Jason Segel, left, and Emily Blunt in The Five-Year Engagement. Courtesy Glen Wilson / Universal Pictures / AP Photo
Jason Segel, left, and Emily Blunt in The Five-Year Engagement. Courtesy Glen Wilson / Universal Pictures / AP Photo

Obama mocks at White House dinner



Kim Kardashian, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton were targets for Barack Obama's scattershot humour at Saturday night's celebrity-studded White House Correspondents Dinner.

Even the entrance to the US president's speech was part of his schtick. Obama walked offstage just before he took the podium with an alleged "hot mic", making fun of getting caught last month on an open microphone with the Russian president Dmitry Medvedev.

"What am I doing here?" he asks offstage. "I'm opening for Jimmy Kimmel and telling knock-knock jokes to Kim Kardashian."

Once on stage, Obama revisited last year's dinner, which took place as Osama bin Laden was captured and killed.

"Last year, at this time, we finally delivered justice to one of the world's most notorious individuals," Obama said. Then a picture of the real estate mogul Trump appeared on the room's TV monitors.

Obama also recalled his tough primary fight with Clinton, now his secretary of state. "She can't stop drunk texting me from Cartagena," he said, referring to their recent trip to the Summit of the Americas in Colombia, where Clinton was photographed drinking and dancing.

Among the Hollywood stars at the dinner were Lindsay Lohan, the cast of the TV show Modern Family, George Clooney and Steven Spielberg.

Paltrow talks postnatal depression

Gwyneth Paltrow opened up about suffering from postnatal depression, after giving birth to her son Moses in 2006, on Thursday's premiere episode of Lifetime's new series The Conversation, hosted by Amanda de Cadenet.

"I couldn't connect with my son the way that I had with my daughter [Apple, now seven] and I couldn't understand why. I couldn't connect to anyone. I felt like a zombie," US Weekly quoted the actress from the interview.

"We think that it makes us bad mothers or we didn't do it right, but it's like, we're all in this together," said Paltrow, who believes "you never totally get rid of it", but being open about her struggle made her cope more easily.

"That's why I talk about it, because even the awareness of it started to diminish it," she said.

Gauri Khan to design penthouses

Shah Rukh Khan's wife and the film producer Gauri Khan have been roped in by the prominent Kolte Patil Developers to design riverfront luxury penthouses in Pune, the software city near Mumbai.

Khan has visited the site and says she will work closely with owners in designing their homes. A trained graphic designer and a Delhi School of Art graduate, Khan rediscovered her passion for interior design when SRK purchased Mannat, a heritage bungalow in Bandra. She worked closely with the architect to design the space, now a popular tourist landmark.

Five-Year Engagement not early hit

Jason Segel's latest project The Five-Year Engagement received a lukewarm reaction from critics, with most reviews pointing out the film's dragging pace and lengthy running time.

The film has also stumbled in the box office, earning barely US$10 million (Dh37m) on its opening weekend, according to Deadline.

Written by Segel and co-starring Emily Blunt, the film is set to open in the UAE next week.

Nobel laureate opens book museum

The Turkish Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk inaugurated a museum based on his 2008 oeuvre The Museum of Innocence on Friday, about an obsessive man who collects things to remind him of his lover and soothe the pain of a doomed affair.

The story, which takes place in Istanbul between 1975 and the present, focuses on the wealthy businessman Kemal Bey, who harbours a 30-year passion for the impoverished Fusun, a distant cousin and shop assistant, who becomes his mistress.

The 59-year-old Pamuk said his museum in the working-class district of Cukurcuma was aimed at reigniting the sentiments one felt while reading the book and not an "illustration" of it.

"The novel is not an explanation of the museum. They are deeply intertwined," he said.

The museum has 23 display cases, each representing a chapter of the book.

Madhuri Dixit to play gangster

The Bollywood actress Madhuri Dixit is all set to enthral audiences after her return from the US, after signing on to a film project that will see her essay the role of a gang leader.

Anubhav Sinha, the director of Ra.One, confirmed he has signed Dixit to play the lead role of Gulab in his forthcoming production Gulab Gang, about a mob of six women fighting social injustice.

Dixit has also joined acclaimed director Vishal Bhardwaj's new film Dedh Ishqiya.

Scoreline

Saudi Arabia 1-0 Japan

 Saudi Arabia Al Muwallad 63’

The Sand Castle

Director: Matty Brown

Stars: Nadine Labaki, Ziad Bakri, Zain Al Rafeea, Riman Al Rafeea

Rating: 2.5/5

The specs

Engine: Two permanent-magnet synchronous AC motors

Transmission: two-speed

Power: 671hp

Torque: 849Nm

Range: 456km

Price: from Dh437,900 

On sale: now

How to protect yourself when air quality drops

Install an air filter in your home.

