Omar Sharif

Exclusive: 60s star Alexandra Bastedo is new EastEnder

Mirror.co.uk (Free subscription) | 08/28/2008

When elegant Cynthia Marshall walked into their EastEnders garage this week, Garry and Minty couldn't believe their eyes.

Henson's Gulliver's Travels Comes to Special Edition DVD

The Muppet Newsflash (Free subscription) | 08/22/2008

The Jim Henson Company's 1996 mini-series Gulliver's Travels , starring Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen, Peter O'Toole, Alfre Woodard, Omar Sharif and Ned Beatty, will return to DVD with a new and improved "Special Edition" DVD. Genius Products Home Entertainment will release the deluxe edition DVD on September 9, 2008 . "Gulliver's Travels: Special Edition" will presents the entire mini-series in a deluxe...

'War, Inc.' is a mess

Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | 08/22/2008

The war in Iraq is ripe for a "M*A*S*H"-type satire. John Cusack's "War, Inc." isn't it.

Heartbreaking News for American Ladies

The Corner (Free subscription) | 08/20/2008

Not long ago in Impromptus, I talked about Omar Sharif, who, on Egyptian television, went off on Americans (off of whom he has made a fortune). (There is nothing wrong with going off on Americans -- but he did so stupidly and nastily.) How did we know about Sharif's appearance? From the invaluable Middle East Media Research Institute, of course. Well, now we have another appearance by another Egyptian...

Turkish troops shell Kurd rebels in N.Iraq - guard

Alertnet (Free subscription) | 08/20/2008

Source: Reuters BAGHDAD, Aug 20 (Reuters) - Turkish troops fired a salvo of shells at Kurdish positions in northern Iraq early on Wednesday, but it was unclear if there were any casualties, an Iraqi border guard said ...

Luke Goss: Is this it?

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 08/16/2008

Look! It's Luke Goss from Bros, without a Grolsch bottle top in sight. When will he, will he, be faaamouuusss? Well, he's not doing so bad

From the Front: 08/15/2008

The Thunder Run (Free subscription) | 08/15/2008

News and Personal dispatches from the front and the home front.In their own words:Sergeant Grumpy: - The story of how I hurt my shoulder, the reason for my still being on active duty, starts with an attempt on an Iraqi General's life. The commander of our Iraqi partner force had been putting pressure on JAM (aka Mahdi Militia, Mahdi Army) and other militias in the Province we operated in, and doing...

Lawrence of Arabia

Reel Suave (Free subscription) | 08/11/2008

Starring : Peter O’Toole, Omar Sharif, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Jack Hawkins, José Ferrer, Anthony Quayle, Claude Rains Directed By : David Lean “Everybody needs a Hero.” This is one thing that the film constantly reminds us, throughout, from the first scene to the last. It all starts off with this slightly over the top(what I felt then) scene of Lawrence putting off a matchstick between his...

Iraq says civilian hurt by shelling from Iran

The Post Chronicle (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008

One Iraqi civilian was wounded by rockets launched from Iran on Monday,......

• Iraq says civilian hurt by shelling from Iran - Alertnet

Destiny (Al-Massir, 1997)

Ferdy on Films, etc. (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008

Destiny (Al-Massir, 1997) Director: Youssef Chahine By Marilyn Ferdinand Last week, Egyptian director Youssef Chahine died at the age of 82. I'm sorry to say that until the moment I read the obituary, I had never heard of this...

Youssef Chahine: Egyptian film director

Times Online (Free subscription) | 07/28/2008

Youssef Chahine was one of the most celebrated film directors in the Arab world, widely acclaimed for his pioneering role in establishing the Egyptian film industry. Starting in 1950 he directed about 40 films over more than half a century.

Celebrated Egyptian movie director dies - July 26 2008

Arabic Video News in English (Free subscription) | 07/27/2008

He’s credited with discovering Omar Sharif, won numerous international awards, and was the driving force behind Egypt’s film industry for years. Al Jazeera’s Ayman Mohyeldin looks at the life and work of a director who influenced generations of Egyptian film makers. Youssef Shahine died at the age of 82. Author: AlJazeeraEnglish Source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZfKC9Aj_cU

CHAHINE DIES AFTER LONG BOUT OF ILL HEALTH

PR-Inside.com Entertainment News (Free subscription) | 07/27/2008

Egyptian moviemaker YOUSSEF CHAHINE has died, just weeks after suffering a brain haemorrhage. The celebrated director, 82, passed away at Al Maadi Military Hospital in Cairo on Sunday (27Jul08). Chahine was originally admitted to a hospital in the Egyptian capital in June (08) after falling into a coma following a brain haemorrhage. He was flown to Paris, France [...]

An audience with the great Sir Garry

Sports Jamaica (Free subscription) | 07/26/2008

SOMETIMES YOU end up in hog heaven without doing anything to deserve it.

Film review: Love's labour's lost?

Al Ahram Weekly (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008

Love's labour's lost'Hassan and Morcos, a film dealing with relations between Egypt's Muslims and Copts, exposes the limits of the rhetoric of Egyptian national unity, writes A meeting was held at the left-wing Tagammu Party headquarters in Cairo yesterday to help foster national unity between the country's Muslims and Copts. This is not the first meeting on this theme to have taken place this year,...