Arab Actors Hope for Change in Hollywood Stereotypes
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Sayed Badreya doesn't act very well, but  then he never really had to -- Hollywood has only ever wanted  him to look crazy like a terrorist.
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JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia  - The screen got bigger this year and the luminaries slightly more illustrious.
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Hollywood has begun to tackle the international âcolor lineâ that prevents some films relying on black stars from performing well globally.
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Mahesh Manjrekar wants a new face to perform an item number in his film, Musafir.
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It looks like Sarah Jessica Parker is too sexy for some Israelis' tastes.
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More ad agencies are hiring venerable actors to display self-mocking sides of their personalities in campaigns aimed at younger as well as older consumers.
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Miss Kazakhstan said her country is preparing its own movie in response to "Borat," the hit comedy that portrayed the Central Asian nation as bigoted and backward.
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Arab, Muslim and Western nations gather in Morocco on Saturday in an effort to promote economic and political reform in the Middle East that is widely seen within the region as US meddling.
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Why the American President's agenda for the region doesn't square with the perspectives of the area's Arab populace
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LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK  - Before Borat fans start giving each other high fives, 20th Century Fox wants to make clear that the boorish Kazakh journalist is not headed back to the big screen just yet.
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The alleged racist treatment of a Bollywood star on British television has put the spotlight on prejudice in India, where the ancient caste system still creates divisions and men openly declare a preference for fairer-skinned wives.
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A Palestinian suicide bomber is the unlikely star of a new Israeli film billed by its director as an effort to destroy prejudices that fuel conflict in the Middle East.
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Kenan Thompson, who plays the title role in the new "Fat Albert" movie, hopes he doesn't get typecast.
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Hollywood celebrities Brad Pitt,  George Clooney and Don Cheadle have more than just acting in  common -- they share a passion for trying to help people from  the troubled Darfur region of Sudan.
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Irfaan Khan has evolved as an ace actor through his films. A
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Director Mohit Suri has symbolically used the Islamic teachings of freedom and liberation through his characters Shivam, Reema Zaidi and Aliyah Hamid in his forthcoming film, Awarapan.
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In the new Hollywood agencies are finding it can be tougher to meet the needs of a corporate customer than than to baby-sit for a temperamental star.