DUBAI: And the winner might be… Lebanon.
For the first time ever a Lebanese film has been nominated for an Oscars Academy Award.
Ziad Doueri’s “The Insult” has made it through to the final five in the Foreign Language Film category of the Academy Awards 2018, up against films from Chile, Russia, Hungary and Sweden.
“The Insult” (“L’Insulte”) is a tense Beirut-set courtroom thriller starring Adel Karam, Kamel El Basha and Camille Salameh. It is about an insult being blown out of all proportion, resulting in a Lebanese Christian and a Palestinian refugee battling it out in court.
The film, which picked up the Best Actor award for El Basha at the Venice Film Festival, was the 14th film to be submitted to the Oscars by Lebanon since 1978, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Other notable titles include Nadine Labaki’s 2011 drama “Where Do We Go Now?” that was widely expected to be nominated.
The nomination is remarkable considering the furor that erupted in Lebanon surrounding “The Insult,” including a boycott campaign launched against the film due to Doueri’s previous feature film, “The Attack,” having partly been filmed in Israel. Doueri was convinced “The Insult” wouldn’t even get released in Lebanon, he told The Hollywood Reporter.
The four other films rounding out the Foreign Language Film category of the oscars are “A Fantastic Woman” (Chile), “Loveless” (Russia), “On Body and Soul” (Hungary), and “The Square” (Sweden).
The Oscars Academy Awards 2018 takes place on Mar. 4 in Los Angeles.
Lebanon heads to the Oscars for the first time with “The Insult” nomination
Lebanon heads to the Oscars for the first time with “The Insult” nomination
Harry Styles announces first album in 4 years, ‘Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally’
- It follows the critically acclaimed synth pop “Harry’s House,” which earned the former One Direction star album of the year at the 2023 Grammy Awards
- “Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally” will contain 12 tracks and is executive produced by Kid Harpoon
NEW YORK: In this world, it’s just him: Harry Styles has announced that his long-awaited, fourth studio album will arrive this spring.
Titled “Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally” and out March 6, the album is Styles’ first full-length project in four years. It follows the 2022, critically acclaimed synth pop record “Harry’s House,” which earned the former One Direction star the top prize of album of the year at the 2023 Grammy Awards.
In a review, The Associated Press celebrated “Harry’s House” for showcasing “a breadth of style that matches the album’s emotional range.”
On Instagram, Styles’ shared the cover artwork for “Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally,” which features the 31-year-old artist in a T-shirt and jeans at night, standing underneath a shimmering disco ball hung outside.
According to a press release, “Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally” will contain 12 tracks and is executive produced by Kid Harpoon. The British songwriter and producer has been a close collaborator of Styles’ since the beginning of his solo career, working on all of his albums since the singer’s 2017 self-titled debut.
“Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally” is now available for preorder.
It is also Styles’ first project since his former One Direction bandmate Liam Payne died in 2024 after falling from a hotel balcony in Argentina.
