In The New York Times, Janet Maslin began her review of the movie with this: “One way to get through ‘Baby Geniuses’ is to think about whether it really is the worst movie you’ve ever seen. Probably not, but pretty darn close.” Roger Ebert called it one of the worst movies of 1999. Continue reading the main story When “Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2” wrapped, so did the […]
The preparations for Dubai’s first permanent stage show are underway, with 65 performers and 70 technicians flying into the city. Acrobats, dancers, strongmen and contortionists are said to be training for twelve hours each day for the show, in practice areas in both Studio City and Habtoor gyms. Construction on the custom-built theatre at Al Habtoor City is almost complete, with a bulk of the stage and […]
Earlier today, the New York Times published a 3-page draft of an executive order, allegedly penned by the Trump administration, entitled “Detention and Interrogation of Enemy Combatants.” According to the NYT, which “obtained” the document from an anonymous source, the executive order seeks to, among other things, reopen overseas CIA “black site” prisons that Obama ordered closed in 2009. More specifically, the draft order would revoke two […]
The growth in computing power and battery life for phones and tablets has left traditional PCs and desktops searching for an identity. This has forced manufacturers to reexamine the form, functionality, and purpose of PCs overall and desktops in particular. If a tablet can do what once required the power of larger systems, do desktops even have a place in the market? PC sales continue […]
Conceptual model of a textile exoskeleton with the textile actuator (black) on an elastic elbow sleeve (white). Credit: Thor Balkhed/Linköping University Researchers have coated normal fabric with an electroactive material, and in this way given it the ability to actuate in the same way as muscle fibres. The technology opens new opportunities to design “textile muscles” that could, for example, be incorporated into clothes, making it easier […]
Celebrate the Chinese New Year with these inspired products. newslide Beautiful brocades Who would have thought that a Chinese New Year-inspired capsule collection could look so chic? Sandro combines flirty femininity with a touch of punky attitude in this new range, which was produced especially for the new year occasion. The salmon-pink and gold shift dress with a ruffled bib neckline would be an ideal Valentine’s date […]
LONDON — Kuwaiti authorities hanged seven prisoners on Wednesday in a mass execution, including a member of the royal family. Five of the prisoners were foreigners: one each from Bangladesh, Ethiopia and the Philippines, and two from Egypt, according to the state-run KUNA News Agency. The prince who was executed was Faisal Abdullah al-Jaber al-Sabah, a captain in the Kuwaiti Army. He was convicted of premeditated murder […]
User experience (UX) — once an afterthought to technology implementations, and a lonely outpost of pursuit in the tech food chain — is suddenly red hot. More corporate attention, money and resources are flowing to upgrading and enhancing it. UX — and its fraternal twin, customer experience (CX) — are now top of mind for everyone, from product designers to marketers to senior executives. Photo: HubSpot That’s […]
More details have been released about the centrepiece of the AED1.1 billion ($300 million) Cityland Mall, which will be built in Dubai as the world’s first nature-inspired shopping complex. Central Park, the 200,000 sq ft open-air garden which will form the core of the mall, will feature an array of attractions such as a mini version of Miracle Garden, a children’s water park, a 300-year old ancient […]
Live-streaming video is going to lead to something much worse if we don’t get rid of it now. Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube need to kill live streaming; it invites bad behavior on many levels. The idea of taping illegal behavior is baffling because it seems to serve only as evidence of a crime. In years past, there was the […]
Photo: Pbech via Wikimedia Commons The Dutch central bank has made formal complaints about a number of trust offices in the Netherlands following the publication of the Panama Papers – millions of leaked documents about offshore entities. The head of the bank’s integrity division Willemieke van Gorkum told the Financieele Dagblad on Wednesday that ‘action has been taken against individual institutions’ but declined to say which trusts […]
Tribune Media CEO Peter Liguori is leaving Tribune Media after three years leading the TV news and entertainment company. Liguori, who will step down in March, said in a statement his decision to exit the company that needed “a new leader” to navigate the broadcast-centric corporation. Tribune Media — then known as Tribune Company — spun off its newspapers into a separate company, Tribune Publishing, in 2014. Its […]
