The numbers involved in musical theatre are staggering, according to Nick Allott. His favourite statistic is this: The seven Harry Potter films — the most successful franchise ever — grossed a total of $13bn; the four most successful musicals — Cats, Les Misérables, Miss Saigon and Phantom of the Opera – have garnered a whopping $16bn. “A lot of people don’t know that,” says the managing director […]
Your daily guide to community and cultural activities across the Emirates for November 26, 2016, including performances, festivals, art exhibitions, film screenings, health and fitness events, talks, classes, workshops and family fun. newslide Nationwide Ballet gala Get tickets now for the Ballet Grand Gala performed by the Opéra National de Paris dancers, featuring star dancer Dorothée Gilbert, and first soloists Hugo Marchand and Hannah O’Neill, who will […]
They may break out the caps on Wall Street when the Dow Jones rises through thousand-point barriers, but it might be time for Japanese investors to pull out their Spinal Tap t-shirts – because this rally has gone to 11. Things were looking a bit shaky for the Topix during the afternoon session on Friday. The yen trimmed its early decline, which dragged the Japanese stock market […]
Not only was the long-rumored Boba Fett Star Wars Anthology movie a going concern, but a teaser reel was prepped to be shown at Star Wars Celebration 2015 alongside an official announcement, before being axed “at the last minute” following a split between Disney and mooted director Josh Trank. This comes courtesy of Entertainment Weekly sources, who say that the project has now been backburnered. Trank seemingly left […]
In the same way that Pitbull has been parachuted into dozens of pop hits to spout a fleeting guest verse, the Miami rapper’s appearance at this year’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix carried equal swiftness and surprise. Thursday’s performance at Du Arena – an opening night slot traditionally saved for an Arabic all-star bill – was announced, out-of-the-blue, just two weeks earlier. The advertising hoardings on Dubai’s Sheikh […]
John Hanke arrives at Mijita on San Francisco Bay looking more like a middle-aged indie rocker than the chief executive of a company that this summer was estimated to be making tens of millions a week. His striped flannel shirt is unbuttoned over a T-shirt bearing a compass and the words, taken from a poem in The Lord of the Rings, “Not all who wander are lost”. […]
Global Manufacturing and Industrialisation Summit will enable discussion on standardising new technologies for industry-wide applications Current lack of standardisation means developing Internet of Things technologies are unable to communicate universally, limiting their potential Abu Dhabi, UAE, November 25, 2016 The Global Manufacturing and Industrialisation Summit (GMIS) will further global discussions and spur international action on emerging technology standardisation, said Ludovica Alcorta, Director of the Development Policy, […]
A humbling defeat at the hands of a nation a small fraction of your size. A manager briskly fired, hastily replaced on a messy temporary basis by pretty much the only guy anyone could think of at the time. Question marks that linger not just about whether the team is good enough, but whether the players themselves care enough about representing their country. These are difficult days […]
After a US election in which hyper partisan news sites helped propel Donald Trump to the presidency, the future direction and financing of this ardent alternative journalism seems unclear. In recent days, some brands and ad platforms have blacklisted the right-wing Breitbart News for hate speech, while Facebook and Google — facing accusations of enabling misinformation online — have acted to prevent their advertising from appearing on […]
With raw newsflow in the financial, political, economic and geopolitical realms hurtling ever faster – scrambling toward some yet unknown climax – facilitated by a world that has never been more interconnected, and where the noise to signal ratio (especially over the past few months courtesy of certain… events) has hit unprecedented levels, sometime we get so focused on trying to share our own, unique (we hope) […]
ABU DHABI // The deaths of three Emirati youngsters in Al Ain this week prompted calls from parents and experts to be mindful of where their children are and to ensure they are safe. Three children from two related families died on Wednesday after falling into a well at one of the family homes. A fourth child, aged 4, was rescued and taken to Al Ain Hospital […]
Your daily guide to community and cultural activities across the Emirates for November 25, 2016, including performances, festivals, art exhibitions, film screenings, health and fitness events, talks, classes, workshops and family fun. newslide Abu Dhabi Musical dance Head to Nation Towers and see a performance by Drama Queens as part of the Shop and Win Campaign, which features entertainment, prizes and international acts. Drama Queens is a […]
