Rumor Alert on MTV Award Results
After reports on Mohamed Hamaki’s nomination as Best MTV Arabia New Act, rumors that the Egyptian singer won the award started circulating around the Internet even though the voting hasn’t ended yet.
“The voting results haven’t been announced on MTV’s Web site yet and the voting will end by the beginning of November. After that the results will be officially announced,” Hamaki’s manager Yasser Khalil told FilFan.com.
He also added that he doesn’t know the source of this rumor, but he considers it a good sign, hoping that Hamaki wins as a reward for his previous efforts and a great incentive for his upcoming works.
You can vote here.
Sabri fears TV effect on big-screen career
Tunisian actress Hind Sabri has expressed fear about her big-screen career after establishing her small-screen presence during this Ramadan’s show marathon.
“Television is just so different from cinema. A TV actor reaches the audience directly into their homes, while in cinema, the audience get to choose what they want to watch, that’s why I turned down lots of TV scripts before accepting ‘Baad El-Foraq’,” Bahraini newspaper Al-Wasat quoted her as saying.
Asked about other differences, Sabri said: “Each one of them has its ups and downs, advantages and disadvantages. In cinema though, there’s much more liberty for the cameraman and director to go all-out creatively.”
Meanwhile, Sabri expressed her intention to try her hand at directing shorts and documentaries.
Nader Nour to Release Debut Album in 2009
Composer-singer Nader Nour is preparing to release his debut album by Pyramedia for Music Production and Distribution.
“The album is scheduled to be out by the beginning of 2009,” Nour told FilFan.com.
He added that he’s recorded four songs for the album so far and that he’ll be recording the rest of the songs throughout the coming days.
After that, Nour will decide on a title for his upcoming music project and choose the song that will be filmed into a music video.
All the songs in the upcoming album will be composed by Nour. Among the big names onboard for the album are lyricists Ahmed Ali Mosa, Nader Abdallah, Khaled Tag and music arrangers Tarek Tawakol, Karim Abdelwahab and Walid Sharaki.
Nour, one of the top composers in Egypt, has previously composed songs for famous singers that include Elissa, Mohamed Hamaki, Amer Mounib, Sherif Mekawi and Zizi.
Mohamed Karim, Yousra El-Louzi Tour Theaters
In a promotional step, actors Mohamed Karim and Yousra El-Louzi toured some theaters during the past few days to check on their latest film ‘Qoblat Masrouka’ and catch up on the feedback from the audience.
While visiting the crowded theaters downtown, the actors made a stop at Cosmos. Karim surprised the audience when he started explaining some of the scenes and told them how some of the shots were taken; a first in the history of Egyptian cinema.
El-Louzi was surrounded by fans that crowded around her to take photos. Overwhelmed by her fans, she called for security to help her out of the crowd, leaving Karim to find his way out by himself.
‘Qoblat Masrouka’, which is scripted by Ahmed Saleh and directed by Khaled El-Hagar, stars Ahmed Azmi, Yousra El-Louzi, Mohamed Karim, Basem Samra and Randa El-Behiri.
