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Lady Gaga doesn't care if people use her make-up line
The 'Star is Born' actress launched her highly-anticipated Haus Laboratories collection this week but she's not bothered about sales as she just wants to make a positive impact. She said: "In truth, we don't care if you wear our make-up or not. What's important to us is that you love yourself and spread that kind message around the world." While Gaga likes creating different "personas" with cosmetics, she thinks the ultimate "transformation"...
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After ditching catwalk calendar, Alexander Wang feels 'liberated'
American designer Alexander Wang is showing his line when he wants, not when Planet Fashion schedules a series of catwalk shows. He has launched a new handbag collection with luxury label Bulgari. The style wunderkind-turned-industry power player, who is based in New York, says he feels "very liberated" in a world where reinvention is part of the game. "I'm actually very excited that our industry is changing so quickly," the 35-year-old Wang told...
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Gus Van Sant, filmmaker and painter, shows his watercolors in New York
Renowned filmmaker Gus Van Sant has worked in cinema for more than four decades, but has never set aside his parallel interest in painting, a passion of his youth. Nine recent canvases by the director known for films such as "Elephant," "My Own Private Idaho" and "Good Will Hunting" are now on show at the Vito Schnabel gallery in Greenwich Village until November 1, Van Sant's first solo exhibition in New York. These watercolors on linen measuring...
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Selfies banned at Dutch museum's Nazi design expo
A Dutch museum has banned visitors from taking photos at a controversial exhibition of designs from Hitler's Nazi regime to stop them being "interpreted the wrong way". The crowds at the Design Museum in Den Bosch-which has been sold out since "Design in the Third Reich" opened earlier this month-look like those at any other museum, but with two important exceptions. Firstly, there is the extraordinary backdrop -- 277 articles ranging from a...
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Spy thriller 'Raazi' steals show at Bollywood's Oscars
Spy thriller "Raazi" stole the night at Bollywood's answer to the Oscars, taking best film and best actress for its young star Alia Bhatt in Mumbai where the glitzy awards gala was held for the first time since being established two decades ago. Megastar Ranveer Singh won best actor for his role in the controversial "Padmaavat", a historical action movie that enraged Hindu radicals but was an international success. The International Indian Film...
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World Bank: Liquidity crunch choking Palestinian economy
Palestinian Authority still faces a financing gap that could top $1.8bnJERUSALEM: Despite last month's receipt from Israel of funds it owed, the Palestinian Authority still faces a financing gap that could top $1.8 billion, the World Bank said yesterday. Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas's PA has been in deep financial crisis since February when Israel froze transfers of VAT and customs duties it collects on the Palestinians' behalf. His...
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Al-Dabbous elected as new member of ATTF
KUWAIT: Chairman of the Board of Kuwait Table Tennis Federation Ali Al-Dabbous was selected by the Asian Table Tennis Federation (ATTF) general assembly as a complementary member of ATTF board until 2021 during a meeting that was held on the sidelines of the 24th Asian Championship. Al-Dabbous thanked the Assembly members for their confidence, adding that this constitutes a big responsibility that needs everyone to work as one team and take Asian...
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Zidane is found wanting as Madrid are trashed in Paris
PARIS: Real Madrid coach Zinedine Zidane could only hold his hands up after his side was outclassed by Paris Saint-Germain in their opening Champions League game of the season on Wednesday, going down 3-0 in the French capital. "They were superior to us in everything," Zidane admitted after the match at the Parc des Princes. "In terms of how they played, in midfield, but above all, and what annoys me the most, in terms of intensity." Games at...
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MP claims 16 missiles flew over Kuwait; army on alert
MP Shuaib Al-Muwaizri KUWAIT/RIYADH: Leading opposition lawmaker Shuaib Al-Muwaizri said yesterday that as many as 16 missiles flew over Kuwait's airspace on their way to hit oil installations in neighboring Saudi Arabia. The missiles, believed to be cruise missiles, flew over Kuwait without being detected by the country's air defenses and that some of them fell in the desert and the rest hit the Saudi oil facilities in Abqaiq and Khurais,...
RIYADH: Saudi defense ministry spokesman Colonel Turki bin Saleh Al-Malki displays pieces of what he said are Iranian cruise missiles and drones recovered from the attack site that targeted Saudi Aramco's facilities during a press conference yesterday. - AFP
Riyadh blames Iran, displays debris; Houthis threaten UAE
Trump tightens curbsRIYADH: Saudi Arabia said yesterday that strikes on its oil infrastructure were "unquestionably" sponsored by Iran, adding that the strikes originated from the north but the exact launch site was yet to be pinned down. It displayed what it said were fragments of the arsenal of 18 drones and seven cruise missiles that devastated two facilities in the country's east, knocking out half the kingdom's oil production. "The...
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Laborers found manipulating work permits
KUWAIT: Official sources said that the manpower authority has started checking various work permits after discovering manipulation in some work permits issued in the private sector, where some laborers registered as domestic helpers were working elsewhere. The sources added a special team has been assigned to examine work permits issued during the previous three years. Violators will have their permits cancelled and held legally accountable....
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SPDC and LinkedIn partners to support Kuwait Sustainable Development Award
KUWAIT: Secretariat general of the Supreme Planning and Development Council and LinkedIn yesterday signed a partnership agreement to support the Kuwait Sustainable Development Award. The agreement was signed in a special ceremony attended by secretary general Khaled Mahdi, chairman of Kuwait Public Relations Society (KPRS) Jamal Al-Nasrallah and LinkedIn MENA CEO Ali Matar. Mahdi stressed that the agreement will help support the award in terms...
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HH the Amir Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah arrives in Scotland on the personal invitation of King Charles III of the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland on Jan 14, 2025. - Amiri Diwn photos
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Britain's King Charles III (L) welcomes Crown Prince of Kuwait Sheikh Mishal al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, during an audience at Buckingham Palace, in London, on October 25, 2023. (Photo by Jordan Pettitt / POOL / AFP)
Amir’s visit to UK... a significant milestone in Kuwaiti British relations
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Amir departs to the UK at personal invitation of King Charles III