Symphonies of Queen to rock Dubai

A Queen music spectacular is coming to Dubai's Media City Amphitheatre on November 28. All the big hits from the legendary rock group will be given the classical treatment with the 46-piece UAE National Symphony Orchestra teaming up with a 16-member rock group and vocalists from the London West End musical We Will Rock You to belt out tracks such as Bohemian Rhapsody, Somebody to Love and Radio Gaga. The NSO will perform the tracks based on the arrangements of acclaimed British composer Richard Sidwell, who has worked with Blur, Robbie Williams and Tom Jones. Tickets cost from Dh195 and go on sale today at www.timouttickets.com and Virgin Megastores. – The National staff

Nyong’o, Clinton honoured by Glamour

Actresses Lupita Nyong'o and Laverne Cox, fashion designer Sarah Burton, UN ambassador Samantha Power and Chelsea Clinton were among those awarded Women of the Year awards by Glamour magazine. The awards were presented in a star-studded ceremony on Monday evening at Carnegie Hall in New York. Other winners include Robin Roberts, the Good Morning America host who has survived breast cancer and a public struggle with myelodysplastic syndrome, a rare blood and bone marrow disease; actress Mindy Kaling, creator and star of the Fox comedy The Mindy Project; Natalia Vodianova, supermodel and founder of the Naked Heart Foundation, which helps children with special needs; and Sylvia Earle, an oceano­grapher who "even as her 80th birthday approaches… continues to spend three months a year on expeditions". – AP

NY agency notes clinical errors in Rivers’ death

A New York City clinic where the comedian Joan Rivers suffered a fatal complication during a medical procedure made several errors, including failing to keep proper medication records and taking pictures of her while she was unconscious, state health investigators said on Monday. Rivers, who was 81, died on September 4. New York City’s medical examiner found she died of brain damage due to lack of oxygen after she stopped breathing during an endoscopy days earlier. A report released by the state department of health on Monday cited Yorkville Endoscopy for numerous deficiencies related to the Rivers case. – AP

Bollywood A-listers open Kolkata festival

The 20th Kolkata International Film Festival – India’s second oldest movie extravaganza – was inaugurated on Monday by West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee, and Bollywood actors Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan. Also present were the Indian filmmakers Amol Palekar and Shoojit Sircar, and the Australian director Paul Cox, who said of the opening ceremony: “I thought I was in a football field.” Cox is part of the jury that decides the winner of KIFF’s maiden competitive segment – best international women directors. Boasting 15 segments and 137 films from 60 countries, the festival will welcome 40 international delegates. It concludes on November 17. – IANS

Sean Michaels wins Canadian literature prize

Sean Michaels has won one of Canada’s most prestigious literary awards for his novel about a musical instrument. Michaels won the Scotiabank Giller Prize for his book Us Conductors on Monday. The debut novelist’s book is about the Russian-born inventor of the theremin, an ethereal musical instrument that is played without physical contact. The C$100,000 (Dh322,665) Giller prize honours the best in Canadian fiction and is the richest prize for fiction in North America. – AP

Black Tusk bassist dies in road crash

The bass player for the heavy metal band Black Tusk has died after being critically injured in a weekend motorcycle crash near his Georgia home. The death of Jonathan Athon, 32, was confirmed on Monday by the band’s record label, Relapse Records. Athon suffered critical injuries on Friday night. – AP

Aishwarya might take on Karan Johar film

The actress Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is considering a role in the filmmaker Karan Johar's next project under the Dharma Productions banner, Zee News India reported. Johar is also keen on signing Aamir Khan in the lead role. Rai Bachchan, who was last seen in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Guzaarish in 2010, will return to the silver screen later next year with Sanjay Gupta's Jazbaa, an action thriller also starring Irrfan Khan, Shabana Azmi and Bollywood hunk John Abraham. Filming will begin in January. – The National staff