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A mummified crocodile hangs at a house in the Nubian village of Gharb Soheil. — AFP
Egypt's Nubians tame crocodiles for selfie-snapping tourists
ASWAN, Egypt — Deep in the Nubia, a region along the Nile in southern Egypt, a baby crocodile sits on Mamdouh Hassan's shoulder to wow tourists.The reptiles are a source of income for Egypt's Nubian minority, with visitors paying to marvel at the tamed creatures.But beyond bringing in tourist dollars, crocodiles play an important role in the culture of the ethnic group with a history dating to Pharaonic times and its own unique language.The Nubians traditionally lived along the banks of the Nile in southern Egypt with roots extending into northern Sudan.In Gharb Soheil, a Nubian village near Aswan, mummified crocodile heads still adorn the doors of the traditional blue and white domed homes.Crocodiles represent an important physical totem of blessings in Nubian belief.In Gharb...
March 05, 2020

Egypt's Nubians tame crocodiles for selfie-snapping tourists

Ronnie Russell was thanked by the Queen after helping to thwart an attempt to kidnap the Princess Royal. — Courtesy photo
Princess Anne kidnap hero's gallantry medal sold for £50,000
LONDON — A medal awarded to a former heavyweight boxer for helping to thwart the attempted kidnapping of Queen Elizabeth II's daughter Anne sold for £50,000 ($64,000, 57,900 euros) at auction on Wednesday.Ronnie Russell was given the George Medal — Britain's highest civilian award for bravery — for punching assailant Ian Bell twice in the head when he tried to seize Princess Anne in 1974.The burly former fighter, 72, put the award up for sale to pay for funeral costs after falling ill.The medal had been expected to fetch up to £20,000 when it went under the hammer at London auction house Dix Noonan Webb. But a private collector bought it for £50,000."For something I thought that I would never sell, I never believed it would sell for this amount," Russell said...
March 05, 2020

Princess Anne kidnap hero's gallantry medal sold for £50,000

The show at Rome's imposing Scuderie del Quirinale presidential palace includes 200 works by the prolific painter, designer and architect, a child prodigy who died aged only 37 in 1520. — Courtesy photo
Blockbuster Rome show marks 500 years since Raphael's death
ROME — Italy is marking 500 years since the death of Renaissance master Raphael with a blockbuster exhibition whose preparations were marred by a row over a treasured portrait some feared was too fragile to move.The show at Rome's imposing Scuderie del Quirinale presidential palace includes 200 works by the prolific painter, designer and architect, a child prodigy who died aged only 37 in 1520.Experts are deeply divided over a portrait of Pope Leo X with two cardinals belonging to the Uffizi Gallery of Florence, the Renaissance capital which lent a quarter of the works going on display in Rome from Thursday through June 2.Painted in burgundy reds and blood orange between 1518 and 1519, the stunning work caused a sensation at the time for its revolutionary group portraiture...
March 05, 2020

Blockbuster Rome show marks 500 years since Raphael's death

French international footballer Amandine Henry poses with a Barbie doll in her likeness. — AFP
Barbie launches dolls to honor women sports stars
LONDON — British sprint world champion Dina Asher-Smith said she was "proud" to have her own Barbie as the toy brand announced a line-up of dolls to honor female sporting role models ahead of International Women's Day.Asher-Smith, who won the 200 meters gold at last year's world championships in Doha, was one of several sports stars to be recognized as role models.French women's football captain Amandine Henry and Ukraine's fencing world champion Olga Kharlan also have dolls.It is part of the Barbie Dream Gap Project, a social initiative to raise awareness around factors that prevent girls from reaching their full potential."I'm so proud to have my own one-of-a-kind Dina Barbie doll," said Asher-Smith. "It's an honor to work with Barbie as...
March 05, 2020

Barbie launches dolls to honor women sports stars

Woody Allen has long been accused of molesting his adoptive daughter Dylan Farrow when she was seven years old, but has always denied the charges. — AFP
#MeToo author slams publisher for estranged father Woody Allen's memoir
NEW YORK — An investigative journalist who chronicled Hollywood sex abuse claims that implicated his estranged father Woody Allen has parted ways with his publisher over its decision to release the director's memoirs.The filmmaker behind "Annie Hall" and "Manhattan" has long been accused of molesting his adoptive daughter Dylan Farrow when she was seven years old in the early 1990s.The 84-year-old was cleared of the charges, first leveled by his then-partner Mia Farrow, after two separate months-long investigations, and has steadfastly denied the abuse. But Dylan, now an adult, maintains she was molested.Her brother Ronan Farrow revived the allegations in 2016 and lashed out at the media for failing to ask hard questions about the director.Farrow later helped...
March 04, 2020

