random inspections.
Prosecutors accused the 23-year-old Emirati corporal, M.A., of abusing his public position, misappropriating DVDs confiscated from illegal workers and demanding Dh3,000 in bribe from a Pakistani trucker.
"No, I did not abuse office or request Read more [...]