As Art Dubai enters its second decade under the new leadership of director, Myrna Ayad, there are several changes afoot. The first, most notable difference at the 11th edition, due to open next March, is the Marker section – an area of the fair dedicated to art from one specific geographic area – has been removed. Pablo del Val, the director of exhibitor relations at Art Dubai, […]
Jason van den Brand can’t promise that your mortgage won’t end up with Wells Fargo. As chief executive of Lenda, a home-loan provider, he’s in the business of selling mortgages into a huge secondary market in which Wells is a significant player. But he says that a wave of revulsion against the “too big to fail” bank, in the wake of the sham-account scandal, is prompting more […]
Dream on – vibrant homes inspiring creativity and attractively priced; payable over 3 years Dubai, United Arab Emirates – 24 November 2016 DAMAC Properties today announced the launch of AKOYA Manarola, a unique collection of colourful villas directly facing the international golf course and nestled within AKOYA Oxygen. Inspired by the charming village of Manarola on the Italian Riviera, this vibrant community is where creative and passionate […]
A comment made on a GameStop investor relations call seems to have confirmed a so-far unannounced feature for the upcoming Nintendo Switch console – motion controls. While discussing how the console’s features have the potential to expand the gaming audience in a similar way to the Nintendo Wii, the US retailer’s CEO, Paul Raines said: “A movement-related game is more fun for kids, you know, taking those accessories off […]
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Pokémon Sun and Moon players have been up and about in catching those shiny Pokémon, and some have even been clocking in hours just to get a shiny version of the starters Rowlet, Litten or Popplio. On that note, capturing a shiny Pokémon is no easy feat, as the odds of encountering one is said to be one out of 4,096. That means you’ll probably spend a lot of time […]
Your daily guide to community and cultural activities across the Emirates for November 24, 2016, including performances, festivals, art exhibitions, film screenings, health and fitness events, talks, classes, workshops and family fun. newslide Abu Dhabi Art exhibition Attend the opening of the exhibition Realism: Two Angels, which showcases works by Crimean artists husband-and-wife Katerina Spirtus and Andrey Dudchenko. The artists base their expression in realism, though interpreted […]
Iron Man and Captain Marvel. The two heroes have clashed both physically and verbally over the course of Marvel’s Civil War II event, starkly divided over the issue of whether or not the superhero community should be using visions of the future to arrest innocent people prior to them committing crimes. Most recently, a vision from the Inhuman Ulysses revealed a future in which a young Miles […]
Mid-morning last Friday, as Tokyo’s foreign-exchange traders were contemplating lunch, the first pictures of Donald Trump meeting the Japanese prime minister, Shinzo Abe, flashed up. The yen bears loved it. Setting aside the gold-encrusted Babylonian decor of Trump Tower and forced bonhomie, conventional market wisdom before November 9 was that an image like this would send global investors everywhere screaming into haven, long yen positions. Forget an […]
Impala Asset Management, the $2.2bn hedge fund run by George Soros’s former chief investment officer, is benefiting from bets that an overhaul of America’s infrastructure and sustained demand from China will buoy appetite for commodities. Robert Bishop, who founded Impala in 2004, said they decided infrastructure would be a win whoever won the US election, but doubly so in the case of Donald Trump, a real estate […]
What makes Arena succeed? “First, he’s smart,” Logan said. “Second, he understands the theater of sport, like Casey Stengel. Third, he knows it’s a game that young people play. He coaches during the week and doesn’t think he’s running the game on Saturday or Sunday.” Photo Arena, far left, the team’s coach, and Landon Donovan, center right, celebrated after the Los Angeles Galaxy won the 2011 M.L.S. […]
Your daily guide to community and cultural activities across the Emirates for November 23, 2016, including performances, festivals, art exhibitions, film screenings, health and fitness events, talks, classes, workshops and family fun. newslide Abu Dhabi Comedy show Attend Comedy at the Greek and have some fun with the Yalla Laughs crew, featuring top local and regional comedians including Marwan Al Hashimi, Jon Boulton, Christian Plouvier, Akshay Ahuja, […]