Close your windows and turn on the AC.

Shower or bath after being outside.

Wear a face mask.

Stay indoors when conditions are particularly poor.

If driving, turn your engine off when stationary.

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Roll of honour: Who won what in 2018/19?

West Asia Premiership: Winners – Bahrain; Runners-up – Dubai Exiles

UAE Premiership: Winners – Abu Dhabi Harlequins; Runners-up  Jebel Ali Dragons

Dubai Rugby Sevens: Winners – Dubai Hurricanes; Runners-up – Abu Dhabi Harlequins

UAE Conference: Winners  Dubai Tigers; Runners-up  Al Ain Amblers

A Cat, A Man, and Two Women
Junichiro
Tamizaki
Translated by Paul McCarthy
Daunt Books 

From Zero

Artist: Linkin Park

Label: Warner Records

Number of tracks: 11

Rating: 4/5

The specs

AT4 Ultimate, as tested

Engine: 6.2-litre V8

Power: 420hp

Torque: 623Nm

Transmission: 10-speed automatic

Price: From Dh330,800 (Elevation: Dh236,400; AT4: Dh286,800; Denali: Dh345,800)

On sale: Now

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MATCH INFO

Uefa Champions League quarter-final second leg:

Juventus 1 Ajax 2

Ajax advance 3-2 on aggregate

Last five meetings

2013: South Korea 0-2 Brazil

2002: South Korea 2-3 Brazil

1999: South Korea 1-0 Brazil

1997: South Korea 1-2 Brazil

1995: South Korea 0-1 Brazil

Note: All friendlies

COMPANY PROFILE
Name: ARDH Collective
Based: Dubai
Founders: Alhaan Ahmed, Alyina Ahmed and Maximo Tettamanzi
Sector: Sustainability
Total funding: Self funded
Number of employees: 4
Cinco in numbers

Dh3.7 million

The estimated cost of Victoria Swarovski’s gem-encrusted Michael Cinco wedding gown

46

The number, in kilograms, that Swarovski’s wedding gown weighed.

1,000

The hours it took to create Cinco’s vermillion petal gown, as seen in his atelier [note, is the one he’s playing with in the corner of a room]

50

How many looks Cinco has created in a new collection to celebrate Ballet Philippines’ 50th birthday

3,000

The hours needed to create the butterfly gown worn by Aishwarya Rai to the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.

1.1 million

The number of followers that Michael Cinco’s Instagram account has garnered.

Paatal Lok season two

Directors: Avinash Arun, Prosit Roy 

Stars: Jaideep Ahlawat, Ishwak Singh, Lc Sekhose, Merenla Imsong

Rating: 4.5/5

FINAL LEADERBOARD

1. Jordan Spieth (USA) 65 69 65 69 - 12-under-par
2. Matt Kuchar (USA) 65 71 66 69 - 9-under
3. Li Haotong (CHN) 69 73 69 63 - 6-under
T4. Rory McIlroy (NIR) 71 68 69 67 - 5-under
T4. Rafael Cabrera-Bello (ESP) 67 73 67 68 - 5-under
T6. Marc Leishman (AUS) 69 76 66 65 - 4-under
T6. Matthew Southgate (ENG) 72 72 67 65 - 4-under
T6. Brooks Koepka (USA) 65 72 68 71 - 4-under
T6. Branden Grace (RSA) 70 74 62 70 - 4-under
T6. Alexander Noren (SWE)  68 72 69 67 - 4-under

The specs: 2018 BMW R nineT Scrambler

Price, base / as tested Dh57,000

Engine 1,170cc air/oil-cooled flat twin four-stroke engine

Transmission Six-speed gearbox

Power 110hp) @ 7,750rpm

Torque 116Nm @ 6,000rpm

Fuel economy, combined 5.3L / 100km

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Formula Middle East Calendar (Formula Regional and Formula 4)
Round 1: January 17-19, Yas Marina Circuit – Abu Dhabi
 
Round 2: January 22-23, Yas Marina Circuit – Abu Dhabi
 
Round 3: February 7-9, Dubai Autodrome – Dubai
 
Round 4: February 14-16, Yas Marina Circuit – Abu Dhabi
 
Round 5: February 25-27, Jeddah Corniche Circuit – Saudi Arabia
UAE currency: the story behind the money in your pockets