Deadline | Powerless Versus 'Deadpool', 'Gods of Egypt' Is First 2016 Big-Budget Bomb: Saturday AM B.O. Update Deadline 3RD and 4th WRITETHRU, Saturday 8:18 AM and Friday 11:02PM: “It has nothing to do with the whitewashing controversy,” insisted one exhibitor tonight about Gods Of Egypt's failure to deliver at the box office. “At the end of the day, audiences just want ... The Real 'Gods of Egypt': Photos Box Office: 'Gods of Egypt' Bombs Friday for $13M-Plus U.S. Debut Gods of Egypt is the epitome of everything wrong with big-budget moviemaking today |
The Guardian | Gods of Egypt review – ridiculous, offensive and tremendously fun The Guardian The film-maker has only the slightest interest in Egyptian mythology, just enough to know there were pyramids and obelisks, that the gods could transform into winged beasts, and that he can imagine busty women in bejeweled gowns roaming ancient palaces ... 'Gods of Egypt' becomes year's first big-budget bomb at the box office Review: Gods of Egypt Friday Box Office: 'Gods Of Egypt' Bombs, 'Eddie The Eagle' Crash Lands, And 'Triple 9' Is DOA |
TIME | The Sentencing of a Toddler Shows How Out of Control Egypt's Security State Has Become TIME As a result of those headlines and others, Egypt's judiciary and security forces are facing a sudden increase in public anger over rights abuses. Calls for reform have moved from the street to the media and even to the floor of the Egyptian parliament ... Two Egyptians killed during anti-Sisi demonstrations across Egypt Egyptian President Admits Russian Plane Downed by 'Terrorism' The man who listed the Egyptian president for sale on eBay |
CNN | US seeks to roll back human rights conditions on Egypt aid CNN Washington (CNN) The Obama administration wants to waive long-standing human rights conditions on aid to Egypt, raising questions from rights groups that say the country is experiencing its worst period of human rights abuses in modern history and ... |
Al-Arabiya | Egypt Journalists Go on Hunger Strike in Prison ABC News An Egyptian researcher and journalist imprisoned on charges of being a member of the banned Muslim Brotherhood says he and eight other jailed reporters have begun a hunger strike to protest the conditions of their detention. In a post Saturday on his ... Egypt security forces clash with protesters; 2 killed |
New York Times | Egypt Sentences Coptic Teenagers to Prison for Insulting Islam New York Times CAIRO — An Egyptian court sentenced four Coptic Christian teenagers to up to five years in prison on Thursday after finding them guilty of insulting Islam, the latest of a series of high-profile blasphemy convictions that have drawn sharp criticism of ... Three Christian teens jailed in Egypt after they mocked Muslim prayers in video Egypt jails Coptic Christians for insulting Islam Egypt sentences 4 Christian teenagers to prison for contempt of Islam |
BBC News | Egypt 'to extradite' Frenchman to Dominican Republic over drugs case BBC News Egypt will extradite a Frenchman to the Dominican Republic for allegedly aiding the escape of two pilots sentenced in a drug case, his wife has said. Christophe Naudin, a criminologist and aviation security expert, was arrested in Cairo earlier in ... Egypt to extradite Frenchman in Caribbean drugs case |
Voice of America (blog) | Egypt Says It Sentenced Boy, 4, to Prison in Error Voice of America (blog) The Egyptian military admitted last week it made a mistake when sentencing a 4-year-old boy to prison for life. A mistaken identity and confusion inside the Egyptian court system led to the error. A 16-year-old boy was to be sentenced for murder. |
Money transfers of Egyptians working abroad may save the day for Egypt Daily News Egypt Money transfers by Egyptians working abroad are planned to become a life jacket and quick solution for Egypt's foreign exchange crisis. Egypt has been suffering from lack of foreign currency for years and the issue significantly increased in the past ... |
New York Times | In Reversal, Egypt Says Terrorists Downed Russian Jet Over Sinai New York Times After months of cautious silence, Egypt acknowledged for the first time on Wednesday that terrorists had downed the Russian jetliner that broke up over the Sinai Peninsula in the fall. The authorities made the unexpected admission after strongly urging ... Someone listed Egypt's president for sale on eBay. Condition: 'Slightly used.' Egypt Concedes That Terrorists Caused Sinai Plane Crash Egypt's President links Russian plane crash to terrorism |