Moustapha Akkad: Arab Hollywood director visits Jordan, THE STAR

From: The Star (Jordan, Middle East) | Date: January 5, 2004| Author: Rana Sweis | Copyright information


The Star (Jordan, Middle East)

01-05-2004

As he sat back comfortably, holding a mahogany brown colored smoke pipe,
Moustapha Akkad whose films include The Message and Lion of the Desert
starring Anthony Quinn, spoke of his life and career in Hollywood. His
fans in America know him best as executive producer of all eight Halloween
films starring Jamie Lee Curtis who became recognizable in Hollywood thereafter.
"You have to know your audience," Akkad e...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial to HighBeam Research

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles from HighBeam Research

Los Angeles shopping mall terror threat found to be hoax, XINHUA
Xinhua (China) ; ... girlfriend owed him. The girlfriend was among the four suspect names Mohamed provided to officials. Mayor James Hahn, who attended a news conference Tuesday announcing the arrest, said he is "very outraged that somebody would put everyone through this, in what appears ...
Three men killed in shooting in southern Los Angeles, XINHUA
Xinhua (China) ; Xinhua (China) 12-11-2003 LOS ANGELES, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- A shooting occurred early Thursday in the south of this second largest US city, leaving three men dead, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) said. The men, in their 20s, were found in a pickup truck in the 700 block of East 87th Place
Senior Los Angeles police officer detained at airport for carrying gun, XINHUA
Xinhua (China) ; ... circumstances surrounding the temporary detention and subsequent release of police administrator John Miller," police said in a news release. WORLDSOURCES ONLINE, INC., A JOINT VENTURE OF FDCH, INC. AND WORLD TIMES, INC. NO PORTION OF MATERIALS CONTAINED HEREIN ...
US warns of potential terror threat to Los Angeles mall, XINHUA
Xinhua (China) ; ... indicated a mall near the Federal Building could be targeted, Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) chief William Bratton said at a news conference at The Grove, an open shopping mall in the Fairfax District. He noted that the information on the threat "is uncorroborated ...
Report: Los Angeles leads US cities in manufacturing industry, XINHUA
Xinhua (China) ; Xinhua (China) 03-23-2004 URL: httpwww.xinhua.org LOS ANGELES, March 22 (Xinhua) -- Based on employment, the Los Angeles metropolitan area was the largest manufacturing center in the US last year, a business group reported Monday. Figures provided by the nonprofit Los Angeles Economic Development
Los Angeles Celebrates Twinning With City, THE ST. PETERSBURG TIMES
The St. Petersburg Times (Russia) ; The St. Petersburg Times (Russia) 03-05-2004 URL: httpwww.sptimes.ru/ Los Angeles will on Saturday honor its sister city St. Petersburg at a charity winter ball that will benefit children and senior citizen's charitites and cultural organizations in St. Petersburg, the Los Angeles sister committee
Los Angeles City Council Approves Bomb Squad Expansion, XINHUA
Xinhua (China) ; Xinhua (China) 11-08-2001 LOS ANGELES, November 7 (Xinhua) -- The Los Angeles City Council approved Wednesday the expansion of its Bomb Squad in response to increased alarm calls since the September 11 terrorist attacks in the East Coast. The city council voted unanimously to spend 1 million U.S.
Activists Protest against Police Brutality in Los Angeles, XINHUA
Xinhua (China) ; Xinhua (China) 08-17-2000 Hundreds of activists protesting police brutality marched Wednesday to a Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) station. The march began at a nearby park then moved through the Gritty Neighborhood near downtown. "No justice, no peace, no racist police!" protesters shouted.
Some Los Angeles Times Disaster Relief Funds Stolen, XINHUA
Xinhua (China) ; 00-00-0000 LOS ANGELES, March 14 (Xinhua) -- In a full-page letter to readers Thursday, Los Angeles Times publisher John Puerner announced that 65,000 U.S. dollars was stolen from the newspaper's Disaster Relief Fund set up after September 11 terrorist attacks last year. Puerner said that the
Los Angeles Hospitals Hold Plague Simulation Drill, XINHUA
Xinhua (China) ; Xinhua (China) 11-16-2001 LOS ANGELES, November 15 (Xinhua) -- Los Angeles County emergency rooms were tested Thursday for their ability to deal with the release of pneumonic plague, amid fears for bio-terrorist attacks. County hospitals, schools and 88 cities participated in the massive drill