A coming-of-age drama set among Bedouin tribesmen roaming the desert is the first Oscar contender produced by Jordan's nascent film industry.
"Theeb" (Wolf), set in 1916, tells the story of a playful 11-year-old Bedouin boy of the same name who gets caught up in his tribe's alliance with the British against Ottoman rulers during the era's Arab Revolt.
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Availability is tight for a $10 Airbnb rental in Chicago designed to look like a Vincent Van Gogh masterpiece.
Openings for the space the Art Institute of Chicago modeled after Van Gogh's famous painting of his bedroom have sold out quickly.
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Jeremy Clarkson, the former host of hit BBC auto show "Top Gear," apologized Wednesday and paid an undisclosed sum to a producer he punched in an off-set altercation.
Clarkson was fired in March 2015 after hitting Oisin Tymon and calling him a "lazy Irish (expletive)" during a dispute at the end of a day's filming.
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Forest Whitaker has not one or two copies of the script he's memorized for his Broadway debut. Not three or four copies, either. Try five.
The actor, director and producer pulled them out of his backpack recently and all of them were battered, underlined and soaked in highlighter. One was studded with little photographs he added to evoke feelings.
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Facebook's "like" button isn't going away, but it's about to get some company.
Facebook has been testing alternatives to "like" in about a half-dozen countries, including Ireland, Spain and Japan. On Wednesday, it will start making "haha," ''angry" and three other responses available in the U.S. and the rest of the world.
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The creators of "Uncharted 4" — much like cliff-diving, treasure-hunting series protagonist Nathan Drake — aren't afraid to take a few risks.
With the release of "Uncharted 4: A Thief's End" on April 26, directors Neil Druckmann and Bruce Straley are ending the smart-alecky fortune hunter's story at the peak of the franchise's popularity. Since the release of the original "Uncharted: Drake's Fortune" in 2007, publisher Sony has sold more than 21 million copies of the "Uncharted" series.
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The Portland Trail Blazers kept up their midseason tear through the NBA thanks to their increasingly prolific backcourt duo.
Damian Lillard and C.J. McCollum each scored 34 points as the Blazers beat the Brooklyn Nets 112-104 on Tuesday night for their season-high sixth consecutive victory.
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FIFA presidential candidate Sheikh Salman supports the crackdown on corruption in world football, but doesn't want it overshadowing the elections this week.
"We don't want to see a PR stunt," Sheikh Salman Bin Ibrahim Al-Khalifa of Bahrain said in an interview with The Associated Press ahead of Friday's elections.
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Juventus came back from two goals down to draw 2-2 against Bayern Munich in the first leg of their Champions League last 16 match on Tuesday.
Thomas Mueller and Arjen Robben scored either side of halftime for Bayern but Paulo Dybala reduced the deficit with his first Champions League goal shortly after the hour.
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Barcelona's strike force proved too hot for Arsenal to handle as Lionel Messi scored both goals for the titleholders in a convincing 2-0 victory in the last 16 of the Champions League on Tuesday.
Messi provided a clinical finish to a breakaway move that featured strike partners Luis Suarez and Neymar in the 71st minute, and then scored an 83rd minute penalty to seal a tense first-leg match at Emirates Stadium.
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