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Peter O'Toole and Omar Sharif star in Lawrence of Arabia Details: LAWRENCE OF ARABIA Heights Theatre, Thursday at 7 p.m. In the early 1960s, Norman Mailer 's essay "The White Negro" hit an American cultural phenomenon square on the nose: the alienated white hipster's feeling of envy for dispossessed black people.

You've seen it in the cinema and bought the DVD - now's your chance to dress the part.

Remember Omar Sharif's marathon entrance in "Lawrence of Arabia"? First appearing as a tiny black speck on the distant desert horizon, he slowly, relentlessly grows in the frame to come barreling gloriously up on horseback, practically crashing through the camera lens.

Madrid, Jun 2 Egyptian actor Omar Sharif will receive the Alhambra Honor Award from the Cines del Sur Festival, which will be held from June 13 to 20 in the Andalusian city of Granada, Spain, organizers reported here Tuesday.

Year 1966 saw release of a film, The Night of the Generals. The story begins in 1942 in Warsaw, capital of conquered Poland.

Celebrated silver-screen star Omar Sharif has claimed that he was responsible for bringing then-Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and former Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin together ahead of Sadat's historic 1977 visit to Israel.

Israel Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman and Egyptian intelligence chief Omar Suleiman have made nice , putting behind them Lieberman's "Mubarak can go to hell" comment and Egypt's "Lieberman's not welcome in Egypt" comment.

April 08, 2009, 5:29 p.m. Tucson Citizen tasteplus@tucsoncitizen.com Friday is the birthday of Omar Sharif, born Michel Demitri Shalhoub on April 10, 1932.

Arrow Films have announced the UK DVD release of four titles over April and May 2009.

From the mystical overtones of "Ghost" to the primitive sounds of "Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome," to the Russian balalaikas in "Doctor Zhivago," composer Maurice Jarre always seemed to find the right signature for every film he scored.

This Jan. 31, 1998, photo provided by the United States Postal Service shows Sydney Chaplin, second son of Charlie Chaplin standing next to an enlarged stamp, featuring his father as the "Little Tramp," at the ...

Connecticut Post staff writer Joe Meyers picks two of today's best movies on TV: 1:30 p.m. "Doctor Zhivago" Some critics complained that Boris Pasternak's best-selling novel was not well-served by director ...

Since miniseries are technically TV too, I think it's OK to discuss The Last Templar , a two-night, four-hour EVENT! which premieres tonight at 9. Obviously, it doesn't look like the greatest thing ever or ...

Considering the success of many books and movies on the topic of the Knights Templar, it's no surprise that someone has decided to take a stab at a production for the smaller screen.

Bostonist thought that local rockers Logan 5 and the Runners showed a lot of promise with their new CD Featurette , and now you can hear for yourself.

There are many big names associated with the 1962 classic "Lawrence of Arabia" - Peter O'Toole , Alec Guinness, and Anthony Quinn are just a few.

Th e word 'legend' does not begin to describe Omar Sharif. We grew up watching him share the screen with such stars as Jean-Paul Belmondo, Gregory Peck, Sophia Loren and Julie Christie.

This month is the 50th anniversary of the overthrow of Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista and his replacement by Fidel Castro, who, sadly enough, was also to become a dictator.

The Cuban representative at the general assembly of the United Nations in New York delivered a lengthy, wide-ranging speech that touched on many of the key issues of the day, from the worrying situation in the ...

FOR scenes from David Lean's epic Lawrence of Arabia - turn right. And indicate left at the next roundabout for where Sean Connery once swashbuckled in an Arthurian romance.