Author: Arabian Media staff
“I’m still here bitches, and I know everything –A,” read an anonymous text to four best friends 15 years ago. During the summer of 2010 in the fictional town of Rosewood, Pennsylvania, Pretty Little Liars, which was based on the book series by author Sara Shepard, premiered on Freeform, sent social media into a frenzy and has remained a highly talked-about show in pop culture. The mystery drama centered around the self-titled Pretty Little Liars — Aria Montgomery (Lucy Hale), Spencer Hastings (Troian Bellisario), Hanna Marin (Ashley Benson) and Emily Fields (Shay Mitchell) — who reunited due to the ominous…
Billy Ray Moves on With FireroseBilly Ray quietly got engaged to Australian singer Firerose, who’s 27 years his junior, in August 2022 but waited to confirm the news until that November. “Growing up in Australia, my love of music was predominant over everything,” Firerose told People. “I’ve known his music since forever.” What started as a friendship turned into more during the darkest days of the COVID-19 pandemic. “All of the sudden, the life that I’ve always known as a touring artist didn’t exist anymore,” Billy Ray said. “A moment of so much change. And at the same time, Firerose,…
Hilary Rosen has been appointed BAFTA‘s deputy chair of its board of trustees. Alongside BAFTA chair Sara Putt, Rosen will help oversee the delivery of the British Academy’s mission as an arts charity, championing creatives and practitioners working in film, games and TV. The deputy chair is voted for by elected members of BAFTA’s sector committees and the board and will succeed the chair in the fall of 2026. “I’m honored to have been elected as deputy chair of BAFTA,” said Rosen. “It’s an incredible organization and I’m delighted to get to work closely with Sara over the next year.…
Sam Fender has teamed up with Olivia Dean on a new version of his People Watching track “Rein Me In.” The collaboration received its live debut earlier this month (June 6) at Fender’s sold-out show at the 82,500-capacity London Stadium, where Dean was supporting him. The pair also performed it the following week at Newcastle’s St. James Park. “Lots of you asking for this one after we played it at the stadium shows so here we go!!,” Fender captioned an Instagram post announcing the release, featuring him and Dean embracing on stage. Listen to their fresh take on “Rein Me…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. If you’re running a business in 2025, you’re probably juggling more than ever with marketing, operations, customer service, finances and maybe even a rental property on the side. And while hustle culture once glamorized this all-in approach, the truth is clearer now: Doing everything yourself isn’t sustainable, but rather a growth killer.A 2022 survey by Capital One found that 42% of small business owners had felt burned out in just the past month, and that’s no surprise, as juggling too many roles was one of the biggest reasons why. These days, time,…
The 59th edition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) will feature key Cannes Film Festival winners in its Horizons section and a selection of action and horror movies, both new and older, for its revamped Midnight Screenings program under the new name “Afterhours.” In a lineup update unveiled on Friday, KVIFF said it will this year screen more than 130 feature films in the picturesque Czech spa town of Karlovy Vary. The Horizons lineup, which traditionally features highlights from the festival circuit of the past year, includes the likes of Jay Duplass’ The Baltimorons, Tom Shoval’s A Letter to David, Michel Franco’s…
Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis will receive the Vanguard Award at The Guitar Center Music Foundation’s fourth annual Gala and Benefit Concert, which will take place on Sept. 11 at The Maybourne Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif. The pair, who have written and produced dozens of hits for such artists as Janet Jackson and Mariah Carey, have won five Grammy Awards, including producer of the year (non-classical) in 1987. They will be honored for their support of music education. The gala will also honor sound mixer John McBride with the Lifetime Achievement Award. McBride is the owner of Blackbird Studio,…
Food delivery and quick commerce company Swiggy has launched a travel and lifestyle concierge app named Crew, a quick browse of the app revealed. The app, which is being selectively piloted and is in an invite-only stage, will target premium consumers looking for conveniences while travelling or in their day-to-day lives. It is currently available on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store, and is developed by Swiggy’s parent Bundl Technologies Private Limited. According to information available on app stores, Crew would offer concierge services like booking dinner reservations, making travel arrangements, and sourcing premium gifts This marks Swiggy’s second…
In a new production of Evita, one of the biggest moments isn’t on the stage. Midway through the show, Rachel Zegler, playing Argentine first lady Eva Perón, emerges onto an exterior balcony at the London Palladium and sings “Don’t Cry for Me, Argentina” to whoever is passing by below. The performance is streamed back on video to the audience inside. News has spread quickly since the show began previews this week, and hundreds have gathered outside the historic venue in London’s West End theaterland to enjoy the free serenade by the Snow White star. The show’s composer, Andrew Lloyd Webber, said that it makes for…
For Qiu Sheng, Father’s Day was especially momentous this year. The recent holiday marked the world premiere of his deeply personal second feature, My Father’s Son, a seven-years-in-the-making sci-fi exploration of the director’s real-life dad, who died when he was a teenager. An unusual mix of speculative sci-fi imagination and intimate family sentiment, the film is vying for top honors in the Shanghai International Film Festival‘s main competition this week. Drawing heavily from Qiu’s biography, My Father’s Son centers on an 18-year-old protagonist, Qiao, who loses his voice while attempting to deliver the eulogy at his father’s funeral and flees…
