For his first edition at the helm of Egypt’s El Gouna Film Festival, artistic director Andrew Mohsen wants to widen the scope of what, and who, audiences discover on the shores of the Red Sea. “Discovery,” Mohsen asserts, sits at the heart of that vision, which builds on the festival’s established place as a showcase […]
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The ninth edition of Egypt’s El Gouna Film Festival brings together a strong showing of Arab cinema to the Red Sea, with a lineup spanning emerging regional voices, established filmmakers, and prize-winning titles from Cannes, Berlin, Venice, Sundance and Shanghai. Across its narrative, documentary and short-film competitions, this year’s selection features stories of love, memory […]
Kenny Ortega is the talent behind iconic films ranging from “Hocus Pocus” to “High School Musical” not to mention dozens of music videos, concerts and two Olympics opening ceremonies. So it’s unsurprising he was the top choice when Lego were thinking about making their first musical feature based on the Lego Friends line. Ortega, who […]
Long-running British heavy metal titans Iron Maiden will return to North America for a third and final leg of their 50th anniversary “Run for Your Lives” tour. The band, which are 2026 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees, will conclude this leg with two festival headline performances at Sonic Temple and Boardwalk Rock. Bassist […]
David Surkamp, frontman for the long-running progressive-rock band Pavlov’s Dog, has died at age 73, according to a social media post on the band’s social media accounts. No cause of death was announced. While the band, which formed in St. Louis in the early 1970s, was not and arena-filling progressive rock group like Yes, Genesis […]
