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It's a far cry from the glamour of Cannes: No celebrities strutting their stuff; an all-male audience drinking coffee and juice rather than champagne; and if any female spectators showed up — well, no one knew. They came in through a back entrance into a separate hall, off-limits to the male...
Atef al-Ghanem, head of the first Saudi Film festival's cultural committee, makes preparations in front of a poster for the event, in Dammam, Saudi Arabia Monday, May 19, 2008. For a film festival, the event was a far cry from the glitzy competition in Cannes but in this devout Muslim country...
DAMMAM, Saudi Arabia - It's a far cry from the glamour of Cannes: No celebrities strutting their stuff; an all-male audience drinking coffee and juice rather than champagne; and if any female spectators showed up - well, no one knew. They came in through a back entrance into a separate hall,...
By Donna Abu-nasr Associated Press DAMMAM, Saudi Arabia -- Still, there was an undercurrent of excitement at the cultural club in this eastern Saudi city. The four-day film festival that kicked off Tuesday night was the first of its kind in Saudi Arabia -- one that many hope will boost the...
GIRLS, START your engines. Production is underway in and around Nashville on "Hannah Montana: The Movie," starring Miley Cyrus. It will be in theaters next spring, probably timed to Miley's first stint in rehab. ... By Howard Gensler Philadelphia Daily News Daily News...
Unlike say Cannes or Sundance, organizers of the first ever Saudi Film Competition have to deal with the fact that audiences must be of a single gender. The most notable thing about the inaugural Saudi Film Competition, which kicked off Tuesday in Jeddah, is that per strict Muslim customs, the...
It's a far cry from the glamour of Cannes: No celebrities strutting their stuff; an all-male audience drinking coffee and juice rather than champagne; and if any female spectators showed up well, no one knew. They came in through a back entrance into a separate hall, off-limits to the male organizer
It's a far cry from the glamour of Cannes: No celebrities strutting their stuff; an all-male audience drinking coffee and juice rather than champagne; and if any female spectators showed up _ well, no one knew. They came in through a back entrance into a separate hall, off-limits to the male...
Saudi holds first film festival Donna Abu-Nasr (Associated Press) It’s a far cry from the glamour of Cannes: No celebrities strutting their stuff; an all-male audience drinking coffee and juice rather than champagne; and if any female spectators showed up — well, no one knew. They came in through...
It's a far cry from the glamour of Cannes: No celebrities strutting their stuff; an all-male audience drinking coffee and juice rather than champagne; and if any female spectators showed up - well, no one knew. They came in through a back entrance into a separate hall, off-limits to the male...
It's a far cry from the glamour of Cannes: No celebrities strutting their stuff; an all-male audience drinking coffee and juice rather than champagne; and if any female spectators showed up - well, no one knew. They came in through a back entrance into a separate hall, off-limits to the male...
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