Entertainment News Roundup

Mounir’s concert not rescheduled yet

The Egyptian Opera House denied that singer Mohamed Mounir’s delayed gig has been rescheduled.

Mounir’s annual New Year concert was postponed to an unknown date due to the difficult Gaza situation.

“A date hasn’t been set yet for the concert,” a source from the Egyptian Opera House told FilFan.com.

“Recent rumors that claim the concert has been scheduled aren’t true,” the source continued. “The concert’s date, ticket prices and availability will be decided on next week.”

Rami Sabri and Asala’s new duet to be shot in Beirut

Director Tarek El-Erian has decided to shoot the music video for Rami Sabri and Asala’s duet ‘Mesh Faker Lik’ in the Lebanese capital, Beirut.

“Asala and I finished recording ‘Mesh Faker Lik’ a few days ago,” Rami Sabri told FilFan.com. “We’ll be heading to Beirut next week to film the music video for the duet under the direction of Tarek El-Erian.”

Sabri added that the duet, which he composed, is written by Ahmed Ali Mosa and arranged by Fahd.

Ghada Abdel-Razik, Mostafa Shaban nominated for ‘Lelet Roab’

Scenarist Farid Abdel-Hamid, whose last movie was ‘El-Agir’ in 1991, is ready to return to the cinema industry with a new script.

Collaborating with producer Mohamed Hassan Ramzi, Abdel-Hamid will be making his comeback through new horror movie ‘Lelet Roab’.

“I’ve finished writing the story for ‘Lelet Roab’ and after receiving several offers from producers, I’ve chosen producer Mohamed Hassan,” Abdel-Hamid told FilFan.com. “We haven’t chosen a director for the movie yet but we’ve nominated some actors for the cast.”

Ghada Abdel-Razik, Mostafa Shaban, Magdi Kamel, Yousra El-Louzi, Inji Ali and Ahmed Saied Abdel-Ghani are among the actors nominated to star in the new cinema project.

Tamer donates Dubai concert’s revenue to Gaza

Singer Tamer Hosni has decided to donate the income of his upcoming concert in Dubai to the victims of Gaza.

“This is to support the people of Gaza. We shouldn’t stand still and watch what’s happening to them,” Hosni said oi a phone call to ‘El-Qahera El-Youm’ television program. “This is the least a singer could offer them in this situation.”

The gig, which is part of Dubai’s 2009 Tourism and Shopping festival, will take place next Friday.

In other news, Rotana magazine reports that Hosni denied accusations that superstar Amr Diab has anything to do with the death threats he’s been receiving.

“These claims are completely ridiculous. If these messages are sent from another singer that’s afraid I’m affecting his career, then it definitely can’t be Amr Diab,” Hosni told Rotana.

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Tamer Hosni Performs at Semiramis on New Year’s Eve

Pop star Tamer Hosni will perform at Semiramis Intercontinental Hotel on New Year’s Eve.

Hosni will be joined in new singer Amar and D.J. Yasser El-Harriri, the latter’s agent, Sameh Galal, told FilFan.com.

“This is not the first time that Hosni and Harriri performed together, they both featured in a concert at a private 6th of October University last month,” Galal said.

El-Harriri is also busy with the preparations for the “2008 Best LP Award” party, which is organized by his company.

“The party will be in late January and the winner will be the singer who receives the highest fans’ votes,” Galal added.

Saleh: “Koblat” director misunderstood me

Writer and critique Ahmed Saleh has broken his silence about his movie “Koblat Masrouka”, which brewed up a storm after its premiere a couple of months ago.

The film was directed by Khaled El-Hagar and hosted numerous intimate scenes.

“The version that people watched had precisely 104 kisses, the screenplay I’d written had only four. El-Hagar overcame “Abi Fawk Al-Shagar’s 101 kisses,” Saleh told Egyptian daily Al-Masry Al-Youm.

“Obviously, El-Hagar totally misunderstood me and my movie. When I wrote “Koblat Masrouka”, it was all about the emotional side, not the physical side, and when I objected he said that it was his job and that every romantic scene had to end with a kiss,” he added.

Saleh also revealed that he had to ask for Egyptian censor Ali Abu-Shadi to prevent the film from being release until after the deletion of some of the scripts “unacceptable” language.

Waked, Boshra Begin Shooting “Halawet Roh”

Actors Boshra and Amr Waked are on the set of the new Mohamed Hamdi movie titled “Halawet Roh”.

This new action flick revolves around a young man (Waked), who is thought to have killed in a car accident, yet his name keeps coming up in several murders after his alleged death.

Hamdi is hoping to finish shooting after Eid Al Adha so the film can be ready for release by next summer, El-Dustour newspaper reported.

“Halawet Roh” also stars Sawsan Badr and Basem El Samra. It is written by Hossam Mousa and produced by New Century.

Amar to try his hand out as show host

Lyricist Ayman Bahgat Amar is getting ready to try his hand out as a show host in a new talent scouting program that will air on Modern TV.

“The network’s administration offered me the opportunity to host a program that will deal with me discovering new song writing and composing talents and I agreed to do it,” Amar told FilFan.com exclusively.

The show will have a hotline where the contestants can register their music and lyrics. Amar will then filter the entries and choose the winners.

Amar has also insisted that he will personally take on and produce any of the tunes that he likes and write lyrics for them.

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‘Omar we Salma’ Sequel in Eid El-Adha

It hasn’t been a month yet since Tamer Hosni’s latest film ‘Captain Heema’ has been released. Nonetheless, the singer-turned-actor has started preparing the follow-up of ‘Omar we Salma’.

“The upcoming film will be scribbled by scenarist Ahmed Abdelfatah and co-produced by El-Sobki and Rotana,” a source close to Hosni told FilFan.com.

Actress Mai Ezz El-Din will be reprising her role as Salma in the ‘Omar we Salma’ development, which is expected to be out during Eid El-Adha

The director of the movie project has not yet been selected.

Cerine Sings for ‘Ramadan Mabrouk’

Singer Cerine Abdelnour has finished recording a new song which will be the soundtrack for upcoming film ‘Ramadan Mabrouk Abo El-Elmean Hamoud’.

The movie stars the Lebanese singer, Egyptian comic Mohamed Henedi, Khaled Saleh and Karim Mahmoud Abdelaziz.

“Cerine, who stars in the movie, was chosen to sing the soundtrack. The song will be aired a few days before the movie is out,” composer Mohamed Yehia told FilFan.com.

The song, titled ‘Elli Malaksh Fih’, is written by Ayman Bahgat Amar and arranged by Ahmed Adel, said Yehia, who is composing the song.

‘Ramadan Mabrouk Abo El-Elmean Hamoud’, written by Youssef Maati and directed by Wael Ehsan, is slated for an Eid El-Adha release.

Al-Saher defends new album delay

Iraqi singer Kazem Al-Saher has defended his decision to delay his new album several times, stressing that he is concerned about quality more than the release date.

The album is set to hit the market before the end of September, several months later than scheduled.

“I am the main reason behind the delay,” Al-Saher said during a press conference. “I delivered a copy to (production company) Rotana but pulled it back again because I was too worried about the quality of music.”

Al-Saher also said that he has been travelling a lot lately, which put an additional pressure on him.

“All the band members were travelling to several Arab countries as well. I couldn’t finish without them.”