Madonna to perform in Abu Dhabi

We asked for Madonna to come to the United Arab Emirates, and it happens just a day later thanks to the incredible power of social media!

Now, it is official: The Queen of Pop Madonna is coming to the UAE, not in Dubai, but in Abu Dhabi.

Madonna will brave the heat along with an expected audience of almost 50,000 at Abu Dhabi’s Yas Arena, Yas Island, this summer on June 3.

Tickets, priced just Dh350 to see one of the biggest names in the music business go on sale later this month on February 27 and demand is expected to be extremely high.

The singer’s show in the capital will be just her second stop on the Madonna World Tour which covers arenas, stadiums and special outdoor sights from the Plains of Abraham in Quebec to Australia, London, Paris, Milan and Berlin.

Madonna’s phenomenally successful Sticky & Sweet Tour, which began in 2008, reaffirmed her status as one of the most successful touring artists of all time. Read more

Dubai needs Madonna’s super show for America’s Super Bowl

“Bad girl” Madonna, 53, danced her way back toward worldwide visibility Sunday as the halftime attraction for the Super Bowl, the annual championship game of the American National Football League, the highest level of professional football in the United States.

Madonna performed with a giant supporting cast — gladiators, acrobats, cheerleaders, drummers, a gospel choir — and a downright benign stance.

Madonna recently recorded a new album, “MDNA,” which is coming out next month and it is her first since “Hard Candy” in 2008. A football-themed video clip for her new single, “Give Me All Your Luvin’,” came out Friday, and the song started blasting across radio stations and billboards worldwide.

For the worldwide audience of her halftime show for the Super Bowl, Madonna went all out on spectacle – anything less would be dwarfed. She arrived on the field to sing “Vogue” as a gold-robed queen with a platoon of gladiators, dancing on a giant throne and doing precise, right-angle moves amid acrobats from Cirque du Soleil. “Music” brought her to the top of a bleacher-like set surrounded by more acrobatics; soon, she was assisted in cartwheels that had her head-over-heels.

As a chorus line of cheerleaders filled the stage, Madonna grabbed golden pompoms for “Give Me All Your Luvin’” which is the song from the new album. Guest raps by Nicki Minaj and M.I.A. didn’t make the song’s retro-rock any fresher.

During the Super Bowl show, Madonna wasn’t the indefatigable trouper of the past years. She measured her moves, letting her supporting cast offer distractions. As she climbed into the bleachers during “Music,” she even missed a step, though she recovered fast.

At the Super Bowl, Madonna was the party girl turned regent: a queen on her throne, a homecoming queen strutting in the bleachers, a church singer fronting a choir. At the end, the words World Peace glowed from the field in giant letters. Madonna was proffering virtue. If such super show is staged in Dubai, it will become the top attraction for millions of Middle Eastern visitors.

Kanye West to film in Dubai, Abu Dhabi or Doha

Kanye West, the multi-platinum rapper and Twitter super-user, reportedly is planning a new film project in the Middle East. After the success of Tom Cruise and “Mission Impossible 4: Ghost Protocol” and the warm treatment he has received from Dubai’s fans and media, the influx of superstars to the region is not surprising.

The New York Observer reports that Kanye West has sent a few of his people to the Middle East to talk about an upcoming film project that would be similar to his thirty-minute “Runaway” featurette from 2010. The project is expected to  be filmed in March. Read more

Slim figure hard work “six days a week”, Victoria Beckham

Victoria Beckham slim figure is a result of hard work “six days a week”.

The singer-turned-fashion-designer is famed for her petite frame and ever-immaculate appearance. Sources close to the star say although she can afford the best treatments around, Victoria is also very dedicated to her health and fitness routine.

“She works out six days a week and runs four to six miles a day on the treadmill. But she worries about getting ‘runners face’, where muscles sag, so she does facial exercises to tone up. She also uses weights and exercises her core, as she feels her stomach is her problem area,” an insider told Closer magazine. Read more

Dubai Dolphinarium welcomed world’s 14th best boxer

Armenian-German professional boxer, IBF Middleweight Champion, the 14th best boxer in the world – Arthur Abraham is in Dubai for the first time!!

“I am really amazed by Dubai. I have heard about it, but I couldn’t imagine how fascinating it is really until I saw it myself. Dubai is very modern, dynamic and really beautiful city. I will definitely visit it again”, said Arthur Abraham. Read more

Britney Spears may consider Dubai as a wedding destination

Britney Spears is planning a “tropical” wedding at the end of the summer.

The singer got engaged to Jason Trawick in December and is hoping to tie the knot with him later this year.

Britney Spears has been married twice before, so contrary to previous reports has decided against having a lavish party and instead wants it to be small, but special. Read more

2012 BAFTA Awards nominations announced

The Artist has been nominated for 12 BAFTA Awards.

The homage to silent movies was victorious at the Golden Globe Awards on Sunday night and seems set to repeat that performance.

Nominations for the BAFTAs were announced this morning, with The Artist leading the pack. The French film is in the running for the coveted best film prize, as is The Descendants, Drive, The Help and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. Read more

Tom Cruise – The Big Photo

Celebrities’ Bits and Bites from Dubai, Tom Cruise

Twitter feeds details from the Dubai International Film Festival opening press conference :

Tom Cruise: “Brad Bird is an excellent film maker”

Tom Cruise:  ”the only thing I was afraid from was falling!”

Brad Bird: “Katie + Suri came when Tom was filming the Burj Khalifa scene. They were brave to see that!”

Brian Berk: “the decision to film in dubai was random. We were here for a night and we loved it. We had to make a movie here”

Paula Patton: “I learned a lot from Tom Cruise” “Working with Brad Bird was very good. Read more

Spotted: Mohammed Al Abbar casually chic in Downtown Dubai

Surrounded by good looking young women, Mr. Mohammed Al Abbar was seen yesterday in the Downtown Dubai, cutting a reabon for the collection of 10 sculptures, weighing 20 tonnes, by the renowned Spanish sculptor Xavier Corbero.

Mr. Al Abbar looked really cool in a simple black outfit. It is very much likely his style to be influenced by Armani’s sense of sophistication. Before all, the both – Giorgio Armani and Mohammed Al Abbar, have been spotted together a number of times in the past, before and during the opening of Armani Hotel Dubai.

Watch out! Nowadays, Tom Cruise is in Dubai and you may grab grab your own celebrity photo.

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