Entertainment

The 1 Billion Followers Summit, an annual event focused on content creation, has opened submissions for the "world's largest" AI Film Award, valued at $1 million.

Jimmy Kimmel returned to late-night television on Tuesday defending US political satire against "bullying" by the Trump administration, six days after his on-air comments about the murder of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk led Walt Disney to suspend his show.

Disney announced on Monday that it would return comedian Jimmy Kimmel to late-night television on Tuesday, six days after his show was threatened with a regulatory probe and suspended over comments he made about conservative activist Charlie Kirk's assassination.

Live Nation Middle East, along with its UAE-based partner BRAG, will manage three premier venues at Expo City Dubai - Jubilee Park, Al Forsan Park, and Dubai Millennium Amphitheatre.

Vietnam was crowned the winner of the Russian-hosted Intervision song contest in the early hours of Sunday morning, a competition backed by President Vladimir Putin and conceived as a geopolitical and socially conservative rival to Eurovision.

Austria's foreign minister has appealed to countries not to boycott next year's Eurovision Song Contest, due to be held in Vienna, over Israel's participation and concerns about the war in Gaza.

Walt Disney representatives and talk-show host Jimmy Kimmel raced to find the right words on Wednesday to calm a social media furor that erupted following criticism of his remarks about assassinated conservative activist Charlie Kirk, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters.

Actor Lizze Broadway felt like going to film Season 2 of the satirical superhero series “Gen V” was difficult without her co-star Chance Perdomo, who died in 2024 in a motorcycle accident.

'Wicked The Musical' will make its debut at the Dubai Opera in 2026 on January 28, revealing the untold story of the witches of Oz till February 15.

Walt Disney-owned ABC said it was pulling "Jimmy Kimmel Live" off the air on Wednesday, after comments by the late-night show's host about the assassination of Charlie Kirk triggered a threat by the head of the top US communications regulator against Disney.

Less than two months before Belem hosts the UN climate summit COP30, the Brazilian city welcomed pop legend Mariah Carey on Wednesday night as she joined a cast of local artists for a floating concert dedicated to the Amazon rainforest.

Expo City Dubai has unveiled the lineup for its much-anticipated Al Wasl Season, running from October 31 to May 2, 2026.

Actor, director and producer Robert Redford, who was both the quintessential handsome Hollywood leading man and an influential supporter of independent films through his Sundance Institute, died on Tuesday at the age of 89.

Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston can personally relate to the artificial intelligence concerns that "The Morning Show" television series unpacks in season four.

Global Village has unveiled that pre-sale for the VIP packs for its milestone Season 30 will start on September 20, and for public sale on September 27, with a chance for one special VIP pack holder to win AED 30,000. 

Emergency room saga "The Pitt" was toasted as the year's best television drama, and show-business satire "The Studio" was crowned best comedy, as Hollywood stars handed out trophies at the annual Emmy Awards on Sunday.

Global Village, the region’s top multicultural family destination, is set to return for a spectacular Season 30 from October 15 to May 10 next year.

Scottish actor Brian Cox relates more to the sweet, kind and mild-mannered Sandy Nairn, the character he portrays in his directorial debut "Glenrothan," than the brash media mogul he played in the television series "Succession".

From glittery "Ziggy Stardust" costumes and handwritten song lyrics to fan letters and notes on an unfinished musical, a new archive of David Bowie's life and career is to open its doors to the public in London.

Egyptian-American comedian Bassem Youssef will take the stage at Dubai's Coca-Cola Arena for a special solo comedy act on November 16.

Academy Award winner Angelina Jolie had a strong message about hope and living her best life as she reflected on her family's history of cancer before the world premiere of "Couture" on Sunday.

Pop singer Ariana Grande claimed the top prize at the MTV Video Music Awards, and Lady Gaga and Sabrina Carpenter scored major honours, at a star-studded celebration of fan favourites in New York on Sunday.

US indie director Jim Jarmusch unexpectedly won the coveted Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday with "Father Mother Sister Brother", a three-part meditation on the uneasy ties between parents and their adult children.

Matthew McConaughey returned to the big screen after several years away from high-profile films with the world premiere on Friday of a new docudrama, "The Lost Bus," at the Toronto International Film Festival.

The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) kicked off its 50th edition with a documentary honouring Canadian comedian John Candy.

Italian fashion designer Giorgio Armani has died, the company said on Thursday.

The "Downton Abbey" cast bid farewell to the franchise with a third and final film, 15 years after the period drama first aired as a television series and gained a huge following in Britain and the United States.

Abu Dhabi will be bringing a seven-hour K-pop festival as Dream Concert arrives in the UAE for the first time on November 22 at Etihad Park in Yas Island.

The anguished final pleas of a 5-year-old Palestinian girl trapped in a car under Israeli fire are retold in "The Voice of Hind Rajab," a film that received a 24-minute standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival, the longest for this festival to date. 

Dreaming of taking a tour in a Volkswagen Beetle like in the "Herbie" films, a "Fast and Furious"-style muscle car, or a replica of a "Back to the Future" DeLorean? A French car collector offers just that in a new car museum south of Paris.

A cassette tape recording of an interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono, including a never released song, made while they visited Denmark in 1970 will be auctioned in Copenhagen on Tuesday.

Expo 2020 Dubai’s Public Art Programme has unveiled its first permanent artwork.

A three-dimensional replica of Michelangelo’s world-famous David sculpture has been revealed at Expo 2020 Dubai’s Italy Pavilion.