Author: Arabian Media staff
Siphai Thammavong has dedicated his life to preserving the traditions of storytelling in Laos and there’s a growing sense of urgency in his quest. As we discover in Claudia Bellasi and Markus Steiner Ender’s richly evocative documentary The Guardian of Stories, the keepers of the country’s folktales are dying out and Thammavong’s fear is that these ancient tales will be lost to time, the generations now and to come who seem more transfixed by their smartphones than Laos’ rich oral histories.So, the Italian filmmakers travel with Thammavong deep into the country to meet these keepers of history, and the audience…
In 1995, the Argentine rock trio Soda Stereo returned to the studio after a three-year hiatus to record a brand-new album, Sueño Stereo (Stereo Dream), its seventh and final project. At the time, no one knew this would be the band’s farewell record. Its predecessor, Dynamo, was its most experimental and eclectic work, showcasing a complete turnaround of its new wave style over the previous decade. Sueño Stereo continued this exploration — an alternative album with a noticeable British influence, full of electronic sounds and violins, cellos and violas on many tracks. The 1990s brought a completely different flow from…
Leslie Bibb won’t be checking into the White Lotus resort as “Mrs. Rockwell” anytime soon. The White Lotus alum got candid about why she and her partner of 18 years Sam Rockwell have no plans to get married. “Listen, I love Sam Rockwell,” Leslie told Jenna Bush Hager during a June 16 appearance on Today with Jenna & Friends. “I would put him in my pocket and carry him with me all the time. I love him. I do not want to get married.” In fact, the 51-year-old said she’s felt that way about marriage long before she met Sam,…
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 passed away 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…
President Donald Trump on Thursday (June 19) signed an executive order to keep TikTok running in the U.S. for another 90 days to give his administration more time to broker a deal to bring the social media platform under American ownership. Trump disclosed the executive order on the Truth Social platform Thursday morning. “As he has said many times, President Trump does not want TikTok to go dark. This extension will last 90 days, which the administration will spend working to ensure this deal is closed so that the American people can continue to use TikTok with the assurance that…
Rebel Wilson and Anna Camp are back together on screen — this time not for a Pitch Perfect movie, but for action comedy Bride Hard. The film — billed as a mashup of Bridesmaids and Die Hard — stars Wilson as a secret agent who is serving as the maid of honor at her childhood best friend’s (played by Camp) wedding, and must save the day when armed mercenaries crash the ceremony. After the two actresses co-starred in three Pitch Perfect projects, Wilson told The Hollywood Reporter at the Los Angeles premiere on Wednesday that the longtime friends had been looking to…
In 1991, Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait under orders of President Saddam Hussein and the ensuing Persian Gulf War became a TV news game-changer. Satellite-delivered news, a new technology, allowed viewers to experience the shock and awe of a major international conflict live in their homes for the first time. That war is credited with transforming CNN, which started broadcasting in 1980, into a 24-hour, global news powerhouse. And it launched a number of media stars, not the least of which was Arthur Kent, a handsome Canadian war journalist whose live reports for NBC amid raining Scud missiles earned him the…
Drake is getting candid about his recent gambling misfortunes. On Wednesday (June 18), the 38-year-old rap superstar took to social media to reveal the millions he’s lost through sports betting over the past month. “Gotta share the other side of gambling…,” Drake wrote on his Instagram Story alongside a screenshot of his hefty losses. “Losses are so fried right now I hope I can post a big win for you all soon cause I’m the only one that has never seen a max these guys max once a week.” According to the post, the Toronto MC placed nearly $125 million…
From Freshworks doubling down on AI to Mahaveer Finance raising Rs 200 crore for NBFC expansion, and Corel Lifecare transforming aquaculture with tech, YourStory brings you today’s headlines across innovation and enterprise.Freshworks doubles down on AI, targets mid-market with agentic pushIn his first year as CEO, Dennis Woodside has repositioned Freshworks as an AI-first company, consolidating product and engineering into a unified AI team and pushing deeper into the mid-market with purpose-built AI agents.With 2,700 customers using its Freddy Copilot and 1,600 on its AI Agent product, Freshworks is betting big on automation that works out of the box, unlike…
She said yes! But only after putting up with some of Jason’s B.S. During a September 2023 episode of the New Heights podcast, the couple shared their engagement story, which Jason prefaced by admitting he is not a “romantic” person. The NFL star proposed to Kylie in his car while they were leaving her parents’ house. “I couldn’t figure out how to inconspicuously go back into the house,” he explained, “because if I was like, ‘Hey I gotta go talk to you dad for a second,’ it would have been very odd of me to say that.” Instead, Jason went…