Get Well Ali Jaber!

Lebanese TV personality and Director General of MBC Group Ali Jaber is recovering after having a health scare the past two weeks. Jaber suffered from internal bleeding and had to go into a coma for 6 days, but he's awake now and is doing much better according to his son Mouin Jaber. Ali Jaber is most famous for being a jury member on Arabs Got Talent, and he was supposed to take part in the…

MTV & LBCI are NOT Banned on Social Media in Canada

There's a story circulating on Instagram since this morning that MTV & LBC are shadow banned in Canada as people are unable to access the accounts. This has nothing to do with the Gaza or Lebanon war or shadow bans. In fact, this is an ongoing dispute between the Canadian government and Meta which started last year and resulted in Meta banning all news outlets from its platforms as a response to Canada’s Online News…
Lebanon

Have You Seen Elissa’s Netflix Docuseries?

10 months ago
Netflix has released a documentary last week shedding light on the life and career of Lebanese pop star Elissa, and I have to say it was actually a good watch. The docuseries consists of three ...
Movies & Television

“Wanted: The Escape of Carlos Ghosn” Now Playing on Apple TV

1 year ago
Apple TV released today a series on Carlos Ghosn entitled “Wanted: The Escape of Carlos Ghosn”. The four-episode series tells the tale of the Brazilian-French-Lebanese businessman and how he managed to escape from Japan by ...
Baladi

The “Beirut Dreams In Color” Movie Was Officially Nominated for An Emmy

1 year ago
“Beirut Dreams in Color” is a short movie directed by Michael Collins about the Mashrou’ Leila Lebanese rock band and feminist activist Sarah Hegazi. Mashrou’ Leila was one of the most popular alternative rock group ...
Baladi

Award-Winning Lebanese Film “Peek-A-Boom” Premiering on YouTube on July 25

1 year ago
Update: You can watch it [here]. Our talented friends at wezank produced a short animated movie back in 2020 entitled “Peek-A-Boom” (بَؤّوســي in arabic) that has won them several awards including Best Animation at Harlem ...
Baladi

“Anxious in Beirut” Wins Best Documentary Film Award at Shanghai International Film Festival

1 year ago
“Anxious in Beirut”, a documentary directed by Zakaria Jaber and produced by Jumana Saadeh, has won the award for Best Documentary Film at the Shanghai International Film Festival. The documentary covers the three years of ...
Middle East

Netflix’s Cleopatra To Be Released on May 10 Despite Feud with Egypt

1 year ago
Was Queen Cleopatra black or white? Is Adele James a more accurate representation of the Egyptian Queen than Elizabeth Taylor? This is not the first and won’t be the last debate over Cleopatra’s race but ...
Lebanon

Full List of Banned Movies in Lebanon

1 year ago
Following the latest Scream VI ban, I thought of compiling a list of all banned movies & shows in Lebanon based on previous blog posts and online findings. There was a museum of censorship initiative ...
Humor

After Scream 6, Barbie To Be Banned in Lebanon?

1 year ago
Scream 6 got banned in Lebanon and the Middle East due to one scene that included LGBTQ+ characters, and it looks like Barbie is set to be banned as well as it includes gay characters. ...
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