On Saturday 12 November 2016 Jackie Chan, who has been acting since he was eight years old, has finally received an Oscar – an honorary Oscar. Chan, a legend in martial arts cinema, such as the “Rush Hour” trilogy, “Shanghai Noon,” “The Karate Kid,” and “Kung Fu Panda,” is a Hong Kong actor, director…
Day: November 16, 2016
Samoan ‘The Rock’ Dwayne Johnson voted People magazine’s ‘2016 Sexiest Man Alive’
People magazine has named Dwayne Johnson, also known as The Rock, as its “2016 Sexiest Man Alive.” Johnson has just released his new movie – “Moana” – an animated Disney film, due to go to the cinemas on 23 November 2016. He will also co-star in the eighth film of the “Fast and the Furious” franchise next…
Three designers join Salvatore Ferragamo’s luxury fashion line
Paul Andrew, Fulvio Rigoni, and Guillaume Meilland join Italian luxury fashion label Salvatore Ferragamo
A Retired Gentleman by Issa J. Boullata
A Retired Gentleman and Other Stories (2007) is a collection of 8 short stories in an 106-page booklet. The author, Issa J. Boullata, is a former professor and translator of Arabic literature, who has written a novel and a biography of Iraqi poet Badr Shakir al-Sayyab. ‘Without a Court Trial’ is about two friends, Abdallah…
A Gentleman’s Agreement
What is the legal definition of a gentleman’s agreement?