#MeToo author slams publisher for estranged father Woody Allen's memoir

British prog rock band 'Genesis' members Tony Banks, left, Phil Collins, center, and Mike Rutherford, right, pose for photographs at a hotel in central London, as they announce details of a forthcoming tour. — AFP
Rock band Genesis reunites for UK tour
LONDON — British rock band Genesis, known for hits such as "Land of Confusion" and "I Can't Dance", announced plans Wednesday for their first tour in 13 years.Phil Collins, the lead singer and drummer who went on to have a successful solo career, will join guitarist Mike Rutherford and keyboard player Tony Banks for the UK tour dubbed "The Last Domino?"The trio, all aged 69, will be joined by Collins' son Nicholas, 18, who will take over from his father on drums, and longtime sideman Daryl Stuermer on guitar and bass.Appearing with Rutherford and Banks on BBC radio, Collins said they would be playing a mix of big hits and some of their older songs."There are songs that you feel you have to play because the audience, you know, will feel cheated...
March 04, 2020

Rock band Genesis reunites for UK tour

Jean Paul Gaultier has hung up his scissors as a fashion designer. — AFP
Fashion icon Gaultier hands his scissors to Sacai's Abe
PARIS — Legendary French designer Jean-Paul Gaultier may have hung up his scissors, but his fashion house will live on under an ever-changing carousel of guest designers, he said on Wednesday.The flamboyant creator — who bowed out last month after half a century at the top of the fashion tree with a musical spectacular in Paris — said a guest designer will be given the keys to his haute couture studio every season."I have the pleasure to announce the new concept for my Haute Couture," 67-year-old Gaultier tweeted."Each season, I will invite a designer to interpret the codes of the House and I am doubly pleased that Chitose Abe of Sacai will be the first one."The two were photographed together on the roof of Gaultier's Paris headquarters in the famous blue...
March 04, 2020

Fashion icon Gaultier hands his scissors to Sacai's Abe

Amazon has a strong foothold in India with its Prime Video service and typically appeals to wealthier urbanites. — AFP
Streaming titans seek passage to India for new growth
SINGAPORE — Netflix and Amazon are battling a dizzying array of homegrown outfits, from Bollywood producers to broadcasters, for dominance of India's streaming market, a key target as growth in Western countries slows.As more Indians shift to viewing movies and shows online, industry revenues from streaming in the country are set to jump from $500 million in 2018 to as much as $5 billion in 2023, according to Boston Consulting Group.With many Western markets saturated and Asia's top economy China effectively closed off to foreign streamers, a nation of 1.3 billion where phone ownership is forecast to rocket makes for a tantalising prize."India is super important, for both Netflix and Amazon," Tony Gunnarsson, a streaming analyst from consultancy Ovum, said at the recent...
March 04, 2020

Streaming titans seek passage to India for new growth

Movie director Spike Lee says he won't attend any more New York Knicks games this season after a row over access to Madison Square Garden. — AFP
Spike Lee boycotting Knicks over access row
LOS ANGELES — Movie director and New York Knicks fan Spike Lee says he will not attend any more games at Madison Square Garden this season after a row with the team over what entrance he can use.Lee, 62, is one of the Knicks' most famous celebrity superfans, faithfully sitting at courtside despite the team's struggles in recent seasons.However Lee told ESPN on Tuesday he would no longer attend games at Madison Square Garden this season."I'm coming back next year, but I'm done for the season," Lee said. "I'm done."Lee's comments came after video footage circulated on social media on Monday appearing to show the director in a confrontation with security at the venue.Lee told ESPN he had been unfairly treated by security staff who objected to him...
March 04, 2020

Spike Lee boycotting Knicks over access row

A model presents a creation by Louis Vuitton during the Women's Fall-Winter 2020-2021 Ready-to-Wear collection fashion show in Paris, touted as a 'lively and sparky stylistic clash' between past and present. — AFP
Vuitton hits high note with all-singing Paris fashion show
PARIS — Louis Vuitton ended Paris fashion week on Tuesday with one of its most sublime shows, a "clash of epochs" extravaganza at the Louvre museum featuring a 200-person choir in period costumes that went from the 15th century to the 1950s.Designer Nicolas Ghesquiere hired Stanley Kubrick's multi-Oscar-winning costume ace Milena Canonero — who dressed both "Barry Lyndon" and "A Clockwork Orange" — to put together a five-story living backdrop to the show, with music exhumed from forgotten 18th-century master Nicolas de Grigny."I wanted the ages to regard each other and our own," the highly-rated French creator said.He described his collection as a "lively and sparky stylistic clash" between the past and the present.And he was as...
March 04, 2020

Vuitton hits high note with all-singing Paris fashion show

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