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Is Whitewashing Ethnic Roles in Hollywood justified?

21 November 201625 November 2016Husam Sam Asi 2

The visage of Tilda Swinton in Marvel’s recently released “Doctor Strange”, in which the English actress plays the Asian Ancient one, has yet [...]

Early this month, the American academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences revealed the list of films from 85 countries that would compete [...]

3 October 201625 November 2016Husam Sam Asi 1

There was little surprise when Dalian Wanda Group announced last week that it was in talks to buy the Hollywood-based Dick Clark production [...]

A storm of angry criticism has been raging over the internet since writer David Franzoni, who won an Oscar for writing “Gladiator,” revealed [...]

Since its opening last week, the tearjerking romantic drama “Me Before You,” has been decried by the disabled as a false and misleading [...]

While the region around it has descended in political chaos and religious strife, Dubai continues to flourish and prosper, becoming an oasis of [...]

When Australian director, George Miller, embarked in 1979 on making the futuristic action thriller “Mad Max” with an unknown actor in the lead, [...]

Since its release 3 weeks ago, Furious 7, has been breaking one record after another at the box office, scoring the second-biggest worldwide [...]

Pop stars are not known for being punctilious particularly when it comes to press interviews, so I was not surprised when Rihanna’s assistant [...]

In spite of his glorious success in Hollywood, John Travolta has faced tough challenges and endured tragic losses since the onset of his [...]