Emirati and Indian musicians release song to celebrate their countries’ friendship – video January 25, 2017 A song produced by Indian and Emirati artists evokes a fusion of melodies and the connection between both nations ahead of India’s Republic Day. The song was released to celebrate the visit of Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, to […]
Contemporary dance, live music, affordable art and specialised tours of some of Dubai’s leading galleries are all part of this weekend’s Quoz Arts Fest. Taking place in Alserkal Avenue and the surrounding areas, the event is back for its fifth edition, with more than 30 venues participating in the free festival. Alserkal Avenue director Vilma Jurkute says the fact that the event has grown since its inception […]
All but one of the students were enrolled in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, also known as DACA. Created in 2012 by an Obama-administration executive action, DACA allowed teenagers and young adults who came to the United States illegally as children with their parents to register with the government and in turn receive a two-year renewable protection against deportation, along with work permits and Social […]
Abu Dhabi will be the host of the 2019 Special Olympics World Games, the world’s largest humanitarian and sporting event – the first time the event has been held in the Middle East. The games will take place in venues throughout Abu Dhabi from March 14-21 2019, state news agency WAM reported on Tuesday. The Special Olympic World Games celebrate the skills, talents and sporting achievements of […]
After Trump’s executive order to accelerate the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines, angry environmental groups reacted quickly by denouncing Trump’s actions, and promising legal action and White House protests. “Donald Trump has been in office for four days, and he’s already proving to be the dangerous threat to our climate we feared he would be,” said Michael Brune, the executive director of the Sierra Club. He […]
DUBAI // The emirate’s oldest dog rescue centre is preparing for its annual rush, as the novelty of puppies bought as Christmas gifts begins to wear off and owners realise the work, training and love needed to keep a pet. Each year hundreds of dogs are abandoned in the emirate, with staff at K9 Friends Dubai taking calls daily to look after dogs left by owners who […]
Comedy Central, which launched its Middle East channel (available on OSN) last January, is about to launch is first regionally produced show. Comedy Central Presents will follow in the footsteps of its namesake on the US channel by making (or breaking) the careers of the finest stand up comics in the region. The show, which was filmed in Stereo Arcade, Dubai, will be hosted by Emirati comic […]
Developer Omniyat has revealed plans for a new twin-tower residential project close to the new Dubai Canal, featuring a total of 343 apartments. The Sterling building will contain one-bedroom homes starting at 1,000 sq ft with two-bedrooms at 1,700 sq ft and three-bedrooms at 2,600 sq ft, Omniyat said in a statement. It added that it has appointed Sun Engineering and Contracting Company as the main contractor […]
– Top selling agents from more than 39 GCC travel companies hosted from 16-19 January 25 January 2017 Dubai, UAE – This month Dubai welcomed over 50 delegates from across the GCC in two familiarization trips including travel and tourism industry VIPs and representatives. With the GCC contributing 24% of all visitors to Dubai from January – November 2016, it continues to be a key focus for […]
Dubai International Airport, the hub for Emirates airline, expects passenger growth to slow over the next eight years due to capacity limitations, the operator’s chief executive said on Tuesday. The world’s busiest international airport registered 7.2 percent passenger growth in 2016 to 83.6 million, operator Dubai Airports said in a statement. It is the airport’s second slowest growth rate in at least eight years, according to Reuters […]
A dazzling equestrian theatre show is riding into Al Ain. Bartabas: An Equestrian Performance is a touring spectacle featuring horsemen and horses from France’s prestigious Versailles Academy of Equestrian Arts. A fusion of dance, music, poetry and classical dressage, the show will be staged at Al Jahili Fort from March 23 to 28. Bartabas forms part of an Emirati-French cultural prog-ramme created to celebrate the upcoming opening of Louvre Abu Dhabi. The […]
Until recently, oil rich Gulf states could afford to ignore global bond markets. While developed and developing countries issued record sums of debt in the years after the financial crisis, Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates used the vast oil wealth to propel themselves to affluence. The states — members of the six-country Gulf co-operation council — built skyscrapers, schools and motorways […]
